The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-30
MAH0NE,S MOAN.
what the wasbfngtos Corrsspo"de"fs
say or she II see or Four Hours
speech Mndc on Monday.
IRaliImore SUM-

taught General ManOne ~ iI'V ~'"''""'
election would have convinced most men Oh
the error OF this idea, but many OF those
vino know him well say that despite his ac-
knowIedged abliiy and his undoubted pow
ers Of leadership. his reasoning faculties are
not acute, and that he may, after the much
more severe defeat which will oyertake him
next November, still delude himself with
The idea that be Is the people OF Virginia.
like the three tailors who imagined them
selves to be the people Of England. Gene
raj Malone did a great deal OF g hurting
backn the charges Of bargain and interested
motives which have been made against him,
but he will find to his sorrow that they
won't stay "hurled back"
When he concluded bi, speech there was
no rnsh to congratulate him by the Repub-
Items as there was on the occasion OF his
former speech. and when his vote bad not
as yet given To them possession OF the com
mittees Of the Senate. He sat down, and Il
full minute interviewed before any one came
near him. Then Senator Ferry. Of Mlchi-
gan, came up and put out his hand. Mr..
Malone then arose and turned around with
his back to the Yice-President. and facing
the second row OF seats, where he could
look directly into the eyes Of the Republi'
can senators who occupied them. Then
perhaps eight or ten Of them made virtue
OF necessity, aud in perfunctory sort OF
way went through the ceremony OF con-
CIRCULATION, Senator'S Sherman and Conk'
ling being the last. Mr.. Conklng extend
cd his hand very slowly, and delivered him
self more slowly Of Il measured phrase or
TWO Of approval.
The contrast between this and the enthu-
..I.. k. l.li t.pl III
him before be had delivered their share OF
the goods, In the form OF The committees,
must have struck him rather painfully.
II is said that General Malone purposes
to have his speech printed for campaign
distribution in The State OF virginia. Ihe
! Deb;-PayerS could not wish Tor anything
better. The most partial MahoneIte who
! heard the speech could but confess thai IL
was disappointment. Certain it : thai the
vast crowds which filled the galleries were
woefulIy disappointed. 1t was In the MAN.
50 far as that portion relating to the
debt question was concerned, mere re-
hash Of the statements which have eml-
mated from his party in Virginia Tor a year
or two past, and did not 60 one whit to-
ward changing the attitude OF that party ~
the arch enemy OF the public credit Of Nir-
GINA. HIS Republican allies had expected
something on this point which might quiet
their own conscIeuces and nelp them to eX-
plain to their constituencies at home, but
they did not get it.
The only redeeming features OF the entire
speech, which consumed three hours. were
the spicy personal illusions TO the various
senator's on the Democratic side who had
stacked his record, including his colleague,
Mr.. Johnston; and these were not argu-
menl. but furnished amusement and enter
tainment for the hour only. As be rerd his
speech, and remained in the rather confined
posilion between the desk from which be
spoke and that OF other senators, there was
no opportunity for the display OF that eX-
ces,iye gesture and cOnlortion OF body.
limbs, and face which marked his i'm
promptu effort on the b:old area in front
of the chair OF the Nlce-PreSdent. The
galleries were also much disappointed in
expecting a renewal Of this edifyinS spec
tacle.
On the conclusion OF General MlhoDe's
speech. and IS soon As quiet was obtained.
the Democrats renewed their diatO'y tao
ties. and piled in obstructive motions thick
and fast. 30 that at one time there was no
less than four rolI.calS pending. The Nir-
gInla Senator on the first Of these rollcallS
voted with the Democrats, clusing great
laughter in the galleries, which was in
creased, when, on being prompted by his Re-
publican trainers, he changed his vote to
their side. After the Democrats had fred
away for an hour or 80 the Republicans gave
in, and suffered IN adjournment. II seems
that they have not yet reached the sticking
point OF keeping the Senate in continuous
session. Don Cameron, who threatened the
Democrats with this last week, immediately
thereafter left the city, and no one knows
when be is coming back. Senator ConkllnL
took great interest in the Malone bust
ness until the committees were formed, and
he was placed at the head OF the Committee
on Commerce. Since then Mr. COnkling
has not appeared to care much about it,
A PEN.PICTURE.
philadelphia Times.l
II took four hours, two glasses OF lemon
AIDE with Il tcleoraph.pOle in each, and two
lemons 10 deliver il. IL was read from
printed slips, in cracked voice that o,cil-
lated between a veil and a whisper. II was
all about the Virginia middle, the state
debt. reimbursement, and southern chivalry.
\ Side-issue now and then on the record OF
Senator Brown. Senator Johnston. and
speaker furnished The only spice. Such
alluslons we're decided hits, aud told upon
tie immense audience, who responded
in applause and bursts OF laughter,
notwithstanding the dryne.s and bOr-
rible length OF the main portion OF
his speech. Malone is too central an object
OF public interest not to attract attention.
Ii there were no political complications to
lend 4 fictitious importance to him, Malone
would even vet deserve and receive more
than passing notice. The little, dried-up
and crouching figure, hai-squalting al
every emphasis; the long, skinny fingers,
extended and curled like talonS and hook
ing at the empty air, and that alternating
yell and whisper, which would drive a
camp-meeting out OF the woods, would
command attention. Add to these peculiar.
titles large ana frowsy head, a long and
muddy beard, and collar and cuffs doubling
back upon bis broadcloth in a sort OF a split
between ruflles and modern linen. and you
have his photograph as he appeared to-day.
TOO MUCH RIDDLEBERGER.
New York Herald.I
On the whole the speech was a diSap.
poiniment. "Too much Riddlcberger y
was the verdict Of shrewd Republican
politician.
lie ought to have known enough OF north
ern opinion and OF northern public men to
have foreseen that public intimacy with a
Republican OF the peculiar political charac-
ter OF Mr.. Gorham would not fail TO excite
suspicion rather than confidence in the gen.
eral Republican mind. Mr.. Malone come,
accused OF being repudiator OF debts,
and be allows himself 10 he introduced, Us
it were, by Mr.. Gorham, whose political
eccentricities, as all men know, are Of pre-
cisely the same kind. 1t is remembered BY
good many Of the Republican senators
that Mr.. GOrham was on the greenback and