New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20

short figure stands erect and firm and he talks Win
vigor and force He In the United States scn-
ate from 1e47 to 1852 and talks OF Clay Benton Cass
Calhoun, webster and Douglas. whom he remembers
we'll Speaking Of the Of his activity at Wasn'ns
ton, he said: There mighty questions dealt
with In my day, which have had wide effect upon tho
National destiny The question of the Mexican pouhda,
especially important Folks Administration brought
into the Union Texas California and NewMcAlco'
The English were figuring in those days to Grippe
us just they They wanted Texas TO re-
main independent state, and to go into cotton
growing, that England might be independent of the
cotton fields of this country. We bafcd them. how
ever, and Texas came In The Clay Compromise Dy
submitted TO tho decision OF the people I'm the Terri
tories was another great enactment OF our time. IL
led up to tho war of 1sG0, by way of Kansas
The situation among the Republicans of Virginia
Is being talked about here more less. Among the
virginians who standing by cxCongressman John
S. Wise, Congressman Yost, Ex-Governor Cameron
and others in the effort shake off General Mahonc's
domination Is General V. d. Groner of Norfolk, who
is connected with the Old Dominion steamship Line
and comes often TO New-York In a chat here about
the Virginia situation, General Groner said Gen.
cral Malone could not control a Republican Conven-
ton in Virginia under a fair expression of opinion.
II he police In front of the hail. refuse admis
sion all except his adhcrcnts and make up the roll
of delegates to suit himself he do almost anything
That is his programme. 1t will result of course, in
another convention and contcsting delegation Ma
homes call for the convention at Petersburg required
the charmen Of county committees to certify the list OF
delegates. Most Of these chairmen part OF his
machine. In twenty-five counties they went through
the same fraudulent performances as In Norfolk
County, of which will tell you, so you may get an
idea of the whole affair. The county chairman called
the County Convention for given day at 10 o'clock
at the Court House at Portsmouth. BY the arrival
of that day he found that he would be outmatched
two to ono by the delegates sent IN Just after 10
o'clock he gave notice TO the delegates that for rea-
sons sufficient he had changed the call to a hall In
Berkeley, town across the river, difficult to reach
under an hours time The anti-MahOne men had
noticed a suspicious absence of Mahoneltcs. They
were assembled at 10 O'Clock I'm tho hall at berkeley,
Convention who duly certified By the, chairman.
Now that is a sample Of what has been going all
over Virginia, wherever Malone and his allies hold
the power"
Gene. al Grcner asked about the district con-
vcntons in Virginia and replied: "Mahones State
Committee called tho district conventions with the
State Convention to be composed Of delegates to tho
latter. AS he rule delegates In and out Of tho
state Convention, the district conventions Will be
farce We are calling district conventions under tho
rule of the last National Convention and tho call OF
the National Committee, and Will send full delegation
under that call. This rule adopted for tho sole
purpose of putting end 10 such bosssm Mahones.
and do not believe that the National Convention
will stultify the party by admitting Mahones dele
gatcS'