The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-11
GENERAL WALKEB TdLKS.
lie Severely Criticises tho Virginia Re
publican Machine.

WASHINGTON, y. c.. Nov. lo.-srecial:
General lanes A. walker, member on
the Republican Executive 'Oiiiiilt,.o
though not "a harmonious mcmoci, s@No
out an interview to-nikht ~ Wiz, M,I1scti,H
crificises severely the virginia Macnii'-'
lie does not mince matters.
lie criticises the State Commute lot re-
fusing to hold a state convention, aiiso
states that the members or thc isNeD"tle
Committee told him he cOuld nave 'lo
nomination for Governor by acciamaueh
N he would accept it at the hands IL the
State Committee. H. H..
Te declined the honor rendered in tnat
stvle and insisted upon the cdiHus VL a.
convention. lie was informed that con-
vention would be unwise as there MAS il"
telling what 1T might DO. ,n,...
General Walker reviews the ldinlllaI
events which led to the nomination OF @
state ticket and recalls the idcl llat w Wy
machine Republicans issued an adpitos
in which they stated that kepuDhcans
who either voted for or refused 10 vote
for the Lynchburg nominees did not ioI-
felt their claims or position IN the he-
t,nbffoan marty 1t was reasonable 10
supposc." SAYS General Walker, that az
Ter This declaration, the regular orgdniza-
tion would stand neutral or at least not
exert It's influence 10 pile up a huge ma
J0rity for the Democratic ticket was
such the case? 10 was not.
"During tho short canvass which en-
sued. the force of the organization waa
exsrted to prevent Republicans from Vot-
inc for the Republican candidates Tor inc
state Offices circulars auuIesscu 10 sIo
colorod voters dcuunciatOry OF the ke-
publican candidates and tending 20 arouse
race animosities were industriously cir
culatcd by members Of the Executive
Committee.
s,Iad thew brought 10 the polls al many
voters of the State as did the supporters
of the Lynchburg ticket, whom they de-
Yided Virginia would" says Congress
man Walker for the next four years,
have been in the hands OF the ReWbli-
cans. But the effect or this party avis
ion reached beyond the state ticket; u
sacrificed legislative candidates as wen.
The effort To prevent Republicans from
supporting the whole kcpuDHcan ucktt
kept thousands away from the polls alto
gcther and thus effectively aided the
Democracy in securing an overwhelming
majority In the next General Assembly.
"FurthermOre. the schsm disgusted and
discouraged many earnest, 10y al men VINO
love the Republican party ana KS pfncl-
rles but have no sympathy with either
faction as sucn. These men are not ofhce
holders or ofiice-scekers. They do not
assume TO be leaders and when they saw
those whom they had honored as their
party representatives Ishtlhs Stcu otHer
with a bitterness which was almost Nin-
dictiVe, they turned M disgust irom such
a spectacle and absialn,d rom alleh-
dance at the polls.
''To sum up, fatal mistake was mace
at Lynchburg on the 18th of August:
when the servants of party are afraid TO
meet their mls-er, wEn representatives
refuse 90 submit their conduct TO the
approval or disappIoval of the c0nstltu-
ent body, IL may be accepted as Iact
too plain 10 admit of doubt that some
ching ls wrong, and radically wront.
safe rule is 10 trust the people
General Walker concluded by reiterat-
inc what he advised I'm former inter
INE.H.H NH..|I
convention, the call to be united in by
10th factions.