Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-09
VIRGINIA POLITICIANS WIDE AWAKE.
Not Since the Resdjusser Campaign Has
There Been Such Interest.

Not Since the Readjusser Campaign Has
There Been such Interest.
Special correspondence Of The Evening star
RICHMOND, Va. Aug. 8, 1se2
Not since Gen. Malone made his memorable
coup d'etat as champion Of the readjuster
movement has there been such widespread in
terest manifested in Q political contest rs the
one which is upheaving Virginia at the present
time For the past several years democrats in
this state have had no cause TO entertain appre-
tensions Of defeat, but the obvious fusion plan
which is now being seriously considered by the
republicans and third partyites is causing many
sound-thinking democrats TO shake their heads
and assume grave faces. The movements Of
the third partyites are enigmatical II is abso-
lutely impossible to estimate how many mem
bers OF the alliance organization will support
the third party candidates In the language Of
democrat. they're keeping painfully silent
on the subject and their actions at the polls
may play the wilds with the democratic candi-
dates. While they're saying nothing they may
be saving wood"
Brad Beverly, the state lecturer OF the
farmers Alliance organization, has come out
squarely, and it appears surreptitiously, on
the third party side. He Is going all over the
state making red hot third party speeches.
while the alliance democrats claim that he has
no authority TO do so. His frs: out and out
third party speech was made last week at
stuart, and II Is said his argument had q tell
ing effect. as no democrat responded
At Louisa today joint discussion took place
between b. b. Turner, the third party candi-
date for Congress in the eighth district, and
John E. Massey, state superintendent Of public
instruction. The principal portion Of Turner
speech was devoted to the silver question. He
scored Cleveland for his opposition TO free
coinage and denounced the democratic party
for straddling the question at the Chicago con-
vention. He advocated at length the subtreas-
ury scheme as admirable relief for the
farmer.
Massey's reply was enthusiastically sharp and
pointed and tried to show the utter folly of the
third partyites demands. He pronounced the
third party platform as conglomeration OF
sentimental absurdities.
All Of the present members OF the House vii
be renominated by the democrats with the ex-
ceptlon OF Representatives Buchanan of the
ninth and Lawson Of the second districts.
These gentlemen have declined to be renomi-
mated. In the second State Senator ID. Garde-
ner Tyler of Charles City county. a son OF
President Tyler, is prominently spoken Of for the
nomination. and in the ninth State Senator J.
W. Marshall Of Craig county will probably be
named
Gen. Malone. chairman Of the state republi.
can committee. has called a meeting of that
body to take place in this city next Monday
night, the same day on which the state demo
cratic committee meets. The object Of the
meeting is TO select an executive committee and
to prepare to organize for campaign work
Malone will be made chairman of this commit
tee and among the members will probably be
Judge Waddell, ex-Congressman Geo. T.. Bow.
den and John N. Langston. The Henrico
county committee of democrats met in
this city Yesterday and perfected plans for the
congressional convention at which Geo. ID. Wise
will md H.
In the sixth district Paul C. Edmunds' renom-
ination is assured E. E. Meredith Of the eighth
and Col. Chas. T. 0'Ferrall of the seventh viii
both undoubtedly be named for reelection.