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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
The Whole Story.

The Boston Herald, in commenting
upon what it terms the "sham cru
SADIE " Of the malignants, says:
" Senator Sherman and the other
Republicans who are seeking to make
an issue out of the suffrage at the South
confess that they could do nothing to
alter the conditions Of voting when
they had the power, and know that
they could do nothing if restored to
office. Their new crusade is, there
fore, transparent humbug. More than
this. it is unlimited. From no State in
the South has there come any complaint
from the negroes that their desire and
right to vote are interfered with"
Again:
"The interest Of the northern lead
ers in recovering the negro vote is SIM
ply to secure its aid in putting them
back into the offices. Their crusade is
purely selfish and voluntary one, and
the more intelligent colored men under
stand it to be so. Among the rights Of
the negro is the right not to vote the
Republican ticket unless he chooses to
do so. But this is a right which the
statesmen Of the Sherman type are
loath to concede."
The Herald tells the whole story.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
To Mr.. Sherman.

We ask you to tell the people Of Pc
tersburg and Richmond why you do not
advocate the cutting down Of Ohio's
representation in Congress, if you really
believe that the lawless acts Of persons
who cheat at elections would empower
Congress to reduce any States repre-
sentation in that body. We call your
attention to that section Of the four
teenth amendment under which you
claim for Congress that power. 1t
reads as follows:
Article XIV, section 2. Represen-
tatives shall be apportioned among the
several States according to their re-
spectiye numbers, counting the whole
number of persons in each State, ex-
Guiding Indians not taxed. But when
the right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for President and
Vice President of the United States, re-
preventative in Congress, the executive
and judicial officers Of State, or
the members of the Legislature thereof,
is denied to any Of the male inhabitants
of such State, being twenty-one years
of age and citizens of the United States,
or in any way abridged, except for par
ticipation in rebellion or other crime.
the basis of representation therein shall
be reduced in the proportion which the
number Of such male citizens shall bear
to the whole number of male citizens
twenty-oue years Of age in such State. ="
Now, you can see for yourself, Mr..
SHERMAN, that that section does not
apply to negroes specifically, nor to
whites specifically. 1t applies to both
races. 1t is as great crime to cheat
at elections in Ohio as at elections in
Virginia. You threaten Virginia with
punishment for an imaginary crime.
Will you advocate the punishment Of
Ohio for real crime? And that there
were frauds innumerable committed al
the late elections in your State, Mr..
HALsTEAD and Mr.. MCLEAN and
thousands of other reputable persons
will testify.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

A Chicago special says: There is a
vacant lot at the corner of Twenty first
street and Calumet avenue, which has
long been an unromantic and uninter-
esting spot to the residents of that fash
ionable locality. Yesterday morning,
however, when John B. Drake, of the
Grand Pacific Hotel, and some Of his
neighbors saw little wreath Of smoke
curling up from the middle of it the lot
began to be interesting. Investigation
revealed the fact that somebody-appa-
rently party Of robbers--had built a
subterranean hiding-place there, which
was divided into two rooms and fur
nished up with the booty obtained on
their various incursions. The floor was
covered with rugs and mats, and the
place was generally furnished up in a
way that indicated that it was used as
a living place as well as storage-room.
A stove furnished heat, and had made
the smoke which led to the discovery
Of the place. The police carried away
the furnishing Of the rooms.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
PeYsOua1.


Senator Sawyer has given sl5, 700 to
the Young Mems Christian Association
of that Michigan town with the melli-
nuous name Oshkosh.
It is said to be only o question Of
time for Mrs. Theresa Fair, the divorced
wife Of Senator Fair, to marry a news
paper man Of Philadelphia.
The late E. A. Rollins, formerly
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, left
a personal estate valued at nearly 5000
900 and a life-insurance policy amount
ing to over $4,000.
A copy of the first edition of Shell
ley's " Adonais "a shabby pamphlet
Of twenty-five pages in blue wrapper,
printed at Pisa in lS2l-sold in Lon
don the other day for forty guineas.
George +. Adams, one of the three
proprietors of the Washington Star,
was the first correspondent to telegraph
the name of John Wilkes Booth as Mr..
Lincoln's assassin. Laura Keene in
formed him.
An engine-driver on Saxon railway
has just retired from service Of forty
years, during which he has travelled
on his locomotive, without single ac-
cident, distance of 253,347 miles,
equal to forty-seyen journeys around
the earth.
Lord Salisbury is confined to his
room, having undergone surgical ope-
ration for an abscess on the arm. No
dangerous results are anticipated, but
the physicians have issued orders that
their patient must not be disturbed
for few days, as quietness is impera-
tive.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

