The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-16
What's in a Name?

The Coalition candidates for Congress In
VIRGINIA arc also known rs Administration
candidates. S1yhy Administration candf
dates should be called "Coalition" can
didatcs is not very clear. Nor can we ina
CINE why Administration candidates should
not be boldly called Republican candi'
dates. One inference TO be drawn from tho
fact referred to is that the so-called "Ad-
ministration candidates are ARTHUR can
didates--tbat is to say, are men who rs AZ
ministration candidates stand pledged 10
support Mr.. ARTHUR for the nomination OF
the next Republican National Convention,
and 10 speak and vote for him as the Stall
wart nominee for President OF the United
States in 1884. Otherwise, these candidates
would be known in Virginia as Republic
can candidates are IN Pennsylvania, New
York, Ohio, and other States--that is, rs
Republican candidates, and not as Admin
istration candidates.
What is there In Mr.. ARTHUR's record
that is calculated TO make him more popu-
lar with the people Of Virginia than is his
partyY We cannot imagine. He ignored
the South entirely in making up his Cabi-
net, although the southern States were en-
titled by reason OF their population TO TWO
members. Look over the list and see Tor
Yourselves the slight which he thus put
upon the South. His Cabinet consists OF
FRELINGHUYsEN, OF New Jersey; LINCOLN
of Illinois; TELLER, of Colorado; CHAND-
IER, of New Hampshire FoLGER, OF New
York; HOWE, OF Wisconsin, and BREW
sTER, OF Pennsylvania. Could the Presl-
dent OF the United states have in any other
manner shown so thorough contempt OF
the South as a section? Ever since the
close OF the war between the States the
South has been sighted in all such
matters. Mr.. HAYES put Mr.. KEY into
his Cabinet: but he rather offended
than pleased the northern Republicans
by so doing. Mr.. Arthur has in his
Cabinet not one single man to repre-
sent, speak up for, and protect, the varied
interests of the finest section Of the Union.
Is ii any cause of wonder that he and his
Cabinet are opposed to the abolition OF the
tax upon tobacco? Or that the President
favors n coalition with General MALONE?
Or that the river and harbOr bill was We
toedY What knew ARTHUR, or any MEN,
Der Of his Cabinet, Of the rivers OF South
Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, or even Nir-
GINA? Are not "Abana and Pharpar,"
now as formerly, drivers OF Damascus"
more important III the eyes OF the rulers
than all other streams? "Thc absent are
always in the wrong"; and the South is
absent from Mr.. ARTHUR's Cabinet.
There may be another explanation Of the
phrase Administration candidate" 1t
may mean that such candidate is not a
BLAINE man; that he IS in favor Of, as he
is in favor with, the present Administra-
ton, but might not occupy the same posi-
tor relative to a BLAINE Administration.
But, after all, the right thing for al the
Coalitionists, candidates and voters, to do
Is to come out and call themselves "Ke-
publicans." Why should they be mealy
mouthed upon the subject! Why not say,
with RIDDLEBERGER, eve are for ARTHUR
because ARTHUR is for us"i Why not
allow the people OF Virginia the oppOrtU-
nifty TO choose between the Republican and
Democratic parties: