The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-27
LIVELY N IN VIRGINIA
Old Dominion marlborough Aroused
by Gen. Mahone's Vigorous Methods.
Little Doubt That the Republican Ticket Will
Be Successful if Anything Like q Fair
Election and Honest Count Is Had.
MAHoNE BOUND TO WIN.
His Vigorous Canvass i'm Virginia Producing
Good Impression ON the Voters.

His Vigorous Canvass i'm Virginia Producing
Good Impression ON the Voters.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26.-Although vir-
ginia Is In the habit of getting all the fun
there is out of a general State election. the
Dominion never saw before a campaign
TO equal this, which is now at
the highest temperature. From the Po-
tomac TO the North Carolina line the
whole State is stirred TO the highest pitch
of excitement. Barbecues. meetings and
gatherings of all kinds are being held every
day, and each side in the great fight is do
ing its utmost to win. When General Ma
hone first accepted the nomination, it was
generally thought here. by Republic
ans and Democrats alike, that 1he was
~foredoomed to defeat. The whole election
machinery is in the hands of the Demo
Gratis. and they have everything at stake.
but Malone, who is one of the most won
derful political organizers in the
country. did not propose to al
low anything to go by default.
He admitted no "foregone conclusion into
his vocabulary Of political terms. but, on
the contrary. started in to win. From the
outset he had the opposition Of many of
the older Republicans-those who were
originally known as the straight
outs.n as opposed to the ~'readjust-
ers." Langston, the most powerful of
the colored Republicans, was also
against him, and foriweeks the Democrats
were felicitating themselves with the de-
fusion they bad cool walk-over. Tonight.
the effect that the little General
has gained so rapidly that he has created
the greatest alarm among his opponents,
with the result OF opening one of the
largest Democratic barrels in the State.
means of advancing the interests of the
before heard of. He has plastered
the State with reading mat
ming 1aI; o ana assD' day tw and pI nisSt. F the
reading matter turned out is of a character
never thought of by the other side, and it
10 having q remarkable effect upon the
negroes. Thousands upon thousands of
Richmond. signed by all the colored
preachers calling upon their flocks to vote
the Republican ticket. and these circulars
are so ingeniously interlarded with script
ural quotations as to have marked effect.
Ten days ago the Republican who said
that. Malone might carry Virginia was
laughed at. he was regarded as an en-
thusiast whose hopes had got the better
of his Judgment. Tonight the sentiment is
looked upOn more as a pretty likely sort of
q prophecy. To show how the sentiment
has changed here, it is only necessary to
say hat one of the members of the Repub-
lican committee now in Washington has
had placed in his hands a large
sum of money to wager that Malone will
be elected, and he Is ready to take all odds
that may be offered. The Virginia election,
while purely a local one. has a national
significance, as it will doubtless have a de-
cided effect upon the selection of the United
States Senator. This is one of the
reasons why SO much interest is taken.
Another is that it is the first real fight
between the Republicans and the Demo-
Gratis in the Old Dominion sincesthe Repub-
1ican and Readjuster parties were CONSOLE
dated.