alo ~ I|l1gu
I1ntuss - ~ jud y y ~ 49,
49, Qu1lIocu&Ions. ~ rstsrns q -
spsnbsrs. And wisk Sood setson fcr
Judge BucRwA nrkR, haviny ksps
shrss o. four DEMOCRATIC senators 'euss
snd put thrss Or four Repsb1icaas into'
he new 8. nate, he has given the Rs-
publIcans the control Of that body.
Thsy viii, therefore, vote the Demo-
crals out ana the Republicans IN. In
effect, therefore. Judge BUcKwALrEk
has JUDGED Of the election, quslii'cs-
lions, and returns Of three or four sem
ators, and made BY : judicial decision
: Republican Senate, and also elected
JoHN SHERMAN United States SEN
ator. knowing how familiar Ohio
politicians are with fraud, the reader
can Judge how al these results were
brought about.
We argue tbs question on its merits.
We should say the same If Judge
WErLroRp were here TO undertake 70
pass upon the title Of . senator 70 his
seat.
What says the Providence Journal9
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
Money!

We hear every day rumors that Ma
HONE is scattering his money here,
there, and everywhere. The fact that
he has sent money to Alexandria, a
Democratic city, would seem to indicate
that his northern allies have supplied
his purse literally. We must confess
that we have been disposed to discredit
some Of the many stories we have
heard on this subject. But when we
hear that LOGAN, SHERMAN, and
other northern malignants, have raised
money for him, and read Of the
negroes in Alexandra fighting over
their share Of it, aud see SHER-
MAN and FORAKER in Virginia
making speeches for MALONE, we
begin to fear that he has entirely too
much money at his disposal, whatever
the sum may be. A well-known gen.
tleman in Cleveland writes us that as
much as ten thousand dollars was spent
in single county in Ohio in the recent
campaign, and that the Republicans
elected in that county candidate for
the Legislature and thus secured q ma
jority Of one for the return Of SHER-
MAN to the United States Senate.
viii the Democrats Of Virginia per-
NIT themselves to be outdone in libe-
rality by the Republicans of other
States? Have they as Virginians less
interest in carrying the Virginia Legis-
laturs and securing the Virginia Cover.
norship than the Ohio or New York
Republicans haves Will they permit
the Old Dominion to be the sport Of
northern capitalists? Will they not
rather redouble their efforts for success
and repeat their rnoneyed contributions
as long as they have a dollar to spare
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
a M,srepresentation Corrected.

&C. M. o." writes to the Philadel-
phis Press from Virginia = letter in
which occur the following sentences !;
The Richmond Dispatch, which is
opposed to Mr.. Sherman's visiting Vir-
p;nia. tells it's readers that he wants to
deprive them Of four members of Con-
press from this State. This is unique
way of misquoting Mr.. Shermsn's
appeals for free and fair elections Of the
| South, and it is 9 naive admission that
| If the elections were fair four at least
| of the ten representatives to which the
State is lawfully entitled would be Re-
publicans instead of Democrats.
The Richmond Dispatch has no
doubt that SHERMAN's visit to Vir-
ginia will increase FITz LEES ma
jority.
&C. M. o." pretends to believe that
SHERMAN has not threatened to de-
prive Virginia of all her representation
in Congress based upon the negro popu-
lation. The shortest reply to that mis-
representation of &C. NJ. O's" is to
quote what SHERMAN said Saturday
night in Washington on this subject.
We quote from the Baltimore Sun:
"Why, my countrymen, there are
six millions Of colored people in the
South with just as much right to vote
as have, and nobody has the right to
gainsay that. They are allowed thirty
eight members Of Congress and thirty
eight electoral votes. If the negroes
are not to vote, then the southern
Democrats cannot count those six mil
lions Of people. If they say we can
not deprive them Of that unfair and
unjust advantage, we will show them if
We cannot. If these people down
South will not allow negro to vote,
we will not allow them representation
for the negro"
There's SHERMAN's threat: " We
riH shoe them zoe cannot" Vir-
ginia's proportion is four. We print
elsewhere in this issue SHERMAN's
threat made at Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
As to elections, everybody knows
that they are as fair in this State as in
any State in the Union. We are conf
dent that there is not northern State
in which there are not more election
frauds committed in proportion to popu-
lation than there are in this State.
How would it be possible for any
southern State to perpetrate such frauds
upon the ballot-box as both parties in
Mr. SHERMAN's own State confess are
perpetrated there? MCLEAN confesses
for the Republicans, and HALsTEAD
confesses for the Democrats.
Andifthere were any political honesty
in JOHN SHERMAN he would declare for
depriviDg Ohio Of large portion of her
representation in Congress. We ask
him to tell the people Of Richmond
why he does not favor depriving Ohio
of some of her congressman? >
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

