The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-12
Sherman, at Work.
his ALLIANCE WITH MALONE A PART OF HIS !
SCHEME TO GET TIE PRESIDENCY.
Waslrnpfon snepIal fO the philadel. |

his ALLIANCE WITH MALONE A PART OF HIS
SCHEME TO GET TIE PRESIDENCY.
A Washington SPECIAL to the Philadel.
phia Times times:
Whatever John sherman does now relates TO the
Chicago nomination. Cold, calculating and am.
bilious, he makes mistakes. When he offered
the " outrage resolutions people wondered. When
sherman and Malone stood together. The Vir-
ginia delegates were in the resolutions Those OF
other States were IN view. sherman. not Arthur,
will have them. Malone was In search OF support
from positive mana man OF will-for an ally
q man of courage and not too scrupulous for
esdcr. II he must folow-and In John sherman he
has found him.
There never have been The relations between
Malone and Arthur that have been represented.
Malone was In a struggle that had for its pos
sible outcome n great state. lie was willing
that Arlhar should have the benefit of whatever
In return he asked only for the degree of conf
dence and support 10 which so much entitled
him. Arthur accepted the offer without ac-
knowIedging tie relation. Malone felt this. but
could not help himself. Despite the representa-
tons of Mahone's freedom 70 use the Admins
tra:ion and the alliance with Arthur, whatever
he received from Arthur or the Administration
he helped himself TO. lie took what he wanted
whenever and wherever he found IL. Arthur
never did ANYTHING except at Mahone's demand
There never was an alliance between Arthur and
Malone. A great deiusion has existed about this.
Malone has always felt that he was poor rela-
lion at the White House. AS expert an actor rs
Arthur Is. he was never able to disguise this. In
the death. struggle last fall Malone complained
that he was not supported rs he should be. He
fought for all obtained and obtained but little
more than he could not be prevented from
taking.
The words put in Riddleberger's mouth, We
are for Arthur because Arthur Is for us" were
never spoken. That was myth. II was falls"
report, deliberately made. perhaps, with not
particle of truth lying back Of 1t. Neither OF the
Virginia senators ever felt that Arthur was for
them or their cause, except so FAR as IL pronfed
him. They knew that he was not, in the sense
hat, n rp for N
The votes Of the Virginia senators were impor-
tant 10 the Administration, but nobody knew bet
ter than Malone how Arthur constantly tried 70
get on without them. and II he must seek their
help, how bcgrudgngiyi il was requited. II Arthur
out In the cold he could call him 10 fetch the Vir-
ginia delegates for him to Chicago, be will find out
his II he has not already done so. Virginia
will be for John sherman at Chicago. Malone Is
rs cold, calculating. and as bold If not as ambi-
,ious, MS Sherman and he Is the kind Of man TO 20
the farthest In rewardjng sherman for standing
wi n him In those ceremonies in the Senate which
were as the funeral obsequies to Mahonc's caase In
Virginia
MOI for Virginia only Is the alliance between
Sherman and Malone, hut for the south as a whole
The presidential plan of John sherman gradually
unfolds.
[As to what the above says about Ma
homes relations with Arthur it is given for
what It is worth. As for the words 1--WE
are for Arthur because Arthur is for u.s."
IL Riddlebergcr did not make use Of them
and the impression is very prevalent that
he did-others authorized to speak for Ma
hone voiced them from every stump in
Virginia in the last campaign.]