The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-05

Long STORY, But iEtI.
With all IN. abhorance we have for o
long anocdoie. and knowing the agony
Of the victim of it, still it is necessary
TO ask our readers to go through the
outline Of the Malone history.
Here is a man who was distin-
guished and gallant Confederate briga-
der.
He could have been Governor OF the
State but for his left-handed methods.
He organized an INDEPENDENT move
ment and succeeded in getting large
number Of the progressive men of the
State TO follow him. He readJusted
the debt. and now he says that that
read iuSiment was wrong. and issues a
uaient medicine circular that he calls a
platform. TO show that he was an III
continent prevaricator. and his follow
ers a gang Of fools.
You cannot make anything else out
Of Mahone's present boomerang.
He wanted to repudiate the debt, and
now he wants to pay the debt
And he says that he can pay it with
out additional taxes, when he said be
fore that additional taxes ould be ne
cessary to pay the debt, ard thereby he
would down the bOndholders.
Mr. General Malone, deputy boss OF
Qaay and Dudley, is before the people
of Virginia as the bogus champion OF
principles that he has always denied.
1t is known that IN the Norfolk district
be was the best ballo;-box suffer ever
seen.
1t is known that he wanted to doctor
the tobacco interest of Virginia in
way that would have tut every farmer
at the mercy of spy.
These facts were stated in the cam
palgn of 1888, and there was no answer
20 them.
The people of Virginia are brave and
good na,ured, but We remind them OF
the fact that when the State felt thor
oughly the danger of Mahoueism IN
1883. and SAW that the little pirate king
intended to count out the Democratic
majority in the Legislature, thcy.served
notice on him that the trees in the Capi
tol Square would be ornamented with
gallows' fruit if he dared 10 carry ont
his pratIcal scheme.
The honest people of Virginia never
thought that it could come TO pass that
such man could be made chief Of the
local Republican party by a President
Of the United States. They had seen
the Arthur deal. but Arthur was an ac-
cidental President, and they did not
think that gentleman elected to the
Presidency could so far disgrace his
high Office as to appoint commission
OF Quay and Dudley to deal with the
local highwayman of Virginia, called
all over the North the political bri-
gaud.
The fact. however. is here, and We
have to deal with it.
II the negro had any sense he would
know that Malone is really his worst
enemy and his betrayer.
Mahone's career has proclaimed him
a failure by the back action power of
his bad character.
He cannot carry the State Of Nir-
ginia in a local election, and Harrison.
Quay, Dudley q Co. must certainly
recognize that fact before they put up
the second instalment of Doodle.
The Republicans seem to have an idea
that the South has strong Protection
sentiment.
That is a mistake to begin with. and
for no other reason but the simple fact
that the South is. moro than anything
for the present an agricultural country,
aud it does not want to pay twice as
much for the necessary articles of life
as people in Canada pay.
But aside from this, the Radicals
have proclaimed the idea of an arbitrary
election system of representation FOR
the South, whereby Republican
bureau Of census can manufacture a
black majority, and piratical law Of
Congr,s IS can use that majority, though
ii is never voted.
As we SAID at the start. this may be a
long story for daily paper reader,
bat it is the parable Of our politics, and
the citizens of Virginia. il white aud
honest, would do well to ponder over
IL.
IL you leave This State TO Billy Malone
you had as well 90 West, for your home
will be non-inhabitable.