Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-16
THURSDAY. $3.50. AUGUST is. 1888.
Ylrrnia-Mahone and Wise.

The return OF Mr.. BLAINE TO TINS
country and the sudden and total eclipse
of Mr.. HARRISON must "give pause TO
General MALONE, who is for hipself
first, last, and all the time. he has now
the control Of the Republican party IN
Virginia When he issues orders he ex-
poets TO have them obeyed and here
after his orders will be obeyed without
question. The fate OF CAMERON, RID
pLEBERaER, McKEN2IE, LEWIS, IosT,
PENDLEroN, BRADY, GBoNER, WISE, and
all the rest Of the "disorganizers" who
fiattered themselves that they were
"bigger than old MAHoNR," is q sure
guarantee that hereafter all MAHoNE's
followers viii work in the traces.
There will be no moro kicking out-at
least, for q long time. These gentlemen
were deceived by their good luck ut
Chicago, and began TO plume themselves
upon the fact that they occupied at that
city a largo space in the eyes OF the ma
ton, and TO indulge the hope that they
would continue 10 do so. But BLAINE
was defeated Of the nomination Of the
Chicago Convention, and "prestO,
change" the WISE or anti-MAHoSE
party disappears from the public view.
But perhaps We are ahead Of the facts.
To-day is the day for tho Wiseites
aRi Mahoneites to meet the National
Republican Committee in New York city
and make a last effort for each faction to
secure the countenance Of that commit
tee.
But let all that 90 for the present.
What we desire to emphasize is the state
Inent that MALONE will not put forth any
strenuous efforts to carry Virginia fox
BLANE unless he receives such assu-
RANGES from the National Committee as
will satisfy him thatin case OF HARBlsoN's
election and Of BIAINE's becoming Sec
rotary Of State and the head of the new
Administration, tic WISE faction i'll
Virginia are not to be resuscitatcd
and intrusted with tho distribution
OF the patronage OF the Federal
Government. This matter Of the dispO-
sition of the offices Of the Government
is not new 10 General MALONE. He had
during ARrHURs Administration the Sc
lection of every postmaster i'll Virginia.
lie was for ARTHUR because ARTHUR was
Tor him. lie removed whom he would
from office and assigned whom he would
70 Office. Ho WAS a penny dictator-a
"petty boss" OF course, then, lie will
not endeavor to carry Virginia for
BLAINE, and thus secure his election,
unless he has beforehand the promise
that he is, in that event, to resume his
sway in Virginia.
General MALONE needs not to DO told
that the WISE faction are trying toprolong
their life until after the presidential cleo
tiOn in the hope that "something will
turn up )" to save them from oblivion
the sad fate that now threatens them.
lie knows what their object is; and he
will require from the National Commit
tee the most distinct AMI unambiguous
of pledges that whateyer else 10 to be
accorded or refused to him, the WISE
dsorganizers in Nirginia-not even the
few of them who vent to Chicago for
BLAINE-shSll never be recognized by
fhe new Administration
Nevertheless, it is the duty of 'the
Democrats OF Virginia 10 conduct the
campaign as if Wiseites and Malone
ties had thoroughly fused and be-
come one homogeneous body. We must
take no chances. We must trust nothing
10 luck. We must count upon no trea-
son in the enemy's camp. We must
work, work, work, until sunset on the
9Th of November. In word, we must
re-elect GROVER CLEVELAND and thus
bury MALONE and sectionalism in a
grave from which they will never
emerge.