Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-10
Letter from Richmond.

Especial Correspondence of the Alex, Gazetcl
RICHMOND, April Sit is thought that in
the course Of three or four days the question
whcthcrlhc deadlock will be broken orstand
will be decided 1t is plain that the Ma
honcitcs are massing their influence with
the object Of breaking down the firm stand
taken by the big four" and Senator Wing
field. The question now is ''who will break
down; who will abandon his position ?"
That canuot he answered now. 1t is to be
hoped that it can always be answered mo
one" The Mahoneitcs boast otherwise. He
would he Il blind man who would fail to see
that the are making desperate efforts to get
Senators Williams and Wingicld Both Of
them are daily surrounded by un anxious
crowd OF Malone republicans whose smiles
arc now the sweetest and whose words arc
the most hOnicd to these men, upon whom
| they once looked SO coltlly Mr.. Wnglield
especially WAS stiglnatized by Mr.. Riddle
berger when that Senator thought the Boss
| could get along without Mr.. Winglield, and
he said that Mr.. Wimglicld represented no.
body and no party save WINS. G.. Wicl;lnm.
But now ii is different They love Mr..
Wingiield, all how much When he passes
along the Mahoneile aisle there is always Il
smiling and bcaminy glance TO meet his.
He finds himself now in the position of a
| coy maiden. while the Mahoncitc suitors
press forward eager To win the prize The
fact Is there Is price set upon the heads of
Senators Wingield and Williams and so the
man that captures either one or the other
and brngt is 10 the Boss will receive his re-
ward. Hence this anxiety.
EX-Audilor Massey is still in the city
making his preparations to fight the Boss.
1t is well understood that efforts have been
made through cmisslrics from the Boss TO
win the eXAuditor into allegianceto him. 1t
is further understood that with this object
in view they rendered him prulrssurship
al the University of Virginia or the position
Of Superintendent OF Public instruction. but
both brides were Indignantly rejected by the
Father of REIMBURSEMENT" who did not pro-
pose to accept gifts from the man who has
usllrpcd the plans of all leading readillsters
and aims TO concentrate them all in his own
person-the idol before which all rcadillstcrs
| shall bow and squirm. But Massey cannot
be fooled in this way. He knows the man
and his methods. He APPLY gives the reason
why Malone has his present following. and il
is worth while listcningt to him and seeing his
eyes glisten behind his spcctaclcs. He saws ::
1T Is well known that the sheep raise in
Albcmarle county arc noted for being the
best in Virginia, SD it will be acknowledged
that know something about sheep Well,
l have noticed that there are two WAYS Of
making the sheep follow YOU One is to
walk along the field with 4 basket OH your
arm. Then the whole flock will scramble
after You in the hope that You will drop
some corn from the basket. The other way
is to drop here and there grain of corn rs
you go through the field Then the sheep
vii! rush on after you picking up grain after
gram as they go on and hoping at last to
reach the pile. Now that is the way with
Malone. He has the basket on his arm and
drops small office here and small Office
there and they continue to follow him, each
one hoping that he will be the next to get
one of the offices. And he, like the shep-
herd is leading them on by dropping here
and there Il little bate
MIR. RiddlebcrGer did not remain in the
Senate all the time this morning when he
was being so severely handled by Mr.. Diggs.
OF Lynchburg, who, though a younger man,
indicated very plainly that he could clean
out the representative Of the Boss in the
Senate and he did it. The beauty of this
controversy is that Mr.. Riddleberger by
'denouncng the resolution of enquiry as to
whether commemorative attorney could
be a member Of the Legislature speaking of
1t in his denunciation as being "born of
maiignity and ignorance" therby stamped
the leader OF his own party in the House as
malignant and ignorant, for the whole thing
originated with Mr.. Farr and Mr.. Frazier.
the latter gentleman in introducing it, and
the astute FAIR, Superintendent Of Public
Instruction of Virginia, interpreter of the
Code, legal tutor of the House Mahoneites,
voting for it, And so Mr.. Riddleberger goes
down on the record with the assertion that
MIR: Farr is Ignorant and malignant" in
which assertion, for once, Mr.. Riddleberger is
right. STRoNGBow.