The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-23
MAH0NE FOR GOVERNOR.
THE CONVENTION LOADS HIM UP
WITH. A BIG PLATFORM.

| Question Promised in Case of Re-
| publican Success-The Democrats
Charged with Innumeraole Sins OF
| Commission and Omission.
NORFOLK, VA, Aug. 22.-When Chair
man Malone called the state republican
convention to order at 1880 O'Clock this
afternoon the Academy of Music was filed
to overfiowlng with delegates, alternates
and visitors. The air was intensely hot
aud Close At 1925 o'clock the band struck
up Dixie, and, amid uproarious applause,
Gen Malone appeared upon the stage.
Chairman Malone introduced Rev. Yer
non I. Anson, who opened the convention
with prayer.
Tho chairman then addressed the conven.
tion. He held his address. which was in
proof slips, IN his hands, referring TO it oc-
casionally to refresh his memory He said
he returned to the convention the chair
manship which he had held since the Mozart
hall convention, ten years ago. He con-
| tinued as follows:
| In that period of ten years Won have had vour
victorie and defeats, and despite democratic
| methods the party has grown IN numbers from
8, O00 votes cast for Gen, Garfield. in 1880 to
| lol,OOO grudgnRy conceded by our democrattts
| friends to Gen Harrison in 1885.
There is no air-minded man in the state who
uoes not oeleya that you had majority OF the
| votes cast at the late presidential election It
| is Of record that in two out of the ten com
! gresslonal districts of the state there were in
line when the polls closed more than twice as
many republican voters as the majority bv
| which the electoral vote was taken who nv the
! disreputable conduct Of the democratic mama
! gers had not been allowed to deposit their bal
| lots. The progress Of republican developmant
| and the approval of republican priuciples stead .
! lily goes on despite the appeals TO prejudice ana
unsavory methods by which the viii Of the hon
est majority OF the qualified voters of this com
| mOnwealth has been suppressed There can be-
| no safety 20 the peace and well being Of
! organized society, no security to a republican
| form or government, no projection to life lih-
| erty aud property where the agencies of organ
| lzed government and representative trust are
| lnaugurated by means of polluted returns
such violation for CONSUMPTION OF governmental
| power OF any constituent body must sooner or 3
| later come TO plague the inventors.
| DOOR TO DANGER
| 1t opens a wide field to the introduction OF
| every danger TO which the interests OF organ-
| lied society can be exposed But tho end will
| come, II is nigh at hand, when the demand of
| the masses Of this people, irrespective of partv
limos, for an honest ballot and fair count
| must be respected. The second better
! thoughts of honest men already sicken of the
| tainted methods by which representative agenta
| are chosen to administer public interests The
| time comes when that better thouyht az boneat
| men revolts at the insidious methods which
| reegates the government of our public affairs
| and tho standing of representative trust gener-
nly TO a class OF men expressly chosen to falsfy
| the popular Judgment. The unmanly cover
under which the democratic man
ayers have misled public thought
| and have incitad uneoyernabIe am
prehensions has been the Pretended concern
for the safety Of our civilization, tho fear of
domination OF our affairs by the coored man.
| and under thRt cover have led too many honest
| and honoraBe men to acquiesce in most shame
| tul outrages upon popular government
FAIR ELECTIONS OR DISASTER.
! The right 10 participate fairly in the selection
| OF representative agent goes 10 the very bot
| tom Of the republican form Of Vovernmeut and
| any invasion of it imperis the liberty of the
people. Such unlawful methods have Governed
| the political conduct of the leadership
| Of the Democratic party, repugnant to the
| falr-mlnded people of this state. They /
| repel immigration into our borders and deter.
| capital from seeking profitable employment In
| the development of our industrial resources
| Neither man nor capital seeks a home where
the laws are made and administered by tho
creatures OF a mere political machine.
The over-taxed masses of tn IS commonwealth
| ii is believed will no longer endure the mall
| ADMINISTRATION OF their affairs out of fear of !.
| negro domination. The ghost Of the coIored
man no longer serves the purpose of the politi-
| cal demagogue. He threatens neither the
| purity OF our institutions degradation of
| our civilization. The pretended apprehension !
OF our adversaries for the safety Of
| The Thoughtful people Of this state
| turn thelr attention TO questions which affect
| the welfare Of the commonwealth and open the
| way to the prosperity of the peope. They de-. !
| mand an administration Of public affairs which
| shall bring back the ordinary expenses Of run
| ming the state government within the reason-
| able limits TO which the Republican party had
| reduced them.
A HEAVY ALLEGED WASTE
They will no longer consent to pay $500 0O0
more TO an administration of the state govern
| ment that would preserve q civilization not
| threatened otherwise than by the degrading
| hypocrisy OF the managers of the Democratic
party, their enmity TO the popular education,
hair haur rtla ,f
| repeal of the federal tax on tobacco
their ever trifiing treatment OF the vital
question of the public debt, wasting OF
the money OF the people in vexatlous and un-
profitable suits against our own citizens, while
the increase OF the debt goes on at the rate Of a
million or more annually. Their hypocTiticaI
protestation in respect to the vital question of
| the tariff, at one time pretending to favor pro-
| lection, but always yielding hearty support to
the men and measures that would destroy it
| and ste the future of state, whose MAJ
| terial development, inspired by the vtaizing
| power Of protection already gives Substantial
promise of her growth in wealth and power
WANT A SETTLEMENT.
The more thoughtful of our people and the
representative men of the business interests Of
| the state, those who value the integrity of pub
| lie and private obligation, are impatient for an
| honorable settlement of the debt of the state
| and are not disposed to indulge in policy which
| at heavy expense on our treasury fosters vex-i
| atious litigation that briugs us no nearer sat-
isfactory settlement, while to the magnitude OF
in the form OF indestructible liens upon all the
realty OF the commonwealth. Sensible people,
| tire OF the marvellous policy which
4 expends largo sums Of the public revenue, in
buying in per cent. bonds which have forty
years to run while there remains another class
| of indebtedness purchasable at equally ad-
| Yantagsous rate which carries by irrepealablo
| contract double that rate of interest. They
are not disposed TO continue the tiresome
| rate of taxation upon the realty
of the commonwealth, when 25 per cent. of the
| revenue derived from that source goes to make
| up the excess Of a state administration pre-
tendedly necessary to preserve our civilization
from impossible domination by the colored
| man. while the chastity OF the female inmates
| of our asylums is brutaly assaulted. 1t is OF
| these matters of serious concorn to the dignity
| and welfare Of Virginia that you gentlemen OF
| the convention, are here to take consideration.
AT 1850 o'clock the chairman introduced
H. G. Wood Of Scott county as the tempo
rary chairman.
After the introduction and adoption OF
resolutions for the appointment of various
committees and the call OF the roll the con-
veution took recess until O'Clock.
| The convention re-assembled at $3.50
| o'clock, and after the receiving OF the re-
ports of the various districts, as to the
membership of the different committees.
took recess until o'clock, for the perma-
nent organization.
DIsPosING OF THE CONTESTS.