Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-04
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nond Democrats. and incidentally those
of the entire district Of the danger that
confronts them, urges them to both vote
and work to insure the election OF Col
onel Elicit, and briefly reviews the re-
cord of the Republican party to snow that
It IL the enemy Of our people ana not
worthy OF support:
To the Democratic Voters OF Richmond:
The day Of election draws near. me
Iires of a triangular fight are being
closely drawn for the eventful day which
IL to decide the fate OF two OF the par
ties represented In the contest.
A powerful influence has within the
last few days made itself felt In the camp
of the Republicans. A general. whose
campaign methods are well and bitterly
known to the Democrats Of Virginia. has
apparently assumed command OF the Re-
publican forces. Malone, the arch con-
spirator OF cunning and scheming poll
ticians, the implacable enemy Of Vir-
Rinia, Is once more actively at work in
our very midst The skill and activity
with which he has always welded those
weapons, fashioned for fraud, IL well
known TO US. We have learned the sad
lesson by experience.
NAHONE AT THE HELM.
The fact alone that Malone Is engaged
IN secretly organizing and cementing the
disorganized and demoralized factions Of
the enemy, and infuslng into them some
OF that tireless energy which so char
ac;erizes him when he Is animated by
his intense hatred OF Virginia and the
Democratic party, aided by the able
judgment and splendid organizing ability
ond skilled experience of Judge Waddill.
ought TO be sufficient 20 arouse the pa
triotic citizens OF this city, and of this
district. to the highest pitch Of enthusi-
astic action. and to nerve them to work
ceaselessly from now until the 9Th Of
November.
or whatever else we may be in doubt,
we may rest assured that from now on
there will be no apathy. and no inactivity
In the ranks Of the Republicans. Judging
the present by the past 1t may be safely
asserted that every method. both fair
and foul. will be unhesitatingly and I'M
blushingly rasorted to. and that those
nefariouo tactics which have been before
so skilfully employed by Malone & Co.
will be used. A circular letter has been
issued. signed by the most prominent Re-
publicans in this city and widely cir
culated. calling upon the Republicans
everywhere to lay inside all differences,
and to vote solidly for the now endorsed
nominee OF their party. It is also
claimed that money has been sent with
some liberality to be used by the Re-
publicans to secure the election of their
candidate.
THE POPULIsTS NOT IDLE
The Popuist party is not Idle. Their
leaders are making a fight as active
and aggressive as their abilities will per-
NIT. Their orators, with speclous argyll
ments and ingenious sophistry (some OF
them are men Of passing ability. have
taken advantage of the charge that the
Fifty-third Congress failed TO stand on
the Democratic platform; that the lead
ing Democrats who composed that body
disregarded their pledges and betrayed
their constituents. and have not failed to
charge all of the difficulties and hard
times through which the country has
struggled to the inability of the Demo-
Gratis to manage the affairs of State.
Strange and improbable as it may seem
to those who have fairly well informed
themselves touching the splendid work
which was done by our representatives
in the Fifty-third Congress TO carry out
the Democratic pledges to relieve the peo-
freedom Of elections, and to give the
great mass Of the people better oppor-
tunity to live cheaper and better than
they have ever lived before, many OF
the laboring people have been deluded
and led astray by the glittering Of the
eenseless promises OF these Populist
demagogues. A strs) ger stlll many OF
the intelligent farmers In the Third Dis
'trict in whose behalf the Democratic
party has always labored 80 increasingly
and so nobly have shown q disposition to
be ungrateful for the services which
have been rendered particularly to them
by the Democratic party In lifting from
tEeir burdened shoulders much Of the
weight which they have been carrying
for thirty years. Their eyes. too. have
been blinded by the beautiful Utopian
visions which PopulIsm has contured up.
THERE MAY BE DANGER.
With these two enemies, active and
determined, waging a desperate battle,
their forces being well organized. let US
not, my fellow-citizens, underestimate the
danger which may. II It does not already.
menace US. Let us not, I conjure you.
make the fatal mistake OF deluding our
selves into the pleasant belief that We
can lie supinely on our backs and awake
on the morn Of the 1th Of November and
ind the standard Of Democracy still tri-
umphantly floating over the ranks OF
our party. Victory will be won by no
ignoble inactivity. If we fail to do our
duty in this time of urgent necessity. It
IS not impossible that we may awake on
that eventful day to realize that We have
been caught mapping, indeed. The folds
Of our banner may DO trailing In the
dust, our gallant leader defeated, our
district once more under the infamous
heel Of Malone and his equally con-
temptible tools and followers. and O seal
away government erected over the ruins
Of Democracy.
But when the danger Is realized our
people will not lie supinely on their backs.
nor be content to remain inactive and
apathetic. The Democrats OF this dis
trict have always been a noble band
OF true patriots. In all times Of appreci-
ated danger they have proved equal to
the emergency. and bravely met and con-
quered 1t. Let this be no exception. Let
no one dare to affirm that any self-sac-
riice Is too great for US to make for
our party; that any labor is too arduous
for US to perform to preserve the reputa-
ton and the past record Of our district
and our people and our homes from Re-
publican misrule. There is but one thing
needed. That one thing must be well
and faithfully done-viz. TO SEE THAT
EVERY VOTE is CAST BEFORE THE
POLLS CLOSE. There are enough Demo-
cratic votes in our district to insure our
gallant leader a triumphant victory. But
these votes must be cast-they must
reach the baIlot-box and be counted. Let
every man assume the duty OF seeing
that these votes are cast.
RICHMOND THE MAIN HOPE.
Many of the counties have always been
composed Of an uncertain element. Rich
mend Is the main hope Of the district;
therefore, Richmond must give her usual
majority.
The City Democratic Committee. ham,
pered as they have been by the cry OF
hard times and the great apathy which
has until recently existed In, the Demo-
cratic ranks all over the State. have
spared neither time nor labor, but have.
to a man. put side personal interests and
labored with noble fidelity for duty,
for their party. They have sought to
strengthen the weak places In the Demo-
cratic lines; to arouse the voters. and