The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-31

from YOU and your friends endorsing me
Tor services have rendered your party.
The public shall know why, after such
fidelity to you, am now engaged In OPP
nosin9 YOU. The purpose OF this letter II
10 answer that inquiry. and my reasons
Shall be as brief as possible and rs
TRUE AS HOLY WRIT.
Few men like myself can expect to sue
coed i'm business I'm Virginia, where all thc
larger communities are and have been hos
tile to those OF us who cspoused the cause
OF Republcanism at the close OF the war.
| was raised I'm clerks Office, and L must
expect to make my living with my pen. !
feel that am peculiarly fitted for clerical
duties, and in the departments in which !
have served in the capacity OF clerk
have stood well with my superiors. Stu-
ated as I was. and having been nara
worker in the Republican party Tor SIX
teen wears; having served in every posi-
ton OF honor in the party in virginia;
having been member OF nearly all the
State conventions; the one man, bellcVc,
from the State who has represented Ills
party in every national convention since
the war; having been the nominee OF my
party for Congress; having been the chalr-
man Of the Virginia delegation ut chicago;
having made more than n hundred speeches.
for Garfield and Arthur while you ana
your associates were canvassing the state
for Hancock and English and denouncing
Garfield as thief and Arthur as no better !;
having defended the negroes in their rlght
TO
"a FREE BALLOT AND a FAIR COUNT "
while your minions were shooting them
down in the streets OF Petersburg and
hanging Governor Kemper in etiigy for re-
fusing TO SIGN the infamous measure passed
bv the Legislature to deprive the citizens
OF Petersburg Of the right to choose their
rulers, and having for three years fought
your battles and help make you senator,
and with the necessary qualifications, |
asked 10 be appointed to a c!erkship in the
Interior Department. ScnatOr-elect Rid
dlcbereer q man truly OF the people, and
who is destined to become the leader OF
true liberalism in virginia., Hon. John
Paul. Hon. Joseph Jorgensen, and Hon.
Abe FulkcrsOn waited upon Secretary
kirkwOOd and secured my appointment.
And ! held il to the satisfaction OF the De-
partment until you had me bounced" "a
classic Malone cXpressi0n.)
On the 10th Of August a meeting was to
be held here to elect Il delegate to the Con-
gressIOnal Convention and you and your
henchmcn OF this place knowing that the
Republicans would select me, and fearing
my presence in the nominating conyen-
ton. on the 9Th OF August you telegraphed:
81 have had John W. Volt dismissed. He
is no longer a clerk here" ! addressed
you letter asking why you had had me
dismissed. In response | received the fol-
towing:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHANfBEE.l
WASIIINGTON. August IL, 1882.
Dear sIr,-In reply to yours Of the 10th instant,
leg To say that your name WA, stricken from the
roster IF the Interior Department IT my instance.
You were on leave. and had been for some time,
on what plea or at whose instance did not stop To
inquire And there's where You made mistake.
Conn laint, came to me from different parts OF
the district, and from sources crcditlbe. that you
were not only engaged in an effort to influence the
appointment of delegates in behalf Of certain
true. hut that You were also trying 10 excite pre-
iudicc against the Readu>tcr candidate for the
State ut large. \ fsl,chOOd.
All these things no one questions your right 10 DO
Is citizen; hut while IN employee of the Govern
mcnt. and c-pccially here. hold such conduct 10
be abusive OF the Office or employment and au TN
proper Implication Of the Administration ata time
and i'm q matter which the people composing the
party-n accord with the Admiui,trtti0n-shoild
be left free to determine. How yirtuousan and purcJ
1t
AvRoSG TO TIE PARTY
ard m ac' of injustice to the Admin ,tratou that
places Of trust conferred 10y the support Of She
one and the power Of the other should bee Tina. en-
ploycd 10 interfere with The free will 81 the party.
md unju,tly excite prejudice against the Admins
trafion. \ stale paper that viii immortalilc
you.
have failed Of no occl ion. where such ha- been
he conduct Of employee here In respect 90 nomi-
nations and conventions. to insist on such rcbukc
- the ca'e and particular conduct demanded.
IL was the influence of the Rcadjuster party In
the First congressional district that had secured
the place You held. Another whopp"r,l You
wcrc now using the influence that parc gave YOU
Y used my ownl to constrain tho free win II tie
party i'm that district to certain partisan c0acU-
Sion. And what were you donggl You were.
bc'dcs using II 10 defeat the election OF IT. cauli-
date for CONGRESS at large. lNho is rs candidate
for Congress nj idrgeiI
Yours respectfully, WILLIAM MALONE.
To JohH ". VOTE. ESP, Fredericksburg, Va.
In your letter YOU admit that YOU had
me dismissed, and for reasons which,
stripped OF yerbagc, are because ! was try
ing to nominate George c. Round for Con-
grcsS in my district, whilst You wanted
Robert VI. Mayo nominated. You knew
that | was doing what | could to secure
Rounds nomination, and II You had kept
your promise, made more than once. not
to interfere in the congressional n0mina-
tion>. | would have nominated man who
would have been elected; H. it i, Won will
be responsible for the loss OF the district
this fall.
understand You complained that | was
not doing what y0U wished done in the
district, and that you did not want Round
Now, my dear Senator. sup
pose had been never so anxious 10 carry
out your wishes, how was | TO know what I
they We're! You had never told me. You |
had never consulted with me concerning I
the district, or in any way minated to me /
what you wanted done. | had not spoken /
10 YOU on You 10 me since the Governor, |
election. ! had no business with Won that /
Justified my standing. hat in hand. at your !
outer door begging for admission. Having /
no business with YOU, | never l0itered /
lround Portland Flats. You could have
seen me il you had wished, and | might
nave felt battered had you sent for me and
Notified me OF your wishes. But you pre-
erred to play
THE PART OF THE CRUEL MASTER,
md expected me to do what you wanted
lone and with your thoughts concealed
| AIN satisfied you had me dismissed, and
elegraphed it to Fredericksburg for the
eaSonS-
First. To prevent my election as a dele
ate to the Convention.
Second. To prevent Rounds nomination
y intimidating otlice-holdcrs and others,
nd thus keep them from supporting him.
Third. To force me 20 support John $.
Wise, YOUR candidate for congressman at
lrgc.
| shall refer but briefly to the criticisms