The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1882-05-12

Boss Mahone ia i.n1v to cou,n to
Grief. lhnuuh hacked Inv tho mower and
tine patronage of the administrator
The rorrlpt coalit on which he ORGANIZED
rested mon two main idn,s. Lir.t rn-
pudmlion of the honest dobt of thn
State. contracted before the civil war
and expended on public improvements.
and secondly, the spojls. b6th national
and local They attracted the sunport
of the non-taNpavcrs and of tho whole
ollicc-scrkinu tribe. white and black
The success Of the coalition last fall
made Malone master of the situation in
Virginia, and rave him spprial PRESTIGE
at Washington. He dictated all the
Federal appoiutmpnts. and he assumed
to distribute the offices of the State
among his persoualparts disrcrard
ing the Agencies by which he acquired
this power for evil.
one of his first acts was to discard
John +. Massey as State Auditor. who
might be called the father of the Read
iustcr party, and who, notwithstanding
hi. delu,ion ON that subject is esteemed
as man of character and of private
worth. Malone wanted no rival near
the throne, and as Massey refused to
prostitute the Authorship by putting its
patronage in the hands of the Boss as a
reward Tor his followers, he wa. sacri-
hccd for more pliable creature.
This beginning excited discord and
resentment in the ranks OF the Read
iuSlcrS, but Mahonc supposed he could
crush ont all opposition by furnishing
those whom he chose to regard rs enc
mics, and 10y rrWarding those whom he
selected a, friends. He became in
tcnsrlN arrogant, and demanded that
his programme and no other should be
carried out to the last letter by the Leg
stature.
The entering wedge of discomfort
caused by the treatment of Massey grad
uallv Widcnpd. and the disappoinmcntS
in Office seeking enlarged the breach
Open hostility began to show itself, and
recently it has taken positive form in a
manner that threatens the complete
overthrow Of the coalition at the next
election, if the present malcontcnDs
stand firm, As they promise and propose
to do. Five oi them hold the balance
of power in the Senate, and thu, far
they have prevented the passagc of a
bill gcllYmandrrium the state for Mem
bcrS Of Congress and other schemes
which Malone had conlrivcdto strength
en- his hand. The appliances used to
overcome their opposition are dSgracc-
full to all concerned, and cannot fail to
produce Il great impression and tocauso
Il reaction when they are fully under
stood.
In order to fortifv Mahonc's pledges
of Government pap for needed votes,
Jay \. IlubbciI, Chairman of the Con
grcssonal Republican Committee, and
the manager of the Presidential cam
paign at Washington, who assessed the
clerks in all the departments three Scv-
eIal timcS for "yoluntary cuntribt-
tions" To elect Garfield, was sent to
Richmond aS Envoy Extraordinary OF
the Administration. 1t is known that
he and Malone offered the best Federal
Offices in the State, and some OF the
foremost out of il, for votes to break the
deadlock,
Two Of the five Senators are old-timC
Republicans and special friends of Gen
cral Wickham, the Republican leader
who refused to touch the foul coalition
or to support the ticket nominated by
| the packed convention. He would not
recognize Malone on any terms. II i
said an overture was made to appoint
Wickham's son Il Judge of the United
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