The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-25
The Ninth District.
The Montgomery Messenger says OF the
..,,..-..s,,,a,, from the Ninth district:

The Montgomery Messenger says OF the
congressman from the Ninth district:
owe have Il pretty straight that Hon.
Abe FuIkerson will not sjine the Republic
cans, A the command OF the Boss. Hon.
Abe has good blood in his VEINS, and, al
though Il may be temporarily feyered by
the rabies offcii, sooner or later the Diood
win tell"
We haven't seen Mr.. FULKERsoN lately,
BIN, we have kept our eye upon his move
ments In public life. We mentioned last
week that he voted for the new bill TO
prohibit the immigration Of the Chinese to
this country. We had noticed some lime
previously the r,rmor that he was MASSEY
man in the contest which had taken place
between MASSEY and MALONE. We had
reached the conclusion from all we had
seen and heard that Mr.. FuLKEIsoN could
not he relied upon to pick up his baggage,
and. at the bidding Of General MALONE,
march over to the camp Of the Republican
party.
But what convinced us that Mr.. j. G..
FOWLER, and not Mr.. FULEERsoN, was to
be the MALONE candidate for Congress IN
the Ninth district was the fact that FOWLER
had been selected TO announce to the world
that IL was the intention OF The Readiusters
10 elect 70 the next House OF Repre-
sentafiyes men who would support the
administration Of Mr.. ARTHUR. When
IL was deemed necessary TO make
this declaration Of purpose, General
MALONE was surrounded by circumstances
which embarrassed him very much. He
had failed to force through the General
Assembly several measures which he deem
ed necessary TO the success Of his plans;
and his failure had been due TO the refusal
Of two Republican senators TO support
those measures. He accordingly felt called
upon to show his band. lie declared for the
Administration, and brought Mr.. HUDBELL
to Richmond to use whatever influence his
position in the Republican party gave him
to induce Messrs. WILLIAMS and WING
FIELD to stand by the measures aforesaid.
We have no idea that General MALONE
would have considered it incumbent upon
him TO make known when he did
his intention to act hereafter with
the Republican party, il il had not been for
the detection of the two Republican sena-
tors above named. But let this be as ii
may. the fact that he made Mr.. FOWLER
his mouth-piece struck us as soon as it be-
came known to us as proof positive that
Mr.. FULKERsON was no longer in the conf
denoe Of the head of the Rcadiuster forces,
but had. for some reason OF other, been re-
handed to private life so far as the edict OF
General MALONE might prove equal to the
accomplishment of that end. II cannot be
long before Mr.. FULKERs0N will have to
break the silence which has so long
bound his tongue, and let the world
know whether he will attempt to re-
cover his standing with General Ma
HONe. and thus head off Mr.. FOwLER's
candidacy, or win announce that in ma
tional politics he is now, as his constitu-
ents supposed he was when they elected
him to Congress, a Democrat. Readiust-
ment is dead issue. The debt question
has been surrendered to the courts. The
voters of virginia Will soon DIVIDE theln-
selves into Republicans and Democrats.
1T will be impossible for any candidate for
Congress to humbug the people next fall
by any cry for readiustment OF for any
other measure Of merely State policy.
They will demand to know, and will know,
OF every candidate not simply whether he
pretends to be Democrat, but whether he
viii pledge himself TO act in Washington
with the National Democratic party, and
to support in 1884 the Democratic nominee
for President of the United States.