The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-09
TELEGRAPHIC
The Bargain Must Continue.

washington, 7. = Ex-senator anG
H.eutenant-Governor Elliot Lewis, O
! virginia, has been in Washington two
/: days consulting with republicans in re
gard 10 the coming election of a senator
IN virginia. Lewis claims that prior tc
the combination ,of republicans and re-.
| adIusters, Malone and readjuster lead
ers promised him the senatorship IL he
would gain the government, and they
would make it succeed. Lewis bad an in
tervlew with the President this after
noon, and his friends assert that the
PRESIDENT positively and emphatieally
declared In favor of Lewis election 10
the Senate According to tho statement
OF Lewis friends the Presideat said; 'I
understood that republican senator
would be elected from Virginia if the
coalition succeeded, and think repub-
lIcsns are entitled t. that much" Lewis
has gone to Richmond with authority to
say t. republican members of the leeis-
lature tnat the President desires his cleo
ton, and he believes this will compel his
nomination by the coalitionists. A re-
adjuster mem Der of the Virginia legisla-
ture named Moore, who declared for
Rlddleberger for senator, ia now here
and says be will vote for Lewis ifthe
President wants Lewis elected. Bout
well, Dawes, Logan and many other
prominent republicans have assured
Lewis of their cordial support and their
Willingness in making him senator. The
coalition caucus will be held on the 18Th,
AMI II Riddleberger is nominated repub-
ilcan members of the Legislature may
bolt.
New York, s "A Washington special
says: Eight gentlemen, including two
New England senators and Congressman
Paul and Fulkerson, of Virginia, called
upon the President yesterday, and had
consultation concerning political affairs
IN Virginia and particularly about the
election ofthe United States senator, which
Is to take place on the Goth instant. The
President was informed that his name
was being used in Richmond ss if by au-
thority in favor of the election of read
ulster instead of q republican to the Sem
ate, and this statement was working to
the detriment of the claims of the
republican candidate. The President sur
prised the gentlemen byhis familiarity and
the acquaintance which he showed with
Virginia politics and by the frankness
with which he assured them that he
thought republicans were rightly entitled
to the senatorship and ought to insist upon
it. He was told that Malone was using
his influence in behalf of readjuster
democrat and preferred that Riddle
berger be nominated. The President
said he was satisfied that Malone would
support republican for the nomination.
The interview was lengthy and entirely
satisfactory to the Presidents visitors.
His wishes were communicated to Ma
hone by messenger who left for Rich
moDd this afternoon. Readjuster Con-
gressmen Paul and Fulkerson have con-
stantly advocated the election Of Lieu
tenant Governor-elect John F. Lewis,
republican, to the Senate as the log ical
result of the SUCCESS of the recent coaIi-
ton campaign in Virginia, and Virginia
republicans claim that it was tacitly IN
derstood if not explicitly agreed when
the coalition was formed that the sena-
torship should be given to republicans.