Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-25

II Tho Democrats II Virginia carry the state
woob after noNt thoy will DO 10 after "a long
pull. Is strong pun. and a pull altogether Com
tcsted elections cannot DO carried without a real
contest whore there nro two parties Az nearly
equal iu numbers (thank. o. negro suffrage
fIr-o1 uu us by the Republican party as are The
two pnrtes in virginia We have % willy Zoe iu
WuAtAB MAHoNR. although ho now lies cou-
coaleI. aud operates only through his scouting
parties There Is 400 part Of tho Common
wealth which is not Tcnchoi by the long
arm which mo Republican National Committee
cuaaes him 60 stretch forth Thoro arc atlosst
Jl0olO negro yotors lu this state. Tho consus %
1880 recorded and reported that their number
y.o. thon ovor lcNcU. Ihoy Increase nj tho rate
of about ~ per cent por anuum. SO thrre is no
roason g. doubt uat they now number over $780,
co. But thcro IS mo- occasion for alarm ln this
fact eociug Shat tho white vote has increased
from aG.op iu 1880 Go a present total of not less
than 2. ,l0J. ina "a word, tuo whites hayo "A ma
joriuy OF lnl.ol1 over tho negroes
These figures should admonl.h ma To 90 TO
work IN earnest Mo must meot sttll hunt
with o SIN hint. We must visit ten umos ~
many houses AS the MAhonoiie- seciuE that the
most ~ thcir voters arc uogroes, whom 20 IL
nc,thor necessary nor pleasant Go visit Tho
negro volos they need uot trouble themselves
abouL Thoy Will be- cast Tor iARKisoN. whether
tho yotor be a Mahoneite oran anti NNhoueitc.
Wise IL is TO learn from tho enemy. says on
old Latin aiago MAuONE has eout out 10 his
houchmen a circular IN with. under the pre-
tcnco thai he Is te!ling how ono Of them works,
he tells Thorn all tho manner of proceeding
which he would have them adopt The Nclg Gus
Ne Record brought the circular g. light Read t,
aud you will learn hat MAuoNE and his
followers are hard at work though they
mako comparatively few speeches aud
circulate comparatively few documents. MA
u1Sg acts upon tho theory that ono 'ivo, live,
efficient talker anj worker can gaiu more votes
than a hundred stump speeches or IA thousand
printed documents. Ito believes that his own
personal experience has proved this 70 be true.
aui he governs himself accordingly. Ma
honeite writes 60 the little Genorsl a. follows,
or. rather. MALONE gives ont that ho has received
such a letter. though it bears internal evidence
that he wrote it himself. We quote:
~ have my own precinct thoroughly organ
isod. 1 have Que active man appointed O. look
after transfers aud nothing else. | have another
60 lock after those who have como nj age since
last election and make list ami canvass them,
persuade such "a Will not vote with us not 60 reg
ister, aod those Wit will vote with US make regis
YER. have two good cOlOred men 10 canvass tne
colOFcd yUtc aad gog % out: Two more - haudie it
when gets out l have three or four good white
krpRbiicans 90 Work at the pOls-ssy one 20
stand outside AZ tue window and see that the
baiiOts g. into The b0N as they are voted. without
teing hanged, sc. Al OF tbs auOve stall pay
as have promised. Tor hayo found no work 40
IoOr a. that when We get for nothing, Last but
not least. every white Republican hhs promised
me n ny his bcst 70 carry ono Democratic yotcr
with him."
Note that 20 unregistered Democrats: MA
HONE IL counting upon your services Per
spade such es will not vote with us not % regis
ter" Whore IL the Democrat who will consent
thus 70 saeak out OF his dutyS Note, TOO, that
hAHoSB does rot deem IL necessary % have
even one negro 10 WORK a. tho polls" lilo has
"throe four good white Republicans % do
that Aud who bat MAuoNE peaned tho follow
ing; "Ah OF the above l shall pay - have
promised, for have found no work 50 poor as
that whi''h We set for nolhingn' Who wishes TO
10 orisodf
The lesson We would have The Democrats learn
from Tue aboye-quoied paragraph is that they
mosi not depend upon speakers nor speeches,
nor pspors, nor documents Of any kind, but
upon hard work,