Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1885 — Mahone Overthrown. [ARTICLE]

Mahone Overthrown.

Not only is the Democratic candidate for Governor in Virginia elected, but the Leg* islature has been captured from the Republicans, and Mahone’s doom is sealed. Since Conkling’s defeat in New York this is the most signal overthrow of a political Republican “boss” that has occurred in this country. Nowhere in the United States was either party so completely owned and ruled as the Republican party of Virginia has been ruled and dominated by Mahone. The very worst elements in human nature—greed and ignorance—have been the means and instruments of his elevation. He had behind him a solid, compact mass of voters who could neither read nor write. He appealed to the dishonesty and avarice of the people by advocating a systematized scheme of repudiation and fraud. Northern Republicans have stood by him, and with their money and influence fused this mass of ignorance into an organization. To shatter it, to break him down, to make his dishonesty of no avail, is one of the great triumphs of this triumphant hour.— Detroit Free Frees.