Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-29

LEES AND wISE's STYLE OF CAMPAIGNING
| THE SENATORIAL ISSUE-BARBoUR AND MA
| HONE IN THE LEAD IN THEIR REspECrIy,
| PARTIES.
| Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR
! RICHMOND, VA, October %, 1885.
In this city there is no concealment of an xietx
oy either side as to the result of the election q
next Tuesday. With singular consistency the
canvass has been directed on both sides with
oiuster and pretension Of confidence which have
never deceived thinking people and which
nave apparently been intended to influence
the political elements likely to be controlled by
ueciamatlon ana ingenious ASSUMPTIONS of zeal
Iaking the fervid dislike OF Gen, Malone ont n,
| The case, it is questionable whether the elo.
quent zeal Of democratic newspapers and ora
TORS has touched the popular,heart as much as
may nave appeared on the surface. This sug.
gestlon implies no discount of the giitterins
ihnuences attaching to Gen. Fitzh,gh Lees
, name ana character and to his high personal
WORM. IN all the elements OF personality that
Nirglnians are accustomed to consider the
makeup of fitness for the gubernatoriaI office.
Sen Lee fills the highest Virginian standard
sometime before he was nominated. Gen lee
cShuidly stated his am bitiOn to be governor of
erg and the declaration helped him to Sc
cure the nomination Mr.. Wise made a similar
Ifeeclaration OF his own ambition. Each helped
tn ,i no own candidacy by appealing to virginians
OF Doth had filled honOrably and which Virgin
i'tns Sonsiderequal to any political distinction.
eIIopaoiy honors are easy to the methods
Oh me campaign. II Gen. Lees canvass shall
De demonstrated by the result of the election to
nave Deen too much based upon the theory of
as.lsctive symbols and shibboleths, upon elo-
quent traditions and emblems the fault can
not be imputed 10 him. He has followed the
togic OF his nomination, and if he shall win the
triumph Will be mainly due to his own fi1lfI
ment of the ideal which the Democratic con.
xenl1on onered to the people of Virginia, n
Al Mr.; ", Wise shall defeat Gen Lee his PERSONALITY
a IN ane contest will be just triumphantIy vim
olcated as will that ofGen. Lee by a democrats
success sues However handicapped by his political
Whop er M relations with Gen. Malone, for
cratic 1nvective since he was nominated Mr.
WISE, Use mas , made the canvass in his own way.
niucn IKE that of his father, full of brilliant
surprises to his enemies and sometimes snrs
Rrlslng his friends with incidents that some of
archivs o. nave been glad to relegated to the
t ms .aIher In many respects and the canvass of
Heny years ago against ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
invective and quaint imagery of his SON in hf,,
canvass al, lor the Office which his father memoir
nave no hesitation in reaching the concInsinn
% % , zen. Lees election by large majority. as
H,chmond is heartily for Fitz Lee It is also
are not those of Richmond, where he lives and
Is h liked personally. His personal habits and
mem VIZ ue,a IKE those OF Gen. Lee though two
.nen were ever created more unlike in tempera-
hment, commend him to the Virginian. lake
Of lou out o. politics, especially out of the politics
Oh l. the most popular men in Richmond. But |
after Malone the deluge itself would he ner.
ptteu 20 oVertake Wise as its first victim if |
asC.hon1 couid decree his fate. But Rich.
mond, while it will give large majority for
zen. Lee, Will not decide the issue in the state.
ne political managers of both sides are trnu.
oed about the vote of the southwestern conn.
