Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-11-23

The Senatorship,


Among the important duties which the
General Assembly which meets next month
will be called upon to discharge is that of
choosing a successor to General Malone in
the United States Senate. Among the many
sons of Virginia who are worthy to wear
the Senatorial toga, whose time and whose
talents have been periodically dedicated to
the cause of good government and who de.
serve the highest honors which the State Is
able to bestow, none stands forth SO con-
spicuously as the Hon. John S. Barbour,
Chairman of the State Executive Commit.
tee. In 1883, when Mr.. Barbour was called
to the leadership of the party, he found the
democracy of Virginia demora!ized and dis
organized by three successive defeats; one IN
| 1879, another in 1881, and another in 1882.
Her people were almost despairng OF being
able to break the chains which Malone was
industriously forging for the complete over
throw of their liberties, and the establishment
of q personal government. In this crisis the
ewes of the people turned to Mr. Barbour as
perhaps the only man who possessed the ad-
ministrative ability, the talent for organiza-
ton which could weld into an inVincible ar
nv the disorganized democracy and lead
them again to victory. He accepted the
trust. and how we'll and how faithfully and
ABLY he has discharged the duties which it
imposed, the history Of the last three
years will tell The victories of lSS3-lSS4
and the crownipg and crushing triumph of
1885 tell more fully what he has accom-
plished than any words can do. And now
when he comes to the people Of Virginia,
the people whom he freed from yoke more
oppressive and CALLING, more offensive and
tyrannical than that which Britain imposed
upon the colonies, which lead our ancestors
to take up arms, and asks Of them but q
single office of the many that he has won,
will they say him nay? Virginia and Vir-
ginia's representatives can never be guilty
of such base ingratitude. Mr.. Barbour is
to day, in our judgment, the choice of
large majority of the democratic voters of
the State. Who can have higher or stronger
claims to the place from which Malone has
been hurled than the man who overthrow
Malone, and but for whose services Ma
hone would have been his own successor.
No one man in Virginia contributed so
much to the success of the party, and no
man deserves so much at the hands of the
democracy of Virginia. If other, and
younger, men aspire to serve Virginia in
the Senate of the United States, let them
wait until another vacancy occurs, when
their ambition may be gratiGed without
placing the democracy of Virginia in the
attitude of ingrates. The Legislature should
elect Mr.. Barbour to this position without a
dissenting voice.-1idcWaier Inder.
Here in Washington the opinion is general
that Mr.. Barbour will and ought to succeed
Malone in tho Senate. The same feeling
is said to prevail in the State, although Mr..
Daniels friends will urge his selection. Mr..
Daniel is only 43 years of age, and can wait
to succeed Riddleberger. Mr.. Barbour is
Co. and this fact will have great weight. 1t
is said that some Of Mr.. Daniels friends
will urge him to withdraw, and that will
make his election certain three years from
now.-JIash. Cor. st. Joseph (0fo.l Gazette.
A prominent Nirginian said to tho Timcs-Demo-
crat correspondent: Hon. John 6. Barbour will
most probably succeed Malone in tho Senate.
There is talk of Major Daniel, but hardly think
it will take influential form as against Mr. Bar
bour. Major Daniel can afford to wait, and may
not have to wait long. The friends of Riddle
berger are seriously alarmed as to his condition.
| He has been a hard drinkcr for years, and his
habits arc not likely to improve under bitter al
versity. 1t really would not surprise the people
| of tho Valley if he incapacitatcd by failing
powers to perform the duties cf his office. His
retirement would insure the election Of demo-
crat, and Major Daniel, yielding now to Barbour,
! would be the man. But the present is for every
good reason, Barbours prize. He has vanquishcd
Malone in three pitched battles, and this last
time so completely as to have destroyed him.
| politically. The man is actually looking for
homo elsewhere l take it, therefore, thst to such
a victor belongs by every right the great przo
secured. Hash Cor. New Orleans Times Democrat.
TIE preference of United States Senator is
ono of the significant duties that will dcvolvc
| upon the General Assembly. 1t is incumbent that
e truly representative Virginan be chosen-onc
| who from the commanding station he holds, can
best promote the large public and material inter-
ests of his own State and by his acts achieve ad-
dtional renown for the old Commonwealth, whose
| intimate acquaintance with the statesmen and
business men of the country and whose practical
| comprehension of public measures furnish ample
| security that more than passing interest will be
| giving to national legislation. We are of the
opinion that tho influence Of Virginia will be the
sooner felt by the selection of man whose efforts
display more o! the practical than tho rhetorical,
| and in this remark, wish distinctly to discaim
| unjust allusion to any particular gentleman,
whose namo has been mentioned for this high
Office. We need fresh and vigorous mind, with
breadth and comprehension enough to grasp
issues as they arise and with sufficient force and
vitality to orr ginate measures that will be just
and advantageous TO all sections of our common
country. In tho Hon. John S. Barbour, in our
opinion, the requisites combincd.-1lanasSus
Gazette.
Public sentiment in Virginia points pretty gen.
orally to the choice of Hon. John S. Barbour as
U. S. Senator to succeed Billy Mahonc-Grecn-
Jrier w. Fa.l Independent
The Governors Thanksgiving Proclamation