Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-02-06
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To the Editor of fAe Disuafrh

| 10 the Editor Of tie Dispafch
In perfect truth I can say that you
have done your part TO convince s. all
the world and the rest Of mankind, y
| (as General Taylor is said to have ex-
pressed it, that the Democratic people
Of Virginia are next to unanimous for
the Blair school bill. There is not
q representative from Virginia in
the House Of Representatives who
does not know that IL he votes
against such bill ne will vote
| directly opposite to what the Demo-
cratic voters Of his district wished.
Furthermore, not one Of such repre-
sentatives can fail to know the fact that
the best people Of Virginia, and who
are the real taxpayers, earnestly desire
that the bill referred to shall be acted
on and passed in the House OF Repre-
sentatives Gt has already passed the
Senate) before Congress adjourns.
Such representatives know the further
fact that the House is Democratic
by large majority. and that unless
mighty good reasons can be given the
people of Virginia Eyes, the white
Democratic tax-paying people) will
hold the Democratic party respon-
sible if the Blair bill fails to pass
at this session Of Congress. Now, the
white people of the State who do the
voting, know mo matter what con-
gressmen and politicians may think
about it, that General Malone is not
dead; neither has he lost that low
cunning and sharpness which enabled
him to reach the Senate of the United
States. If the bill referred to is de-
feated, you may just put it down as
certainty that very quickly after 1t is
done the selfish ex-Boss will soon or
der his white henchmen to cause a con-
vention to be held to nominate candi-
dates for the offices to be filed
this fall and to put forth an
address to the voters of the State. In
such address you may also expect to
see it stated :" that he and his party
were and are still strong for the Blair
school BILL" (which was defeated by
Democrats as he will charge and which
would have brought so many hundreds
of thousands of dollars to Virginia.
When common sense and right demand
different course, why should any
Democrat so act as to help Malone
and weaken his own party in Virginia.
Have such people become blind to what
is demanded by their own constituents
and so blind to their own political in
terests? Really, it would seem SO, if
they can sit quiet and see a bill killed,
the only effect Of which may be to Kill
themselves and give new life to VIII
liam Malone.
If the evidences given through the
Democratic newspapers of the State will
not satisfy Virginia congressman that
Democrats want their representatives to
work for the passage of the Blair bill at
this session of Congress. then such men
would not be convinced 4" if one arose
from the dead" Once it WIS the SEN
timent of the people of this State that
senator either should resign or obey the
voice OF the people as expressed by their
agents. If that was ever good doctrine.
surely it is doubly incumbent on the
representatives Of the people TO work
and vote for what they know the people
favor, and especially when such people
are the main taxpayers of the State
and belong to the same party as they
do. If such representatives Sill want
more evidence of what the people de-
mand, then it is clear that no amount Of
evidence could throw light on minds and
ewes determined to be blind.
JUST so.