New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-22
POLITICS IN VIRGINIA.
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC VIEWS.
4 FAIR PROSPECT OF REPUBLICAN SUGGESTIVE
PARTY UNITED AND AGGRE-slvE-DEsroND'
EyCY AMONG TIE DEMOCRATIC
LIGHTHOUSES OF ANXIETY
THE THIRD PARTY


IEApERs-cAUsEs OF ANXIETY
THE THIRD PARTY
ACTIVE.
rny TELEGRAPH TO THE rhfBCAEI
r,,,,,o, Auy 21-The meetings OF the D"m'-
- o,d Rennblicar state Committees of virginia
hs,t NJ Richmond last Monday. followed U, ''o W.
ys,ron OF the Farmers Alliance, large ma''''
which appears 70 have been eomposeu u "."' a,,or
IN. a,hlrd party have naturally dirscI"a a''e"'"
~ tbe p,tcal situation in that stare. f'o'" p
lnent Republican who was prese"' AZ ~ ,.o,,,y
the Rspublcan State Committee, ana VINO Is '"ooes
,,,or With tie condition Of affairs In that o'a'e
T,,uno- correspondent has obtained some ih'er'u"e
information which may BE- resarueo "s ,
This Republican said that after h''if'''e rpm No..
evcrv mart Of the State, the meHiD'rs vi ''0 " 49,.
and other Republican leaders unah'n'ouS' as -,
with m. hearty cooperation Of the NATIONAL 'o"""
vs. .,oo would no an excellent prospect OF carrS"s
~. S,ot for Harrison and Reid. commune ''
, r.mbers-one from each Congressional D'S',.'
w,s oupointed to confer with the Na''o"a' ...
49, oa anon n plan or campaign in order 10 ih'"'e
nifty and efficiency OF action. Th's co""'' ~
,s,t New York next week for that purpose
In tbs course OF conversation ana III ahs"e' " ~
,,o a., penubcan before mentioned said:
a. mini, tho prospects Of Republican success J."
,,o,r,o .re brighter now than they have ever D'e''
before The party IL In better shape .h'n ~ woo "
1898: with one or two excep''on'' '"o a,a
vo,n,no in entire harmony and the party o's'"
,ion 4 thorough and efficient. III ONO UT WV
., trctlon. which are really unmportant can DC 10
r,oved-as have no doubt they soon VIII pe
n,rcon victory in my opinion is assured. peie'
| Understanding and thorough hearty co-ope'a"on o'
| .we.n the National Committee ana me ''a'e o'
mittee will insure success; diVdea oo""'"' ~ ,,
OF harmony may invite defeat. ie'i CERTAIN -,
rhen tho situation Is explained TO the Nauona Co'-
u-il
any misunderstanding and dimcuiueS ""'' '
o, ox,st and which II allowed TO remain, might De
,,,ous IN the prospects OF Republican SUCCESS. ~
said before the rank and file OF the party Is u'."
