Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-10-05
THEANTI.MAHONE1TES.
A Big Conference of the Kickers In
Richmond.

a secret conference Of the anti
Malone Republicans, called by
Gen. V. d. Groner. the chairman
of the State committee of that fac.
tion Of the Republican party in the
Stare, was in session in Richmond
last Tuesday, to adopt line OF
policy to he pursued toward Ma
hone IN the present canvass. There
were about 25O persons in attend
ance.
Among those present were Hon
JOHN S. Wise, Gen, V. d. Groner
president of the anti-Mahone Re.
publican State Committee cx-Goy.
Cameron, Col. w. G. Pcn;leton,
w. Il. Palmer. OF Montgomery; @.
a. Heermans, of the same county;
Samuel NJ. and Jacob Ynst. James
a. Frazier, Lewis Mckenzie. eX:
Senator and Governor John f.
Lewis, Judge Booker, of Hampton;
Capt. O'Connor. of Portsmouth,;
Samuel Lyons, Of Berkeley; Capt.
Knapp and II. r. Lucas, of Ports
! mouth; r. B. Berkeley, OF Farm
vile; DR.. A. II. Champlain, OF
Petersburg; Il. G.. Hines, ex-Sena-
tor Norton aud many others eq:al-
ly as well known as opponents OF
Malone and his methods.
Mr.. John S. Wise made u speech
on Mahone,and trickery politics.
Tie following extracts are from
same: "He may have been accused
of going into the Republican party
for passion, but this is not true.
My ancestors were federalists, and
the WiSes drifted into the Demo:
cratic party on the slave question.
but Ihave been q Republican from
principle, while have noFfurther
political ambition. Mr. Wise then
went Tor Malone with unslnved
hands. He said: s.Mahone once
remarked that he could eat crow
and call il ortolan, but for myself |
Ito not propose to have huzzard
crammed down my throat" near
ing that he would not vote for Nc
Kinney. Mr.. Wise said: "If Gen.
Wyatt NJ. Elliott had been nomi
mated for Governor | wonld have
supported him and Stumped the
State for him" AS it was he
would vote two thirds of the ticket
Malone, he said, was surrounded
by Sycophants, who Never told him
the truth. and therefore he had no
idea of the magnitude of the oe
lection in his party. Mr.. Wise pre-
licted an overwhelming defeat for
the Boss" "Mahone has lost his
head and exposed his heart" The
speaker exclaimed, "and now is
the time for the boys to get it.
Ex-Congressman Jacob Yost, OF
Staunton, followed Alr. Wise in d
bright and vigorous speech. He
said he could vote for Mckinney
without detracting one iota from
his RepubicaniSm. but he said, 81
do not say | Will do so. but shall
not vote for Mahone.n The chrl
thing, said Mr.. Yost, We are here
for to say we will not support Ma
hone.
The next speaker was OK Lieut..
Governor John +. Lewis, who il
eloquent and burning wo1dS laShei
Malone numerically. He called
npon all true Republicans to help
defeat him.
In response to calls, Mr.. JAS,
A. Frazier made few remarks,
during the course of which he
said to Captain Wise: "You have
done something tonight which
l have never saw you do before,
and that is, you're going
hunting after cartridges with "a
single-barrel gun. [ am going to take
double. barrel gun, and with one
barrel l am going to shoot Ma
hone'S name off the ticket, and
with the other, | shall shoot Nc.
knney'S on, don't care what the
d-thcy say. shall do this not
because | am a Democrat, but be.
cause WANT to see Malone slugg-
ed clear ont of the political ring.n
The following resolutions we're
adopted by the conference:
We, Republicans from :all parts
of Virginia in conference assem-.
bled, declare that William Malone
1. Made it impossible for the
Norfolk ticket to be elected.
3 He has deceived the National
Committee by a pretended compro-
mise. the conditions of which he
has not only made no effort to car
ry ont but violated both in letter
and spirit.
3. He has taken from the Repub-
lican party their plan of organiza-
ton, which was founded on the will
of the people.
4. He has adopted a plan Of or
ganization of his own, which is
both hateful and tyrannical.
5. He has driven from the coun-
sells of the party the ablest and
most popular men in 1t.
6. He has removed county CHAIR
men in order to pack conventions
to do his will.
Z. He has tried to force the unit
rule, to carry delegations to nation-
al conventions to represent him
and not the people.
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