Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-04
wEDNESDAY.......~..APRlL 4. 1888.
Gsneral Mahone,s Plans-Again.

(TEuGldl M00OAe 8 Ikttllt- AGAIN"
General MALONE writes to the Wash
ington National Rcpabiican denying
the statement. that his State Committee
had called State convention to meet at
Petersburg in May and select twenty
four delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention. The General under
stands his resolution to mean just what
We tried in our last two issues to show that
it meant He gives the following rs the
provisions OF the call:
That the delegates appointed and
certified by such county and city con
ventions will he TO represent The party
of their respective counties and cities
first al the State Convention 10 be held
in the city of Petersburg on Thursday
the 18th day Of May, TO appoint two
electors for the State at large and four
delegates for the state at large TO the
convention at Chicago and second, at
the District Convention for each congress
sional district to which they belong TO
be held then and there, or at such time
and place within the bounds Of their re-
spective districts as a majority of the
delegates from and representing each
congressional district shall separately
and among themselves agree, to appoint
an elector for the district and two dis
trict delegates and two alternates to the
National Convention to be held at Chi
cago.
Now, if that is not an ingenious piece
of work "A fine specimen OF party
strategy-then JONI ). WISE, the YOsTs,
the LrwIsEs, CAMERON, BRADY, GILMER,
and the rest of the boilers, are no judges.
We do not doubt that 10y this time they
feel "as flat as founder" He has taken
all the wind out OF their sails, They
might as we'll be
"As idle as painted ship
Upon pGiuted ocean,
rs TO undertake to show that General
MAHoNE's resolution violates the regu-
lation Of the last Republican National
Convention prescribing the manner of
electiug delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention of tins year. For the
first time, we have General MAHoNE's
resolution in his own words and it Is
"as plain as the nose on your face that
she delegates to his state Convention from
the several congressional districts are
empowered 70 call congressional-district
Sonventions to be held either in Peters
burg or within the bounds of the several
districts. The delegates elected TO the
State Convention will be authorized to call
congressional district conventions. No
body else is authorized TO call them.
MAHoNE's resolution shuts ont all other
agencies for calling such conventions.
lie has already guarded against boilers.
His delegates to Petersburg will know by
the time the State Convention meets
whether it is necessary or not to
call a local convention within the
bounds of any given district, and
Will govern themselves accordingly.
Ii they foresee that the Blaineites will
call local conventions within the bounds
of the district if they do not, then they
will have a local convention TO elect dele
gates to Chicago. If, on the contrary,
there be no disposition manifested by
the BlaiDeites TO hold local convention
within the bounds Of any given district
then pretended congressional-district
convention will be held in Petersburg
during the session Of the State Conven-
ton.
The Washington National RepubH-
can quotes from the Chicago regulation
the following:
1.-The delegates at large shall be
chosen by popular State conventions
called on not less than twenty days pub
lished notice, and not less than thirty
DAYS before the meeting of the National
Convention. The congressional-dlstr
delegates shall be chosen In the same
manner as the nomination of delegates
In Congress Is made.
And comments as follows:
lit will be see that the State Commit
tee had no authority TO call the district
conventions 10 meet at Petersburg or any
where else. II had no right to direct the
election of delegates to the district con-
ventions, as the chairman says it did.
And if the Republican will read Gen
eral MAHoNR's resolution carefully it will
discover that the State Committee has
not called "district conventions to meet
at Petersburg or anywhere else"
In a word, the General has outwitted
all tho holtera