The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-16
rAa Crisis of His Fate.


peorsc do not understand that The present
campaign Is felt by General MaHoNs to he
bir with the fate Of his party. II they
knew how clearly he forcsces unbounded
success or upcnding private life to be de-
pendent upon the result OF the elections OF
next November. they would stretch every
nerve In the effort to tie around his neck
The milestone which IL to sink him into the
gulf OF oblivion.
There Is law forbidding assessments
upon office-holders in Washington. How
does General MAnoNE evade that law, or
the orders OF the Departmental Read the
following letter, and you will know:
"Dear sir.-I am sorry>to learn that you
take no interest in the Virginia Campaign
Association. composed OF the Nirginians
here in Washington holding places in The
DEPARTMENTS. The objects OF this Associa-
fion are 70 promote, as well rs IL may pro-
perly. the success Of the party on whose
Recommendation you have been given
recognition. understand your attend
ance has been frequently and respectfully
requested. but that You have failed OF sufii-
person or otherwise.
"Y0urs truly,
WILLIAM MALONE"
Now. what is the value OF an order Tor
bidding the Government clerks TO DC
assessed upon their salaries. when the or
der can be eyaded in thai ingenious man.
ner! General MALONE will no longer send
his agents into the rooms where the Gov
eminent clerks are at work. but he will
compel them to form campaign clubs, and.
having thus bagged them, he will then
compel them TO "shell out" Why? Be-
cause their recognition" was due to the
party winch is now in danger in Virginia.
1t will be seen that General MALONE goes
SO far as to reprove them for their absence
from the meetings OF his campaign club in
Washington. This treatment must be gall
ing to the poor clerks, but they cannot
help themselves. The General fills and
yacates The desks in the Departments.
What nexts The Baltimore Sun says
that upon the strength Of Senator Ma
HOMES letter the Virginia Campaign Asso-
citation has issued the following manifesto
"Resolved, That all members who are
more than two months in arrears for dues
be summoned to appear at the next regular
meeting TO show cause why they should
not be summarly dealt with for their nom
payment of dues and for their habitual alb
sence from the meetings OF the Associa-
ton.
"Dear Sir.-Your attention is called to
the above resolution. which was unani-
mously adopted at regular meeting OF the
Association held September IL, 1888. May
we not hope that you will report at the
next meeting and relieve yourself from
the force OF said resolutionl We hope it
will be your pleasure to do so.
every respectfully,
"JOHN n. SEBRELI, President.
"T. BrGme, Secretary"
Summarily dealt with y? What does
that mean? EXtrusion from Office, we
suppose; for expulsion from club which
compels men to pay money over to'Gen-
eral MAHoNE's agents would be no punish
ment at all. They would be glad to, be ex-
cused from membership in I'LL such asso-
Citations II there were no danger that the
penalty Of absence would be dismissal
from their clerkships.
We publish the above as a warning tC
the Democrats Of Virginia. Can Genera
MALONE collect more money in Washing
ton than you can in Virginia. Are you
ready TO work night and day for the next
seven weeks il by SO doing you can be re-
leved once for all Of the MALONE party in
virginia? Well, go to work, then; for
such would certainly be the result Of their
defeat this year. They would disappear
Just as the GTeenbackers did who gave
us so much trouble in Virginia in
1878. The Greenbackers nearly all went
over to the MALONE party; and the Ma
honeites, II defeated in November, will
soon afterwards merge their party organ
ization in that of the Republican party
only few months sooner, however, thar
they will do it anyhow. In either event
the MALONE party will disappear. In the
event Of his defeat, MALONE viii down be
low the political horizon. Grid up YOU
loins. therefore, We Democrats, and pre-
pare for the grand battle Of 1885,