The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-05
ROCKFRICGE COUNTY.

ACCIDENT-POLITICS-LA sJCCESS0R-A
STUBBORN CONTE IT EXPECTED.
Correspondence of The Richmond Dtspatch.l
NATURAL BRIDGE, Va, July 3, 1888.
What seemed AZ the time 20 be a serious
accident happened in fropt Of the hotel
here IL a young man nance Robert Muir
rell Saturday evening. S3Ne "a young men
were gathered around TtXas pony that
some one had ridden up, when Murrell
jumped on his back, and the pony started
of with him lore he could get his seat
in the saddle, and, plum, in, threw him.
his head striking the ground Violently.
He was taken up unconscious and bleed
inc from ai ugly cut OH The temple, and il
was some time before Ii recovered suffi-
ciently to show that his injury was not Sc
nous.
As to politics. RocEbridce- tho county,
not the bridgc-presents situation or un-
usual interest. Independent OF the Glove
ness with which party lines are drawn
here, and the so nearly-equal voting
strength Of the party, public attention he's
been adjusted and readiusted, 9nd Ye
clam that it is now out Ct polite. 1t is
therefore nonsense to speak any more OF
Readjusters. There is 80 better name
for the party than that suggested recently
by the Norfolk Ledger" Mahoneys."
They should not even be dignifed by the
title OF Republicans. The honest straight
outs do not like to be classed with them.
The writer, only to-day, in discussing this
question among some gentlemen, all OF
whose politics were not known, said here
after these people should be called Ma
honeites or Republicans, when one gen.
tleman said. "NO; you will run
the risk then OF driving to their
party the straightout Republicans. |
am q Republican. | can't go with
the Democrats, and have but little syrnpa-
thy with Resdiusters, rather inclining to
the straightouts. So IL they will have two
parties in the opposition, let it be Republic
cans and Mahoneys, opposed by the great
solid phaIanX Of the irrepressible Demo
cracy, and let us fight il out on that line"
Again unusual interest attaches to poll
ties here from the fact that the death OF the
late John b. Lady necessitates shifting
OF the men on the Readiuster Board IN
order to bring new and eligible man TO
the front. II seems to be conceded gene
rally that DR.. Charles Burks, "trooly
loyal" gentleman from the ButfalO-Forge
district. is the man for the place. The po-
sitlon OF the Mahoneites seems to be some
what embarrassed, from what can hear,
by the attitude OF one Of the defeated
candidates OF the party in the late
election. 1t Is generally known that
the defeated Mahoneite candidates for
county treasurer and Commonwealtli's at
tornev have filed notice OF contest, but
probably not so well known that MIR. j. &.
Updikc, who was defeated by Mr.. win
Democrat), declined to contest. He is
credited with the manly honesty OF saying
that his opponent was fairly elected. and II
the leaders threw him out he would quit
the party. So there Is another rock, and n
pretty solid. honest rock. that it will re-
quire skilful pilotage 10 steer clear Of.
notice that in this communication |
have from force Of habit several times
used the word Readiuster." That is
wrong, from our standpoint as well as
theirs. We acknowledge and they claim
that the debt question would be directed
10 this county as the home OF two leaders
OF the opposing parties Ion. j. X. Tucker,
Of the Democrats, and james III. Frazier,
leader OF the Read busters. j. {. NJ.