Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-11-15

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actively for candidate known by
him to be offensive TO IL great major.
ity of the people concerned. Malone
had all the assistance it was possible
10 give him from federal appoint.
mcnts, and in other ways more OF
less corrupt he WAS given the great
est boost that probably any candidate
ever reccived-such as being empow
cred to draw od lib. or the naiional
/ organization for funds. No doub!
these tactics secured in one way or
another thousands of ballots of easy
virtue. The majority against the
! pretcndcr. great ny il is, does not
represent the real feeling of Virginia;
but it must serve. and il an over
whelmirg rebukc in more quarters
than ore.
The New York Herald says: Az
Tor the fierce and bitter conflict il,
Virginia, it must be freely conceded
that it was practically an adminslra
tion fight and that the result is Il
singing and deserved rcbulc OF MIR.
Harrison. lie fundamentally in
irndod into the politics Of That State
Knowing The methods of Malone, he
sanctioned them and assisted him by
every Influence Which Il President can
command to carry the election by
fraud and corruption. The navy
yard ami the cdsiom house, with Tie
immense patronage attached thereto,
were placed ut Alahoncs disposal.
lie had whatever money was needed
to Influence votes: he had the con
stunt advice of the shrcw,lcst and
most unscrupulous leaders of the
Republican purity, and he had tie
priceless prestige of the government.
ln spite of these advantages, which
were used for all they were worth, ne
is today Il dead lion, and it is safe TO
say that Mr. llmlison has won ncitll
or credit for his shrcwlmcss nor
honor for his motives by the part he
took i'll the battle.
Wilmington Star: The defeat of
Malone is something on which not
only tho people of Virginia, but of
I'LL tho Southern States are to be
congratulated. His election would
have brought disaster to that State:
1t would have inauguratcd reign of
disorder, violence, misgovcrnment
and corruption, which would have
shattered confidence i'm her future.
impaired her credit, checked her pro.
Sress and development, and paralyzed
her present and prospective indus
tries. 1t would have thrown the
State back many years in the march
80 T. ''' upon WHICH, Sic HIS en-
tered. The people of Virginia knew
tins, and hence their emphatic YER
dict Mt the polls. lis defeat is a
cause Of congratulation for North
Carolina and other Southern Suites,
too. Had he been elected it would
SO have encouraged the Radical lead
ers i'll this and other Southern States
where they had IL fighting chance to
recognize and plot for future con
llicts. They would have begun the
secret organization of the negroes
and Of the dcludcd white men they
might influence, to stir up chmtv,
and array antagonisms That have re-
suited i'll discussions and conflicts
that would have disturbed our peace
and impeded our progress.
New York Star: Bat the result in
Virginia means more than defeat
OF Malone. 1t is Il warning to Gen.
cral Harrison that the Southern rco.
PIE will not vote for any party that
sanctions interference with their
local affairs. They have Just the
stand that the voters of New York
or Massachusetts would under SINH.
lar circumstances. Their vote is sim.
ply notice to President Harrison
that he must keep his hands off if he
expects the support of the South.
Boston Herald: A highly crafty
ing feature i'll the election returns
from States outside Massachusetts is
the complete defeat of William Ma
hone i'll Virginia. 1t is one of the
most encouraging election successes
there has been in this country for
pears, as 1t puts in end to the aspir.