Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-05
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1889.
The Fateful Day.

The Hateful day is upon rs. II is day
upon which the people OF Virginia are to
decide momontous questions. 1t Is day
that will long be- remembered a. the one
upon which Virginia rode triuniphantly
over her enemies. or as the one upon which
she was dragged down into slough of
desmond bv unnatural children. II is in
decd hi, with the fate Of the people of
the good old mother of States and states
mon. II MAHoSE shall Neglected Cover
nor bv the votes 81 ecaiawaCs carpet-bag-
gers. and negroes. sho VIII put on s1ckcloth
and ashes and be- As JoY was in the days Of
rs greatest trials aud ody,rsitics. If
McKlsNfY shall be- elected She viii clothe
herself in her most beautiful garments ahd
rejoice rs MmIAM rcjoicod when her peo-
pie had just "trumphcd gloriously" over
their enemies.
II isusclcss 10 indulge in gUcsses as to the
probable result. Tho returns If thor re-
Apective counties VIII be- i'm tine hands of
most 90. our reader. before ,his issue of the
DsDgiA VIII reach them. IL can do no
harm. however. TO say that there is Do good
reason known 10 Us why tho Democratic
majority flr our candidates forS-Gto Offices
should not Doe very large. nor why we
should not elect q large majority of the
members # both branches Of the General
Assembly This j. modest claim, We
verify bctsv.. We were gong to say that
uothiuz except fraud. intimidation. or
tfickery could prevent that claim from be-
coming fact: bat We viii use no such quail
fiue words for the Democrats IF Virginia
nro iu no hpmor today go bc defraudcd,
iutmida'cd. or tricked
We shall to-day vote down the worst
enemy Virginia hrs ever had. We shall vote
down the treachorous NirMnaus who favor
50 national elcctiou-law. hpt whose work in
that behalf viii not have much Influence
upon Conerc- If we bury Thorn beneath
an ov rVheming majority. Il Is too bad
that Nir.ina's worst enemies should bee
they of hcr OWL household. But SOFT D..
S,ho has SONS who look ID Washington
rather than o. Richmond when they are
preparing their ballots, and who conS,rt
With h,r enemies rather hoy friends. r. is
moral treason for any Nrriu'an o. adyo-
cate % scheme Of holding elections IN this
State under whose operation no congress
man could Dee elected except those elected
by negroes and mean white mona scheme
that would Lumiliate and degrade Virginia
and an her southern sisters, and IN fact
put an end go the government boqueathcd
g. us by ucmther- of tine republic.
We shall vote down the man who tried
topcn~ion his newspaper organ upon the
State Treasury. and make the taxpayers
pay that organ five cent? line for adver-
tisine AN the acts OF a general nature pass
ed by the Legislature.
We shall vote down the man who en-
dcavor-d 90 pension bis greedy follower,
upon the propT'y-holder-. We alluie TO
the bin providing thai all Judicial land
sales should bee made by MtHoNE COM
mi-sioner-of-sales and all such Judicial
Landslide should De- advertised III a Ma
HONE organ.
We shall vote down the man who would
put the government of this city into the
hands Of commissioners appointed by HIM
self. turn out our efficient policemen. and
fill their places with his own tooi-. How
could hc help appointing negropo policemen?
Look at the negro lct,er-caruers why are
these appointed? Because there are SIX
or seven thousand negro voters here and
perhaps not one thousand white Rcpubh-
can voters. The same reason would COM
pei the appointment of negro policemen.
We shall vote down the man who at
tempted TO legslate out Of Office al the
learned. impartial circuit judges and 90
substitute for them lot Of shysterS ac-
knowlcdging allegiance 10 WILLIAM Ma
HONE Whist a mockery of IuStice-what
travcsty upon court we should have sui
fered from ifthat notable plot had not been
discovered aud defeated.
We shall vote down the man who en-
doavorcd 70 tie Richmond city to IA NUM-
Der Of counties in the black belt so as 90
empower the negroes Of this district to
elect 10 Congress scalawas or carpet
Dagger who would be Objectionable To
the good people of the capital-a city
which has never bowed the knee to this
petty tyrant. and which to-day, rs she has
always done in the past and viii always do
in the future, de1es him and dares him to
DO his worst.
We shall vote down the man who sought
20 have placed in his hands full control
over all the Virginia railroads, and to have
9 bill pa 3sed which would have amounted
10 the sequestration OF al the railroads in
the Commonwealth.
We shall vote down the man who favor
ed "A measure % give 10 hiu.solt the appoint
ment Of every administrative, executive,
judicial. aud railroad officer N the State.
A careful calculation made IN 1885 placed
the total number at is.C53l, Imagine If
YOU can the impoverished. ruined. de
graded. disgraccd condition in which Viz
gnia would now be had MALONE got his
grip upon all these officers and employees.
We shall vote down the man who wished
% yacate the offices OF all the school
trustees in the State and I'LL their places
with his tools.
We shall vote down the man who
schemed to have 100 notaries public legis-
lated out Of Office and their places filled
by his henchmen.
In word we shall vote down a man
whose every act. thought, aud word all
true VTginians must condemn. No words
of ours can add darker hue 10 the dark
record which he has made for himself.
Let him go down
"Io the vile dust from which he sprlng,
Unwept, unhonored, aud unsung.N
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The fight will be fairly joined before this
issue Of the DiS0dica reaches many Of our