The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-13
W HIT He SAYS
SENATOR BARBOUR SPEAKS F
THE MALONE CONVENTION
he DBN BS 7HE ALLEGED FRAUD
Charged ,y Malone ana nis Followers
In the last Gubernnrorial Contest.
The CT, rye OF the Disrranchiscme mt
osGlcct ors is Deceptive.

Senate John S. Barbour in cow ~
sation tin a Post reporter last even
ing eXpr ssed great surprise at the &c
ton of tire Republican Stare comm t.
tee in re. diving 30 take 10 fnrtl er
part in tmpaignS in Virginia on c.
count of alleged corruption i'll conn &c
ton witt elections. He said that from
the post on he occupied as chairman
of the Democratic committee he as
able to safe positively that the elec-
tions in yirginia had been as fairly
conducted rs those in any otl err
State. IS evidence of the truth of
his asser ion he cited the very lai ge
Republican vote cast in 1884, when
Mr.. Clev land carried the State ~
about g. 90 majority,and again in L So
when Pr nsidentHalr ison came will in
900 votes of carrying the State, wh IN
the total Republican vote exceeded
10000.
1.-The resolutions REFER, see' S; id
he, "to my absence in 1856 when tle
Republicans carried the majority of
the cong cessional districts, and Dem
cratic a. .thority is quoted that |
had beea present the count wot ID
have be IN different. The result in
1886 was not as favorable to the Nr-
GINA Re )ublicans rs the Republic IN
State Committee would have tue
country believe. Instead Of electinS
seven GU of ten members Of Congr ,ss
the Dem ocrats elected three of til ,ir
own par Y faith and one lrdepend' mt
and the Republican majority instt ad
OF being 10000 was very much less.
NO Democratic authority eNer
charged Or insinuated that | would or
ever had tempered with or interfel ed
with any count of the ballots. he
truth is hat what was said in tl,at
con- ect!on by n portion OF the Del 10
c..siic ress in Il personal, Irien i!
spirit to me was that if | Lad been III
home tie result Of the Eclectic rs
would hive been different. No ST eli
ueaning as count as distinguish 20
from res ult,' was ever alleged agai Isl
me bv Il Democratic party. So ar
as am concerneS IN the count OF ne
ballots III any election with whicl
have bee n corrected III Virginia sii &c
| 1882, | hive been connect ad in ' IT.
ginia sill CO 1882, disclaim all p T.
sonal h owledge, direct or otherwl Sc,
of any IL flair action or proceeding.
Il have no doubt some Republic III
votes, whose identity could not be
shown, ere stricken from the p lie
lists in t. last campaign, ! am gu t..
contiden, however. that instead OF
~ va
| pole lists the actual number did ct
exceed 800 or 2,C00 in the ent re
State. l. is well understood that the
colored voters in Virginia are OF III
gratory liabits, moving from coun y
to count in search of employlnel t.,
while lar re numbers seek work in q s.
tant Sta es.
The declaration on the part Of
Generel Mahones committee that
the Rep blicans of Virginia should
forebear urther participation in t lie
elections on account of the unlawf Il
disfrancl isement of the electors is ia
sincere Id deceptive. The electi n
machinery in Virginia is practical y
State w lat it was when Genel ii
Malone nd his party controlled the
State gol eminent.
"If there was any wrong pelpetrat d
in the Las Congressional elections n
Virginia vhy is it that the Republic; n
House Of Representatives mas fail d
TO find, with a single exception. til; {
any wror was done? and in the eS-
ception referred to the allegation IF
fraud wa; confined 10 single wa d
in Ricbm md