Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-03

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| Democratic ballot, believing that this will
be the most eifectuaf way OF burying Ma
hone and promoting the interests OF true
| Republcanism.
HOW MANY THERE ARE.
Mr.. Winfield Scott, Of Flovd. who was
/ at one time Storekeeper of the Peniten-
| tiary. came here on business as well as
| politics. He says there are great many
persons in his section OF the state VINO
! have hitherto affiliated with the Republi-
cans who declare that they will not sup
port Malone.
| When asked how many Of these he
| thought there are in the State Mr.. Scott
/ replied that there may be anywhere from
| ten 10 forty thousand. He gave the es-
/ innate broad latitude so as to allow for the
/ large number who will between now and
election change their positions and fall
into line and vote for General Malone.
! GENERAL GRoSER's VIEWS.
| General V. ID. Groner left for Norfolk on
/ the o'clock train last evening. This gen.
/ tleman was at the death of Captain ID. T.
( Houston elected chairman of the Anti
/ Malone Republican Stete Committee and
remained in that position until the COM
promise effected in Washington several
months ago by the terms of which tins or
ganization became extinct, the National
Committee having recognized General Ma
/ hone and his committee as the representa-
tives of the party organizationin the state.
! General GrOner is still recognized AS the
/ leader of the "kickers," as they are
/ frequently dubbed and it was he who
/ called Tuesday nights assemblage TO order
| and made speech of a half-hOur explain
ing the terms of the compromise and ar
! raigning Malone for his unscrupulous
/ course and his failure to sign and execute
/ the agreement TO which he gave his assent.
: General Groner was seen Mt the Exchange
/ shortly before be left for home and asked
/ for an expression of opinion as TO the pres
{ ent political situation.
II don't know" said he. " that the con-
ference will have any decided effect one
way or another. The result of the campaign
/ though has Oeen pretty thoroughly and, L
/ think, correctly discounted in advance.
Malone is going to be beaten, and the only
/ question is rs to the majority. On this
| point am hardly prepared TO express my
! self, but judging from the assurances
which | have received from reliable gem
/ tlemen gll over the State. there are great
many Republicans who will not support
/ Malone and don't think he can possibly
[ poll over l25, 900 votes. The Democrats. on
/ the eother hand, will poll alarge increase over
/ the Cleveland figures and II may reach l63.-
1 600. The nomination of Malone as his own
/ candidate and by convention selected by
/ his personal direction has had the effect, as
| any sane man might have foreseen Of
arousiug every element in both parties
! that is opposed 20 him, and the result will
/ be that the Republican vote will be less
/ ened, and 10 2 corresponding degree there
will be enthusiasm aud energetic work
among the Democrats where otherwise
there might have been apathy and in-
! activity"
NO POWER COULD ELECT HIM.
"Mahone's election" the General con-
tinued. "is an impossibility. Neither the
! liberal use of money nor any other IN
Z huence can be made sufficiently potent to
/ accomplish this result. For this Malone
/ is solely responsible. and in his defeat he
need neither blame the Administration nor
/ the National Committee. His persistence
/ in adhering to his own plan of Orgauiza-
/ ton is of itself sufficient TO defeat him.
/ The people have disapproyed the plan, the
National Committee said it should be
| altered and MahOne's own convention
/ adopted a resolution and appointed COM
mittee to report new plan. II there Las
! been any change made only he and his
/ special few are aware of II. We certainly
I know of none. All over this State where
the voters have elected their chairmen
Malone has beheaded them and appointed
men of his own choice. ard the delegates
/ 10 the Norfolk convention were practically
appointed by him"
THE CONFERENCE.
General Gr0ner again referred to Ma
/ homes action in connection with tho conf
promise. and added when | met the Ma
/ tional Committee and they decided against
/ our organization and recognized MahOne's,
i we lot ours 20 20 pieces, being determined
/ 10 bow submissiyely TO tho viii OF our
suDeriOrs. Some of us-acting lndlyldu-
L. MI in no n u n
pacitv-decided 10 hold this conference,
/ not designing particularly to map out any
policy. but to lay before our friends the facts
| IN connection with the compromise and
/ the circumstances under which il was en-
/ tered into. Before deciding upon this
I course received letters from all over tho
State making inquiries which | thought
should be answered in this manner, and
/ the conference was then agreed upon"
General GrOner expressed himself as dis
appointed in the conference in that he
found very strong sentiment there In IA
yor of publicly declaring for Mckinney.
He would not advise any one not To vote
this way, but was afraid such public decla-
rations would cause many 10 stray from
the fold and make it very difficult If not
impossible TO keep the party in line and
ready for future conflicts.
WHY MALONE RUNS.
1T is a mystery to me-" continued tho
General. why Malone, being II man of
such foresight and clear vision, should
have allowed himself to be put up. II
must be that he thinks by the use of
money, aided by his strong personality, he
can be elected. or seeing that there IS no
chance for him, he is determined TO run
and in his defeat give a stab to the Admin
istration. which has not yet acceded to all
of his wishes"
SENTIMENT AT THE HOTELS.
The correspondent of the New York
HraH, in his special published yesterday,
said:
Cameron faced a group of Republicans
and said " / shall not support Malone;
that is settled. and don't know whether
it is better TO vote for Mckinney, but |
won't. Malone sold Us out three years
ago"
Fx-United States Senator Lewis, tall and
lank, with plentiful fringe Of gray .whis-
kers on his neck and wearing gray slOuch
hat and black google IN his right eye
stalked out of the supper-room and INTO
! the lobby.
My policy, do you ask2" he said.
Why my policy IS TO vote for Mckinney
! and thus kick Malone sky high"
George G. Round, northern man and n
Grand Army veteran who settled in Nir-
ginia at the close of the war, and who was
a member Of the Republican State Com;
mittee in 1872 when Virginia was carried
for Grant. walked up 10 a group and said
Il will vote for Mckinney. That Is tho
only way TO give Malone the good beating
that he deserves Once rid OF Malone We
can organize general Republican party in
Virginia again"
DIR. HOge's Services.
Dr. Hoge was assisted IN his services last
NIGHT by Rev. DR.. McIlwaine. OF Hampden-