Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-17
WEDNESDAY,. OCTOBER II. 1894
A Presidential Election.

The elections which are 10 come OIL
three weeks hence Will constitute. in one
sense. A presidential election. The Popu-
lists claim that they VIII choose electors
enough to throw the next election OF
President into the national House OF he-
representatives.. II their boast should turn
out 20 be well founded. then the elections
,o take place next month might be termed
n presidential, election, seeing that inc
House of Representatives to DO 'heh
elected would be the on, when wou''
elect the mex; President OF the thi'eu
States. In that case. as we said yester-
oay. the Populist party would VANISH
and the choice be made either oy tne
Republicans or by the Democrats. Each
State would cast single vote. New YORK
would cast one vote. and Delaware one
vote Rhode Island would cast one vote
and Pennsylvania no mora
So that the Populists themselves beng
the iudees the elections Of the 9Th Of No
yernber will constitute, in effect. presi-
DENTAL election. and that fact ought 10
induce the voters to leave every Popuiisl
candidate at home Nay, not only every
Popullst cand date. but every RepubIi-
can candidate ought to be left at nome
This IL no time for trying experiments
The country is quoting down, and the
settlement Of the tariff question promises
TO got the wheels OF trade and commerce
In motion as soon as possible. No good
Democrat ought TO be willing to DO aught
TINT will imperil the success OF ms party
This fall So much depends upon the re-
suits Of the approaching elections that
no Democrat can Justify himself even FOR
lukewarmness
If there were no other reasons why
the Democrats Of Virginia should schd
q solid Democratic delegation TO the next
House Of Representatives, the one we
have insisted upon again and again
would BE- sui,icient-namely, that the He-
puhlicans OF New York are lighting
battle this year which Is 10 determine
whether that state shall ever again be
able 10 lend her powerful! aid to the
Democrats of Virginia and the South or
not We insist upon keeping this fact
before the ScuiHtii f''i'N'
Senator Hn said night before last al
Kingston. the Republicans OF New YORK
are seeking to foist "a partisan appor-
t!onment upon the most sacred instrument
In the State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, the
Constitution Of New York-and because. IL
that disgraceful gerrymanaering scheme
succeeds. Virginia and the other South
ern States may mourn over the past with
little hone for the future. This scheme
Of wrong and plumber has not received
In this State half the attention which
ought TO have been given 10 1t here
seeing that It's importance cannot be over
estimated. The success Of the partisan
apportionment' in the Empire State VIII
mean that hereafter there Will be no
Empire State to stand between the South
ern states and untold wrongs.
The State elections Of this year did not
result as favorably to the Democrats as
II was hoped they would. Let US see TO
I, that the November elections shall De
an Improvement upon them. The good
reople of every State ough. to work from
now until the 9th Of November next IN
the effort to secure peace and prosperity
10 a country which thirty years OF he-
nublican rule has dumped into slough
Of desmond