and earnest and will spare no EFFORT we ""'e -"
,or,tv OF the votes and we believe that uiey VIII "
cast and counted ,. -, ,,o
-. ,,a,,v. strength Of the Republican and
D.mocratic parties In Virginia" asked '"e 'o''
| respondent. . ,n,aaa
Well. severn, things must be considered IN 1854
| the total vote VI the State was 2oo'oVV nea'F, "
which Cleveland received l45,49' ana Blaine re'''e"
lg0 1856 giving tho former pluranty OF o'lfA
1898 the total vote 30fO93, OK which Nese"'""
rec.vcd 1887 and Harrison received loo'4,o ~
so,n,, ,h. D.mocrotic plurality TO 1889. The In
crsas. of the total vote IN four years was aoo"'
| 10 600: the increase Of the Repnbhcah 'o'e vas
I, Os2 whic the Increase OF the DeInocrauc 'o' wa"
onlv $3.50 or COZ less. Now thhR Is la. "
|
vot. This wear as compared With 1888. VIII eNceeu
IN. ratio Of Democratic Increase BY ut least as n'u
| ~ I, did between 1884 and 1883, and that alone
voud give IA the state II should not DO loreo.''h
In I'M, relation that the rapid Industrial ae"e'ope''
~ southwest Virginia has caused stauy NJ" VI ''
| m,crat,en from which the Republican party VIII
| derive considerable benefit this year
..wil the third party electoral ucHeo "ru" "'""'
votes from the DemOcrafSF'
80 n,r, ,bers IA no doubt about that. The leaders
- that movement IN Virginia are we'll known 'o'me'
Democrats some OF whom boldly declare u"a' '"e
state election laws are even worse IMAM tho so''
| pn,cen NIL The party seems 10 be we'll organized
and its leaders are men OF character ana ihhuc"'e
low many votes 1t will poll In Its first contest 'S OF
course uroblemai,cal and no safe estimate can oe
made Some Of the leaders claim %o'ooo' WINE
o,nc,s estimate the tota! at 10000. One ,hing now
ever Is certain; the third parry leaders VIII stay III
| the fight until after the polls are closed ana 'oe
| votes counted next Novembcr'
| ncsn Won give NE any Information about re
con, decision Of the Virginia Court OF Appeals "h'h
may have an effect on the registration OK Vo'NiS
| In virginia ?" asked the correspondent
| az have not a copy OF the decision, which was
r.,der.d "A day or two before tho end or the recent
| term OF the court. The case was hearu IN May VI
| lime and after "A rehearlng, the INST Judgment was
| ,r rned The point decided WAS that CONVICTION
| tor m,saemeanor-say petit larceny-befoe maglS'
|
| ,o,d Now in Virginia, several thousand such con-
| v,,tous have been had and persons so convi'''a
| h,y. been deprived Of the right 10 register a"u
vote which under the recent de'lsion cannot longer
he denied them personally know OF one case oi inns
| sort several years ago color"d boy, eighteen OF
nineteen years old, was passing turh'p h'iu ANU nc
| ,u,l,d and ate a turnip he walked along the
| a lie WINS arrested, carried before Il justice
| -, tho peace and convicted without a Jury TRIAL
| After ne became twenty-one years old he tried 70
| register as a voter but was denied the ngh'' MI"
h. has never been allowed TO cast vote because nc
| pull.d and ate raw turnip Under the recent DE-
c,,ou Of the highest court Of the state mat man "a"
| no longer be dl,franchscd on account OK The pe'N
| onence he committed IN his boyhood. have hearN
II estimated that on account OF Ike petty Oneness
| q 900 10 600 persons convicted without trial By
| rrv have been dsfranchsrd under the Inv oi
Virginia" c,.,,,,..
| IN. meeting of the Democratic state Comin'tte"
| was not a cheerful one according 10 all a''o"h's
Prom nearly every part OF the state come discouras'nE
,ors OF lack OF intorcst and enthusiasm and IN many
cases Of serious OBJECTIONS from the Democratic r'h"s
According M information received here also from trust
.o-,bv sources in different parts Of virginia. the po
i,ical situation and prospects are s"ch a. 10 cause
| grave anxiety among the Democratic ieauo's vi '"A'
STATE During the last twelve years TIE pohueai
driu IN the Old Dominion has been adverse 10 me
honorable party The breach In that party on ac'
onut NJ the state debt has never been healed bt on
| IA. contrary l. wider TO day than ever. despite the
virtual dl appearance from state politics OF inc "'ls"
hone OF contention. The independence IN poh''a
| Thought and action which was born OK inc f~No"
AGAINST ,be Bourbon Democrats In 1870, and when
achieved victory later. has steadily spread
and grown I'm strength. In l777 the Democrats ""ocr
The leadership OF the able and ast''e i"ro'u aha
with flll control Of the election hla'mhery gave "'e
electoral vote OF the state :" Cleveland by beessfH
n,,ntv AZ $40 votes over Harrison the toial anu
Democratic majority Of the stat" being o' since th"'
time a. for some years before. the Democrats nave
lost rather than gained, and II tho candid opinions
oppressed BY Intelligent Virginia Democrats In pr'va'c
| conversation are even approximately correct MI
Cleveland IL weaker as candidate than he was four
years ago.
| In conversation with II Tribune correspondent re-