National Republican., 1883-05-24
REDEEMED VIRGINIA.
Attorney General Blair and the Coupon Cases
Decorating Graves.
A Shooting Aifray-Elections Through.
out the State To-Day.
The Rssdustsrs Confident Of Victory--DS7endorfs
Chances.
photographs OF tho Big Four-Bourbon
Despcration-Educat Matters.
Special pispateh.

Special Dispdtch
RICHMOND, VA, May 23.--Attorney Cen
eral Blair returned from Charlottesville this
morning, whore he went to look after the
states interest in twenty-five coupon cases
involving $4,000. The court will render a
decision Friday
DECORATING THE GRAVES
Tho graves Of the confederate dead at
Hollywood were decorated to-day. The LIST
Virginia regiment, Blues confederate veter-
ans, Phil Kearney post, G. A. r., and other
organizations participated. Religious SER
vices conducted by Rev. II. NJ. jackson were
held over the twenty bodies brought from
Seven Pines or Fair Oaks Monday
SHOOTING AFFRAY.
James w. Phillips was arrested this morn
ing charged with shooting William Clarkson.
Both are young men. and the shooting oc-
CURED late last night in bar room on Broad
street. They had fsticuf and subsequently
separated. Clarkson was sitting down at n
table eating sandwich when Phillips came
TO the door and shot him. The ball entered
his side and lodged in the muscles Of his back
The wounded man was unable to appear al
court this morning.
THE ELECTIONS TODAY.
Elections In all the connties of the COM
monwealth will take place tomorrow. In
every section of the state the people are
aroused and from advices received in this
city, the headquarters of political news and
gossip from various Counties the indications
are that very large vote will be polled, and
that the liberal flag will wave triumphantly
throughout Virginia. In some Of the coun-
ties the election will be as hot!y contested az
any held since the war. This is particularly
b. ha M
Dezendorf, the defeated congressman, who IL
making desperate fight, and who has figured
so prominently in certain. newspapers by
charging maladministration at the Norfolk
navy yard in the hope that by abusing th'
administration he will obtain the support o
the entire bourbon faction, and thereby stant
better chance Of being elected county treas
urer.
The leaders of the liberal party in that
county, however, do not seem to be at all dis
turbed They say tho liberal ticket will b.
elected and Dazondorf laid at rest foreve
upon the shelf of sentimental politics.
The leading bourbon papers, instead of pub
fishing the whole letter Of Secretary Chan
dler to Mr.. Dezendorf relative to the ALLEGED
abuses in administration in connection will
the Norfolk navy yard, which is very short
simply publish the beginning and inser
asterisks at the latter part, thereby ommittin
or suppressing tho cream Of the correspon
dence.
THE BIG FOUR.
Abraham Fulkerson, who was so sadly lef
behind in the last congressional race, Is no
running for any Office in this election, bu
has been working very hard in opposition I
the liberal ticket in Washington county par
ticularly. He was dubbed " by some of tn
bourbon members Of the Virginia senate
when in that body, the "sly old fox," ant
some times, in fact quite frequently, thi
cognomen was thrust upon the auburn haire,
advocate of big Fourism not in compli
mentary manner. He will fall in line will
those who abused him 80 much when tn
Lynchburg convention meets, and will be
central figure in the July funeral.
"Big Four" Williams, of Nottoway, ha
also been striving hard to stir up enthusiasm
in that slender sfaction called straightouts,
endeavoring to keep himself prominent be
fore the people, and remind them that HI
would like to 60 back to the Virginia senate
He has had n hard time of 1t, and 1t is sat
that on more than one occasion he barely es
capped having his spare anatomy bruised ant
spanked for making assertions which wer
contradicted by those interested, who at th
same time gave vent to their indignation II
plain Anglo-Saxon, which could not be mis-
taken.
Senator Lybrool, of the "Big Four" ha
kept comparatively quiet He holds over
having been chosen for long term, and
allowing his alleged patriotism TO recuperatC
His colleagues, Senator Hale and Parse
Massey, have organized n sort Of mutual nd
miration society, and they say very pleasan
things about each other in private letter.
In tho early part of the campaign photo
graphs Of the senatorial "Big -Four" grou
were used in place of campaign literatur
in counties where tho friends Of the "Bi
-Four" senators were tho thickcst This di
hlnmn NyuR n
the photographer. The artist made Now
berry look like Buffalo Bill. Hale resen
bled Marvin, the distinguished American
who figured SO conspicuously in the matri
monial line. Williams bore striking II
semblance to Oscar Wilde, and Lybrook, th
best looking OF them all, was so butchcrcd b
the artists touch that one side Of his faC
looked like an Egyptian war map.
BOURBON DESPERATION.
The bourbons are making desperate figh
Race prejudice and hate seems to be thei
dying cry. Every bourbon paper In the stat
is making great to do over the appointment
of two cOlored men on the school board
Richmond. Things have gone so far tha
leading men Of this political faction are eS
pressing themselves as being in favor of tn
city council of Richmond appropriating mono
exclusively to white schools, and thereb
break up the colored ones, The action of tn
board of education in appointing these tw
colored men to Office has been heralded all owe
the state, and fixed mp in circular form i
way calculated to place the state board 9
education in the wrong light, and mako polit
ical capital for the bourbous. Those who ar
so bitter in their condemnation of the actio
of the board of education and are so violent 4
their abuse appear TO be entirely ignorant {
the fact that tho present presiding officer q
the common council of Richmond
elected by bourbon votes, appoints
two colored men on the committee on schools
This committee has not only tho privilege {
visiting the schools, both white and coloreC
when they SO desire, but they vote to apprC
pirate money for school purposes and pas
upon all measures affecting the public schools
There is another fact that should he borne i
mind. The council committee is compose
of Ave members and the school board la
nine, with only two Of them eoored.
Dr. William II. Rufiner, formerly superir
tendent of public instruction for Virgini
under tho old funder regime, eX-Govs Kempe
and Holliday,and ex-A Attorney General Field
who once composed the board of educatio
and who are considered morning star in Oh
armament OF bourbonism, have done jus
what tho present. board Of education has doni
viz, appoint colored school trustees. Th