St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-20
MAHONE'S BATTERIES.
From Them Hot Shot Is Thrown
Into the Camp of the Combat


ants.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 19.-Gen. Malone
made his way to the front and opened
fire as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Republic
ans: L confess to you that it is with no
ordinary embarrassment, with no ordi-
nary regret that the representatives of
the great Republican party of this ma
ton should be troubled to consider a
question of disSension in report to the
party in Virginia, but l want to say to
you in response to what has been said to
prejudice, if that be possible, my atti-
tude before this honorable convention,
and those for whom | speak, the regular
organization of the Republican party of
Virginia. party that has multiplied its
active political force since | had the
honor to enter it from $4,000 to IA 900
say that | represent, and say it in no
spirit of egOtiSm, not only the regular
organization of that state, but | repre-
sent 80 per cent and more of the Repub-
lican masses of that state. Applause
We are met here by gentlemen who have
done little to promote that development
in Virginia, who have done most to hold
back the wheels of progress, never con-
tCuU, dllu lulCly
to the wheel. They
COME HERE WITH CONTESTS,
and when | give this convention one
Illustration it will satisfy them, doubt
not, of the insufficiency of their preten-
sions which are made before this con-
VentlOn. say, as before your commit
tee of credentials, as before this con-
vention, we shall be prepared to demon
strate, not only that the delegates with
whom l am associated represent
the party of that state at large, but
were sent here by 600 delegates out of
700, from convention called according
to our party law, requiring the Republi-
can voters to assemble at their respect
i've precincts at the same day and the
same hour to appoint their delegates to
city and county conventions, and by
them their delegates to the state COLI
ventiOn. | say that convention such
as this, constituted and composed of
near 700 delegates, send you four dele
gates at large, of which / have the
honor to be one, And who, ask you,
l submit to this convention, are the
contestants against these four dele
gates at large? They come from oppos-
ing conventions. They come from
vention that
and form an organization of its own;
and here you have four delegates pre-
tending to contest the seats of the four
delegates with whom L am associated,
and who come here by the votes of 600
of the 700 delegates that assembled in
our state convention. Applause.l
Such are the people who came here to
contest our right in this convention.
Aye, fellow Republicans, when you go
down to look at these district delegates,
when l tell you that from the great
White district of Virginia, giving you
your Republican member of congress by
1900 majority [cheersl; so when l tell
you that all the delegates collected by
that great district in our state, great in
its resources. greatin its RepublicaniSm,
listen while L tell you that three
persons, just three persons, called
convention in that district
just three, two of them delegates
and one an alternate laughter and
they constituted a convention. MI.
Lincoln was called to the chair, Frank
lin Pepper made secretary and Mr..
PendletOn took the floor. On motion of
coin. Mr.. Pendleton was unanimously
elected to this convention as delegate.
Loud laughter. But, gentlemen, l do
not intend to detain you with these de-
tails. give you that as an illustration
of these contestants and what they rep
resent. Why, you have two 9th
er delegates here from another Re-
publican district who did not even
PRETEND TO HOLD A CONVENTION.
They have certified by some manner
of means themselves as delegates here.
And this in the face of a regularly con-
Stituted convention, fully attended and
lu tn
my position in respect of this committee
on credentials. AS l have been adj
vised by member of the national COM
mittee that committee has agreed oto
place upon the rolls the two delegates
from the First district, and the two
from the Fourth whose seats are not
contested. Thank God we have no
boilers and kickers in those districts
Applause and laughter; no mugwumps
and no Republicans who would prefer
to see the Democrats succeed than that
Malone should in Virginia. Now, then,
here were four delegates admitted on
this roll, and the four delegates with
whom 1 am associated were admitted
to the roll, and now am advised that
the national committee passed resolu-
ton that these delegates should exercise
the power and the privilege on this floor
of naming the committeeman upon the
committee you are about to constitute.
So being advised, and my people asking
me to serve upon this committee on Gre
dentials, might have suggested a
certain course; but even there. ever
with such contest as four delegates
coming here from boiling convention
of eighty-one out of 700, even there and
so situated, no man who knows me
would suspect that would vote in my
own case ADDlauSe1 Rut 7 Suhmit
that it does not render me ineligible to
sit upon the cases of those district dele
gates. am in that result not involved.