Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-10
yirgfnIn-The Campaign,
the Editor of the Dispatch :

You can bear testimony how long
and how faithfully | worked to try to
convince the voters Of Virginia that the
McCulloch bill should be accepted.
These and other similar efforts resulted
in making one William Malone boss of
the State of Virginia. 1t became per-
fectly plain after several elections that
to continue TO fight for settlement OF
the debt OF Virginia on the basis of that
bill would result in keeping the little
Boss as ruler of Virginia. This being
so, and as the real taxpayers OF the
State land who are white mem regard
ed Mshone's playing Boss of the State
ss worse than "war, pestilence, aud
famine" and far worse than seeming
reputation" the plaiDest dictates of
common sense demanded that such tax
payers should regard the Riddleberger
settlement as final, aud so when the
Democratic Convention met in Lynch
burg in 1888 a resolution was-passed
to that effect. Everything had been
done, so far as any honest man can
judge by Malone, TO make the Riddle
berger settlement final. If | mistake
not, that party crowed Justify that the
debt of the State had been settled. After
such declaration. the Democratic party
in convention passed the resolution re-
ferred to above, and thus all men lex
cept very few and both Of the two
great parties in the State stood bound
to stand by the Riddleberger settle
mens. One party passed such settle
ment, and afterwards the other acqui-
esced in it. The consequence was that
Democrats who had favored that sort
Of settlement, having carried their point,
and finding that General Malone had
ceased TO be better Democrat than
the great Ben. Hill, Of Georgia, re-
turned to the Democratic party, and
the result was that Malone in the
election of 1883 was routed, and that,
too, Notwithstanding his having the
whole power of the Federal Govern
ment to back him. Notwithstanding
such rout and defeat, last year he per-
suaded the monOpOlists y Of the
North, commonly called the "Repub-
lcan party" that if certain amount
of money was given him to be used in
the campaign he would make Virginia
a dcad-sure State for Blaine. II gen.
eral reports and the way things looked
last year were true, then it is clear
that a good deal of d" fat " was sent
to him to " soap" up the voters of the
State, but the result went to show that
if it was used for that purpose it ut
terly failed to accomplish the desired
ends. The success of the Democratic
party (resulting in the election of Mr..
Cleveland) Of course then put very
different aspect on things. No more
money could be gotten apparently to
repair some worthless boat. but which
was used to debauch the voters of the
State. No more men could be put by
him in Federal offices, with the under
standing that they were to shell out
freely part Of their pay to be used
for electioneering purposes. On
the contrary, it appeared plain that a
good many Of the men whom he had
had appointed to very fiat " places
under the Government would soon cease
to draw their pay. Their principal
business, or the business Of some of
them at least, seemed to be to draw pay
from the Government and then to stump
the State for Mahone's benefit.
No one who knows General Malone
can possibly believe that he thinks he
could carry the State now without
having good deal of money. Money
and the promise Of office have been
heretofore the groundwork he has
ever gone INTO all election on.
Admit this fact, and from what
we have said it will not ap-
pear at all strange that now
General Malone should in his cOnstruc-
ton of the Ridaleberger bill seem to
be on the side of the English holders Of
Virginia bonds. His letter to Mr..
Woodpulp" Miller, Of New York,
with the ruling Of Judge Hughes, makes
it plain to us that once more to get
funds TO run the campaign this
fall his old game of foOling some
body will be played over again.
If he succeeds in getting funds, then
the whole amount will be spent. as
believe If spent for political success).
in doubtful white counties. lie thor
oughly understands that the negroes
and colored men Of Virginia are his
now, and so it is not worth his while to
bid for his own hence every effort will
be used, probably one of which will be
the cOloni1ing of the last-named sort Of
voters, TO carry doubtful white coun-
ties.
Instead of abusing General Malone
so much in a certain style, my belief
is that it would be much more to the
interest of the people and of the Demo-
cratic party of the State to go to work
to defeat him. 1t would be an ever
lasting shame upon the white peo-
pie of the State to let any rivalry
as to who shall be the Demo-
cratic candidate for senator and
for Governor, or the disappointment of
men who wanted Offices under Mr..
Cleveland and failed to get them, result
in William Mahone's being again sent
TO the Senate from the State which gave
birth to Washington, Jefferson, Mar
shall, Robert +. Lee, and Stonew all
Jackson. RANDOLPH.
The Poison Of City Wells.
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