New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-31

1.dant leaders from the South was
Of inoepe;dt ps;dont but that its object was to
not az 49,, hest to secure concert OF action
discuss ~ pourbou Democracy in the Southern
aealn'' ", year. 1t is asserted that the move
Sta'es = .ot one in favor OF any particular
nens - Gov the Presidency. A correspondent
esDS = TIE TRIBUNE gives the opinions Oh nn somo
.ha most prominent men Oh tne cohieionSo,
v ".,nd;nr General Malone, VINO taxes d iopoi"
n;ss If lhe situation in virginia.
,nrxnrNT FOES OF DEMOCRACY.
rvvopr To wREsT SEVERAL SOUTHERN
shSao.S sr.rgs From BOURBON CONTROL
,ox Apu TO THE TRIDUNE
w,suryGroN, Aug 30.-Anotner ousy oay na'
en- snsnt by Senator Malone IN consultation WV"
ss,;c,ans from Virginia and other oou'"o'" 9'"'''
~. a; ,rt TO make it appear that 'ne p'esenoo y.
.'arv independent" Southern statesmen III "a'n-
:s.,on Yesterday was purely ACCIDENTAL anu 'u'"
soferepce mere informal talk ABOUT politics, n"s,
ss.o,rse. failed The meeting was prearrahgeu anu
" -sI uabone WHO is naturally accepted as the
,.sdsr of the Southern anti-bourDon io'coS' n"u
ss,,lv manned out the programme OF Its discus
p'o'-s ~. o,vn mind before he arrived IN WASH
,..o In the conference last night, which lasted
until o'clock, NC was eno oe"
v,rv large share of the talking.
An who had been invited TO attend were
nresent: some had been delayed on
the way and others had sent ie''eiS i
sss,tno their inability to come at all.
.'ssn. the former was Colonel Cash. of South Car
lima who arrived thismornlng-a tall. ruddy faced
sn w,,h rou-gray hair and fierce mustache OF the
.sns eoor Among those who sent letters
= ,slscrams of advice, sympathy or suggestion
-.r. Chairman Mott, OF the North Carolina Repub-
~, (.ommittse 4: Representative-electr Tyre York,
os,n,;onist of the same State; General Shelby, OF
s,.nsma x-Representative Jones, of Texas ; and
n.o,el Pitkiu. of louisiana. Among those who
s.vs taken part in the discussions are General
csslmers and Representative-elect Jeffords, Oh
u,.ssopi Mr., Beach, Secretary OF the fliey
s.s Committee of Missouri; General Longstreet,
.fsorgia; Internal Revenue Collectors Brady ana
rss of Virginia; Collector of Customs Bowden,
4 ssxerfolk: Colonel Cash, Of South Carolina; and
bbn W. Woltz, who was straightOut" Repubii-
.p candidate for Congress III Virginia last year,
Aaf who now processes to be an aTdeht
ccalitiooist. Besides these scores OF Virginians.
,romuent only in local politics. have besegea
sus,or Mahones quarters. day and night, slneo DIS
.,rval Many of the latter received their oruers
,adav and started for home to execute them.
SENATOR MAaoNE's PURPOSE.
49, seorst thar General Mahone's chief pur-
-. !, calling this conference was to devise some
-. ,f mr. .cucabls. to secure concerted action by
~. ri, pou, hon elements in the Southern States,
S,,h y,sw to the contest of next year. T1ere is
a.. ,;ttls reason to doubt that he believed such
.,sherue would add to his consequence as politi-
- ,setor in the coming Presidential campaign.
Iuauus,ionabIy he has right to be regarded as
/ sh.seader of the Southern men who. without pro-
ksnv tn LIE Republicans will do all in their power
a nrrveut the election OF Democratic President
,rrt year Senator Malone and the other men who
Azya been present at the conference
Nm. emphatically and uneqcivocaly
esoy that it was called In the
l,sr,st of anv particular candidate for the Pres
dsues or that the name of Arthur or any other man
has been mentioned
no PARTICULAR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
sIwish you would put that strong as you can."
aid Colonel Brady to TRIBUNE correspondent TO-
tsy mo matter who may be the Republican can
late for President he will receive the electoral
yo,ss Of Virginia. unless our movement fails. Of
ssurss it is taken for granted that the platform
,dooted by the National Convention will be broad
snsagh for the Coalition party Virginia to stand
uen That party does not expect TO dictate who
k candidate shall be- and 1t will support the choice
dths Convention. | have been present at all the
hlks fsld here and the question of candidates has
no. even been mentioned. We have not come to-
ss.ker to start a Southern "boom" for anybody,
hus simply TO discuss and, If We can, TO devise
measures to break the lines of the solid South 10 the
smsest Of next year."
General Chalmers talked IN like
ran. One man said that New-Yorker
yho had hsen a prominent leader IN the
| kDubican party, suggested recently that
Gsnt snd Malone would be ticket that
youldsweepthe South like cyclone. The same man
d nd be did not believe that General Malone could
kndaeed to listen to Mr. Conkling's suggestion,
athough in bis own opinion the ticket
stationed would carry majority OF
~ Southern States As to the pros
ktsof success, one of the Southern conferees said
sihoughs that not only Virginia, but North Caro-
Ra, south Carolina, Florida and Mississippi, could
ktauied against the Democrats next year by con-
ss'sd effort. In South Carolina and Mississippi he
~Aght 1t would be necessary to run fusion eiecto-
y tickets as was done ip New-Jersey In 1850.
TALK WITH MALONE.
With the prospects in Virginia Senator Malone
ssmsto Be pretty we'll satisfied. lie said: IF We
eJ hold our own 10 the Senatorial districts, we
eal have majority in both branches of the
1Qslature. We may gain the district IN
saeh General Wckham is candidate, but 1t will
e1slre hard work. In the Suffolk district our peo-
cot into difficulty last spring. and the May
uxHons went against US. We shall redeem it in
s0enber. In all the white counties We are making
\ @'dy gains | think the Bourbons intend to put
~od deal Of money inso this campaign, for it is
. hiecr-death struggle with them. II they are
<eztsd in November they cannot rally and win a
rraoy for twenty years to come. They have pub
49, SM formidable list OF speakers but many OF
14 uoe har n than good. We have all the argu-
seau snc all the figures on our side. man showed
Is a&nment the other day, which intend 10
~ sss published and spread broadcast throughout
~ este. In Scott County, he said, the number OF
Sssps ps under Bourbon rule was sixteen, the length
- ~.ss scnoo term three months. and teachers pay
1etan1 were haWkede about at 0O per cent.