The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-06-07
Hon. III. H. Riddleberger on the Vir-
ginia Elections.

Hon. III. H. Riddleberger on the Vir-
ginia Elections.
A telegraphic communication from Wash
ington to the New Y DIRK Times, dated June
l, says:
Senator-elect H. II. Riddleberger, the
most prominent Readjuster next to SEN
ator Malone in the State of..Virginia, was
in this city to-day on q flying visit. He is
about the first Readjuster who has been
heard here on the recent election, and in q
talk with the correspondent of the Times
he gave quite a different Interpretation of
the meaning Of the vote of Thursday of
last week than the one recently given by
Nh. Dezendorf. MI. Riddleberger does
not regard the outcome as by any means q
ReadjuSter defeat, and says that the noise
created by the Bourbons of the State, and
their loud expressions of confidence, are
part OF a programme, which includes Il
great deal OF misrepresentation of Malone
as 'boSs, determination to 'retard all
the plans for the improvement of the black
people of Virginia, and the cultivation of
hostile feeling in the North against the
entire Liberal movement i'll the State.
''All talk about the recent election us a
Readjuster defeat is brag,h said Mr.. Rid
dleberger, land has no foundation in the
results as aScertained. The spring cleo
lions were managed entirely by the local
tiles in which they were held. There was
no special effort made by the Readjusters
to control them. They did not let things
go, but there was no central body or !'boss"
to direct the campaign. That it was not Il
carried fifteen more counties than we have
ever carried before in a spring election.
1t is true that we have lost four counties
Nansemond, Southampton. Norfolk, and
Princess Anne-but the very contest made
in those counties strengthened us in others,
and the returns show that, while the Re-
adJusterS may have lost in the counties
some OF the negro vote, they have gained
enormously in parts of the State where
the white vote is large and where the Bour
bonS have always been very strong"
Was there any particular feature i'll
the contest about which Virginians are
talking. " was asked.
Yes, the fight against the Big Four
the Senators who abandoned the Read
juSters in the Legislat,re-Was a feature
in the election. The Big Four were
Hale, of Grayson Newberry, of Bland
Williams, OF Nottoway, and Lybrook, of
Patrick. The feeling against these men
was shown i'll the results Grayson, Bland
and NOttOWay We're carried by the Read
JuSterS Patrick WAS carried by the Bour-
bons-and not by a large majority. In
Fulkerson's own county Washington
we elected q county treasurer. The stable
southwest part of the State remained with
us. | see that the Bourbons are making a
great boast of the fact that they have car
ried Halifax and Pittsylvania counties
The fact is, they have always carried them,
and the loud boasts made betray degree
OF establishment because they did not
lose them. The Valley country and the
Southwest, the Tenth LEGION stood by
us well almost every precinct from Staun-
ton to Winchester having elected Read
ulster candidates. In Frederick, which
last year gave the Bourbons 100 majority,
they got less than 100 majority. In War
rem, where there was 600 against lis in the
last election, we elected a county treas
urer.''