Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-22
TntcTvieR with Col. Robert Boiling

Ia 81 interview With correspondent of tho
Baltimore American, yesterday, 10 Washing
ton. gu. Robert b ling, Of Petersburg. said {:
Malone is nos, aCd never vas, o republi.
can. lie Will not vote with that party 10 the
Scpa!e. | watched him AID his managers
through tho crtiro clmpaip, and all their prom
iscs OF forwarding the republican c,uso il the
State wcro simply b,sh. Mahooo is shreEd
and tie naurcr 10 which tho colorcd vote vas
captured is worthy Of lis gcncrasLir. | am
and have been republican for thirteen years
Prior TO that time | WIS wkig, but in the
whole ooulsa OF my experience | never botcre
saw snar: dotg, SO successfully praoiccd.
You See, tho rcsGiusters hsvl matc nsDy
promises 10 tho roputl GINS. -Four years ago
they promised not to iocrioro with tho colorcd
voc Ira. promise WIS never kept. A. tho
lest c!sc in tho s6me promise was made, and
10 make it Elcro bl2ding thoy agreed to protect
tho cooIcl voters at tho polls By aiding them
10 clcctiDg their congressional and presidential
tickets. Alter your votes sro il tho ballot
boxes. they said to the oolorod map, they
shal! not b iotcrfered with And they were
rot, tu. they took occasion TO FIX matters be-
fore tho ballots reached The hex. Lock at this
ticket, he c.n!l5u.d, producing tho article.
OCU INV NuitlS IL III ulhuC ups IUu VIII W.
serve it is headed 'Rasdjl s.cr tckot,' aud at
tho bottom appears tho npmc of tho republican
candidate for Congress. That's eli yerS nico
as fer IS i gafs; BIT sou will uotioo that tho
ctc.OIs 3. large aai tho his'rc ;c!orB ere I'll
Hancock mcn.
Tho reporter asl,c,i ii Euch tickets w:re 10
general rcals.ou?
"Yes; IN noary ovory voting pre- cinct in tho
Sta:o. Tho negroes deuded into tho beIioi that
tho ticket Was sill right, voted for Hancock
blindly, nCd don't boovo three hundred of
their race actually voted for Garfield. That is
tho secret OF the falling of of tt republican vo!r
and Malone YVES at tho back Of it all. His meu
distributed the t'cIcts, and encouraged tho nc
gtoes III tho belief tha! there would 30 g large
| increase Of the republican vote "
But was not tho trick disc )vored in time 70
prey onl lis being successfully carried ou!?"
''No. cxcep. IN worry few Instances. The
votes wcro cast, nnd there was no possibility OF
| heading OF the movement. They had still az
other scheme which they worked with SUCCESS
| tho speaker observed. drawing from his pocket
book Il ticket OF enOttor style. L his was headed
Hancock and Englsh, and included their dis
TIC. electors end o'ecLors ct large. THAT ticket
wGs used on tho whi.o voters tho gentleman
explained 'snd tho name Of the candidate for
Congress does not H2pear, IS you see. That
blank space a! the bottom WAS filed up with the
name of any candidate tho voter would suggest
- NOlhSl INK :. SudI III, alU LuOuRu lu6I0 les
been much talk in the Ststo abou! it since no
mention OF i! has boon made by our newspapers.
In justice &c the republicans OF the State think
the truth should be- told. The republican State
committee is now reorganizing, and it is to bresk
of from the resdjusLers that they SIRE doing 30.
We have been deceived and trIled with long
enough, and oil the statements, thst our vote
WAS intended for other than tho straight repub.
licaa ticket. arc false. We wero duped by the
Mahcnites bldiy; but they have made tools of
Us for tho LIST tlmo and tho mystery and reti.
cence about General Mahones future policy
nc.ns more than he would like for tho people
OF Virginia to believe until safely seated in The
Senate You will eco in the course of time that
l am right, and that tho republicans. in break.
ing away from the evil lllonces of the s).called
!eadjustsrs OF Virginia, hsvo taken wise and
importan! STEP ;"
HUNTING A Quorum FOR THE HOUSE,
When the House ne: las; nish: Of eight o'clock
thero was comparatively largo attend iuce of
members. The private caIcnda. was proceeded
With in Committed Of tho Whole. Mr.. Town
shend, Of Iiaoi5 il the chair.
10 Er-k - Ia.