The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-24
VIRGINIA ISDEM0CRATIC
so SAYS United STATES SENATOR
JOHN s. BARBOUR.
virginia Democrats not In Favor OF free
Trade, but want Tariff RefcTm-Hr.
Harbour says tho verdict
will be unmiSfakabIe

Virginia Democrats are not saying
much at present - said United States
Senator John 5. Barbour Yesterday
but they are thinking e great deal.
and will be found wide awake when
the votes are counted. When the quas-
tion is presented to the white people OF
Virginia whether the State shall
be turned over TO Malone and
his black followers, there is never
but one response nowadays. aud
that Is an emphatic negative. The tax
paying people Of Virginia have not for
gotten the reign of Mahoneism. and
their memery is so keen on that point
that they do not wish to return to %. IL
is too early to outline the issue in which
the campaign Will be waged. but pre-
sumo General Malone VIII attempt to
thrust the industrial issue upou Us. or
in other words, the high protective
tariff issue.
Now. it should be understood that
Virginia Democrats are not and never
were in favor Of free trade. They are in
favor Of tariff reform. | do not think
the State debt question will cut any
figure in the campaign this year, but
whatever the issues presented by the 0p-
position may be. the Democratic party
will be prepared TO meet them
squarely. We do not propose
that General Malone shall make
the pace for us by any means.
The campaign on our part will
be aggressive from start 20 finish. In
1872 Malone and his followers bad
Governor. Legislature. supreme Court
Of Appeals, two United Stltcs Senators.
in fact everything that was out. The
world knows how the Malone dynasty
used its power the people Of Virginia
know only too well. We have grad
ually wrested everything from the Ma
hOneites in spite of the fact that they
had control Of what is knOwnas the ma
chine. Now we have it and we expect
to hold it.
"MahOne still issues his orders as if
he was at the head OF bis division DO
Lees army. His discipline rs of the
most rigid character. He carries every
thing on his own shoulders. ] do not
underrate his organizing capacity. lie
generally foOts the bills for the State
conventions which hecalls. paws for the
hall. and pays the beard of the
negro delegates while the cOuvpu-
ton lasts. A Mahone convention.
frequently misnamed a Repu3-
lican State convention. ls worth
sometf ing to tine curiosity seeker. The
negro delegates generally comprise the
maior portion of the convention. They
do not put up at hotels. but are quar-
tered in squads Of hall dozen or more
at some private hOuse owned by nee
gro. A member Of the squad does Che
cooking II any is required. Osnaliy-
how ever. very little cooking is done. as
corn bread and a cup Of tea or coffee
and some whisky suffice
Much has been said about Malone 5
organization in Virginia. As matter
OF fact he has no organization in thc
sense known to Northern politician.
His work is done mainly through c3l-
ored preachers who proclaim from th.
pulpit Mahone's wishes, and who eN-
hort their flOcks to go TO the polls add
vote the straight Republican ticket
from a TO lizard.
." do not know how much of %
figure Langston will cut in the impend
ing canvass. lie hates Malone enough
to give him trouble if opportunity
offers. LangstOn Is able and shrewi.
but it is probable that If Doe is found
too formidable in bis opposition O.
Malone that the administration VIII trl
tJ buy him of with some good Office
| do not think Mahone cares tO be- eiec
ted Governor of Virginia. My opinion
Is he would like the opportunity Co de-
cline the nomination, and Dc is quite
probable that it will be given him.
81 cannot name the Democratic nom
inee for Governor. Several good men
are in the field. any one OF which can
be elected this year. / think Whoever
is nominated. whether Do Will be- an
ardent tariff reformer like o Farrell.
or some man of more conservative
views. the candidate Will stand -Quareiy
ON the platform endorsed by the con-
vention. Tho campaign must from me-
cessity be Of more than local interest
from the fact that the Republican Na.
tional Committee intends 90 give
the Republican party in Virginia iinan
cial support and the aid of lis best
speakers.
The administration Will throw It's
influence in favor Of Malone. and every
effort will be made TO place the State
permanently in the Republican column.
But we are not frightened. The State
is naturally Democratic. F9ur-iiilhs of
the white voters are with us. or against
Malone. and the apathy that existed
during the Cleveland administration.
and which came SO near causing us 20
lose the State, has vanished. -i'dsh.
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