The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-01
His petition.

General MALONE was In New York Guy
last week. and was interviewed by some VI
tho reporters for the metropolitan press
-. was asked as TO whether It was true
that he had said In a previous in'er''c"
thai he intended to act hereafter Win tne
Republican party. His answer was IN
substance, that he had not been interviewed
Al that time at all-not a very satisfactory
answer.
We cannot imagine why anybody should
have any doubt as to General MAhoSks
uos,tioe. He has no choice. He's op''geo
- 90 into the Republican party. lie can
moi saI into the ranks Of the Democratic
Marty. nor can he become leader IN tna'
narty. lie Is overthrowa IN his Own s'atc'
and the issue upon which ne pu'a
up his party at home cannot serve
him IN A national contest lie cannot iouno
rev national party. "Readlus'h'eh'
Is term that has no signifcat'on In ma
tional politics. He cannot hope 10 carry
Virginia upon an issue which mas ceaseo
70 he practical issue. What else can NC
do. then. but Join the Republican party,
and cast In his fortunes with those OF Lo-
oAS. CoxxLING, GRANT, and the rest OF the
stalwav, crew. Nay, more: II MIR. BLAINE
should be nominated for President oil trc
United States! by the next Republican Ma
tional Convention General MALONE woulo
he compelled to support him or aodicate
the leadership OF the only party in virginia
which stands opposed to the national De
mocratic party.
Look back to 1880. General MALONE
was not then ready to become kepup"'
can. Nor was he willing to work III tue
tracessof the Democratic party, and let the
old Democratic leaders do the driving. lie
ess,yed 10 create new party in virginia
although the election OF that year was 10
be a presidential election. That was 'he
worst blunder he ever made in his strate-
CIV and IL was remarkable that I. did not
Ie,d 70 disaster in 1881. We say "bllln-
Aerv because his ticket received Only
Al 600 votes against $4,000 for the
regular Democratic ticket and $4,000
for the Republican ticket. Does any
body suppose that General MALONE is
going TO be caught in such a scrape as
that again? If so, the person so supposing
will find himself vastly mistaken. General
MALONE Is going to be not merely Ke-
publican, but the leader Of the Republican
party in Virginia. He is going TO snow
WIcKuAM, DEzENDORF, the LEwIsEs,
BORIS. RIvEs, and all the rest OF the
Straightout Republicans, tha they cannot
wrest leadership from him on the ground
that he is not genuine Republican. He
will satisfy the colored voters on this
point, and the white Republican voters
who do not choose TO follow his lead he
will leave to take their own course.
We don't know but that General Ma
HONE would be compelled to support the
Republican nominee for President even if
his delegates were refused admission into
the Republican National Convention. In
deed. we might state it still more strongly,
and predict that this would be all he could
do.
We repeat, therefore, that it is little
singular that the northern papers should
still continue to indulge doubts as to Gene
raj MAHoNE's intentions. We have for
years said that as there can be but two
great national parties in this country, he
would in the end be obliged to go over to
the Republican party. We warned his
Democratic followers year after year that
he could not do otherwise. And the very
first day he took his seat in the United
States Senate-now nearly three years ago
he did In effect choose to ally himself with
the Republicans. His sagacity was not at
fault in that movement. When he said
that he was better democrat than BEN.
HILL he meant to use the word in sense
that would cause it to be spelled with 4
small 3D."