Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-31

In many sf the cooperation Courts fhe
ignorsnoo di.Plsyea = somsthing diakust-
ing. IYo shoEn letter fron . lsNRsr
/ n one Of 1s mott populoua cities of -
/ giniA The 1(Aae day. In ts III Reutle
declined i 60 for which NJ llie0 ~
been secured He hsd mAde up ~, mind
20 clUes his elacs rsther than pfScS5 nndef
nm ignoFsnt judg 1lalrns hN lnted
.postmasters in Richl6e4d. I0nohlaRg.
ssts5.Sass :; M aS Nv WiPssssss % ASs.ct n i.es
iusters handle the letters In couatry towns
TOO innumhcrahle = menfion., He dls.
eusted everybody IN Alsxandria only .
few days $50 by removal and IN aBp0fnt-
ment and the people won't fosUJf it very
soon.l Alexandra, the ancient city a the
Potomac, is right under the nose Of
The asalWart Pre&iAeae. -
With a very little trouble Mr. Arthur could
see for himself in what contempt his nm
holy alliance with q selfish, scheming no.
litical free -booter is held by decent people
Of Virginia. The postmaster Of Alsxan-
dria was Lewis Mckenzie. Before the war
he was an Abolitionist and al through the
war was q staunch Union man. He Is
sincere in mis- opinions, and they are re.
spected by the entire community. There
Is not 2 Democrat in town thai would not
happens that there arc thirty-fye or forty
white Readjusters In Alexandra They
followed after Malone for the crumbs they
could pick up under his table Something
n the way OF crumbs must be thrown TO
them, So one day last week he named
David A. Winsor as postmaster. Mr.. Win.
sor's principal claim appears to be that his
father was slave dealer. At any rate, his
appointment has
.... Raised . stora .E
and greatly embittered feeling. But when
a political boss can have appointed mau
as Superintendent of Public Instruction.
who can't spell he is capable Of doing any
thing. A former corporation Judge, who
was removed by Malone because he was
competent, tells me that he received . let.
ter from the Superintendent the other day,
and out Of fifteen words six were misspell.
Malone and his officeholders. The last
Legislature helped through many OF Ma
homes disreputable schemes. But some OF
them failed. One scheme which was kill.
ed was 10 appoint Commissioner OF Sales.
The Commissioners real duties were to be
the establishment of Malone organ IN
every county by the use Of OFF,
cial advertising. The distribution OF legal
is now controlled by the law.
yers. The reapportionment scheme,
which would have given but two Democrats
out of delegation of ten, was also squelch.
ed, and all through the agency OF "Old
Man" Massey and The Big Four" Senators
Newberry, Williams, Hale and Lyebrook.
And the same "0,d Man" Massey will be
the political death uf Malone yet. Malone
has reached the summit o; his power. He
is now serving his first, and probably his
only. term in the United State" Senate.
EefOre the time comes around for re-elec-
ton he will have worn himsclf oui. The
bitterness and hatred Of him are too deep.
II will be any man TO beat Malone a;ter
this, and party lines will be drawn between
the Malone and anti Malone forces only.
When Massey was deposed as auditor on
the first OF January last, Malone made O
very bitter enemy. Massey was
The Original Resdj juster.
He was regular crank on the subject, but
he made the best auditor Virginia ever
bad. When Malone got control OF things
and ordered Massey TO turn out his clerks
and give plsce To Mahone's political bum.
mers, Massey declined. ~ am responsible
for this office, said Massey, and want
men that can trust" OFF went his head,
and in revenge Massey has since spoiled
many OF Mahones schemes in the Le2isla-
ture. New he has announced himself A.
the anti Malone candidate for Congress
man Large as opposed 10 John $. Wise.
The Democrats have declined to make O
nomination against hun and most Of them
will vote for Massey s ifsR New redScnas d@ ne.
his usefulness as an anti-mschine
leader. The straight-ont Republicans have
nominated a colorcd clergyman, the best
thing they could have done. He wi catch
a few colored voters who will go TO him on
the race question, and leave the few thous-
and whites who still remain Republiclns
TO vote for Massey. A good proportion OF
Mshone's following is cOlored. He has per
haps IS, 900 white voters. Those through
the eastern section OF the State are as
rule only camp followers, who hope to lind
pecuniary advantage by following after
him. The only respectable element In bis
partv is from the Southwest. In that sec
tion negroes are few in number, and the
whites ever since the war nave been crazy
10 readjust the debt. But they have gained
their object now The debt question Is out
OF politics, and is question for the
Suprc me Court TO settle.