Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-24
wEDNESDAY....OCTOBER2 "a. 1894.
Time for Work.

We tried yesterday 10 impress upon oul
Democratic readers that the time for tho
rough organization and hard work hao
come. and that IL was the duty OF every
Democrat 10 bs doing whatever he could
TO render certain on the 9th of November
an overwhelming victory over the cohorts
of sectionalism, unjust legislation. bogus
pcnsion-lists and all the other evils
which may be expected 20 follow In the
train Of Republican success If the coun-
try shall be 50 unfortunate as to be
thrown again into the hands Of that
party.
That the Republicans are vgilant,
boastful, and hopeful. is Indicated by
the presence in Washington few days
ago Of Messrs. Brady and Yost. who went
thither IL Is reported. in order to secure
contributions from the leaders Of the Re
publican party 10 the campaign-fund in
Virginia. II is worthy OF note that the
men who represent the Walton election
law TO be Il contrivance for insuring the
election Of Democrats 10 all the offices In
the State. ar tie same men who boast
most loudly of the gains which the Re
publican nominees for Congress will
nuke il several Of the districts.
lit. let the Yosts and Bradys secure
as large a fund as they may in Wash
incton. and organize their forces as tho
roughly as they may, they cannot deceive
TIE people Of Virginia. who know full
cd. IN, H..
states may do the voters OF Virginia can
not yet afford 10 trust their interests 10
tie sectionalists. who tax them millions
upon millions Of dollars annually TO pay
pensions 10 many thousands of men
whose names have no right TO be on the
roll a. honor" which President Cleve-
land says a pension-list ought to be.
Again: The voters Of Virginia cannot trust
the party which stands ready TO place
all congr, ssional elections under Federal
control. AMI thus To tie up forever the
hands Of the people Of the South. II the
Democrats in the present Congress had
done nothing else than repeal all the
Federal olectiOn-laws. they would, by
that act alone. have entitled themselves
10 the thanks Of every true patriot in the
land. 1t Is impossible to oyerestimate the
good results that will follow that repeal.
or the disastrous consequences which
would have fallen upon the country If
the laws so repealed had been allowed
to remain on the Federal statute book.
1t is enough to make an American
even as they stood. they might have been
50 construed as TO Justify Federal deputy
marshaLs and supervisors OF elections in
controlling all Federal elections. Thank
Heaven. We have escaped these ills: and
We should, indeed be blind leaders Of the
blind if we were TO send men to Washing
ton TO revive those abominable statutes.
The same purpose of the sectionalists
70 perpetuate indefinitely, not TO say for
ever. their rule is shown in the attempt of
Of New York TO put the Democratic
majority in that State under the control
of the Republican minority. There is
room for no two opinions on this subject
The gerrymander we condemn was pro-
posed with the full purpose to stife the
voice of the Democracy of the Empire
State OF the Union. 1t purports to be
operative in New York State only. but
this IS the shallowest of pretences.
seeing that every man OF even ordinary
Intelligence can see for himself that in
carrying New York for the Republicans
by the aid Of this unjust and wrongful
measure. the Republicans of that State
will. as an unavoidable consequence carry
the whole Union for the Republicans
and seat in the Presidential chair and
In the halls OF Congress men who ought
never to secure that chair nor a place
In those halls
SO Important therefore. will be the
election OF the 9Th proximo that the voters
or Virginia ought not TO rest from their
lahors IN behalf OF Democracy until that
DAY shal have passed over their heads.
You know not from what intolerable Ills
you have saved yourselves by voting the
Democratic ticket In the past. You Will
realize too late il you fail to do your
duty next month the intolerable Ills YOU
VIII this year have brought upon yourself
and your country.