Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-07-24
Malone Has the Turkey.

The tfkickers" must have been uncom-
monty anxious to surrender to General
Malone, or they would not have accepted
the so-called compromise which he, with
the cOnnivance or assistance of Quay and
others, offered to them in Washington a
few days ago. "You may take the buzzard
and 1'll take the turkey, or 1 will take the
turkey and you may have the buzzard," is
the generous offer which "the boss" has
made to the "bolters," and which they are
expected to accept, Or perhaps We ought
rather to say have accepted or pretended to
accept. The "kickers" remind us of de-
serters from an army marching through
woods and over rivers to find some officer
Again: they are like the fellow who cried
out in view of threatened fight, 1.-TWO of
you hold the other fellow. One man can
hold me-"
But are we not doing injustice to the
| Wise Groner faction? We shall see. Ger
tainly we do not wish to misrepresent their
behavior. They have our sympathies.-
Time will soon tell whether they will sell
themselves for-nothing; for this is
what they are to get under the Quay 'com-
promise"
| Under this extraordinary "compromise"
the boilers agree that the delegates and
alternates shall be elected for each county
and city at time and place to be fixed by
the chairman of the State Committee. Who
| is the chairman of the State Committee?
Nobody else than General Malone. The
bolters' organization vanishes in the light
of this agreement. General V. D. Groner
has all along been claiming to be the chair
man of the Republican State Committee,
but he and his craftsmanship have suddenly
disappeared. The Quay agreement pro-
vides that "the chairman of the State Com
mittee" shall "fix" the times and places
for the meetings to elect delegates to the
State Convention, and without word OF
protest SD far as we have heard, General
1 Groner allows his craftsmanship TO be
buried, and agrees that Mahone's chair.
county and city in the State! Yes, "the
chairman of the State Committee" is Ma.
hone. The boilers have acknowledged him
as their boss, whilst they have consigned
Groner to private life now and forever. In
the Washington Post of yesterday it is
stated that the National Committee ap'
proved of the call for State convention to
| be issued by William Malone "as chairman
of the regular commitee." Just so. Ma
hone ia all in all. He ''fces" the times
and places for elecs:ng the delegates
Groner is irregular-he is bolter. His
committee is no committee. The State
Committee of the Republican party is Ma.
homes committee.
The same tone marks Mahone's letter to
Quay. He says, sat a meeting of the State
Committee of the Republican party" sc.
He does not claim merely that his is one OF
the State committees-both setting up the
same claim to be regular. Oh, no, Groner's
committee was totally ignored in this letter
of July 17tb. Malone refuses to mention
that CON mittee, or to acknowledge its ex-
istence. Read Mahone's language: He
writes to Quay that his committee wished
to respond as far as possible to 'certain
suggestions made in communication dated
May &c. 1889, and signed By =. D. Gro1aer."
This vas of course Groner's Washington
city communication. General Malone
scorns 10 say to Quay that Groner claims
TO be chairman OF the Republican State
| Committee.
Does anybody suppose that the Republi-
can National Committee had hand in pre-
pairing the call for the State Convention?
We do not so understand it. On the con-
trary, Mshone drew up the call and sub
mitted it to Quay's committee "for their
consideration and alao for their endorse
rent if it shall meet their APPROVAL
Those are Mahone's own words. No pro-
vision is made for changes. And Quay,
answering Malone, says:
"We approve of the call for State con-
veution to be held on the 22d Of August,
1889, and signed by William Malone as
chairman"
The Democrats of Virginia will be warn
ed by these proceedings of the fierce con-
test that is before them.-Richnsond Dis
match