The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-08

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"FRIENDs, THE EA 'EMY," WILLTRY Tt
SMOOTH uvEP TIE DIFFICULTIES wITE
The NEGRoEs-.THE BOSS !" TALKS Tt
"THE BoYs,n AND TRfa. TO GET THEN
| TO SEE WHERE THEIR /, ,STERESTs LIE
REPORTERS WATCHED e. THE READ
'JUsTERs' DETEcTIvEs-PEa soNAL. &C. :
| Both houses OF the General ASP, 'mbly or
Saturday voted TO begin the ete> 'fion Of
Capitol officers Tomorrow, corlsm epclue
with the Secretary CT the Commons ealth
Tonight the Readjusters will hold '.thell
caucus in the hall OF the House for the ur.
pose OF receiving The committees report or
nominations. The doors will be doubl. '
guarded. The galleries will be searched.
The members will be cautioned 10 90 straight
to their rooms and to bed as soon as they
| leave the hall. The reporters will be
"shadowed," and every effort that re-
adjusting wit and wisdom can devise will
be employed TO secure secrecy.
THE TROUBLE.
The hitch was caused by the colored
members. They want fair share OF the
offices. At one time some OF them were in
clined to be unruly, but "the boss" has
persuasive eloquence.
When they came to him grunting and
growing, he asked them IL they expected
to be elected to any Of the Offices named.
They said 'tNo." Then be asked II any OF
| their color expected to be go elected.
"No," they replied. Then ftthe boss" put
it to "the boys" if they preferred TO give
one or two white Republicans good, fat
places, or secure eight or ten subordinate
| positions for men Of tneic. race. That put
"the boys" to thinking, and Modified
them very much.
THE ARBITER.
There have been troubles 10 the party,
but, so far, none very serious.
General Malone rules everything. When
ever there Is hitch he is Appealed to, and
up to date has been able to reconcile dif-
ferences.
| 1t is yet probable. however, that one OF
the Capitol Offices will be given to Repub-
lican. Mr. Dyson, Of Eottoway, seems to
be the fayortc OF the ,Mahoneites; but Mr..
Hoxie and Mr.. Young have active friends
anxious 10 promote their interests.
sUILIvAN's SUCCESSOR.
The crowd about the Capitol Saturday
was great. The ofice-seekers-white and
| black-iooked ravenous.
While all this fussing is going on they are
paying board-b bills. Not one in ten can be
successful, and the great bulk OF the host
will retire from Richmond depleted in cash
and disgusted with politics. George Wash
ington Cooke, Radical negro, OF Norfolk,
who was elected Doorkeeper over Arthur
Sullivan. one-legged, Stonewall-Brigade SOL
dier, did his best Saturday to keep these
and other people out OF the hall OF the
House. But they pressed upon him with
such violence and in such numbers that the
services OF Mr.. Grant, OF the Capitol police
force, had to be secured to keep the crowd
back. Mr.. Grant was the de tacto Door
keeper Saturday, while poor Cooke could
only sit and stare.
The ReSdiusters are already tired Of
Cooke. They are sick also OF the hub-bub.
their treatment OF Sullivan has caused. 1t
will be no wonder If they get rid OF Cooke
| soon and hunt up some one-legged Re-
adiuster to ill the place.
THE TREASURY.
| Mr.. Massey recommended to the caucus
committee the nomination OF Major Vulosko
Walden, of New Kent, for the Office of Trea-
surer. Mr.. Massey, next to "the boss" is
the most influential man in the Readi
Republican party. In fact, in the opinion
OF many Of his friends. he ought to be at the
|
tor. Respect for NIr. Massey's recommends
tions, and as a reward to Mr.. Walden for
presiding over the Mozart Hall Convention,
he will probably receive the recommends
tion of the committee; that is, il lie is Will
ing to undertake to furnish the security re-
quired-$100,000. In case MIR. Walden is
unwilling OF thinks he cannot give the secu-
rity, Dir. W. W. Newman (GreeDbackerl, OF
Hanover, will loom up as candidate.
When the division of spols was first coll
sidered, the security the Treasurer has to
give was not thought Of.
! PERSONAL.
General William Malone, as before men-
toned, rarely comes out upon the streets in
daylight. He takes his exercise by the
light OF the moon and stars. He was out
Saturday night with few admiring friends,
and was as cheerful as cricket.
| The detective force Of the Readiusters'
Republican party had a rest Saturday night.
So did the reporters. For the first nig Int
since the Ballard billiard-room caucus the
reporters were allowed to walk about with.
out being shadowcd." II said detectives
would catch one Of the most active men Of
their party here in his old trick Of writing
ANONYMOUS letters they would be better
employed.
"FoLLow YOUR LEADEI." i;
Mr.. Frazier, OF Rock bridge, is the recog-
nized leader Of the Readiusters in the
House. On Saturday, the House having
adopted the substitute OF the committee for
the Senate resolution as to election OF Capl-
! fol officers, Mr.. Frazier moved to recon-
slider. He OF course wanted the House to
reject the motion, and so "clinch the nail !"
then and there. But the brethren--at least
MANY OF the new oDes-not understanding
this common parliamentary proceeding
and only knowing that it was Dir. Frazler's
motion, voted "Aye." The Conservatives
had good laugh on them about it.
THAT AUGUR-HoLE.
"Haye you seen the Dispatch this morn
ine?" inquired Readiuster OF friend
sitting at breakfast Friday morning:
"No," he replied; "whsps ln lt?"
"Ob, O report OF the caucus, or rather
the nominations that will be made by the
caucus; and they've got it down Jine, too.
How these people get at our proceedings Is
more than can find out"
| This is but one Of the many confrma-
tions we have bad from the Resdiusters
themselves OF the correctness Of the infor-
nation which has been published daily.
In the Senate Saturday one OF the most
intelligent and agreeable Of the Readjusting
senators remarked to the writer that he be-
lieved he had punched out the eye OF some
| reporter the night beforegin the caucus, for
| he bad gotten bis umbrella into an augUr-hole
4 in the floor, and it felt very much as II it
ba7 oope into some fellows eve in place Of