Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-11-04
THE ELECTION IN VIRGINIA.
From the Nav York Suu.)

WAsHISGToN, Nov. 1.-THE election IN
Virginia next Tuesday will decide whether
reputation and ignorance Oh one side, or
honesty and intelligence on he other side,
shall prevail in that State. Practically, the
contest is between an organized gang of
spoisuen, the Federal oLIicebn,iers apd the
negroes combined, led 10y Boss Malone,
against the " hi,e- representing the substance
The mora! worth. aid Tho integrity 81 Tic
community at large.
The bone Of coEiention is the Legislature.
\ democratic majority in either branch
would defeat the corrupt schemes which The
repur.iator has coucu"trl 10 Cypress and
outrage the people OF Virginia, III the inter.
est of the Rings with which he is notorious
~ identiIied.
Secretary Fol-cr today decided that
flower seeds are not dilla Die uadcr the pro.
vision for garden seeds, aul that they are
exempt from duty
The Virginia Democratic Association oi
this city, al their headquarters in the Me-
Lropolitan Hotel! are during good work.
Many Eirginiaus VINO otherwise would not
have bothered themselves about the election
IN their state have been looked up by the
associations committees and induced TO go
home and vote.
The whole power of the State Govern
meut, with al! the elective machinery, IL III
the hands Of the Repudiaturs. They are
backed by the administration at Washing
ton. II il the case o! thu carpet baggers III
the Southern States revived, with only u
change Of na;nes. Arthur is doing for Ma
hone what Grant did for Kellog and and the
RECONSTRUCTED" Governors.
a t,yaI c;th. ~
italy like that Of Louisiana. when her
Mahone, and it will be used if there be the
least chance to perpetrats frauds. He
is in desperate Ak, and will not
hesitate at any cxpedi-nt that may promise SUI
cess, but ne will taEs no personal risks Hazard
Gus experiments vii! b. left 10 the blind instru>
ments u his designs.
Malone made the first trial Of tissue ballots Mt
en- election in his town OF Petersburg He
set the example, which IN, republicans adopted
Lin Florida in Is. to cheat Mr.. Tii,lsu out of four
electoral votes. He may attempt that game now.
Black repeaters from the border counties OF North
Carolina are said 10 be drilling 80 voters for Fir
gnis Al! the devices that reckless mind eiD
invent or employ will be brought Gu! Gu th!s oc-
oasion.
One OF the plans proposed is to get up quarrsls
in of the close counties, with view OF
throwing out their votes, after the example OF
Wells and Anderson III Louisiana. In fact, Ha-
hone will stop ct nothing but personal ssaIifcc to
carry the election
The democrats we'll organized, confident Of
their ability to win, and resolved to have a fair
and free vote aud an honest count. They do not
mean to be cheated before their eyes. or TO sub
NIT to the control OF negroes brought n from ad-
joining states.
The people ara bent upon rcdceming the State
from Mahonci.n. aud on hIott;nS ont the disgrace
which worthless de1nagogucs and adventures
have inflicted on its honored name. They are not
in the least inundated by the course OF the ad-
minstration in openly prostitutine its influence
and tho public patronage for the repudiator. They
know that Mahoue has promised delegation
from Virginia for Arthur ut the republican ma
tioual convention. but thoy do not know that this
crew will be received there by decent republicans,
who would have to shoulder Reputation in recog-
niIing Maho e.
When Gov. Cameron. the right bower of Ma.
hone was in the city recently be publicly declared
that Malone would demand the nomina ion and
election Of George c. Gorlan as secretary of tue
Senate from the republicans: and, he added, If
they failed to respond to this demand that Ms-
hone and Rlddleberger would oppose al their
measures in the senate.