Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-19
Lancaster fntrIIioFnrer.
MONDAY EVENING, NOV. 10. tses.


"
Malone seems to have extorted an
assurance from the administration, Un-
der the stunning effects Of the late dis
aster, he reviled Arthur for remittiug
aid and comfort In the late campaign and
allowing the buccaneer party inVirginia
togo TO the wall. Casting about for occult
reasons to explain the sudden return Of
the Virginia voters to their senses, Ma.
hone gave the world to understand that
the defeat of his raiders was due to the
apathy of Arthur, Chandler and Cor
ham. The administration, bereaved OF
the energetic Hubbel and the fertile
Dorsey, left the fight to Malone and his
trained janiziries. The result proved
that Mahone's methods could not be
made successful with the meagre con-
tributions extorted from the otllcehold-
ers. In the first impulse of chagrin ard
surprise, Malone blurted out the truth.
Reflection, however, fed by insnuating
suggestions from Washington has given
new light to Mahone's crushed spirit
The defeat is now shifted to other
than the original grounds The
Northern heart is to be fired for the
contest of next year and ,oh'iyious of the
truth told the day after the election,
Malone now invokes the country To tie
consideration Of new cause for his
overthrow. 1t was Bourbonism and
tte color line" The odious Dem.
hA
the supremacy Of the whites, while re-
pudiation under the orinlmme Of a
" fair col mt and flee vote was crushed.
An address " with the obvious ear
marks of Gorham and the thrifty factors
Of the party of sham and spOlation, has
been issued, in which the sins Of the
"Bourbons are set forth in the lurid
vlgor Malone illustrated in the Senate
when Ben Hill punctured the strutting
manakin, The me has long since gone
by when the voters OF the North can be
played upon by these fantastic tricks OF
demagogsm. Malone can hardly ex
pect even the most credulous Of Northern
partisans to be deceived by the fabrica.
tion of the Gorham " address," He was
beaten because the sober second thought
of the Virginians revolted from the
methods by which the party machinery
Of the state has been used during the
Malone dispensation. Northern Re.
publicans can hardly take it as a com.
pliment to their understanding when
Malone tells them that his recent over
throw was the work of fraud, terrorism
and chicanery when it is borne in mind
that the Republicans of Virginia were
leagued with the BOurbOns " for the
redemption of the state from the free
hooters of reputation For if the
negroes were terrorized at election il
must have been the work Of The Repub
licans, since the gains made at Mahune's
expense were in nearly every case in the
strong Republican districts. Liars
should have good memories and plotters
like Malone should keep their wits
about them. The recent triumph of law.
order and decenCy in Virginia, was
brought about by the close union Of the
Republicans and Democrats, and if Ma
hone impugus the lawfulness of the
work done, under orders from Gorham
aud Chandler, he is simply stultifylug
the Republican minority in the state.
which was heart aud soul with the Dem.
ocracy in wrestling the administration
from a gang of political cut.throats. 1t
may be that Malone can be of service to
Arthur, but, unless he can make up a
more coherent story than his amusing
address contains, he can give the party
no material aid in the next election.