Evening star., 1895-06-06
ISSUE IN VIRGINIA
Gen. Malone Says It is a Fair Bal
lot.
HOPEFUL SIGNS FOR REPUBLICANS
He Thinks the Democratic Machine
is Breaking Up.
MORE MONEY WANTED

Gen. Malone of Virginia speaks in hope
| full terms regarding the May election in his
state. To Star reporter today Gen. Ma
hone said: LAS a rule the May elections in
| Virginia involve no principle. They were
not fought on party lines and they were
| chiefly interesting to the contending candi-
dates for county offices.
The Machine Breaking Up.
"But there are some instances which show
that the democratic machine in Virginia is
breaking up and that the republican party
will have less prejudice to encounter when
the election for the legislature is held next
fall. In Washington county, for instance,
there was Independent candidate sup
ported by republicans and dissatisfied demo-
Gratis, and he was elected by good ma
1ority. Ordinarily Washington county has
been carried by the democrats by from 400
to 500 majority.
Again. the democrats were defeated in
Pittsylvania county, one of the largest in
the state. with 10000 Inhabitants and 1900
voters. This county has been looked upon
as stronghold of the democrats. coa-
lition candidate was supported by repub-
licans and democrats who were not satis-
fed with their party, and he was elected.
The same was true in Norfolk county,
which was carried by an Independent candi-
date, who defeated the choice of the demo-
cratic machine.
This result indicates plainly that the
people of Virginia are beginning to think
ana that they do not propose to vote the
democratic ticket merely because it is the
ticket of the machine. They are looking
out for something better than they have
and they are beginning to realize that it is
best to take what is for their interest re-
vocates it.
A Fair Ballot the Issue.
THE one issue of the next campaign will
10 q fair haI Ilnt Il haiio hat
cans Of Virginia will bring forward an
election law and distributing it among the
people will tell them that that is what they
propose to enact into law. OF course, the
democrats will say that they are III favor
of that law too, but the republicans will
point 10 their failure to give the state an
honest election law in the past.
L do not see why it is worth while to
talk about the tariff or silver any other
public issue in Virginia in our next cam
paign. What is the use of talking about
issues when everybody recognizes that
regardless of the way the people may
think and vote on these subjects that the
election returns will show great majorities
for the democratic candidate. regardless
of what they have advocated during the
| campaign? The first thing for us to do
is to get an election law in Virginia that
will guarantee to the people that every
voter of the state may cast his ballot and
that every ballot shall be counted, and that
the return shall show the action of the
people. When that is once done we may
talk about other issues in Virginia, bu.
not until then.
He Wants More Money.
For myself, 1 am for more money.
don't care whether it is silver money or
shinplasters. 1t does not seem to me to
make any difference. Why, even during
the war l found that Notwithstanding It
took a great deal of confederate money
to buy what you wanted, yet that was
compensated for by the fact that the
money was plentiful and you could get
lots of it. Why, I remember one time
going into Richmond. I<yent 70 hotel and
had some fried oysters. l lad some bread
and some pretty bad cofeeee. which l sup
posed was cheap grade of Rio. Alto
gether it was not much of breakfast,
but paid $500 for 1t. OF e~urse We should
keep within proper bounds in issuing
money. but we want to have that article
sufficiently plentiful to allow the people to
get hold of it. Still, what is the use of
talking about money or anything else in
Virginia SO long as we have not an election
law to permit the counting Of the ballots?"