Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-08-15
Malone and the "Kickers."

The Wise-Houston CHECKERS" followed
by Cameron The Lewis, Yosts', Groner'
&C., have held their consultation IN hlcn-
mond, and emerged from it with their nag
trailing in the dust before the forces OF the
obdurate little General who is still IN tne
saddle. Captain Wise makes his pefma-
nent exit from Virginia, shaking OH It's ne
publican politics from his shoulders anu
has launched his canoe in the turpuient
waters of New York stock-jobblpg con-
Germs. Cruel Captain Wise to have ieis
your confederates to the tender mercies Vi
40, 600 majority for Cleveland in Virginia.
the prediction of your own clique if Malone
is left in the saddle. He is there on his
white charger, so say you all, though you
make dodge through the National COM
mittee, which has and will again recognize
the Malone organization as the one bind
ing in the present contest, LEAD on
Master wo follow is your sweetest dulcet
note, you will sing despite all your protes-
tations. The Wing thus depicts your de-
plorable condition as illustrated by your
trusted Captain -
"They did not, as it was expected they
would do, Withdraw their electoral tlcket
outright, but the plan they adopted is eVi-
IDENTIFY intended to let them down easy
The final result will be the withdrawal OF
the entire Wise electoral ticket, leaving
Malone master of the situton. Capt. Wise
| is done for.
In the Corcoran Art Gallery at Washing
ton there are two very handsome compan-
ion paintings called s'The Departure and
seThe Return" The first represents a
gallant knight, magnifcently caparisoned,
mounted upon splendid charger, and sur
rounded by his retinue, gaily departing
| from his ancestral castle to engage in bat
tie. The second shows the body of that
same knight stretched upon litter and
borne homeward upon the shoulders of his
servans, his steed led behind by groom,
and his companions, with downcast eyes
and mournful tired, following in the rear
How truly those two pictures represent
Capt. Wise as seen last April when, with a
great flourish of trumpets, he set out to IN
horse Malone, and now, when he has him
self been completely endorsed and calls in
the remnant of his followers, leaving his
l adversary III uuulepulcu pOooOSslon VI eAr
| field. He is right to announce his purpose
of going to New York. But, politically,
| it doesn't make much difference where
he is"
Colonel Houston, Chairman of the
s'Kickers" Committee, stated that the time
for which he had consented to serve al
such had expired, and accordingly handed
in his resignation, but it was declined.
The New York Tribune, one Of the
severest in its denunciations of Malone and
fhis rule of the party, now, recognizes hi
full control of it, and that the contest mnsi
be made under his leadership. Here il
omething of its utteIances when it Joined
the Wise faction last spring to down Ma
hone =
| sFor years past General Mahone's chic
business in life has been to keep Virgins
democratic by small margin, in order
that his annual beggar's mission to the
North might be made remunerative by the
double plea of urgent necessity and reason
able hope. New York republicans have
found that the perpetuation of his crafty,
selfish, and malignant despotism was not 8
profitable investment; the party elsewhere
is rapidly making the same discovery, anG
if foresight were among his most highly
developed qualities, he would not wait tt
be kicked into obscurity"