Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-03
FOUL METHODS.
DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS EXPOSED
ON EVERY 1ANp.
Blaine Talks to the Connecticut On
eratives-Colonizers Indicted
The Dudley Forgery.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE gEooRp-uMoS.l
THE Old DOMINION,
Malone Has Strong Hopes of Carrying
Virginia.

virginia.
PETERSBURG tVa.), November 2d.-Vir-
glnia has twelve Electoral votes-twice as
many as Connecticut, four times as many
as Nevada and Oregon, three more than
New Jersey, only three less than Indiana.
and four more than California. There are
only two Southern States which, by any
stretch of imagination, could be considered
doubtful in the impending contest. They
are West Virginia, with six Electoral votes,
aud Virginia, with twelve
With the exception of occasional claims
made by the Republicans of their ability to
succeed in West Virginia there has been no
idea on the part of Northern Republicans
that any break could be made in the united
column of the Solid South. In 1888 Vir-
ginia was carried by the Democrats by a
| majority OF 5000. All the election ma
chinery at the time was III the hands of the
Democrats, and it was employed ruthlessly
to accomplish party ends.
In 1886, when Congressional elections
were held, the total vote polled showed q
Republican majority IN the State of nearly
10000. In this State election the machinery
is in Democratic hands, but the Republi-
can Inspectors of Election are made of
stancher material this year than ever be-
fore. They are relied upon to fight if
necessary, for fair count-somthing these
conspirators have never seen in the past.
AT the Republican National Convention
in Chicago last June there was begun a
tight for the control of the Republican party
IN this State, which ended only few days
ago by the withdrawal of General Greener.
of Norfolk, the last candidate on the cleo
toral ticket put up in opposition to the
regular organization, whose head is ex SEN
ator Malone. With but few and insignifi-
cant exceptions the party is now united
and under the direction of Malone, who. in
1879, led successful opposition TO Bour-
bon rule in Virginia, and carried the Legis-
lature, which elected him TO the United
States Senate. General Malone resides in
Petersburg.
In 1884 the Republican National Com
mittee thought that Virginia was worth
tghtlng Tor, and 1t sent many orators to
| assist Malone in his fight for Republican
success in Virginia. This wear the Rennb.
lican National Committee has entertained
no hope Of carrying the State and-so far
as | am able to say-have spent no money.
In 1884 General John Sherman, Repre-
sentative Wm. Mckinley. of Ohio; a Rep
resentative of West Virginia, Senator
Plumb, of Kansas and dozen other prom
Inent Republicans, made speeches in this
State. Senator Blair, of New Hampshire,
| is the only Republican of any prominence
| from the North who has made a Republi-
| can speech in Virginia this year.
In view ofthese incidents, it would seem
rash TO predict that the Republicans will
carry Virginia next Tuesday, but it is an
| undoubted fact that Malone has much
greater expectation of success for the
| national ticket in the Old Dominion next
week than he had four years ago.
In conversation with your correspondent
tonight, General Malone said In 1885
Lee beat Wise for Governor 1900 votes.
This result was accomplished mainly by
Democratic ballot-box stuffing in the back
counties. 1t has always been the policy of
the Republicans in this State to gain as
many white votes as possible in the back
counties, and in the Fourth District that
policy has been seriously impaired by the
candidacy o. Langston, black man, who
has announced himself as a Republican
candidate on race issues simply. There are
$4,000 more blacks than whites in the dis
tr1ct. The fight between the regular Re-
publican nominee Arnold, the Democratic
candidate (Verbal) and the negro candidate
(Lanc ston) will make the result in this dis.
trict doubtful and the cause of loss of
several thousand votes to the national
ticket.
" In the Chicago Convention the Commit
tee on Credentials recognized boiling fac
ton in this State, and by so doing greatly
discouraged the Republicans in Virginia.
That faction put up an electoral ticket
without the slightest particle of authority,
but public sentiment within the party was
50 strong that the boilers have been COM
PEELED to withdraw their ticket. There is
but one Republican electoral ticket in the
field, and, unless my calculations are fear
fully wrong, it will receive a majority of
the votes in this State next week. We
have little assistance from the National
Committee, but remarkable gains are being
made on the tariff issue in every part of
the State. Virginia has every natural re-
source to enable her to become one of the
greatest manufacturing States of the Union.
she has coal, iron ore, limestone and lum
Der In abundance, and in the last
two national campaigns the people
have become educated on the subject
of the tariff. The failure of Congress to re-
peal the internal revenue laws and to pass
the Blair educational bill have angered our
people. The Republican meetings in this
campaign have been more largely attended
that the Democratic meetings We have
by far the best Republican Election In
spectors ever selected since the organiza-
ton of the party-men who know the law
and will enforce it and reduce election
frauds to minimum. In this district, if
AdASStOh hhN CIcdtsO IdCe ietDIlS Dy MS
candidacy, we would have carried the dis
trict by ten thousand majority, and our
success in the State would have been as
sured. As it is, l am confident we will
elect Harrison and Morton by majority of
four or five thousand"
General Malone is confident that seven,
and possibly eight, Republican members of
Congress will be elected, cut of the ten
Representatives from Virginia.
1t is estimated that the Republicans will
carry tie First District by 700 majority,
the Second by 5000 majority, and the Third
by 1,C00. The Fourth is doubtful; The
Eighth viii be lost by 1900; the Ninth
will be carried by 900, and the Tenth BY
600. These figures, if correct, will place
Virginia in the list of Republican, States
this fail. That ali attempt will be made by
the Democrats to capture large colored
vote in Blackwell is certain, and il is
equally as certain that such an attempt will
be partially successful.
AMONG. TIVE EANrnDruS