Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-11
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two weeks before General GrOner's
last appearance, to my certain
knowledge, aud when l heard that
Gen. g. would appear again, did
not go to see him, because l knew
he would not appear If l gave him
what information l had, aud the
source from which obtained 1t,
and wanted him to make one
more effort, however vain tho hope.
ten. Groner did so, and quit the
city the same afternoon, have
reason to believe, in disgust.
Then came the
CUT AND DRIED PLAN
from Gen. MahOns's table.
1t was the
IDENTICAL ONE MAN PLAN
of organization without dOtting an
OF crossing at. Instead OF pub
fishing the plan, they sent forth
the announcement that the people
would call their own conventions
and elect their own county chair.
men.
THIS WAS UTTERLY FALSE.
Ii was LETT IN the power OF Gen.
Malone to remove and appoint
County Chairmen at his will, u
power which he has siuce welded
whenever necessary to have a
Malone man chairman to pack the
Norfolk convention with bis sat
elites, adding this insult to the
others nader which We have been
smarting since be surreptitiously
put this yoke upon us, all county
calls to be counterslgned,
APPROVED, WIN. MALONE, CHAIR
MAN"
1t must now be noticed that this
paper got out in the evening. Col.
Brady was no party to it. Gen.
Malone refused to have anything
whatever to do with him. Hence
only one side was consulted.
BIT Col. b. never gets lett il he
can help it. He forgot his furious
attitude at the Ebbett, and straight.
way went to the Office of the Pres,
edited by the very appropriately
nomenclatured Fox, where these
two proceeded to add the words
~ CONCUR IN THE ABOVE,
j. d. BRADY,
Mem. Nat. Rep. CON-"
The compromising Col. was at no
time asked by the Nat. Con. TO
concur. General Malone declined
to allow him to concur, and when
be heard how Col. B. had beaten
him Out of the Collectorahip, oven
though it was at the price Of apos-
tacy to his friends, the General
danced the "Mobile Buck" 10 such
music as be best renders under
similar circumstances.
War was declared, but peace
was soon restored by the awful
Quay.sylvanian proclamation,
"DAMN IT, MALONE
if he is Objectionable to you at
your bone, of course he will not
be confirmed
1t must now be observed that
Gen. Mahone's paper is only signed
by VI. S. Quay, Chairman Nat.
Com. Col. Brady's IS signed By
the subcommittee. AS these other
gentlemen did not sign Mahone's
paper | was at a loss to know why
they signed Brady's. followed
the case up early in the morning
and ascertalned that some Of the
names of the Nat. Com. TO that
paper we're unauthorized. | was
too late TO see all, but if only one
name was put there without au-
thorlty, it justlhes the opinion |
then formed that none of them
signed 1t. Col. Brady was at no
time a party to the Malone COM
promise. He simply compromised
himself, and with himself. knew
from Gen. Malone that Col. B.
was one Of the men he would not
treat with.
On the day before these papers
saw sunlight I gave Mr.. Snowden,
of the Alexandria Gazette, iDfor.
nation of what was to be the out.
come at Chamberlain, and in the
afternoon l wrote a brief sketch of
it for him, which was published
the same evening. sent copy
to Mr.. "Reynsrd of the Press for his
morning paper, hoping such in.
formation would head off Col. B.
before committing his rash act. 1t
was promptly returned with regret,
saying it would be published merit
morning if desired. The yoong
man who took the paper knew
somewhat of the farce, and laugh.
ingly announced that Col. B. and
Mr.. Fox were together aud quite
busy. IN six hours from that time
Col. BIS and Mr.. Fox's paper was
on the streets aud newstAnds.
The now quite loyal Mr.. Fox who
writes Of"kickers" with such cam
paign lugubrty will be remembered
as the same pleasant faced old
gentleman, who played a good
second to the Philippe of the Col.
at the Ebbitt.
The Quay proclamation did quick
work, for the ground was 10 good
order. Washington was full Of Vir-
glnians seeking p. Os, and other
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