The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-17
The Malone Party.
THE MOVE THAT WAS MADE TO DISRUPT TIE
GREAT CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF TIE STATE
ITS MONGREL MAKEUP.

THE MOVE THAT WAS MADE TO DISRUPT THE
| GREAT CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF THE STATE
| ITS MONGREL MAKEUP.
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It is generally understood that at the
clasc OF thc session Of the Legislature OF
1S7.-'7S certain gentlemen, members OF the
Legislature, and others. held private cam
Gus in Richmond, and determined to run
candidates for Congress in every district IN
the State who agreed with them Is TO the
mode OF scttlin" the State debt, and to or-
pose any candidate who did not belong to
| their party on this debt question, and
this without regard TO the nomina-
tons OF the Conservative party. In
this district they prevented i nomi-
nation BIZ convention OF the Conservative
party because they refused o abide by Il tie
ciSlon Of such 4 conventions; and it was
thought best, under the circumstances, to
make no nominations. Judge Harris. who
was elected, was willing 10 submit his
claims TO the convention, but Dir. Paul, his
opponent, was not willing TO do so. He
was therefore practically an independent
candidate, refusing 10 sustain the organiZa-
ton OF the Conservative party. But this
was not all During the canvass he pub
lcv declared that the Conservative party
had finished its work and was OF no fur
ther use. He is Il prominent leader i'll
this new Malone party. At the polls he
got the bulk OF the neutrality-suspicious.
vote. In the Lynchburg district they ran
an independent candidate in opposition
to Mr.. Tucker, the regular nominee OF the
Conservative party. In the Abingdon dis
trct they ran an independent candidate
against Colonel Richmond, the regular NOM
inee OF the Conservative party. In the
Fredericksburg district they ran an indie
pendent candidate against General Bcalc,
the regular nominee OF the Conservative
marty. In the Richmond district they ran
an independent candidate against Genera!
Joseph L. Johnston, the regular nominee OF
| the Democratic party. In the Pete. >Jur"
district they secured the nomination for
their man, Mr.. Hinton. In the Alexandria
district they ran 4 candidate against Gen
eral Huntun, the nominee Of the Con-
sentative party. In the Norfolk dis
trct their man was deferred from run
ming against Mr.. Goodc only because OF the
utter hopelessness OF the undertaking. The
leaders in this organized movement OF last
summer and fall against the Conservative
party are the leaders in the recent monsrel
convention that met in Richmond on the
25th OF last month, composed chiefly Of
boilers from the Conservative party, and
| NUltC anu DluCh ltduiStli ItCpuDliSui". L
convention thus composed, ignoring the
regular organization OF the Conservative
party, rejecting Its Central State Committee,
has formed 4 separate and independent par
ty organization, with its own distinct and
| separate party machinery. These boilers
have thus abandoned the Conservative
party aud organization and united with
white and black Radical Republicans and
| formed a new party. or this party it is
well understood that General Malone is the
great organizer. the acknowledged head and
master spirit. We see no reason why GEN
eral Malone or any of his friends should OBJ
iect to lending his name to the party, nor
why the party should not do itself the honor
to assume bis name. It is eminently sppro-
pirate; for he is the father OF the party.
Are the Conservative people Of Virginia
prepared to abandon the Conservative party,
which has saved us from the unSDeakablc
horrors Of Radical rule, and so over 10 this
new, uDtricd, mongrel party, composed Of
boilers and Of black and white Radical Re-
| DublicanS?