The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-18
The CONTEST IN VIRGINIA.

This week the political campaign In
Vnginia begins in deadly earnest. 1t
will DO heated, spirited and bitter.
With WISE as their leader the Repub-
leans have man with many powers
akin to those OF his grsa. father. OF
handsome physique no is eloquent o
magnetism, bold to aud acity. quick Of
action, and INSCRIPTIONS of method.
AS manipulation and as stump ora
tor he is far more than match for his
elegant competitor. He 10 backed by
MALONE, RIDDLERERGER, BLA IR,
CAMERON and other shreWd lead ers.
GENERAL FITzHuGH LEE, the Dem.
ooratic. candidate, Is personally popular
as well as additionally q favor rite,
with clear record and strong back
Ing. In the contest is tho Virginia
Military Institute against West Point.
Tho Republicans will make the cam
vas as aggressive as possible. They
will attack LEE on his Chancellors
Vile address made through the States,
and endeavor 10 show the conceit and
weakness OF the officer who Jared so to
criticise the great JACKSON as to claim
to himaelf the credit for JACKsoN's
victories. MAHoEH's bid thrown out
to tho laboring men will also cut an
important figure, as he has urged that
this elass shall be paid In cash every
week.
There is groat hue and cry being
made that all manner OF intimidation
will be employed to keep colored
voters from the polls, that tho entire
election machinery throughout the
State, now in possession OF the Demo.
crscy, will DO darlngly used in the lat
ter's exclusive wrongful interest, that
bold and systematic frauds arc even
now connected and win DO Matched out
in dEo time to count in LEE whether
elected or not. But all these' accuse.
lions arc the usual concomitant Incl
dents belonging to bitter campaign,
That MALONE is a power not to be un.
dSf-estimated, is q not-to.tGf forgotten
circumstance. Some four WEARS ago
when that politician was wRverlng, and
when 1t was not only possible
but quite easy TO have secured
his corporation, THE HERALD urged
that tho Democracy should not so mad
den him by excessive as2aillng az TO
drive him into the enemy's ranks, and
whom we deplored tho acerbity Of mr.
BEN HILL's scorching attack, To were
severely criticised. Since then we
have witnessed what extreme trent
ment will result in, end how unior-
tunate IL is 10 undervslue the re-
sources Of foe. Son of q tavern
keeper al Jerusalem, in the Old Do
minlon, where ho became q favorite
with the patrons of the place as an
sdroit mixer Of drinks and handler OF
cards, he so won on Mr., MASON
that the latter secured him a cadet
ship in the Institute, and through
this he rose to distinguished
ability in the Confeders to army, and on
through TO remarkable success in
a mercantile and financial way, and
then 20 aistrsugely wonderful power
In the political arena, Like PPEN OF
Old, mantle body was capped with a
brain ana norved with r bravery that
wore akin to his equally diminutivo
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
and ALECK STEPHENS. Surely such
an ono was not to bo oontemnod, but
he was. Tho consequence came that
"MAnoNE, tho paryonu,n polltionllr
pocketod tho old mother OF the II. Il.
VS., and may, IN the fall, encompass
defeat worse that JOHN w. DANIELS,
ov0n whom four yeRrs ago MAHoNE's
werein full possession Of the
State, and Republican legislature
was elected thstsent him and RIDDLE
DERsER TO tho Senate.
Lot the Democracy OF Virginia un-
ierstand that the eyes OF the country
are upon them, that our success thore
Is all-essential, aud let every truo and
loyal Demscrat, waving all dlsap-
piques aid prejudices, be
sure 10 do his duty on the coming
great occasion.