Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-24

With fire in his eyes Mr.. Wise, in
very excited manner sprang to his feet.
and speaking loudly, said :" Mr.. Chair
man, now you see how true they are
They were elected TO this convention and
seated, and when they find themselves
beaten they withdraw" This had no
effect whatever the line of march was
kept up. There was great con-
fusion, amid which Mr.. Wise said 81
suppose wher 1 90 over to Petersburg,
If should be so unfortunate as to get
whippcd-as these have been-they will
expect me and my followers to with
draw. But they are wrong. If am
defeated ! will take it rs a man should,
and will so help me God, fall in after
Malone if he wins, and follow him or
whoever leads"
ENDORSE BOTH.
When this little stir was over b. +.
Turner offered the following
/. Resolved. That this convention deprecates
the rumored antagonism between the Hon. VIII
/ liam Malone and the Hon. John ). Wise
. RssoiUed, That we recognize In these TWO
! Republicans too much worth 20 the grand and
glorious Republican party 10 encourage any
hostile feelings by any act or word OF ours.
3.
! tion assembled. do hereby express our conD-
dence in both tho Hons. William Malone and
John :. Wise, and that the delegates 70 De
elected to tho State Convention be instructed TO
use all honorable means 10 bring about unity
OF feeling and actions between all leaders OF
tho party.
TIT WISE PAPER.
The reading of the paper did not
strike the average follower of Wise as ex-
actly the right thing, so Mr.. Clinton De
Priest offered the following, which had
been prepared for the occasion:
Resolrcd. That VIC are opposed TO the unit rule
and instruct our delegates 10 vote against the
same both in the District aud state Conventions
:. RrsoiDed. That We favor Amending tho pres
ent plan OF organization 30 that tie absolute
control Of city and county ORGANIZATIONS now
vested in the State chairman be taken away
from him aud placed with the people OF nearer
70 them, and We instruct our delegates 10 SAID
convention 10 vote IN favor OF such amendments.
B EsS0lrsd. That the thanks OF tho RepuDlcan
party are duo and are hereby tenceroi 10 Hon
John ;. Wise for his faithful services 70 our
party here for the last two years. New life has
been infused into our organization and we nave |
cast q lGrger Republican veto than ever before.
aad reduced the Democratic majority lower than
II IN, fallen for twenty years. We hereby de-
clare our confidence in Mr. Wise as an able,
fearless, and devoted Republican.
4. Resoircd That the delegates from Richmond
be instructed 70 vote for Hon. John :. wise as
one OF the delegates at large Tor virginia % the
Chicago Convention. and in tho event he be not
elected 20 that that they be instructed to support
him "a a candidate for delegate 20 Chicago from
the Third congressional district OF virginia
WISE WINS.
Turner, in support Of his resolutions,
made q very common-sense short speech.
! He said he considered this difference be-
tween Mr.. Wise and General Malone as
very unfortunate. He had come to the
convention rather as Malone man, but
he proposed to discharge his duty and
not to bolt with his friends. He was for
the success of the party, and he believed
| if it vas brought as between the two
men Malone was a stronger and better
| leader than Wise.
MIR. Wise said under ordinary circum-
| stance he would not raise his voice IN
| opposition to thanking General Malone,
| but after the manner in which the latter
had recently acted he could not do other
wise than defend himself and his peo-
pie who had stood by him so manfully.
He was very severe in his denunciatlon
of the underhanded manner in which
Malone had sought to capture the Rich
mond delegation.
Mr.. Wise alleged that Malone had
not made an open, honest fight, but had
resorted to all kinds of corrupt methods.
| He drew from his pocket papers which
he said were in Mahones own band
writing, in which the latter made calcu-
lations as TO what he could do here and
how it could be done. He took occasion
to say that he did not mean to be read
ont Of the Republican party. 1t was in
his opinion more probable that Malone
would be.
George Mitchell (colored) favored the
resolutions offered by Turner and made
very plain. sensible speech. He thought
the De Priest resolutions instructing the
delegatesfcr Wise was carrying things too
far He appreciated the valuable SER
vices of Mr.. Wise, but could not assent
to what he considered nothing less than
"gag-law.
Mr. Wise rejoined by saying that this
was no gag law. He was frank to say
that he wanted to be endorsed as q dele
gate to Chicago, and it was for this that
he had worked so hard. Mitchell had
voted with the Malone men. and after
being whipped, wanted to be taken in
with the winners to share the benefits.
He wanted the delegates instructed. Mr..
Wise, in the course of this speech, said
that in politics he knew no color
line. He held certain principles, and
i. was for these that he fought. If a
white and colored man were running for
the same office, and the former he con-
sidered the best, he would certainly vote
| for him.
After further discussion the De Priest
resolutions were adopted by an over
whelming vote.
DELEGATES.
The convention then proceeded to
elect delegates to the State Convention,
with the following result:
jackson Ward Jack Acres, John I.
Anderson, Pleasant Jones, f. r. Carter,
Bernard Brown, r. A. Paul, W. W.
Fields, and James Bayne.
Clay Ward: Hon. John S. Wise, JEFF
ferson II. Powell, James NJ. Donnan,
Thomas Emory, Hon. Edgar Allan, and
Hon. Lewis Lindsay.
Jefferson \. j. Smith, Carter Harri-
son, Major j. Carter, and Il. d. Ward.
Monroe Henry Hudnall, Clinton
De Priest, T. j. Mcdonald, and d. A.
Brooks.
Madison J. S. Dodson, Jacob Stan
ard. and 5. B. Clarkson.
Marshall: John II. Duke and James
II. Barrett.
Alternates John Wingleton, George
Reed, John W. Foster, W. I. Wright,
William Flegenheimer, b. W. Russell.
Lewis H. Carter, A. G. Mays, J. G.
Farley, Morton Deane, A. j. Guerpillon,
William II. Wood, and Peter B. Shorts.
CITY TICKET.
Mr.. Wise here moved that the conven-
ton adjourn subject to the call OF the
chairman, and this was agreed to. He
made this motion, he said, because there
was other business which would require
careful consideration, such as he did not
think it would receive last night. Be-
sides the split, he thought, would be
healed and the matter mot men
toned, but supposed to be under
stood by alb was one in which all were
interested and would unite. At mid