Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-08-25

sonswalted upon Secretary klrkwOod ana secured my
appointment And held it to the satisfaction of the
Department until you had me bounced" "a classic
Malone expression ''t i~~l.
On the 10th of August meeting was to be held
here to elect delegate to the Congressional conven-.
ton and you and your henchmen of this place knows
ing that the republicans would select me- and fearing
my presence in the nominating convention, on the
9th of August you telegraphed 81 have had John
W. Wolff dismissed. He is no longer clerk here "
addressed you letter asking why you had had me
dismissed In responce received the following:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, 4
WASHINGTON, AUGUST H. 1882
Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the 10th instant,
beg to say that your stricken from the ros-
ter of the Interior Department at my instance.
You were on leave, and had been for some time on
what plea at whose instance did not stop to in
quire land there's where you made mistake
Complaints came to me from different parts of the
district and from sources credltabe. that you were
not only engaged in effort to influence the appoint
ment of delegates in behalf of certain candidate
for Congress from the First District true but that
YOU were also trying to excite prejudice against the
readjuster candidate for the State at large false
hood
All these things no questions your right to do
as citizen; but while employee of the Govern
ment and especially here, hold such conduct to LIE
abusive of the Office or employment and an improper
implication of the Administration at time and III
matter which the people composing the party-ln
accord with the Administration should be left free
to determine. How virtuous and pure 1t is
wrong to the party and an act of injustice to the
Administration that places of trust conferred by the
support of the and the power of the other should
be thus employed tointerfere with the free will of the
party and unjustly excite prejudice against the Ad
ministration A State paper that will lmmortallze
you.
have failed of occasion, where such has been
the conduct of employees here in respect to nomina
tions and conventions insist such rebuke the
case and particular conduct demanded. What
whopper.
A. &bo
First Congressional district that had secured the place
you held TAnother whopper! You were now using
the influence that place gave you Il used my ownl
to constran the free will of the party in that district
to certain partisan conclusion. And what were
you doing?] You were, BESIDES using it to defeat
the election of its candidate for Congress at large
WHO is its candidate for Congress at large?
Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM MALONE
To JOHN W. WoLrz Esq, Fredericksburg, Va.
In your letter you admit that you had me dismiss
ed and for which, stripped of verbiage. are
because was trying to nominate George G. Round
for Congress in my district whilst you wanted
Robert M. Mayo nominated. You knew that was
doing what could to Rounds nomination,
and if you had kept your promise, made more than
once, not to interfere in the congressional nomina
tons, would have nominated man who would
have been elected; it is, you will be responsible
for the loss of the district this fall. fs.
[ understand you complained that was not doing
what vou wished done in the district and that you
did not want Round nominated. Now, my dear Sen
ator suppose I had been never anxious to carry
out your wishes, how was to know what they were?
You had never told me. You had never consulted
with me concerning the district, in any way init
mated to me what you wanted done. 1 had not spo-
ken to you or you to since the Governors cleo
ton. 1 had no business with you that justified my
standing hat in hand, at your outer door begging
for admission Having business with you never
loitered around Portland Flats You could have
me if you had wished, and might have felt fattered
But you preferred to play the part of cruel master
and expected me to do what you wanted done and
with your thoughts concealed.
1 am satisfied you had dismissed and tele-
graphed it to Fredericksburg for the reasons:
First. To prevent my election as delegate to the
Convention