Evening star., 1885-11-21
OF THE EvExrxe sr.s

Sorrt>ponoence OF THE EVENING STAR
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 1s, 1855
An amiable and dispassionate feeling seems
TO have followed the heated interest felt by
Richmond in the recent election. Satisfied
with the defeat OF General Mahone's Aspirations
ior reelection 10 the Senate, and OF Mr. Wises
ambition 10 be governor, democrats now look %
their own household. The rivalry for the sena-
torship is active and jealous. Were the election
along time ahead. instead OF being Immediately
at hand, complications and bitterness would he
possible. Malone and Wise are seemingly for
gotten, except by those who calculate the un-
certainties OF politics. Probably only very
bad guesses credit either OF these repub-
ISa1e % % Virginia WIN MaRSonns RsnoSe has Gesirs hand
some residence in Petersburg and a seat in
the senate until March, lsss, Wise lives In
supposed 10 be On "short commons" nor Is he
likely TO be, as he is able In his profession. and
Gratis say he will move TO Norfolk and come TO
Congress ffom that strongly republican district
II so there would be a very lively corpse in the
next House OF Representatives. He is said to
find comfort I'm the fidelity OF most OF the white
counties originally captured by his party.
Democrats also believe that Gen. Malone and
Gov. Cameron may antagonize each other IN
candidates for the House OF Representatives
publican district in the state. Both live i'm
Petersburg To say that the battle would be an
obstinate one conveys no exaggeration 70 those
who know the two men.
AS TO POLITICAL DEATHS.
They have often been asserted as to public
men on the heels OF personal defeats In critical
elections Virginia furnishes examples OF re-
markable restoration to life OF supposed politi-
cal corpses Governor-elect Fitzhugh Lee, six
years ago, failed of election TO the legislature
from Stafford and King George. the counties he
sought TO represent This, following his failure
of 1877, where also Malone and Major Daniel
were defeated, and where began the trouble
that Malone has been able to give the Virginia
lad ID
make FitZhugh Lee political corpse. He does
not appear dead now, nor did he last
when the "old ioxes" OF democracy
thought their combinations had pnt the
Lee name and traditions and the confederate
soldier element out OF Virginia politics. Major
Daniel voiced the same element when he
seconded Fitz Lees nomination OF Withers for
governor twelve years ago. Gen. Payne, of
Fauquier, ia speech now much read and
quoted in Virginia, four years afterwards elo-
nominated Fitz Lee for governor. Major Daniel
was viewed as a corpse when Gov. Cameron de-
iea,ed ID him n' four m years ago AZ present he is a
from district sure TO give him rs per cent
more majority than any other democrat
He o MaRone I'm tss
Gen. Lee aud Major Daniel win do as illustra-
tons OF resuscitation when tombstones and
eloquent epitaphs were ready for them from
good-natured friends in their own party. IL Ia
little premature TO consider either Wise or
Malone as to years, for he is under forty. He
Is OF an easy-going disposition, with plenty OF
vim and expectancy. Good authority credits
with the guarantee OF long life. al feel like
fellow who had been eating icicles sitting on an
feat
THE sENAroRsHIP.
The republican contingent In the legislature
| will probably count for nothing I'm the coming
election for Senator. Democratic organization
was never compact In Virginia as now.
Mahone's organizing powers and his leverage
on the state debt issue are laid ghosts. For the
| tions that are merely ridiculous, but they will
be sufficient talismans to keep Virginia demo-
| Gratis united until new disturbing Issues shall
be projected into the thought OF a state always
| a battlefield for ideas and convictions. One
hundred democratic members OF the legisia-
for the caucus nominee icr the SEN
atorship. There are three candidates
staples. twelve years presiding judge OF the
court OF appeals, strong s speaker and an able
contest, with q limited chance, save In the case
of a fight between Barbour and Daniel pro
| tracted enough TO cause bad blood-a very Inn
lowers in the southwestern counties, and south
| west Virginia has always been credited with
amazing ski M IN making Itself ieia " wirEinis
peared in the Supreme Court I'm cases pertainins
| to the settlement of the state debt made under
| readjuster auspices
BARBOUR AND DANIEL.
These gentlemen are the real contestants lor
| senatorial honors that now divide the demo-
cratic sentiment OF Virginia They suggest rec
| objections of eminent service TO the state and
resented upon the supreme Court Of the United
States. For generations the bar and politics Of
Virginia have had as prominent figures MEM
son of a judge OF the Court of Appeals. who died
| in that capacity, and is himself the author OF
john NJ. Daniel. editor OF G the Richmpnd &c m Esor,.
| iner during the war; Moncure Daniel Conway,
| eminent In letters and journalism, and Raleigh
| torney general of Virginia, came OF the stock
| from which Major Daniel came.
,inrushed in pubIc yie. He IL oUe ,ess OF ;hres
| sons of the John s. Barbour who was In Con-
gress from 1923 TO 1888. Orange and Culpeper
counties have been the homes of the Barhours
| for many years. A county was given the fami-
| ly name, and the county-seat was named for q
| daughter of one OF the prominent members OF
| present John s. Barbour's father, was United
| states Senator, Minister to England, Secretary
| of the lower branch OF the legislature. He pre-
| sided over the convention that nominated Har-
an0 hp al sne BarSou 81 sns a
house In the 18th Congress, whose strong and
kindly face looks down from the walls where are
died in Washington in lS41, q Justice of the Su
preme Court, appointed by Andrew Jackson
sos Was ipr nn nm .na6 he1r LEI a. MISE IN hne mrs,
cast the vote OF Virginia for Vice President as
against Van Buren on the ticket with jackson
| at the latter's second election.
AS TO CLAIMS
| While the Virginia democrat will ind him
self easily content with the election of either
Barbour or Daniel as preservative OF Virginia
traditions, he is perplexed with the claims that
the friends of each assert for his favorte for the
| Senatorship. 1t is conceded that Mr.. Barbour
took charge OF an apparently losing hg ht against
| Malone In 1883, when Malone got his f1rst and
| lasting reverse. The democracy, also under
| Barbours direction, as chairman OF the state
| committee, gave the electoral vote OF Virginia
| to Cleveland a fact not lost sight OF by the ad-
ministration probably. A third success followa
| this year under Barbours management. Bu
meanwhile Major Daniel has been q large part
of all these democratic successes. He was ~
prominent at the Lynchburg convention OF
| 1885, as Mr.. Barbour, probably more SO In the
| work of relieving the democracy Of the handi-
cap Of the debt issue-an issue upon which he
had been beaten tor governor two years
| before. It is part OF the political
gossip OF the state that he helped TO create the
1Big -Four" combination, as IL Is called In Vir
GINA, by which four readjuster senators dis0-
| beyed caucus DEGREES and voted with the demo-
| Gratis 70 break the Malone slate TO i'm portan.
partisan legislation. Even his defeat for Cover
| nor four years ago appears now TO help his can
| vass for Senator, as he is assumed 70 have led .
forlorn hope, from which the older politicians
| retreated. While there is no bitterness, at
least rome on the surface, the contest 10 anima-