Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Is, 1898
Is1t Comnlete surrender2

Az n meeting of the Republican County
Committee Of Rockingham county held
In iIarrisonburg recently the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved. l. That IN view Of the present
unjust and unfair election laws IN Nlr-
ginia. and the methods pursued thercunier
by the Democratic party, which has fun
control of the election machinery, II Woui!
b unjust 20 the Republicans of thH
county under present conditions To I'M
pose upon them the labor, trouble ana eA-
peuse OF a political campaign.
Resolved. 2 We deem IL incXpcdient for
the Republican party Of this county 10
nominate candidatcs for the Legislature
70 be voted for in the coming election
therefore
resolved, g. That the Republican party
Of Rock!n ghnn1 county will make 10 nomi-
untions ana place no candidates before
The people for the Legislature 20 be elect
ed on the eth dap Of November 1893.
Rockingham county can boast, we sup
pose that the Republican party there has
more strength among the white
voters thau IN any other county
in virginia. Why have the Republicans
OF that county professed TO abandon the
field and betal<en themselves 20 the woods.
there 70 I'VE In inglorious idlcness whilst
the Populists take UP the work Of defeat
Ing the Democratic party and endeavor to
prosecute II 10 a successful termination?
is II because the Popullst candidates for
once are better than any whom the Re
puLlicans could PRESENT. Certainly not
Is II because the highly-respectab Re
rublicans Of Rockingham cannot afford
20 compromise themselves by mounting
such n platform as that upon which the
Topulsts stand? At any rate there IS
more in the resolutions quoted above than
appears on the surface. 1t waAnot with
out some concealed motive that the Re
puhlicans Of Rockingham decided not TO
name any candidates for the LEGISLATURE.
They VIII no doubt come 10 the conclu-
sion before election day that the Iopulist
candidates are better entitled 10 their
support than the Democratic candidates.
beware Of these Republicans. whether in
Rockingham or elsewhere. They are
deadly enemies NJ the Democratic party
arJ II the Jefforsonian principles which
5..ufy the existence Of that party.
f. is pretty severe reflection upon Mr..
Cl.H, the Populist candidate for Cover
TO-. to charge that the Auderson-McCo
mick law IS unjust ana unfair and its
machinery entirely under tho control of
the Democratic party. Surely Mr. Cooke
can throw some light upon this subject.
What methods" have been pursued under
that law which Mr.. Cooke cannot success
fully defend?
The Republicans Of Rockingham are evi-
IDENTITY willing to profit by the labors Of
the Populists, but DO not intend 10 com
nit themselves in any way to the wild
theories advocated by the new party. A
Legislature chosen by popuis.s and Re
puhlicans would be n piebald body. IT
would be neither flesh, fowl nor good
red herring
But will the people Of Virginia prove
themselves willing TO commit the great
interests of this old Commonwealth 70
the care Of such officials? Never. The
sober second thought of even the Rock
ingham Republicans will induce some OF
them 70 swell the majority which the
Democratic candidates will receive.