Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-02
nrAHoNE WON'T RESIGN.
What the Virginia Senator Says of the
Request for His Resignation.

What the virginia Senator Says of the
Request for His Resignation.
Senator Malone apparently gives him
self little anxiety about the resolution of
the Virginia Legislature asking him to
resign his seat in the Senate, says
Washington special to the Philadelphia
Press. "They have no right to do any
thing of that kind,' said he, in an assem-
blage of gentlemen, as the subject was
preached. "WhO are they, anyhow? Do
they think that, because another political
party has got control since l was elected
they are able to ask me to resign? Ifthat's
the case" he continued, 'and if Senators
ought to change with the political COM
pleXion of their State Legislatures. why
don't the Ohio Democrats send notice to
Sherman that they want his seat to be
vacated? There would be just the same
Justice in that that there is in this Nir-
GINA Legislature asking me to resign. L
shall simply pay no attention to them"
But what about the charges they
bring against you. VIII you make any
ansWer|'
''The principal charge on which the
resolution is based is that | have sland-
cred and vilified the State and injured its
reputation by what ] have said against
the BOurbons and their efforts to prevent
a fair expression of opinion by intlmidat-
ing voters. OF the truth of my statements
the country will soon have ample evil
dence. The committee of investigation
which will soon be appointed will make a
thorough examination into the Danville
and other affairs in the State, and every
body can then Judge whether | am right
or wrong. The fact is, however, continued
the Senator, that the resolution has not
been passed as a matter Of justice to the
State but as a personal effort to injure
me. The men who brought it up and
voted for it are the same men who have
been turning out of office, without
shadow of right, every official who was
placed there by the party to which l be-
long. They are the same men who have
refused seats in their Senate to those who
were honestly elected to them, simply be-
cause they were not of their kind, pOliti-
cally. The object of it all is, Of course,
to defeat the ReadJusters and turn them
out of power"
"And will they be able to accomplish
itY'
ssThats hard to say. l think, how
ever, that the people of the State, when
they can give a fair expression of Opin-
ion, will continue the party which has
been of so much benefit to them. All
that, however, is the FUTURE" added the
Senator, starting off with friend, but
one thing certain now is that the resolu=
tions will have no effect whatever, upon
me-"
Congressman Cabell, of Danville, who
presided at the Democratic meeting at
that town on the day of the massacre,
said, regarding the Legislatures resolu-
tions, that he hardly expected that they
would have any effect on Malone. "They
have put the Legislature and the State,
however, on record as opposing him and
his methods" he continued. land show
clearly that he is repudiated by the peo-
pie he purports to represent The major
ity by which they were passed shows an
Overwhelming sentiment against him and
his party, and indicates that the State is
tired of ssuch misrepresentation,Ea nd is
willing to go any legal length to get rid
of it. / don't think anything more can be
done. If he won't resign we can't force
it, and we can onlyrepeat that we are not
responsible for him.