Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-07-27
FRIDAY, July ~, 1883.
Anything to Beat Malone.

Anything to Beat Malone.
At the Bourbon State Convention OF
Virginia, held on Wednesday, there
was an entire abandonment of the
financial policy which has been the key
note of the campaign of that party fol
several years past. The only party OF
honesty, if we are to believe what has
bsen said of it by the press of both par
ties unsuccessful in obtaining office by
Sighting the Readjuster policy, have
given the lie to all their previous pro
fessions and declarations by approving
the policy which they before fought
simply because the Supreme Court has
sustained the legislature of the Read
juster party. After all, through all
these years of financial conflict in Nir.
ginia, it was only fight for Office, and
finding they could not get offices by
opposing and abusing Senator Malone
anu his policy, the Bourbons-excuse
us-the honest Co Democrats Of Nir
ginia have now determined to see if
they cannot get more Offices by approx
i ng the Readjuster policy. AS the slo
gan of the Virginia Democracy this
year will be anything for office" j,
need not be surprising if they succeed
especially if the straight-out Republi.
cans can be induced by tn EN- to run a
ticket, and make triangular fight OF
the contest.
The Democrats by coming over and
endorsing the Readjuster policy expect
to draw back into their ranks all those
who went over TO Malone on the Re.
adjustment policy. On the other hand
Sir. Dezendorf, who is running the
straight-out Republican machine, ex-
poets to have ticket Of his own this
fall entirely independent of the machine
ticket. The Readjusters of course will
have their ticket, and thus there will be
three parties in the field. In all proba
bility, however, the latter will be the
stronger in IA triangular contest, as it
has been in dual contests for several
years past. Malone and his party have
been in power long enough in the State
TO prove to the colored people that they
are their true friends, having done more
for them in the way Of education ant
removing the obstruction 10 free eX
ercise of he elective franchise than thu
Republicans would probably have don'
had they been in power. At the las
election the Bo'irbcus used strenuou.
efforts to secure portion Of the colorei
vote and to some extent, it is said, sue
Eeeded.
In the present campaign further
efforts are to be made, but not with
very encouraging prospects Of success.
The colored men know who have been
their friends in the past, and they will
be very apt to stick to them Bourbon
organs, however, admit that without
the aid of the colored mems vote, they
rannot succeed and hence every
imaginable effort will be made with
money and other means to get it. We
may still expect to see the Bourbon'
Landed to the skies as pure, honest and
patriotic, though they have endorsrd
The results Of the Read justers' policy
who they before condemned as every
thing that was dishonest and disrepG
table. No doubt the so-called homes,
money papers of this city, that called
1he Bonrbons the honest party Of Nir
ginia because they opposed the Read
ins' er policy, will continue to call then
honest though they have adopted and
confirmed the policy Of the Readiusters
"Oh consistency - Anything to bpa
Malone.