Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-26
WISE on Malone.

wise on Nldlollt-
Captain JoHN S. WISE again speaks TO
the public through our columns this
morning. The reader will be apt to say
whilst reading the exordium. Methinks
he doth protest too much Indeed,
from first 10 last, Captain WISE temPers
his references to his late boss in "such a
sort as TO suggest to his readers that he
still hopes for reconciliation with the
little General. though he says many sharp
things, and though in one sentence he
almost says in SO many words that he
will make no advances towards him. He
treats Mr.. WoLTz differently. The "frst
blood" he draws comes from that cold,
original Republican. He speaks in the
same disrespectful manner of the "bal-
lot-box suffers" "vote suppressers, "
"band of rufians," &c, OF Richmond.
These references are ont of place IN
Captain WIsE's letter; but it is not
for us TO prune bis manuscript.
Captain WISE thinks he will be heard
in the Petersburg Convention. He even
ventures to say: "By this time he
(MAHoNE) has learned that shall be
there" Well, perhaps he will try to be
there. But it is our opinion that when
General MALONE plays he plays " for
keeps" As we have said here
toiore, be cares not one button for
what the public will say if lie
excludes all the WISE delegates.
The man who in 1879 was not de-
TERED by public opinion from turning
out OF Office crippled Confederate sol
der and putting negro in his place will
not hesitate TO keep out, or even extrude,
WISE and his delegation from Richmond,
and in the cases of all other cities or
counties from which two sets of delegates
come he will seat the MALONE delegates.
Not 8 doubt Of that in our mind. de
will have a temporary chairman of his
own choosing, who will not only appoint
tie committee on credentials but who
will be q shrewd, vide-awake-nay,
nble-Mahoncite, qualified TO hold his
own in debate with anybody whom the
other side may have IN the convention.
There will he WISE delegates admitted,
no doubt. from few cities and counties
where MALONE did not choose TO have
competing delegation appointed. but
these Will be so few in compari-
son with the number of MALONE
delegates in the convention that the only
service they can perform will be to en-
able General MALONE to point to them
a. proving how impartially he had treat
ed the WISE men. In a word we do not
see how Captain WISE is to get into
either the State Convention or the Ma
tional Convention unless the Blsineites
take the advice which we have so often
given them, and, boiling or forestalling
the Petersburg Convention, do as Mr.
I1BBEY has done in the Norfolk
district 1t is folly for anybody
10 try to bring General MALONE to
"terms. He Will have no terms except
his own. He will have no half-bearted
allegiance. He will have no friends who
"know too much" To admit Captain
WISE into the Petersburg Convention
would be to exclude one OF General
MAHoNE's most trusted lieutenants, who
will attend that body as MALONE dele
gate from Richmond.
There are some very amusing and very
good hits in Captain WIsR's letter. He
laws MAHoNEs last letter on Mr.. ELAN.
We said when it appeared that it was
much more elegantly worded than any
thing else we had seen from the Generals
pen. Captain WISE breaks down MA
HOMES guard when he touches the ques-
tion Of publishing his (WIsE's) letter
first in the Dispatch. Also, when
he speaks of MALONE as ga per
sonal issue" Also, when he tells OF
the "seven to one" Republican delega-
ton in Congress. Also, when he speaks
az NAHoNEs messages "instruc-
tons" &c. Also, when he makes Ma
HONE say that his (MAHoYE's) name de-
fea,ed the Republican party in Rich
mond last year. Also, when he pictures
him IS the "Rev. WILLIAM MALONE"
going to Chicago in charge OF the simple
delegates from Virginia Captain WISE
slips when he assumes that he will be
one OF the delegates in MAHoNE's charge,
("s,atus uncertain.') lie will not, we
repeat, so TO Chicago under MAHoNE's
wing.
However, we need net comment upon
letter which speaks so we'll for Itself.
Everybody will read it.