The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-13
A WASHINGTON Letter.
TIE VIRGINIA ELECTION zorro.
The Ffineirsi tESnsrs IN the 0feat
Campaign Canai6v for Heck.
Hespsr-o"ast indian
leases aud the itS~ef
the Political rslA ~

virginia campaign ~fllN LOO hkhlhsi
John =. Wise. Tho meat Of Tho quos'
ton lies In tho contrast Of the two
nsmes. The most inyeterato enemies
OF Democracy must admit that the
man who is pittod against Leo Ia "a
tho people Of Virginia what Arnold
was 10 his oOuntTy-traitOr aud de-
spoiler. TreRohery In hor children
tho old Dominion never iorgiVos-
trRlty Ehe always r6Warda, Tine only
danger 20 the Democratic ticket
lies IA this accepted doctrine. Tho Viz.
giuians hating and lORthing Wise, may
Imagine no difficulty in defeating him,
and thereby become careless about or
ganiZatiOn and the supreme not OF
voting, But under most any circum.
stRuc6s leo Ia sure OF victory. From
all that in said there Will ho no joint
canvass, Tho conditions are not har-
moniOus. Tho Issues are so nearly
personal that talk would precipitate
trouble, ana nobody wants that. Wise
Is regarded as q bully and a black
guard, aud vet ho knows that stVle
wouln never go down with Loe. Too
we'll hs knoWsi IL he tired on Lee the
iaw-aapping experience no tried on
PArson Massey, that he would need re-
construction by angels. Loe.desn't care
10 soil himself by contact. Parson
Massey and Wise Of course
don't speak because OF the incidenL
glyon shove. BY tho way, when tina
occurred in Richmond two years ago
Massey said something that went a
great way toward making people fog
gat that & man had received a blow In
virginia and had not returned IL.
When Wise struck him in Tho face,
no wiped the blood away, and turning
to his assailanL said IN voice strained
by suppressed passion: "lf i could
wipe the stain OF murder from my
soul as easily "a 1 do tho mark OF thig
blow, you would not live two min
utaSw
Massey WIS nominated for lieuten-
ant governor 10 propitiate the old Re
adjus.er clement, which Is said to be
still most active in Southwest Vir-
glnia. IL is the verdict OF those peo-
Pile best informed that he is tho best
posted man in the State upon tho debt
question, and that Is ono of tho issues
they say drove Wise TO fren-
~ in 1888 by the clear
and convincing arguments that
he made, and precipitated tho brutal
attack upon bimself az q stroke OF re
vongo for csstigetion received upon
the stump.
Hon. John S. Barbour, of AleXan-
dria, was reelected chairman of tho
State executive committee, and vii.
personally direct the canvass, as he
has done for some years. In tho re-
cent convention which nominated
Fiz Lee, 1t has been charged that Mr..
Barbour inst gated tho opposition TO
Lee by reason of the prejudice which
would hereafter necessarily attend his
(Barbour's) candidacy for Nahone's
seat, because Lee and himself reside
in the same district. Lee lives i'll
Fairfax and Barbour in Alexandria,,
tia adjoining county. Mr.. Barbour
has very strong friends, however, and
ia looked upon pretty much as Is SEN
ator George, of Mississippi-the man
who saved Tho State.
Up to q few days ago tho
CANDIDATES FOR DooR-KEEPER
of the House of.Representalives were
rrainor and Lyons, of New Herk pos
Hib!y Dick Bright, of Indiana, late ser
geGut- alarms of the Senate, and Sam
Donalson, of Tennessee. Ihe New
York men are not regarded as having
any show. Bright is handicapped by
tho presence OF brother statesman,
Dalton, VINO IL postmaster or the
House. DonelSor, who ia chief clerk
U lIO was %
having the best showing, until new
man in the person of Mr.. G.
+. l., Brsnlik, OF Pennsylvania,
appeared upon the scene, who
seems 10 have been putting in some
qute5 bat effective work, for hear Of
Eim constantly. His position AZ man.
aging operator of the government lines
OF telegraph at tho House for many
years has given him, it IL said, close
and Intimate acquaintance with NOM
bers Donelson and Nell Brown, of
Tennessee, are brothers-ip-law, and
both being candidates, (ths latter for
as reader # the House,
the question may be one OF wise Rd-
justmenS now one may help himself
without hurting the other.
The investigation of the accounts OF
tho coast sury ey, at the instance OF
FIRST AUDITOR CHENOWETH,
has been finished and the report will
be handed in tonight. 1t confirms the
p sition taken Nv the auditor that Ghe
affairs of that Office wero conducted in
a loose and irregular way, and In many
instances without authority OF law.
The decision OF the attorney-general
that leaaes OF Indian lands were in
valid without CONSENT of Coupress,and
the emphatic response of the President
yesterday to the cattlemen, has cleared
tho air of that question, aud the folks
interested are already on their way
home. General Sheridan's statements
and the report of General Armstrong,
seit cd the business.
The new First Assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson has wrought such
havoc among Republican posJmasters
in the last lew days that many peo-
Pile ara saying it looks something like
r.. Ill N, Gnt DIV
there were 1.S changes, and one day
since there were 240. Removals, how
over, are confined principally to Now
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Vir-
g. n a, in Wow OF the coming elections.
iennsylvauiai is making dead set
for removals. The recent Harrisburg
convention was decisive in its do
mand to
"TURN THE RAsCALs OUT"
Congressman Curtin reached here
to-day, and Messrs. Randall and w.
l. Scott will be here tomorrow. A
strong presentation of the State situa-
tinn will be made and immediate &C.
ton urged in the way of clearing out
Republican officeholders. The ABOVE
delegation is empowered to act for the
democratic delegation in Congress.
Places especially sought to be given to
Democrats are Philadelphia postoffice,
P.ttsl urg pension agency, two collect
crships, and superintendent of rail-
way mails.
One of the restoring outrages perpe-
trated against Democratic States, but
mere particularly Southern States, by
the lately removed powers, was the
custom of appointing people to posi-
lions as citizens of those States when
in fact, in q great number Of cases,
the appointes had never seen their So
called place of abode. Texas has SUI
fered her full share, and the day may
not be FAR off when it can be shown to
what extent, As a proof of this the |
noted in his recent order governing
the publication OF tina biennial odiciai I
list, lac ingsrp9ts that PARTICULAR Gaze !
DO o5sorvel 10 give not only the StGte |