Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-09-20
LEWIS MCKENZIE.

THE TREACHERY IN THE SO-CAILED COM
PROMISE-MAHONE ALREADY DEFEAT
ED BY FROM 10000 TO 10000 VOTES
HIS HEAD WAS TURNED BY TIE sU-
PREME DICTATORSHIP GIVEN HIM BY
GARFIELD.
Hon. Lewis Mckenzie is one of the foun-
ders of the Republican party in Virginia,
and is power i'll the party in the 9Th dis
trict. He has always been recognized as u
leader OF its sentiment and it's plans. In
an interview with Il press representative
he says
81 don't see how he could have heen per-
suaded to take sides against so many true and
tried Republicans in favor of the usurper.
Speaking of the outlook in the campaign, Mr..
Mckenzie said: "As regards the present con-
test III Virginia it is useless to conceal the
TACT that Malone is already defeated His
course towards those whom he terms the kick
ers has been so outrageous and unpardonable
that while many of them will not vote the
Democratic ticket they will let the Democrats
vote alone, while they remain away from the
polls-not that they have any love for Demo-
cracy, but they have sought i'll vain for other
remedies. Malone will not study the expert
ences OF others of his kind. He is headstronp
obstinate and dictatOrial and will have his
own way, cost what it may. The National
Committee, headed by Senator Quay, Clarkson
u Co., agreed with Gen. V. ID. Groner, John
5. Wise, ID. f. Houston and myself that it was
emlnently proper to adopt the proposals made
by the above named gentlemen-thatin the in
terest OF harmony the persons calling meet
lnes to elect delegates, and also calling dis
trict conventions to order should not designate
the temporary chairman, but that the selec-
ton OF said chairman should be left entirely
to the convention. Although the entire Ma
tlonal Committee agreed to this as fair and
just and gave assurances that Malone would
be governed by it, he treated the proposition
with contempt and went so far as to express
9ls contempt for the opposition. 70 any rea-
sonable, fair minded man those demands suo-
gest simply honesty and fairness. The result
was that his tools ran rough-Shod over the
majority OF the Republicans in MANY places.
notably here and in Norfolk, calling ward
meeting 1or eight o'clock, p M, and holding
their delegates to the convention Would such
conduct be submitted to in any free State? Look
at the treatment of our committee of 200 from
an sections OF the State not office-seekers, who
iald the matter before the President as far as
he would listen. Quay and Clarkson pretended
to Try to arrange everything satisfactorily but
it was evident that Malone would not be
bound by any agreement, if made Nor was he.
nor VIII ne be until he is showed under by the
true Republicans of Virginia 1t is a pitv for
the administration that it must be So WHY.
he has lost the State for Harrison by his at
tempt and desire to defeat Langston in the
Fourth Congressional district. The dssatis-
factl0n IS widespread and is among a class of
men throughout the State who can be neither
bought, bribed nor whipped into supporting
nm. lie made his convention, now let him
make his election sure Here is a letter saving
no doubt the National Committee did the best
they knew how. L say they have done the
worst. wrote them that it wasn't worth while
Tor them to be pushing Mahone's cart for he's
goner. gu remember when heWaS on the
fence, do you not? He wrote to everybody in
Virginia to vote for Hancock for President in
opposition to Garfield, and Brady was at the
bottom of it. Now if Hancock had been elect
ed, Malone would have been a Democrat AS
it was he put himself on the market and the
Republicans OF the Senate made an agreement
approved by Arthur, that if he would CO.
operate with the Republicans he should have
the entire patronage of Virginia and not
single portion of it could be obtained without
his endorsement That supreme dictatorship
turned his head and he cannot come down to
regard the rights of Others He will not be
the first of his kind who has met anpihila
ton. understand he expects to spring some
unique scheme in regard to the State debt
question. AS usual, he expects to capture
both sdes-the foreign bondholders to put up
money, and the debt-paying Democrats and
bond-holding Democrats of Virginia to vote
for him.. Even if by any chance he could be
elected, how can he do anything without the
Legislature Republican? Under the present
deplOrable situation even that is more mpos-
sible than his election. He will be beaten bv
80 200 OF 40, 900 votes