Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-19
The situation in Virginia.

The New York Word reports an inter-
view bad ia that city on Saturday last be-
tween representative Of that journal ano
Hon. joan s. WISE. We quote u In fuiI:
John s. Wfse. OF Virginia, II at the lioh.
man House. "The situation In virginia"
be said. ais decidedly mixed. Tue Labor
party Is pretty Thoroughly Organized
throughout The State, and II they poll as
heavy vote as they expect, TIE Repuoil.
cans NAV elect several congressman. "A
canvass Of district revealed sixty Labor
votes. and out Of the sixty fiity-eight were
Democrats. According to that the Labor
vote In the State win draw almost exclu.
siyeIy from the Democratic ranks"
us II true that General Malone has re.
tired from politics!"
"No: but politics seem 10 have retired
from him. General Malone Is not re.
firing man."
So Mr.. WISE basis bis hope that Judge
wAppILL Is to be elected Congressman
from this district upon the assumption thai
a majority Of the labor voters are Demo
crats. Surely Mr.. WISE didn't see the pro-
cession In this city last Monday, or else be
leaves the colored element out OF his calcu-
lations. Anyhow, being iorewarned, the
Democratic Knights Of Labor may be fore
arm. They are expected to desert the
party Of their own people and join party
with which Virginia has never had any
sympstby-a party known to the south
ern people chiefly by the 5urthens II
laid upon them--the party which has
originated the internal taxes-whlch
framed the reconstruction acts-whch has
epdeayored for twenty years to secure the
control OF this State, although, as Gen.
eral MALONE once testified, there are in
some counties In Eastern Virginia hardly
enough white Republicans to officer the
Republican negroes. What Virginian will
aid In that unhoiy work, who remembers
the reconstruction laws, the jury law which
Senator THURMAN had repeated, the DISCO
luton OF southern Legislatures by the mil.
iiary, the stealing Of the electoral votes
Of Florida, South Carolina, and Louisi-
ana by men protected by Republican
President Of the United States, command
ing the military and naval forces? Read
BorTELLE's speech for which GEORGE ID.
WISE excoriated him. Read BLAISE's
bloody-shirt speeches. Read the northern
Republican papers which have libelled MIR.
DAVIS and through him all the southern
people. Then let the Democratic Knights
OF Labor decide tor whom they will cast
their votes this day two weeks.
Mr.. WIsE's reference to General Ma
HONE Is amusing. II reminds us OF Lawyer
BERRY's remark to well-known brother
lawyer that be had been following the law
for long time, but now the law seemed to
be following him. "General MALONE is
not a retiring man and has not retired from
politics, but politics seem to have retired
from him. That's good. General Ma
HONE, who intends to try his luck again
next year and become II he can the
successor Of Mr.. RIDDLEBERGER, would
do better to recognize the fact that
he has been stranded. He has no future.
The new leader OF the Republican party
vii; be some such man as Mr.. JoHN s. WISE
man who can speak TO the "fierce Demo-
cratie,o and warm up the feelings OF his
bearers-a man who will allow his white
followers to have some opinions OF their
own, and who will take counsel with them
whenever he ought TO do so--a man who
viii not have for his motto, "The Repubh'
can party In Virginia. 1t is myself"