Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-14
VIRGINIA POLITICS,
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TO BE HELD
AT TLYNCHBURG-THE OUTLOOK.

VIRGINIA POLITICS.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TO BE HELD |
AT TLYNCHBURG-THE OUTLOOK.
Richmond correspondence of the New York |
Herald: The Democrats hold State Con- |
vention at Lynchburg on the 25:h of this |
moath. This will be a convention extraor-
dinary. The call for il was a very brief one,
and signifed nothing except that its object |
wac TO thoroughly reorganize the party In /
the State. There are no State officers to be /
elected next fall, consequently the Conven-
ton will have no candidates TO nominate.
An election, however, will be held for mem.
bers Of the General Assembly, consisting OF |
one-half of the Senate and the whole of the |
House OF Delegates. The Legislature, which |
meets in December following the election in |
November, in bienoial session, will have
no United States Senator 10 elect Mahone's
term does not expire until 1887, and Riddle. |
berger's not until 1889. The only important
matter TO come before it will be the redis-
trictiug of the State for members of Congress |
under the new apportionment bill. A bill
Tor this purpose, introduced by the Read
justers, was defeated in the last Legislature
by the boltIpg of four Readjuster Senators |
| to the Democrats, which produced dead
lock that the R.adjus,ers found it impossible
TO break. 80, then, the work of the July
Convention will be mainly to lay the pipes
so as to carry the Legislature in the fall, re-
district the State and shape the course for
the Presidential race in 1884. The first act
in the programme should be the adoption of
platform embodying sound, living issues
| and the principles the Democracy of the
SIate honestly means to carry out.
RESPONSIBILITY AND FUTURE HoNoRs.
The thing, however, that most interests the
politicians will be the selection of new
State Committee. For the charm manship of
this committee there will be numerous as
| piranis. A powerful responsibility will be
placed on the ch airmap, involving the future
| OF the Democracy as party organ cation in
Virginia. As a result Of success the sweet
morsel of United States Senstorship or a
Governorship will fall to the lot of the chair
man in 1885. Already the name of Con-
| gressmaD John S. Barbour is mentioned as
the most prominent in the list of candidates
| BArbour's district gives the heaviest Demo.
| cratic msjority in the State, where to secure
| the nomination il to secure the election. He
has been succes .fui in doing this :wice, and
as he i. a railroad pretident and shrewd
business man he may possibly secure the
| coveted priZs of The charm snship. But
| tnere are others who want it. Among the
"Ins" hear the names OF Congressmen G.
| G. CAbel and Randolph Tucker.
THE PLATFoRM-THE DEBT.
1t is now an undoubted fact t. al the
| Democrats, who So stubbornly fought the
| Readjusters on the debt issue, will in July
heartily indorse the settlement made by the
latter party. This determination has al
ready caused a heavy advance 10 the Rid
dleberger bond, and will, no doubt, advsnc
| them still her after the Convention has
acted. Ii the move Is successful in assuring
the white Rsa5justers that the D, mocrats do
not mean to disturb the debt settle emenf, and
thereby winning them back into the Demo
| cratic ranks, it will accomplish all that was
lnended. Inc R.adjusttrs, however, are
very chary on this score, and they will think
twice before they again trust the Bourbons
with the arrangement of the State finances.
Other planks in the Convention platform are
| matters OF mtre speculation.
"If," said Democrat, "lhe C1nyen ntion
will only have the common sense TO give US
thoroughly Democratic set of principles
and act squsrely up 10 them, instead of any.
thing to beat Malone, We have the grsndest
opportunity to carry the State, and TO hold
| II, we ever had since the war"
What would you suggest iu the way of a
plaiform?n was asked.
swell, can hardly formulate party
platform in a jiffy, but | would recommend
such leading principles as economy in the
aaminlstr alton of The government the equal
| d II II
ior revenue in contradistinction 10 a pro-
tectiye tariff, the iucre ase and improvement
OF the public schools, opposition to all sorts
OF monopolies, supervision of railroad Tariff.
and trsfhc by State commission 10 prevent
: | extortlou, recognizing the settlement of the
State debt, and pledging the party to be
, bound by that settlement, and some other
features OF State necessity and policy"
What would you propose in a national
wayf"
THAT l am not prepared to say. i would
r however, wish, in the fret place, to see the
{ repeal OF all Unconstitutional war measures
/ the regulation Of interstate commerce, the
+, breaking up oil the the telegraph monopoly
: the reduction, If not the abolition, of the pen
sion system, and | would oppose all gr ants O
4. public lands to railroads. or other corpora
IT ,ions. Thee are matters which require yery
careful consideration"
Have you any hope that such a platform
will be adopted al Lynchbura?"
"Candidly, l have no.; but if some suct
measures are not adopted Democrats will no
90 to the POLLS next November All the tall
about redeeming the State from Mahon
bosslsm is sheer nopseuse ualess we have
&c distinct and well-fra med announce ment o
cur principles which the people can read ant
Is understand. What We waat is the overthrow
y OF The Republican party principles in Vir
4
u bat not until theu. Perhaps the Democr scy
u will require one more defeat before they fin,
E this out"
'e These expressions came from a leadips
8 Democrat, who also admitted that the part,
n was sadly in need Of lesder, and be strongl,
&. hoped that the Convention woald be luck
. enough 10 select the proper man to manag
70 Its party affairs.
vi NOVEL ISSUE
0, An effort is now being made to make III
~ "nigger" ibe leading issue in the comm
canvass for members of the General Assem-
y bly,. 1t was thought that this political bon
u of contention, like it, antipode, the blood
u shirt, had been buri, beyond hope of resu,
~ rec,ioD; but its revival in a limited wa
10 seems TO be determined upon. The clearl
. cut, marked and distinct color line is nc
what is aimed at. The citizen OF Africa
h. extraction is to be accorded all the riyht
as and privileges guaranteed him by the n,
a. tionsl and State constitutions and by N
ss statutes made and provided. with one sing
N | and very insig igni6cant exception. He n !
=, be a magistrate, judge or a juror, an aide
: man or a legislator, a governor Unite
\ States Senator, but the line must be draw
% somewhere, and certain Democratic orgal
- have fixed il as school trustee. Even be-
- there is s slight modification made his fave
He may be trustee Tor negro schools, b
by net for white schools. As there are no boar
OF trustees, however, constructed exclusive
IN. for negro or white schools, this amounts
ed very little. He musi necessarily be a trust
,ts. of both, and herein consists has obnoxior
ness. The Democratic organs referred
won't have it"
te- The new or partial negro Issue had
n origin here in Richmond, where nearly b.
do of Ibs public schools are negro schools
te- board OF nine schcol trustees the Res
lu- iostrr s ate Board Of Education, consist
pg of the Governor, Attorney General and s
perinsendent Of Public Instruction, had I