Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-01
He Won't be There.

We told Captain JONI s. WISE a week
ago that he would not be allowed seat
in the Petersburg Convention. Mr..
BRADY, Of Petersburg, seems to under
stand the real state of things. In an in
terview on Saturday last with q reporter
for the hde1- Appeal he is quoted as
follows:
REPORTER How abont the State Con-
vention next month? Viii Wise or Ma
hone control it?
MIR. BRADY: That, replied Colonel
Brady, remains TO be seen. The Opposi-
ton to General Mahone's plan OF organ
ization, the unit rule, and to Mr.. Sher-
mans candidacy, has developed strength
in sections of the State where it was
thought the machine chsirmen would he
able to carry out the Generals cut-and-
dried programme, and the result Of the
county meetings so far heard from clear
ly demonstrate that if the voice of the
Republican masses could find express
sion in the convention General Ma
hone would be beaten on every impor-
tant question at issue. But have you
in this connection seen the Generals
call for his State Convention. Yes, sir (;
it is q rich and rare document-unques-
tionsbly the most devilish piece OF poll
teal work Of its kind ever concOcted
during the worst days OF political boss
ism. OF course it has been kept in the
dark-only sent TO his own appointed
chairmcn. Although member of the
State Executive Committee, no copy OF
the call was sent TO me. ! borrowed
one, however, and have shown 1t to a
number Of influential northern Repub-
licans, Mr.. Sherman's friends among
the number, and every man was en-
phatic in his condemnation OF 1t. 4
more diabolicsl scheme TO sti1e the will
OF the majority in localities against Gen
eral Malone could not be contriyed.
Note how the thing works III Norfolk
county, Portsmouth, Rockbridge, Alex
andria, Richmond, the Sixth ward OF
tins city, and elsewhere. Under It's ope-
ration the bars are all up, securely fast
ened, and only Malone delegates are
countersigned by Mahone's chairmen to
the State Convention. BY such me-
thods General Malone may be able
TO control the convention. The VIC
tory for him, under these circum-
stances. is death to Mr.. Sherman
and the party in Virginia. The Repubh-
can masses will never submit to the ac-
ton of n packed convention. What they
demand, insist upon, and shall have, Is
fair, honest, and untTammelled express
sion Of the will Of the majority upon all
questions in dispute, and should General
Malone, by his usual methods, under
take to rush through the convention his
preofdained plans and succeed, the
party will be defeated, because the peo-
pie. not one man, will rule in the future.
"The bars are all up, securely fas-
tened, and only MALONE delegates are
countersigned by MAHoNE's chairmen to
the Petersburg Convention Said we
not truly that General MALONE "plays
for keeps?
But how many delegates would the
kickers have in the Petersburg Conven-
ton if they should he allowed to be re-
presented there The Portsmouth En-
tcrprisc- Times says:
1--WE were informed yesterday by a
prominent Republican of tins city that
letter had been received here from the
Republican headquarters of the State
giving the information that Of the seven
hundred delegates 10 be elected to the
State Convention ut Petersburg about
six hundred and fifty have been heard
from, and of those five hundred are IN
favor of continuing the present plan of
and the remaining one
hundred and fifty are in favor of Captain
John S. Wises plan of reorganization.
If this information is correct it gees to
prove that Messrs Wise, Riddleberger,
Cameron, Yost a Co. will be badly
showed under when the convention
meets"