Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-20
The Approaching Elections.

Two weeks from to-day will occur the
regular November elections in number
Of the States. Virginia will not elect q
Governor, but will elect Legislature which
will choose Mr.. DANIELS successor Che will
be his own successor. and q number Of State
officers. including many judges, and will
be called upon to pass upon the measures
demanded" in the Ocals platform and by
the Alliance men. Indeed. considering
the large number of the important Offices
70 be filed by the men whom we shall
choose to represent Us in the Legislature,
and considering the fact that every rail
road company in Virginia will be directly
or indirectly concerned in some of the i'm
portant measures which the Legislature
will have up for action. il may well be said
that Virginia expects every man to do his
duty on the 81 of next month. We
must not think tor q moment that our State
elections are not important because we
have no Governor to choose. The enemy
We fight slumbers not. He Is always on
the alert. We need not mince matters in
this connection, for it is our duty to say
that the black spectre Of negro domination
has not been laid to rest in Virginia. We
are still bound by our duty to our children
and to ourselves to do all that lies in our
power TO see that the supremacy of the
superior race is maintained. 1t is no time
for Democrats to dividend time to sup
port boiling aspirants-no time to take
Any risks.
As party men. the Democrats OF Virginia
ought TO feel peculiar interest in the fall
klectionf. The facts that we have had no
Democratic State Convention this year
ard that we have erected no platform are
reasons why We may be called upon next
gear 10 send our sblest, wisest. and most
prudent men to the Democratic National
Convention. IL is already plainly TO be
seen that there may be disturbing and
conflicting elements in that convention,
and that the Democrats Of this State will
30 30 circumstanced that they will be pc
culiarly well qualified 10 lend valuable
assistance in formulating creed tor the
great party which has survived the treach-
cry Of professed friends. tho storms Of war,
and the periis Of its own success at times
when it's own men has hardly dared to hope
for success. When Virginia's delegates
shall stand up in the next Democratic Ma
tional Convention and utter the formal
words, Virginia casts her twelve votes
for I" CAMPBELL, or CLEVELAND. or HILL, or
whoever may DO her favorite, let It not be
said OF her delegates that they represent o
Republican or anti Democratic State. In
order TO maintain her position as "Desn of
the Faculty" she must show by her acts of
November Sd that she Is just as certain 10
support the nominee OF the next Demo.
cratic National Convention as Vermont ia
TO support the nominee Of the next Repub-
Ncan National Convention. Nobody who
has not attended q number OF Democratic
National Conventions can appreciate the
force CT theiniluence which Virginia Yields
IN these conventions because her delegates
represent Q State which, like ADplxL il
Always faithful found"
Let every good and true Democrat, then,
b found ct the post Of duty, wherever
That may be. from now until the sun of
November Sd shsll set upon Democratic
VICTORY. Lot us no. consult mere per.
oonAl preferences or personal prejudces.
Let o. keep 10 view first the all-searc ching
Issues which tho existing circumstances
Ell apos ~ 70 recognise - 6tsts issues.