Sherman and the Presidential Fraud
SHERMAN comes to Virginia, but,
fortunately for US, Chairman HENsEL,
Of the Pennsylvania Democratic State
Committee, went to Ohio during the
recent campaign on purpose to give
JOHN good spanking, and this is the
way be performed his work:
"If John Sherman has forgotten so
soon the experience of 1S76-'77, he
may be assured that it yet fingers fresh
in the minds Of living, thinking men.
There was no device Of cunning and
there was no boldness Of assault that
was not resorted to SO lately by party,
of which John Sherman was leader, TO
make triumphant fraud OF which he
was the immediate beneficiary, and of
which he expected to claim the
remainder over in fee. There
comes to us, as voice from the
grave, the testimony of the dead
commander Of the Union armies, twice
the Republican President Of the United
States, that from the beginning of the
electoral struggle Grant believed Mr..
Tilden fairly had a majority of the cleo
tors Of 1876, and long months after the
decision he deemed Florida reasonably
doubtful and Louisiana to have honestly
declared for the Democratic candidate.
To have reversed the will of the people !;
to have overturned constitutional Law
and made popular elections . farce !;
to have raised fraud to the throne and
set shame upon the bench; to have
duped the credulous, corrupted the
weak, employed the villain, and su-
horned the perjurer-these were Of
fences against decency and wrongs upon
government that have not been forgot
ten and will not be condoned. This is
the damned spot that will not out, the
bloody ghost that will not down-this
Ia the spectre which haunts American
politics."
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
Foraker and Hard rimas.

FORAKER, in his speech at Staunton
endeavored to show that "the presen,
bard times are due to Democratic lsgis.
ton, and that the business depression
has increased since Mr.. CLEvELAND's
election" 1t is evident that as an ex.
hibition Of effontery FoRAKER's
Stanton speech was . success. Not
only that, but It seems that he insultcd
biz audience BY assuming that they
were ignorant. We venture to say
thsrcwss nota man Of ordinary intslli.
gsncs who heard him that did not know
that il Is generally admitted BY the
Republican Is well as the Democratic
papers Of the country that business has
been improving recently, and that there
sss decided signs Of : healthy business
revival. FORAKER has not kept 10
with the admissions Of his own organs
On that point IA for Democrats
who does not know
that ths Democrats have not had
) eaauee y scoomplish any lssis-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

Senator Sherman says, in effect, that
unless the large white majority Of Vir-
ginia allow the negro minority to out
vote them and send Senator Malone
back to the Senate he will be in favor
Of reducing virginia's representation in
Congress from ten to six votes, and to
the same extent her representation in
the electoral college, and that the North
will see that such reduction is made, or
know the reason why. The white Vir-
ginians will make it their business to-
morrow week to let the Senator see that
they will give their candidates the same
fair and legal majority that they would
have given them if he had not made his
threats. Gazette.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
The Ohio Speakers.

What sort of lapuer ia FORAKER
70 \. holds that under tbs four.serth
.u.ndment Convrsss c.n reduca
c..,..s ,.,,.,.nt.t;or IN ths Nations,
Hou.s ~ Rsnr.sert.t;ves AZ a nun;sb-
800 sor n. rnJ.vG,, Arts of nerson.Y
IA -, so,. of u,n 10 ha ;ero.
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N. const;tnt;onsl RIGHT to emit down the
representation Of a State that denied the
right Of suffrage to colored voters, and
that 1t might become necessary to exer-
else 1t II the people Of the South failed
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

