Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-29

Ivan P. Vance. W. s. De Shields,
Sheffey Lewis, ]. H. Rives, ]. A. Thay-
er. @. c. Clark, 7. I. Nichols, d.
Libbey, Judge John Booker, G. Z.
Rounds, ex.Gov. Cameron, S. Patterson
and seventy-ive or eighty others: 80 many
of them arrived last night, that pre-
liminary meeting was organized then with
ex. Congressman Brady ss chairman and Z. Z.
Clark as secretary. 1t was addressed by eA-
Senator Riddleberger. ex-CoDgressman Bra
dy. COL Berkeley and others, all in opposi.,
lion to the one man power assumed an0
held by General Malone. AT the regular
meeting held to-day. the officers OF last
nights meeting were retained. MANY
speeches were made to the same ehecs as
those of last night and resolution was
adopted making in effect the following
proposition to General Malone: That
committee of FIVE be appointed, Two TO De
selected by the kickers, two by the Manone'
ties aud these four to select the hfth one,
who shall take charge of the party's affairs
until the next State convention shall ap
point committee for that purpose; that
the committee shall fix The time aOd place
for the next State convention aud for the
CIV anu w WV
oates thereto, select the temporary chair
man of these assemblages, see that they are
of the same character in all the counties and
cities that is, that they must all be conven
tons or all mass meetings, and Dot mass
meetings in some and conventions In
others. and that the State convention
shall select it's temporary as well as
ts psrmauent chairman. The meeting
then determined to call in body upon the
President at one o'clock, selected Mr.. Brady
to Introduce them, and Governor Cam
eron to state their case for them, and ap.
pointed committee to assist the Governor
in the preparation OF his statement. The
meeting then adjourned to reassembe al
six o'clock this evening. Not single ne
gro was present at the meeting. Among
the Alexandrians present were Messrs.
Lewis Mckenzie, G. Moore, c. Mills, F. L
Corbett, Graves, Warfeld, and E. b.
Gregory. The absence of Messrs. AgneW
and L. w. Corbett was commented upon, as
it was said that General Malone knew well
enough that they we're not with him, and
as he always treats those who are not with
him as he does those who ere against him.
At one O'Clock those who were present at
the meeting filed cut of the hotel two by
two, and marched on through the
Treasury Department to the White
House. in the East Room of which the
President received them, but, to their great
disappointment and chagrin, just as ne re-
ceived the public. no speaking bcirg allow.
ed 1t was said afterwards that commit
tee would present their case at some
subseq uent time. They went to the
White House in the full flush OF
expected victory, but left 1t as
those who had suffered disastrous de-
| feat. Each bad his doleful tale TO tell. MIR.
! Mckenzie when asked how the President
had received them? replied: He'sa humoug,
sir, no account, sir. MIR. Gregory said II he
had known SO much before he went
to the White House as he did
afterwards he wouldn't have gone there
at all, and Mr.. Mills said, ne was dspged
sorry he went there. Before the meeting
adjourned MIR. Riddleberger, in talk
with the GAZETTE's correspondent, said
he knew General Malone would reject
the proposition that 1t had been determined
should be offered him, and would assign az
the reason for doing SO that it was not for
b m, but for herepublicsn party OF Virginis,
TO accept or reject proposals relating to the
party, and that knowing this be had voted
against making any such proposal, as be did
not think there ought to be any more nego-
tiations with the General. The eX Senator
said the opposition to Malone was even
greater than he had thought it was, and tbst
the only two speakers the General had left
were Mesars. Allen and McCeulI, and the
former was of so little advantage that in the
lest psign the republicans in the first dis-
trict had asked that his appointments to
speak there be cancelled. While all this
was going on General Malone had his
| scouts out, and received their reports at
| Cheubeflin'a, leaning back in his arm
chair, smoking his Havana cigar, watching
the smoke thereof ascend in del
icate wreath; toward the ceiling, and
smiling SO though that ascent sug.
gested tie idea that the obj ,ct of the
kickers bad alao eoro up in smoke
His friends arc in the best or spirits, say that to
ACCEPT tho proposition Of the kickcrs would DO TO
| have negro chairmen in half the counties OF the
State, and that such chsirmcn at election times,
| by means which tile democrats know so woll how
to adopt would use their rowcrsas to DO the dem
ocratic party no harm. When the kckers 70.
| turned to tho Ebbitt House they held another
meeting and appointed committee of ten to wait
] on the President and max an appointment with
| him for visit by the delegation at some future
| time.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
A. W. WrenD, au old and respected cit!-
zsn of Culpeper, died on Saturday evening