Ies ana the negro vote in the counties south Of |
ZINES river Both sides concede the doubtful
IS already stated in letters to THE SraR from
mar section Republicans confess the large ma
orties CANNED for Lee by democratic estimates,
. a.n exceptions In counties OF minor signifi. |
:i ~ "a middle Virginia Both are doubtful as to
r t.l the Norfolk and Petersburg congressional
10, and both make hesttating estimafeS ne 70
ne southwest Gen. Mahone's intimates claim
!; iatter section with gains that would make
ears vote, when Cleveland's majority was
';OOo In the state. Well informed Democrats |
.ain nearly all the counties in the southwest
o;ncedlng Tazewell county alone as likely to
I'VE majority up to the standard which Gen
commandedin that section in the flush
ays OF his supremacy in Virginia politics. AS
the black counties, democrats are disfrnst.
u! OF the pretended doubts Of Gen Mahone;s |
3l1wers as to their ability to secure it soldIy.
eaders Is now addressed to both the Norfolk
M petersburg districts. A full negro vote in
'est the decision of the fight between Lee and
lse In such case the majority either wav
'ould be surprisingly small-especially to those ]
ba ,haveap 1phesied naJorities reaching into
Gen: Lee may be elected by something like 9
U,,OoO majority; but it is not probable Mr..
Use may be elected by q much smaller ma
'rlty. his friends do not claim so much as do
en-. Lees friends. But the legislature. which
lind OF everybody; and nobody claims to have
bsolute faith as to its complexion, save the
iends OF Mahone. They derive comfort from Z
'ncessions like this of a leading democrat. re- I
entity published: 'Mahone has to carry be. O
des republican counties, fourteen counties I
wing democratic majority in the last cleo n
n. \
undred democratic majority and five little ?
ore than one hundred" If there be much r
accounts from each side as to the annie me- 81
lniary supplies of the other can be credited. a
unties in Virginia politics having important
caring upon the control of the coming legisla- |
re, which In December will elect a successor T
. r zen S Mahone' whose term will expire in
should the democrats win the legislature n
ouid Barbour be SENATOR Not necessarily, u
It probably. He would for the third time S
present success over Malone. He would II
itomize all of democratic expectation. hone O
ahone during weary years when the broad ii
that, the ridiculously contrived pantaloons. d
"a the wasp-waisted coat, lndicrous attire of a a
despair to democrats, as to their antagonist In
ey were as much symbolical of victory as the 81
e soldiers Of the first French republic. n | "
'uld be difficult for Major Daniels oratoryN OF
ltOry not sufficient to defeat Cameron for te
l
practical achievement az Barbours. The
ntest would hardly be sufficiently intense to |
rmlt the serious mention of Judge Staples
me as compromise with a view to Harmony
the party"
But should Malone win the legislature that di
should the legislature be republican, what tn
IN? II largely republican, Malone would CIV
We no trouble in securing reelection Close w,
puted as to organization and other prelimi. ur
rles, accidents might prevail In the choice of 81,
nator. But so intense is party feeling i'm m
rginla, both political organizations being i'm
ought to the bow-string tension that there is RE
reasonable expectation that the decree of of
lcus Will be disObeyed in either party For m
present, at least, the fight is between Bar de
lr and Malone for the senatOrship-each
.lrman OF his party's state committee, and
n the symbol of victory or defeat for his
'ty on Tuesday next ky of
'EATH OF ANDREW F. CARLIN-Andrew F. d
lin, highly respected farmer of Alexandria pa pa
nty, Virginia, and proprietor of Carlin o .
hold fever and catarrh of the stomach He ! en-
5 about 81 years old. ni,
SUITFoR DIvORCE.-Charlotte D. Brashears III
, through Mr.. j. A. Smith, filed bill for di-
&c from Ben A. Brashears, ION the ground of /,
ertlOn. They were married February 10th 1
y ana she charges desertiOn June 10th, an
~ VIII
Marriage Of Judge L. NJ. Villas. pa
telegram to the New York Tribune, from 5oi
Imam, I'LL, October o. says: Judge Levi M. ms
rs OF Eaa Claire, Wis, q brother of the Post gra
'ter General, was married to-day in Pullman or
rch to Miss Lizzie Stewart Ludlam. | q
ghter of Major James d. Ludlam. The Rev | PHI
NIX warren OBLIGATED. Owing to the recent n
Ia OF the bridegfoom's sister, the attend. r
was limited to relatives, about seventy Of G.
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