We don't object to The Introduction
Of Foreign speakers into Virginia, pro-
y;ded they are men who have not at
home vili6ed. trsduced, and misrepre-
ssnted the southern people. We are
heartily in favor Of free speech, in any
event and, il it were necessary, as 1t
Il not, to guard our people against mis-
treating the northern Republicans who
are now campaigning in this STATE We
would do so. But we do not intend to
let the Virginia public forget what
SHERMAN and FORAKER have said so
recently in Ohio and New York.
Why does MALONE bring SHBR-
MAN to Richmond to speak when he
knows perfectly well that the Demo
Gratis have . large majority in this city,
even with the negro vote solid against
them? Does be expect our people to
DO guilty Of some discourtesy to the
Ohio missionary? Ifhe does, he will be
mistaken. Every Richmond Democrat
who does not want to hear SHERMAN
speak ought to stay away from the meet
ing. Every Richmond Democrat knows
that SHERMAN helped in 1875 to steal
the Office Of President Of the United
States, and in the last Congress helped
JOHN s. WISE and MALONE to con-
vert the Danville riot into the crime of
assassination and murder. Every Rich
mond Democrat knows how the name
of SHERMAN is connected with every
measure Of oppression to the South
that has passed Congress during the
last twenty-odd years. If, notwith-
standing SHERMAN's record, or be-
cause of it, any Richmond Democrat
goes to hear SHERMAN, he will Of
course listen patiently and do nothing
10 damage the reputation of Virginia
Is the abode Of hospitality, nor to be
used by the Republicans as capital in
the North.
But we have forgotten our text.
Why has MAHoNE invited Mr.. SHER-
NAN to speak in this Democratic city?
We answer that 1t is because there are
30 many Democrats in Richmond who
are in favor Of protective tariff. Our
Democratic speakers, being forewarned,
must be forearmed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

"a l,1fr ~ ~ RCD ! matter offos
eord 81 ccsnpelenl authority, / would
suggest hat 10 .hsse doubtful casse
comperison would be inside with TIE
scbool-csnsus In the hands Of the ssvs-
ri district boards. Tho Democrats
party should not suffer the serious de-
triment which might occur from the ~.
Clustering Of voters under the Ago Of
twenty-one: MIDpLEsEx.
A good suggestion. Each child's
ago, white or colored, Is entered in >
book when he begins to go to school,
and afterwards Is long as he goes 10
school his age appears upon the record.
Hunt up the records.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
Defeat Sherman.

The fact that John Sherman personal
ly participated in the great election
fraud in 1876 and accepted Cabinet
portfolio as his reward has not inter-
fered with his influence in his own
party.
With competent leaders in Ohio the
State might have been made Demo-
cratic this year, and Mr.. Sherman
would have disappeared entirely as a
presidential quantity. The suggestion
of the Philadelphia Times, that the
Democrats have still the power to de-
feat his election, is at least worthy of
consideration. There are Republicans
in Ohio who would certainly be more
acceptable to the country at large than
is MIR. Sherman, and no opportunity to
rebuke the participators in the political
corruptions Of 1876 should be ne
elected.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
The Philadelphia North American

The Philadelphia North american
Republican, says 1t isn't necessary
to masquerade like DIoGENEs in order
to find evidences of good times. The
improvement in business is apparent on
all Sides" But FORAKER furnished
at Staunton pretty good evidence that
it is necessary to masquerade like Do
GENES to find a malignant leader honest
enough to admit it.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
Helping Them to Change Front.

