The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-16
The State Central Committee.

We are decidedly of the opinion that as
far as the action Of the Conservative state
Executive Committee went, il was very
wise, but we think further that the commit
tee should have recommended Mr.. Massey
to the support OF the Conservatives OF the
State for congressman at large, for the rea-
son that many Conservatives would sup
port man who was backed by the highest
authority in the party who would
hesitate to support man who SIM
ply ran as an independent. The
sole issue in the coming canvass is TO
elect to Congress as many meh as possible
who will cooperate with the National Demo-
cratic party while there. Nothing else en-
tiers either directly OF indirectly into the
contest.
There is no Disgusting the fact that all of
the men who supported reimbursement will
not follow Malone into the Republican OF
Administration party, and Messrs. Massey,
Newberry, Lybrook, and Hale do not stand
alone. We have evidence of this in the
meetings which have endorsed the course
of the last three in the Legislature,
and also in the bitter warfare OF the
central organ upon them, which arises
from an uneasiness as to the extent to
by others. These men were Democrats
before they were Readiusters, and the
course of events arrayed them against
the regular Conservative nominees, but
now that the debt question has been
eliminated from politics, they must either
90 over to the Republican party or come
back to the Democratic party. With their
assistance we can carry the State, and with
o1,n1t Shon
we take them back as the Prodigal Son was
received upon his return home. or shall we
tell them they may come back to us, but
they must take back seats; they may vote
for our men for Office, but we will never
vote for any Of themy Ii we were to ostra-
else one OF them on account of his views
upon past issues we would Ostracise every
man who thought with him, and we would
drive them over to the Republican party.
which would be only too happy to profit by
our blunder.
Last November the Readjusters obtained
majorities in the Second, Fourth, Fifth,
Seventh, and Ninth congressional districts,
and the Conservatives had majorities i'm the
First, Third, Sixth, and Eighth; hence, if
there are no changes this year. the Re-
adiusters will elect six Administration
representatives, Wullc INC conservatives
will elect only four representatives. In
the Fifth district change Of 125 votes to
our side will give us the district, while in
the Seventh district change of 81 to our
side will elect our congressman, and there
can be very little reason to doubt that many
more voters than the required number
will follow Mr. Massey back to the Demo-
cratic party. and thus secure to us those
two districts. There Is but one way to
keep them from coming to us, and that Is
for Conservatives to say that under no cir
cumstances would they vote for man who
had been Readjuster.
The action Of the State Committee, while
it may not attract former Readiusters to
our party, will not repel any who desire to
come back,
State Convention was rather impracti-
cable for the reason that most of the coun-
ties could not elect their delegates before
the August courts, while the candidate for
congressman at large ought to be i'm the
field by the LIST of August so as to have time
TO canvass the State Portsmouth Enter.
DriSe