The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-09
MALONE EXPLAINS.
How 10 Was that He Failed to Carry
Virginia by Twenty Thousand MA
iOrtty.

As some OF our people may have curiosity
TO know how General Malone explains MS
great defeat the following Is published
| [By telegraph to the Herald.J
| RICHMOND, November THE Herald
CORES pondent bad an interview with Gen.
eral Malone to-day, when he was asKeu
which Of the many and conflicting reports
as to his political position in the next senate
were true. He replied: "You can say an.
thoritatiyely that not one OF them Is true.
"There Is one report, General, when
says that you telegraphed the Democratic
National Committee that you would not go
into tho Democratic caucus?"
"That is false also, and has not SHADOW
OF foundation"
"May ask, then, what your position VIII
be?"
THAT Mt present refuse TO state. Inc
politicians are so anxious 10 know that !
shall keep them IN suspense while longer"
REVIEW OF THE LATE CONTEST.
The last sentence was said with a some
what malicious but humorous expression,
and this was all the information that couid
be obtained on the subject. The General
talked very freely, however, In regard 10
| the result OF the recent election In tbls
State. and gave an interesting account OF
| the way Ia which il was brought about. lie
said il was easy OF explanation that the
election has not altered tue relative strength
OF the parties, as Will be shown I'D
the state election next fall. The Re-
adu,teTs carried the State Inst year
by an undenlIble majority OF 1914.
mat larger majority OF the white
people are now OF that party is confessed
| in the manifest desire OF the Funder fac
D.R1 bn
voted for The May or sO-called regular
| ticket on Tuesday last. The Readlusters,
he said, could not he more surprised at the
result than were the Funders. They had
by every act admitted their weakness and
their fears. On the day OF election ID was
well known that they expected defeat.
Their only hope had been based on deSer-
tons from the Readiuster ranks, caused by
approximations OF Hancock's defeat. and on
the determined effort which the Republic
caus would make for the Garfield ticket.
The Funder leaders, candidates for Con-
gresS, and caDya>sers, had all the
while appealed to the white people, with
ont reference TO State issues. 10 stand by
their ticket az the regular ticket, going so
far as to proclaim that the Readi Han
cock ticket would not be allowed TO cast the
vote OF the State il 1t won, while they earn
eslly urged the Republicans to stand by
their own ticket and candidates for Con-
greSs. This had PREPARED the unwary for
stampede. Barnum's recognition and effort
10 uphold the falling fortunes Of the BOur-
bon Funder faction had no other etf-ct for
the time than to roafirm the Rtadiusters in
their adherence 10 their own ticket, and TO
increase the fears Of the BOurbOns, whose
answer was that the recognition came 100
llta holm tbpm Com General |
Malone said:
"BOCRBON wILEs."
"The mass OF the white people were yet !
fedrfulthat the Republicans might attempt !
TO steal the vote OF the State. They had |
seen that General Wickham, chairman OF |
the Republican State Executive Committee,
and Congressman Jorgensen, Republican, |
were i'm alliance with the Bourbon faction. |
It had gotten out that for this pretended |
effort OF WIckham to carry the Stale for |
Garfield the B1urbons were to support him |
next year for Governor. Jorgensen would |
prefer TO have Bourbon free-trade |
colleagues in Congress when the Adj |
ministraton is Republican. lie would |
hope to control the patronage IN that |
event, and, on the other hand, in case |
OF HancOck'S probable success he was
doubtless to be taken care OF by The Bour-
bon delegation. II Is an open secret that
Wickham and JOrgPnSen were in confer
ence and concert with the BOurb0DS. So |
it was that within a few days Of the
election Wckbam and Jorgensen be-
came very active, flooding the State with |
documents and sending out agents in all
directions 10 excite the colored people into |
the false belief that the State could be car.
rled for Garfield. This aroused the APP
prehcnSious Of the whites. When they |
saw the deluded blacks under excite
ment and going back 10 their former polil-
cal prejudices, marching up TO the polls
headed here and there by men OF the worst
passions, and led by a drum and fife, fear
and fretfuneSs took the place OF confidence
and everything else save determination TO
defeat this desperate effort TO steal The vote
OF the State. The unthinking ReAdiuster
had no patience for the moment win the
colored man for whom he had suffered and
done so much
THE COLORED MANS DISCRETION.
ellis desertion OF the party that had re-
covered for him his lost political rights and
blessings OF free.ScbOOl system could not
at that moment be ascribed to the designing
political leaders whose purpose In tins mat
ter was. a. in all the past it has been. 10 use
|
patronage for himself. The Readiusters
stampeded in a body to the Bourbon ticket.
Hence is success. Already the cOlored man
begin. to discover the selfish Use 10 which he
has been put by these men that he has been
employ ed to serve them in this case for con-
sideration ut the hands OF the BOurbOns and
heir pretended influence here a Wanted
before the new Administration. Wickham :
and JOrgensen evidestly prefer Bourbon /
domination in Virginia TO the liberation OF ,
the colOred man. They manifestly desire '
the restoration OF the colored line. 1t re- a
mains TO be SEEM" said the Senator-elect,
- whether the Republican party OF the coun- i
try means to allow these gripsackers to mis-
use Repubcanism to uphold. the Bourbon
Democracy in Virginia" q
This closed the interview. The real trial
Of strength between Malone and the lead (
ers OF the two old parties will take place
next fall, when a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and new Legislature are to be i
elected. This Legislature elects Supreme
Court judges and a United States senator !
to succeed Senator Johnston. /
The friends Of Atlorney-General Deyens I