Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-17
Close on fuckers Heels,

| Sfese On fuckers Heels.
In the tenth district Jacob Yost OF Staun-
ton has developed enough strength to justify
the assertion that Representative Tucker
| will not have Il waikover. Mr. Yost is one
of the best stump speakers in Virginia, and
| Will certainly poll a large vote. He is
| meeting Tucker in joint debate and has
| always held his own against the brilliant
| young Congressman. lost's friends are en-
thuSiastic over his success on the stump
| anG profess to feel confident that he Will
win by small majority. Capt Cooke the
! populist nominee in TINS district, who was
the populists' candidate for governor
against O'Ferrall, IL seems, is scarcely max
/ ing any effort whatever to win. He rarely
| ever takes the stump, and even some of the
| voters in his own district are not aware of
| his canvass. 1t is said by his friends that
| he has no hope of election and, in fact, does
not care enough about it to make the fight.
Another district where the pOuliS;s are
| idle is the fourth. MIR. w. r. McKennev
| of Petersburg has been nominated by the
| democrats ID succeed Representative Epes
| The republican nominee is Mr.. r.. +. Thorp
| of Mecklenburg The latter entered the
| contest early ard has been lighting to win
This district Is conce led to contain a large
number of populist voters, but since the
declinaticn Of Col. Goode his party has
never shown any disposition TO put IN an
other candidate. 1t is feared by the DEM
| ocrats that the populists are secretly Civ
ing their support to Mr.. Thorp, ana that
tney nave nale come Snft OF N.Dnalina ton
with him. This seems most likely, for III
the populists have any hopes of winning
In the congressional fight they have rea-
sons to expect something in this district
1t is said that in this district there are
fully two thousand illiterate white voters
and nearly twice as many colored voters
who will be called upon to cast their votes
under the new Australian ballot law. 1t
is said also that the negroes do not feel as
much interest In this election as in former
years AS class they are becoming more
conservative, are dividing i'm politics, and
every year sees more ami more of them
voting openly the democratic ticket
Hoping for Negro Votes.
A well-known democrat from this dis
| trict said TO The Star correspondent today
that under the new law nearly half of the
negroes would vote the democratic ticket:
that the only reason that they have not
voted this ticket before was that they stood
in great fear Of their race, who would os-
tracise them should they desert the repub-
lican party. This, the democrats say, is
one of their strongest hopes of success.
They claim that fully half of the negroes
of Virginia will vote the democratic ticket
under the new law, now that the hypnotic
ing spell of Malone over them has been
broken. The fourth district comprises a
large portion OF the black belt in Virginia
and the negroes there play an important
part in the contest. The silence OF Gen
Malone, who is still the republican state
cus.lruldtl, III the present contest Is most
significant. The general is still on record
as opposed to tie nomination of republican
candidates for Congress I'm the districts nf
Virginia. Hts party. however, ignored his
mandate for the first time since he has leen
Its leader, and as Il party placed candi-
dates in the field in every district in the
state. The general as is well known has
said but little, and has really done moth
ing. His first utterance during the cam
paign was the interview with him which
appeared in The Washing ton Star last week
and 1t was copied in al of the Richmond
papers. This has had STRENGTHENING in
fiucnce among the leaders of the party
here. who have not yet learned to minimize
Mahone's power as a great party leader
and peerless organizer. The democratic
nominee I'm the fourth district Is making a
red-hot fight, and, being a good organizer
and worker, has inspired great confidence
among the democratic leaders in his sue
cess. He is, however. fighting against great
odds. and il he wins 1t will be quite a per-
sonal victory.
Tyler's Hard Fight.
In the second district Representative Ty-
Ter certainly has an uphill fight. His op-
ponent, Mr.. Borland. the nominee OF the re-
publican party. is a vote-getter. and the
democrats have reason to fear him. While
the democratic party Is terribly divided In
this district, the republicans are harmo-
Nous. and 1t seems that every leader OF the
party is working for the success of Mr.
Borland. In view of the fact that this is
copcededly a republican district, the DEM
ocrats have reason to feel uneasy nbout
Tyler. He Is a hard worker. however and
his 1udicious distribution OF the federal pa
tronage at the Norfolk navy yard Will
probably give him the city. IL IS believed
thai "a hol confeef binpae upo, .-,.,