New-York tribune., 1884-02-18
VIRGINIA POLi7ICS.
THE PRESIDENT MIsREPRESENTED.
STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTED To HIM WHICH HE GUILD
NOT CONSISTENTLY HAVE MADE
lBY TELEGRAPu TO TIE TRIBUNRl

STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTED To HIM WHICH HE COULD
NOT CONSISTENTLY HAVE MADE
lBY TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBUSRI
WASHINGTON Feb 1.-THE same Sunday paper
which two weeks ago published a purely fictitious
account of what purported tobe aconversation WIN
Secretary Teller, in which he was quoted as oe
nouncing the Civil Service law and speaking III
terms of contempt Of the work of the Clvl SerNioo
Commission, to-day contains an article aDou' w
gna politics from which the following Is an OK
tracts
& seW usyS Sg1 with the President, said that he
thought the action OF the Democratic 80 M
Stone TO keep possession Of the State ana that
the higL-landed actions OF the legislative nJoIy ous
seemed to- take little notice OF them. President Ar
thur replied that hG Tssi OF 9 fnS aS %a eeSn dTeety
chargeable the account OF those Republican leaders anu
newspapers which found Senator Mahones principles ana
methods too unrctned ioI their Endorsement; . ne
asserted that not only IN pohtcaI new lndt h
regarded the result disastrous but that virginia wOuu
in an financially indusrialy and socialy-Teact
and fall behind. The effect asO would Dc elt III ~ % ,
Carolina where the Liberal leaders, confident and
hopeful III 1892, now fallen into desrondency'
L is entirely safe to say that this paragraph is as
untrue in every partclar the one first fent oned
and which Secretary Teller in lsEafter-
ward published in THE TRIBUNE, declared 10
be pure fabrication. What is the name OF the
'1RepubliCan Representatives who says the fresl-
dent made the statement attributed to himT Sena-
tor Mahone, Colonel Brady, Corg gresham wise ana
other Liberal leaders in Virginia declare that The
political reverse in that State last fall was due to
the terrorism of the coored voters by the Dsnv'ile
murders. and the excitement and Generalization OF
white votersby the lagrantly false and sensational
accounts of the same which were circulated by the
RourbOns on the eve of election. What were the
"upreGued principles and methods OF Senator Ma
hone with criticism of which by " "Rcpublican
leaders and new Spapers' the President is reported
to have fonnd such serious fault that lie declared
they were responsible for the result of the election
including the Dauville riOt"T
Several times in the course of the campaign cir
cumstautial charges thar the Civil Service law
had been violated in Virginia we're brought to the
attention of the President and members OF MS
Cabinet and by The latter they were investigated
with his full knowledge and approval The mVeStl-
cations showed that some of accusations were
wholly untlue and that Others were greatly eXag1,
gerated With the Presidents full knowledge ana
approval, if not by his posi- i've instructions
effective measures were taken to prevent yViatlohs
of law. II can be positively asserted that the
President showed disposition 10 DO more or ieSS
in respect to the administration OF the laws IN
Virginia than n any ncfio% f5ei Soq'0 op wink at
nractices bv Federal office holders N Virginia
that he would condemn and IepIToDe plTo We
Massachusetts. is to impeach his good faith and
honesty. e1
And TO 90 stIll further and represent i'm 9s find
ing fault with Republicans because they did NOT
approve certain "princiPles and mel hodS, vaguely
described as uuTeined' is to charge hun WITH
want of sense. The story Is uteIy foolish ana
absurd.
II may he added that + the Republican Repre-,
sent tive" is not myth. he has neglected 10 fead
THF TmB-NE and other Republican newspapers:
by which The laweSs and revo!utiOnaTy conduct OF
the Bourbon Legislature of Virginia has been
properly described and denounced.