Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-06
EX-SENATOR LEWIS WILL NOT
SUPPORT MALONE.

4EX-SENAIOR LII LS w I'LL NOI
SUPPORT MALONE.
The letter which we give below is from a
Republican who did more to put Malone
where he is titan any other oneperson in Vir-
ginia. twill hardly be questioned that Gen.
Malone could never have gotten the Repub-
lican party marshaled to his support but
for the influence Of Hon. John f. Lewis.
Had that gentleman lifted hand against
the coalition in 1879, it would have failed.
How that aid has been requited is well
known. MI. Lewis uncovers the whole
trouble in the Republican party, when he
says that it lies not merely in the organiza
ton .'but in the character and methods of
the man. That is the whole thing in a
nutshell-no political party can submit to
such methods and live. The following is
the letter:
LYNNwooD, Sept. 9, 1889.
Editors Valley Nuyindan:
have read with pleasure your able and
manly article, giving the reasons why you
cannot support the nominee for Governor OF
the Norfolk Convention, and write to en-
Jorse your position
| was one of few who met in the city OF
Alexandria, in 1866, to organize the Republic
can party in Virginia, since which time have
given to the party, in National, State and
county elections, a constant and cordial sup
port. cannot, however, support Gen. Ma
hone for Governor, becauseI sincerely believe
the interests of the party, in the State and
Nation, will be best subserved by his defeat.
Mahoneisna is not Repu6tican6sna, and until
the former is repudiated, the latter can never
prevail in Virginia.
Had Gen. Malone, since the election of Gov.
Cameron in 1881, shown half the zeal in wag-
ing war upon the Democratic party, that he
has shown in his efforts to ''cratsh, OF to drive
| from our party many of its best and most
| efficient members, the State of Virginia to-day
| would be more reliably republican than Ohio.
True Republicans have not forgotten his as
sasSin like attack on the Hon. James q.
| Blaine in his infamous secret circular, nor his
numerous acts of folly and malignant perse-
cution which have resulted in the defeat Of the
party in the State since 1882. The time has
come when in my Judgment all these acts
should be rebuked.
The evils we endure lie not alone in the
plan of organization, bad and unrepublican
as it is, but in the character and methods OF
the man himself who as a candidate for Gov
ernor is now appealing to Republicans for
their support and am persuaded that if the
situation in Virginia were understood by our
friends at the North, he would receive no sup
| port of 07ay kind from that quarter. The re-
cent so-called compromise he has utterly
disregarded, and if possible, has been more
arbitrary, tyrannical and unjust than before
He ought to be defeated, and l do not doubt
that such will be the result in November.
JOHN F. LEWIS
| 81 have been little shaky on the Ole
Dominion lately" said a Virginia Republi
/ can Yesterday, 'but when l heard that Gener
al Malone was willing to accept the nOmina
ton felt satisfied that he knew he would hs
elected, and, further, that he had calculated
within 800 votes what his majority would be. ,
= Washington Letter.
. There it is again; the early worm OF every
Malone campaign. 1t is chestnut .
eight years old in Virginia-Mahone' s
wonderful calculation Of his majority, hi
vote and SO forth. And here is the early
bird that catches this worm ever year
COMMITTEE Rooms READJUsTER
ORGANIZATION,
RICHMOND, VA, Oct %, 1881.
Let me assure you, as do confidently, tina
YOUR electoral ticket headed by Cameron ant
Riddleberger, and pledged to Hancock, vii
carry the State by plurality of 25,000-tha
: it will beat either the Funder or Gripsacl
t ticket by that vote. Nor LESS Rely on that
| VIM. MALONE.
/ The ticket ''headed by Cameron ant
1 Riddleberger" only received 20, 40
votes out of the 1S5,s00 votes cast! On
: the evening of November LIST, the day befor
y the election, Gen. Malone was in Rich
S mond, and the correspondent of the Ports
e mouth Times, "a Readjuster paper Of tina
t day., telegraphed that the General had fin
), ished and given out that evening the esti
4 mate of the vote for the next day. 1t wa
Y in round numbers as follows-Readjuste
e ticket headed by Cameron and Riddleber
ger, $4,000; Democratic ticket 60 900, ant
1 Republican ticket As, 900. The tickets, a
e the vote actually stood at the close OF tn
$ polls the next evening, received the follow
ing vote-Readjuster g, 405; Democratic
s., 439, and Republican 1886. So we tax
{ it that the Virginia republican" who ''fel
: a little shaky" about theresult in Virgini
this Fall may continue his ague as far a
: it depends ON Gen. Mahone's reliability a
. political forecaster.