The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-31
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| 0ovcrnOf Lee on mauOue -Ine IOIitico
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Government = Gerinanizing Africs-w
!, are the People Other Topics Of Interest
!, GOVERNOR LEE ON MAHoNE.-Th
Worlds correspondent has the follow
ing interview with Governor Lee:
But how long would Virginia
Q prosperity continue il the Malone party
A should enter in and take possession
From that very. day, indeed. the de
= cline would begin, for 1t would be thu
displacement OF the character, the In
o teIIigence. the social and commercial
credit of the State, and the lifting int
power and responsibility OF the politi
cal mob. Malone has possibly som,
twenty-five or thirty thousand white
: voters behind him; the rest of his party
is made up of the uniDstTucted blacks
You can see. therefore, what the peril
really is with which the State now il
confronted"
do you know. Governor. that Gen.
eraI Mahone's political friends outside
of Virginia speak of him as the best
business man in the State, and claim
that his election would be of great SER
vice in developing the resources of the
State 7"
THE men who are talking in that
strain, he replied. Ought to procure
some Trustworthy Information on the
subject. Why. General Mahone's only
commercial transaction of any SIZE or
consequence was the wreckIng of fine
piece of railroad property sou.e years
ago. If he has done anything since
then that deserves to be mentioned it is
not of record. He has been continually
in politics since 1917. when he tried TO
secure the Democratic nomination for
Governor, but had TO give place to MIR.
Holiday. He became Read1uster
when he saw that that avenue would
lead To power. He promised the people
lighter taxes, and he won their support
| in 1881. He Is politician now not "a
business man. ana, a. i have already
said bis election would be public ca
lamity."
What has been the prosperity of the
State. Governor, under the Democratic
rule -
of the most satisfactory and promis-
ing character. am glad to be able to
| HAM, lndt III '''b'hf' VI
great newspaper like the World. Vir-
glnia is thriving now as never before.
in he same degree that Tennessee and
Allah ama did few years ago The real
ring of prosperity aud progress is heard
all over The State. Take tins extract
from General Imboden's report on the
internal commerce of the United States,
made in 1887:
In 1860 the capital invested in man
ufa lures III Virginia was Sl3 4S2 10;
IN 1880 it was 500 96o 800 an increase
of 100 per cent. III 1885 the capita IN
manufactures had swollen to $40 5j3.
4Sj. of which very large proportion
must have come from beyond the Slate.
For 1886 the best data sttaInable give
Northern investments IN Virginia at
cl3 500.O 600. The indications row are
that. in this present year (1SS7). from
SIS 600 600 to go 600 600 OF Northern
capital will be invested in railroads.
mInes, furnaces and mineral lands.
The progress during the past two
years." the Governor continued has
been greater even than for any two
wears preceding. | recently said that
during my term OF Office about one hun
bred millions Of dollars have been in
vested in this State by outside capital
lists. and the records bear me out III that
statement. He counsels constant ac-
tivity. however, until the last vote is
thrown He does not underestimate
Mahone's power or the size of his cam
paign fund All men who look at the
matter from the standpoint of social Sc.
curity and business prosperity must
take sides with the party that represents
the best character and intelligence of
the State.
TIE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN IL NIR-
GINA Should the Republicans in the
next Congress conclude to pass a law
placing the elections of Congressman
under the control of the National Gov
eminent they would doubtless make
ample provision for covering the In
diana foaters > in blocks of five"
as well as the proceedings of General
Malone in Virginia. Literally supplied
from the surplus campaign
fund of the Republican National Com.
nittee, NJ ihone has organized grand ,
of corruption and bribery to
o carry the Virginia elections. That .
nothing may be wanting in this pro- !
,ramme, he has been accompanied by !
sistant Postmaster General Clafkson. .
who stands ready to offer Government
patronage to all whose poverty and
weakness may consent TO official seduc- +,
ion.
In the presence of these facts. there h
5 something approaching the sublime :
n the effrontery with which the Re- +
publican leaders boast of their devotion l
o the cause of ballot reform. II all
hat has been charged concerning the
iOlence and Intimidation used by /
southern Democrats had been true. il 1
would have been manly and honest !,
ompared with the insidious and COM O.
rehensive arts of electoral corruption b
racticed bv their opponcnts.-P hild- h
elphid Record. fl
MAHoNE's PRIVATE GOVERNMENT. - ~
he stores that are told OF General II
Iahone's purpose of ignoring the eec Nj
on machinery of Virginia. making his ~
wn canvass and return of votes. claim 81
IL the election of himself and his can fl
idates. and setting up a government IL
n returning board decision o. his a.,
wn. and then calling on the Fed g.
al Government to sust i'm it. n
-e either a matter of buster on ga
ahone's side or OF "scafe > on the w
her. If Malone and his support. pi'
S are using this kind of talk with le
~ pretense of seriousness Onlv indi-
ties the desperation to which they are Ga
wen by eir prospects. They are re- "A ?
'rted as using all sorts of desperate lin
pedieuts. including that Of buying up I'm
.mocratic election judges in the black hin
1t, TO give them whatever number of do
ties they may require. The whole
aracter Of their campaign indicates pol
at they have no confidence In their Wy, uv
ihty 10 carry the election by legitI an,
ste means.-N. Y. Times. do,
app
,u OF
JPEN AND SHAMELESS. was Inf
ri at work yesterday in Washington rep
letting subscriptions, with the aid of a II
nator Quay Assistant Secretary CLARK you