Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-29

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,IFrem The New Y ork World.1
CHICAGO, June 19.-There was some fear
after adjournment that there would be
personal encounter, after all between the
two Virginians. A fFWorld" reporter found
General Malone in his parlor at the Pal
mer House after the convention adjourned,
and asked him for statement of his side
of the controversy. He said:
s"The trouble with MIR. Wise is that he
thinks he is the whole State of Virginia.
He has q very exaggerated idea OF his own
Importance and the Importance of the fiji
teen or sixteen men in the State who sup
port him, The facts in the case are SIM
DIV these: Mr.. Wise started out to run
things in his own district, the Third. to
suit himself, The Republicans of his dis
trict resented his dictation, and he bolted
from the District Convention and elected
his own delegates to the State Convention.
When the State Convention met at Peters
burg May 18th, it refused to reject the
anti Wise delegation. That was the cause
of all this trouble"
"Was there bolt?"
"Well, sort of play bolt. Because the
convention admitted the Wise and anti
Wise delegations to the preliminary organ
ization and until the Credential Commit
tee could have time to pass on the dispute,
Mr.. Wise got up and led his delegates out
of a convention of 672 into bolt. They
focked off by themselves and elected their
own delegates-at-large and electoral ticket.
1t was all premeditated trick by this man
Wise.'
'How do you know that?"
CONVENTIONS OF THREE.
ttD..... H., 4; I ~ x,,o;4 fo, Tho J;cr,,4o
in the Third district to be settled one way
or the other, but went out at once. After
this so called bolt, they began holding So
called conventions in every district where
they could get enough to hold the SEM
blance of convention. I did not exag-
gerate the facts in my remarks to the con-
vention. In the Ninth district there were
lust three persons present, as l said. One
was chairman, the other secretary, and the
other the delegates. They elected them
selves unanimously to go to Chicago. In
the Fifth district there were four in the
convention. In the First and Fourth there
were not enough to hold a convention, not
even three, and that is why there are no
contesting delegations from those districts.
Those are the methods by which that man
Wise has tried to defeat the real Republi-
icans of Virginia"
''Many persons thought that blows were
about to be struck this afternoon" said the
reporter.
II will not impeach Mr.. Wise's courage,
but there are other men as courageous as
he, and it was only my recognition to my
duty to the convention that prevented me
from shaking my fist in his face es I told
him that his charges were as false as he
was foul. So far as his objection to my
acting as judge on my own case is concern
ed, Mr.. Wise knows how that is himself,
as he was judge of his own contested case
in the Richmond Republican Convention
am prepared to defend the justice of our
cause in any way Mr.. Wise may suggest"
CAPTAIN w1sE's INDIGNATION.
"'Billy the Kid has run the politics of
Virginia long enough, and the Republican
party has repudiated him." said Captain
Wise when the reporter sought him later.
''That is what this controversy means.
We have complied strictly with the regu-
lations adopted by the last Republican
National Convention governing the selec-
ton of delegates. We have chosen our
delegates in the same manner as congress-
men are nominated. That is the rule.
Mahone's delegates were elected in State
convention in defancesof that rule. We
will win on that issue anyway"
"What was the origin of the difficulty"
"Well, it grew out of that sneaking,
contemplate, characteristic circular that
Billy GENT out last January abusing Mr..
Blaine. AS soon as read it, 1 sent Malone
protest, did not think it was right to
abuse any Republican leader.
ssTHE KID" AND THE PARTY.
Gone of the kids. pleasant peculiarities
is that he picks personal quarrel with any
| one who differs with him about his political
methods So be picked quarrel with me.