Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-31
A PRETTY FIGHT.
THAT OF THE MAHoNEIrEs AND THE
AnTLMAHoHEITEs
The Bitterness Irereases-Blair, Again
Cabbsge-The Premature Appoint
ment Of Mr.. Tucker-Briefs.
From Our Regular Correspondents

Il was 80 easy 10 get at the facts. Some OF
the ostensible errors which baye occurred In
the printed accounts were made on pnr-
pose. one OF the papers at least Is
doing all IT can TO boost up Virginia's areh-
enemy. would-be Boss Billy Malone, and Is
now striving TO have 1t appear that PresI-
dent Harrison coolly and abruptly snubbed
the anti Ashone delegation who called yes
terday at the White House. The fact thst
the President informed the spokesmen OF
the delegation that he Was compelled to
take the tram In few minutes Tor
! New York Ia made much OF by the news.
papers which would be only too glad
10 see Malone triumph once more
in Virgins. when General Groner on the
10th OF the month issued bis circular for
the meeting here yesterday he did not know
that President Harrison had planned trip
TO Brooklyn. Indeed, the anti-Mahone Re-
pubicsns knew nothing Of the contemplated
trip until thev reached the city night before
last. II Is true that Ex-Governor Cameron
| and General Groner did not have a chance
10 make any formal remarks at the White
| House Yesterday, but the President, although
! ina hurry TO get away, courteouslv Informed
the visiting Republicans that II they would
appoint q committee he would tx special
hour for meeting the committee General
| Harrison then shook hands with each OF the
200 anti-Mahone Republicans who had called
upon him, and before leaving the civ sent
| over n note 10 the Ebbitt House 10 make
doubly sure that the "antis " Understood
that be was anxious to confer with their
| leaders. The newspapers friendly TO Ma
hone. however, are trying to create the i'm.
| III eSsion that the "antis" have been snubbed
and that would.be Boss Billy is on top.
The commitee which has been appointed
TO wait upon the President on bis return to
Washington is composed OF the following
well-known "sickers," rs Malone and his
hencbman call the "sntis": Ex-Governor
William l.. Cameron, ex.Congressman James
| ID. Brady, General V. ID. GTOuer, W. II.
Mosby, p. O'CoDnor, +. Wilkerson, e&-
Senator John f. Lewis. ex-senator Riddle
berger, Colonel Il. b. Berkeley, Maior o. L.
! Hine, Jacob ;. Eggbprn. W. ;. Dashieli,
Lewis Mckenzie. j. II. Rlves, ex-ConeTess-
man Libbev, Colonel james \. Frazier,
judge W. Wilouehby, s. j. Nichols, W.
| A. Pattie, aud Dr. Richard 5. Wise.
| 1t is presumed that President Harrison
will Tomorrow let the committee know
when he can meet them and near what the
anti Malone people have 10 say regarding
| the row In the party ranks. The probabll-
ties are that the audience will be given on
| Saturday. Nearly all Of the members OF the
committee given in the list above sre still in
! the city, but most OF the 200 "antis" outside
OF the committee have returned 10 their re-
| spective homes.
| II looks as II the President IL going to
| have hard time In making up his mind as
TO which faction he should recognize. The
chances are that he Will be compelled to
| continue TO throw out sOpS to first one lac
! ton and then the other, just as be has been
doing for the past few weeks.
The bitterness OF feeling between the two
III
ing, and as Malone is said to have no idea OF
meeting the ants" bali way on the road to
harmony the "antis" must either once more
! sink their manhood and wear his collar or
else continue their fight, Just a. the "kick-
ers" did in Pennsylvania a few years
ago, when Cooper and Quay became
| 80 arbitrary and unjust After all
the fight between the Virginia factions f.
over the officiai patronage, and 1t really does
not make much difference to the Democrats
which side wins. 1t IS interesting, however,
| 10 watch the worry aud concern OF both fac
tions, and the embarrassing part which
President Harrison is asked to play in the
thing.
BLAIR-AGAIN.
Congressman Houk, Of Tennessee. whose
moonshine" WAYS aud habits did more
than ANYTHING else TO cut ex.Attorney-Gene-
raj Blair, OF WytheviIle, ont OF the solicitor
generalship and its $1,000 per year pay and
| highly -impoTtant duties, has been from all
accounts badly squelched in more depart
ments than one. He is regarded as the most
| pestiierous Republican congressman who
| has haunted the departments since
| the 4th Of March, and II was
| sad day for Colonel Blair when he asked
the Tennessee "Moenshiner" to champion
| his cause. Blair had no chance from the
| IL f,r,l, IN, Ia dor. 2 no
claims Of his bacEers that he would surely
win were noticed but discounted. Many of
| the Virginia Republicans are now Wonder-
ING what Office Colonel Blair Will next be
! trying to get his clamps on. An old fellow
came here in 1885 from Kentucky full Of the
| idea thai be would be appointed Minister to
| Italy, but he was finally willing TO take a
messengers place in a department at S720
per wear, which place he holds to the pres
ent day. Colonel Blair eau probably do
! better than this, in spite OF the fact that ho
was so horribly crushed on the first round.
CABBAGE.
There Is runlor here that Colonel Blair is
| so disguised with politics that be is going 20
! pull for good and all and devote himself en-.
| tirely to the practice OF law st Wytheyile,
and as side issue he will engage largely IN
| the cultivation OF cabbage. lie had an eXpe-
couple OF years ago, which Is so familiar 10
| the people OF that section OF the State that he
| is alluded 10 by many OF his friends a. Cab
bage" Blair. He got 80 enthusiastic on the
| subject of raising cabbage As Colonel Null
| berry Sellers was on boys, and told the peo-
| pie OF Wvthe that there was "millons in
| IT," The result was that nearly everybody
went into the cultivation OF cabbage In the
county and produced such 8 large crop that
the market was glutted and prices went
down.
A FORCIBLR STATEMENT.
Ex-President Cleveland certainly made
one forcible statement at the Young Mems
dinner In New York Monday night, when
he said that Harrison was trying to "stitle
the press The President has scattered so
many offices among the Republican news
paper editors. proprietOrs, and writers that
few OF the papers have bad any comment 10
make on the "premsture" appointment OF
Beverly Tucker, Of Virginia, TO be men,
Der Of the Hayten Commission which See>
rotary Blame proposes to send down TO
Hayti. The New York Tribune is as silent
as a clam-does not give the news even,
much less indulge in comment. Had Presl-
dent Cleveland, four years ago, appointed
Beverly Tucker TO anything there would
have been al unearthly howl from all the
leading Republican papers OF the land.
Rather odd Is II that the protest against Mr..
fuckers appointment comes from Demo-
cratic and Mugwump newspapers.
In looking around for the influence which
caused the premature appointment OF
Mr.. Tucker II is well to bear IN mind that
ex.Congresman John Randolph Tucker and
Secretary BlAipe are personally on the most
friendly terms, though opposed politically.
The withdrawal OF Beverly fuckers name
in sueh a hurry reminds the public OF the
quick action OF President Cleveland and Sc
cretsry Endicott in regard 10 the battle-tsgs,
and OF course the blame was all put on Gen
erai Drum. These seem TO be parallel
cases, Harrison aud Blaine have rereated
uuder FIRE from the press ~ rapidly as did
Cleveland and Endicott q couple OF years
ago.
Representative McCresry, OF Kentucky,
who has been here since last Thursday, met
several newspaper correspondents on "tbe
Row " to-day, and said 81 have not found
apy Democratic members OF Congress here,
but find lots OF Republicans. By the way,