Helping Them to Change Front
Recently the Dispafch stated that
sit il to be presumed that Mr.. For
AxER and Mr.. SHERMAN are coming
| 10 Virginia to let our people know that
| IL they refuse to bow the knee to Ma
HONE, and dof' their caps in the pro-
sence Of his boss-ship, this State will
be deprived Of four Of its members Of
the national House Of Representatives"
Commenting upon this, the National
Republican says:
"The Dispatch knows that neither
Foraker nor Sherman has ever intimated
desire or purpose to deprive Virginia
Of any part Of her representation in
Congress-. The Dispafch knows thatno
such desire or purpose has ever been
expressed by any Republican speaker
or newspaper"
The Dispatch knows nothing Of the
kind. On the contrary, it knows, and
the Republican knows, that the Ian
gusge of SHERMAN and FORAKER
and their organs fully justifies all we
have charged upon them in respect OF
the matter under discussion. II it
would have proof, here 1t is in JOHN
SHERMAN's own words as spoken at
Mt. Gilead August 25lh and reported
in his organ, the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette:
"If they continue under their Demo-
cratic rulers the present system Of
ostracism, and oppression, and injus-
tice, . party can be formed among them
who will demand justice to all, and
thus break down the solid South, based,
as it is, upon crime and fraud. Ifnot,
it is the duty of the people Of the north
ern States, without distinction of party,
to unite the North in the execution Of
the constitutional amendments, and
under the fourteenth amendment, to
deny the States that do not protect
their citizens in the elective franchise
representation based upon the number
so DISTINGUISHED"
II the Republican says that does not
sustain the Dispatch's charge, it con-
fesses that it does not understand plain
English. However, it is easy enough
to see through the Republicans COM
ments. 1t is simply engaged in an ef-
fort to help JOHN SHERMAN and For
AKER change front in Virginia.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
Look Out.

Look out, in the next few days, for
the evidence Of the fertility of Mahone's
resources in trickery Of the most des.
picable kind. He will have his out
riders going in every direction, but es-
pecially in the doubtful counties and
he will make all kinds Of pledges, and
start all sorts of canards to bring out
the full negro vote. Let our people
everywhere in the State be on the alert,
and ready to checkmate the willy and
INSCRIPTIONS political renegade-the
worst enemy Of Virginia, not excepting
his " faithful ally" John Sherman
Lynchburg Virginian.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
Fatal Cunning Accident.

WINCHESTER, VA, October Co.
Samuel Campbell, twenty-one years Of
age, residing at Green Spring, Frederick
county, went hunting Saturday. Not
returning, search was instituted, and
be was found lying dead, with por-
ton Of his face and top Of his head
shot away. 1t is supposed his gun
was accidentally discharged.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

"In Virginia / shall pursue the same
line Of argument as in Ohio. shall
not retract a word l uttered in my
State. John Sherman to Washington
Star reporter.
Then Mr.. SHERMAN win say in Viz
ginia that JEFF. DAVIS is ga conspi-
rator and traitor" If JEFF. DAVIS
is, then HENRY A. WISE pas. What
says JOHN s. WIsRs Will be an
dorse JOHN SHEBMAN's epithsts?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

"Ths Nail end Express refers to
Foraker, the bloody-shirt champion Of
Ohio, who is peddling the secondhand
gospel Of hate prepared by John Sher-
man through this State, as flushed
with his Ohio victory One might
imagine from tho incoherency Of For
akeF's impassioned appeals that h, had
flushed himself with the very richest
output Of the Pleasant Valley Wine
Company."-Nep York World.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
ATOTT. ALE. &c.

THE ONLY PLACE IN TOWN
Il that keeps on draught GUINNESS
STOUT and BASES ALE, which makes the
best Half-and- Half. also Culmb and Err
LANCER BEER, all at ten cents per glass, Is
CHARLES EUKER'S,
1902 east Main street.
Anheuser. Busch Brewing Company (of
st. Louis) BEER also on draught.
oc l4-1m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
MIR. HalStead,

What say you, Mr.. HALsTEAD, to
the following exulting sentence in the
last Petersburg telegram of your CORE
spondent "F. d. M? Read:
"There were two colored men in the
parade, and they were jeered and boot
ed at by the thousands of colored men
along the line."
Is that your idea of " free ballot" "?
These two negroes had a right to ride
with FITz LEES cavalry" didn't
they?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28

The Ohio State Journal says (:
popular suffrage is q farce at Gin
cinnati." Which admission on the part
of Republican journal makes the ef-
frontery of SHERMAN and FORAKER in
canvassipg Virginia all the more glaring.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-28
MARRIAGES..

MARTIN-CRENSHA at the
Seventh-Street Christian church, on the
22d Of October. by Rev. William j. Petit
grew, Mr.. JAMES w. MARTIN. JR., to
Miss JESSIE ID. CRENSHAW: all OF the
city OF Richmond, Va.
RIDDfCK RIDER Married. wednes-
day, October al, 1885, at the residence OF
Mr.. W. IL. Powell, by Rev. A. Q. Bledsoe.
Mr.. JOHN q. RIDDICK. of this city. and
Miss FLORENCE N. RIDER, formerly of
King William county, Va.