The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-19
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The Ninth District.


Our readers may have been surprised
yesterday morning to find in the Dispatch
no telegram announcing the result Of the
Coalition Convention held at Marion,
Smyth county. on the day before. The
fault was not with our attentive CORE
spondent, to whom we return thanks for
his promptDess in acquainting us with the
proceedings OF the Convention, but with
the telegraph folks, who unintentionaliy
mislaid the telegram and failed to deliver
it in time. But no great harm was done TO
anybody.
But what did the Convention do? Well,
il was q failure in that it failed to toll the
. Democrats of the Ninth district into the
Republican camp, and success in that it
succeeded in opening the eyes of good
many of the delegates to the chasm which
lay yawning just before them, and caused
them to stampede back into the Democratic
party.
Mr.. Bowen, General MAHONE's candi-
date, was nominated on the fourth ballot.
He said in his speech to tie Convention that
Democracy was an empty name, and he
unqualifedly endorsed the MAHONE-AR-
THUR Coalition. Judge STRoTHER, IN the
same vein, said that Democracy was TOM
foolery; that the Mahoneites were now
camping where the Republicans camped
last year, and that he was for Republican,
ism as against Democracy. His speech was
loudly applauded.
There were III the Convention more than
ten righteous men, who OF course refused
to give their countenance to Republican
Convention assembled under the guiSe OF a
Readiuster Convention. All the Washing
ton county delegation except one with
drew after trying in vain to get substi-
tute accepted for the Objectionable plat
form reported TO and adopted by the
Convention. We have not seen either
the platform or the substitute, but
we learn that the former strongly
endorsed the present Republican Admin
istration, but, for some reason unknown to
us, failed to endorse General MALONE,
although Judge RMEA and Judge WARD
had dared the Convention TO endorse the
General, and unsparingly denounced the
Republicanism OF the platform. Judge
WARD is the editor OF the Abingdon Vir-
qinian, whose utterances, indicating a
growing dissatisfaction with the Republi-
canism Of his MALONE associates, we have
heretofore from time to time given to our
readers.
Mr.. FULEERs0N was not present in the
fx's
Withdrew before the nominations were
made, his name was OF course kept out OF
the Convention. He was not nominated al
ALL though he had, we suppose, amongst
the delegates many supporters besides
those from his own county. We take il
for granted that his name was withheld be-
cause he had determined TO ask Of the hand.
OF his constituents reelection, and could
not therefore take chance in the Conven.
ton. He Is popular man in the district
and il will be hard for anybody, Democrat
or Republican, to beat HIM.
= NEwBERRY, Bowen, and FUIKERsoN ar,
~ the candidates already in the field II {
straightout Republican candidate is pu
into the field, Bowen will fare badly. II,
will be worse off than Judge SPALDING, Of
the Norfolk district; for the Ninth district
Is so strongly and so Enthusiastically Demo-
cratic that Mr.. FULgERsoy and General
NEwBERRY, in the absence OF any other
Democratic candidate, will divide the vote
well between them, and leave few or none
to support Bowen, who must rely upon
Republican votes. IL Democratic candi-
date be now nominated, the state OF things
In that district will be still further COM
plicated. by the way, Mr.. Massey has
avoided being mixed up with these mat
tiers by keeping away from the Ninth dis.
frict. We think II may be assumed that he
VIII be supported by the FULKERsoN men
as well as by the regular Democrats and the |
NEwBERRY men, Whether the regular De-
mocrats will be willing TO accept either
General NEwBERRY or Mr. FuLKERsoN as
their candidate We cannot say. The men
who supported TRIoo two years ago are
Democrats. They have not yeti