The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-08-04

Virginia Democrats Beginning
an Aggressive Campaign.


an Aggressive Campaign.
LYNcHBURG, Va, July 26.-The ac-
tion of the State Democratic Conven-
tion last night means war to the knife
on Malone, and indicates that the
fight will be Of the liveliest and bit
terest character. John S. Barbour,
the new Chairman of the State Com
mittec, is not much Of a talker, but
is determined and quiet organizer.
He believes in young men to do ac-
tive political work, and has already
swept away the old fogies. This
will be an aggressive campaign. With
one or two exceptions the committee
is composed of new men. Barbour
has absolute control, and appreciates
that he will be held responsible for
the result Of the fight. The platform
is the result of an all days consider
alton by the committee. In defer
ence to the black districts the color
line was omitted, the advocates of
such line being few in number. In
Mahone's native county, Southamp-
ton, he was defeated in the recent
county election by negro votes, and
the antagonism Of the blacks to him
there, has been intensified by the re-
cent murder of a straightout Repub-
lican negro By q leading white Ma
honeite. This disahection has spread
into adjoining counties, and is a
source OF trouble to the Mahonites.
The battle cry of the anti Malone
party, spread on banners and printed
on bill and letter heads, is the utter
ance Of State Senator Newberry,
when he lead the boilers from the
Malone caucus-"This way, free
menu Newberry is an enthusiast,
q plain-spoken country-man, with a
remarkable gift of oratory, and is
known in the Southwest as the Noun
tain Demosthenes. He is fearless,
and has given Malone much trouble.
AS an original and influential Read
juster he was seized by Malone, but
when he discovered that Malone
was simply using the Readjusters to
elevate himself he rebelled, and no
bulldozing could get him back.
While he uses plain language and
will fight in the mountaineer fashion,
with knife, when meddled with, he
is no believer in duelling, and is an
earnest Methodist class leader. When
Senator Riddleberger attempted to
bar his escape from the Malone eau
Gus, Newberry, who is tall and gaunt,
strobe forward with bad flock in
his eye, and declared that he would
cut out the heart Of any man who
tried to stop him, and then turn
ing to his little band of follows, he
made this remark: "This way free
men!'
The tariff plank in the platform
adopted is that Of the Ohio Demo
cratic Convention, and does not meet
entirely the wishes Of delegates from
some of the manufacturing districts,
who were willing that nothing should
be said about the tariff. The arraign-
ment of Malone and his Ring is, per-
haps, the longest and bitterest ever
engrafted in a platform. 1t charges
him and his Ring with masquerading
under the disguise of liberal and CO.
alitionist; betraying the Democrats
who voted the Hancock electoral
ticket; supporting the partisan vote
of the United States Senate which
prevented the removal of the disa-
bilities Of an ex-Confederate; estab-
fishing servilc and subsidized press,
by requiring all official publications
to be put therein; multiplying offices
and increasing salaries to reward his
favorites; attempting to increase 100
new Offices as Commissioners of Sales,
and refusing to allow the people to
select them; attempting to legislate
Circuit Judges out before the expir-
alton Of their terms, and dishonoring
the bench by selecting VIGOROUSLY
corrupt, ignorant, partisan, and car
feature Judges; using all public Of
fees as spoils, and making the entire
free school system part Of the plum
der; leaguing negroes together against
the whites through religious organi-
cation; changing the consciences of
legislators by exacting written obi
cations from them in advance to sup
port all measures of the Ring, and
concentrating the powers of Govern
ment, State and Federal, into the
hands Of corrupt and intriguing
oligarchy, subordinated to the power
Of = ringleader through the machinery
Of pledge bound caucus, and exer-
cising these powers with shameless
tyranny.
At a meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee to-day
Chairman John S. Barbour was en-
powered to make a selection of four
members to constitute State execu-
tive Committee. R. H. Cardwell of
Hanover was selected Secretary OF
the committee, vice j. Bell Bigger,
who had filed the position for years.
After mapping out the campaign
work, the committee adjourned. A
large number Of delegates remained
in the city to-day discussing the re-
suits of the convention. General sat
sof o<;or &C. NTH tho xunrE