Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-14
THE SITTATGON ~ VIRGINIA.

! The situation i'm Virginia furnishes
| the most Migrant example of the times,
Of the power and disposition OF ma
tiOnal administration To 20 into State
with the peoples money ari the pat
ronagr Of the peoples government ami
decide the issues of State election in
the interests of political party.
By the aid of the money and the
sroils of the Arthur administration
and a combination of RrpublicaniSm
and reputation the Republicans have
succeeded in clecting the State officers,
Legislature and tie Judges in that State,
and they now desirr to complete the
slate 10y debating the United States
Senator.
The boss of this job. Mr.. MALONE,
meets the usual difficulty in such cases
of finding holes enough To stow away
the pins which he has used i'll the prose-
cutiOn of this work.
Mr.. MALONE Very naturally wants
! RIDpLEEERGER, the durlliSt and repu-
i diator, for Senator, in order 10 impress
his umnipotencC upon the Senate that
refused this man a subordinate place III
that body: hut ~ the Republicans gave
twO-thirl~ or more OF the reputation
votes, they want the SynatOFship TO bal
anCc matters.
| The situation a. regards the contest
| for the S"nator>hip, Is very fully set
! forth by the claims of two OF the news
papers OF that State IL follows:
We adhere 10 the original position. Lew
is will be- United States Senator. Why
do W. insist Because Malone owes his
victory to the Republicans. OF the ll2,G.D
vote, received AZ least 10000 were Rcpub-
lf..R.Ff IRN f.HlHN
strength could not have been secured and
the coalition formed He WAS the very
backbone Of the Coalition rarIy.-Ryr&'"g-
ham E,r.ssr.
The reason .-iveu ought to be held To be
a good one ny the MahunitcS, hut it will not
be- 81 held. General Malone has no idea OF
having ~ his college genuine Republican
Senator. for the latter would naturally have
more influence with the Administration
than the General himself. He wants 4
'Nv-tuu-Platu colleague, who Will let hun
play the role at Cameron i'll Pennsylvania
and Cuuktina, in New York.
And this suggests that ii Mr.. Lewis
should succeed. aS hc will not, hrs friends
will stand q better chance with Mr.. Arthur
than will Mr.. iddlcbcrger S.-E'rRD,y7t
firug'rh
RIDDLEEERGFR j. a Democratic re-
uudatiuniSt of the MALONE type, and
p W - - a VI
autyrvdeutS. Either of them would
vote with the Republicans if sent to the
Senate, but the scli-rrSpecting Republic
can Senators arr sick of the MALONE
business and hence are endeavOring 10
persuade ARTHUR, who engineered the
reputation victory, to issue his order
for the defeat of RIDDLERERGER and
the election of LEWIS.
The election ufStatc officers by federal
influence and patronage, ami the elcc-
/ ton of L. =. Senators by positive orders
/ from Washington, is open to objections
~ Il political system, but it greatly SYM
plifieS the plan for pcrpctuating the
/ power ola political party, and when II
has extended itself ~ it naturally will,
Ia all the ofliccs,and the national admin
i-tratjou becomes the one controlling
power i'm our state politics, We will
/ probably begin To inquire what has be-
come of the Government OfthC people,
/ Tor the people, and by the people