New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-13
A PLEA FOR GEN. MALONE.
THE v1RGINIANs LOSE NO TIME IN IN
DIANAPOLIS.
orrvpA1, HARRISON TOLD IN GLOWING WORDS
OF THE VIRTUES OF THEIR CANDIDATE
For THE. cABnNET-MEAGRE COMFORT
. ,nvernFNT ELECT. -
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,-,,.nol,s Ian 12.-General Malone made
IA Cor a Cabinet portfolio to-day through
s.lOn s,ona.;or Of twenty-five Virginians. They
niS ms. - hodv On General Harrison this after
noon and after paying glowing ~
eral Malone as the man who proAe w 80 -
o.". nS ,rbo alone could break 1t again. they
.ho president-elect two elaborate sets o.
loiU - ,,,aorsino General Mahone's candidacy,
oassod nv the Republican State Committee OF
w;.-;aio o,d the other by the Republican members
~ r. v;.-irio legislature The Malone boom
" IN -. s,on ~ this either. The Virglnans say
80 .,~ithir a vcel, or two the Republican organ
izo,;ons in the seven original Confederate etaoes-
cor.h Carolina. Georgia, Florida Alabama NILS
siss;nni Louisiana and Texas-<wi JON fotces WIN
that of virginia in urging the selecuon Oh uenef'i
Malone ne the Souths representative IN inc Cio-
met The Republicans OF the Gun s"V' INC
Malone men say are sure TO send on ueieg'uions W
memorials. and some help of the same SOU j. ca
nected from North Carolina and Ienh.ssce' from
the accounts of the interview when ScVo'"i ., 'no
deleaates have given, General harrison H'Neu
cordially 70 his visitors, but said nothing ABOUT
General Malone and treated the whole op!ecC Vi
the visit in non-commttal way
The TWENTY-FIVE boomers represented very even
" the ten Congress districts in the ooa.e Inc
-, ., The Marty was Il. NJ. Waddell Of
Richmond, ex-United States District-A.'ofney lor
the Eastern District Of Virginia among the
others were b. Taylor McCue. of Richmond, DIR.
T. Il webb OF Harrisonburg, member OF the mouse
of delegates; Captain Asa Rogers, OF Petersburg
the secretary Of the Republican State Committee
Colonel II. De B. Clay, Of Newport News the
clerk of Warwick County and Fast Grand
Commander OF the Grand Army OF the Republic
in the State; j. @. Smith, ex-City Sergeant OF
Richmond J. S. Bethel, of Richmond. an officer
in the Richmond Assembly OF the knights oil
Labor; r. H. McCaull of Salem, the Clerk OF
Roanoke County and brother OF John a.
McCauli, the theatrical manager; Major ID. ii.
Windsor, of Alexandria; X b Berkeley, OF Prince
Edward County, descendant OF the Colonial
Governor; Colonel w. L. Craig, OF Staunton;
w. s. Lurty, of Harrisonburg, the ex-United States
District-Attorney for the Western District oil
the State: j. G. Newman, Judge of the Court
of Page County; Colonel j. p Profitt OF Floyd
Courthouse; Colonel S. Brown Allen OF Augusta
County: o. ID Foster of fredericksburg, and
T. S. Bogler, of Luray.
The delegation went up 20 General Harrison's
house about / o'clock Judge Waddell intro
duced the members, one by one. and then the
party went into the back parlof. There the chair
man exraincd in few words the object OF the
DELEGATIONS visit and referred 20 the representa-
tive character Of the perty. Then he introduces
Colonel Craig who read an address 70 the Presi-
deiit-elect The Malone men are nothing II not
thorough going in their eloquence Hesc is what
they say:
General Harrison: This committee comes here by
the authority and appointment Of the Republican
party Of Virginia. and for the best interests OF ina,
man a1 We desire The appointment OF General
Malone TO the CABINET because that Is the almost
ard because Il viii insure Republican success there
by invgorating tho Republicans and striking terror
to TIER enemes We oa hsley, dhSt virginia should
have 4 by reason o. her past Rrominet Racg ~
fact that all efforts 10 break tho Solid south had
failed and IN fact, the kspnoeaa organlaauoh "a
led the liberal movement In virginia, Whereby over
city thousand sIconsdeH,es aha .ns as. sTns .1eiIra
and for the first and only time since the war broke
Me SOLID south iqr four years so , iso
law, restoring the frco-school system and more
than doubling its efficiency supporting ne oha Si S
iunaiics and placing them In charitable insu-
iuilons, building an Insane asylum for tho insane
besides. incressng the Republican REPRESENTATION in
Congress from two 10 six members and electing two
In 1881, when the momentous responsibility was
placed upon General Malone In the United stairs sen
ate. he had the courage, in spite OF Democrauc ana
themas 20 save that body 10 the Republican party
of he Nation lie IS the only prominent man in the
south who dared 10 lead such a movement. who now
has a party AZ Ids back, eager and confident OF sue
Ills record is without parallel. poIucaliy, IN
ihe United states hoyer oeiS 81 oo men srom
ono party TO another It Is only ~ such
leadership as General Mahonels that The solid south
can be broen. As IN the North the sentiment OF The
FEDERAL sodlcry controls political opinion, so docs tho
sentiment Of the oxCon,ederae soldery control In The
South, and what the South needs Is hahono IN every
Southern State. -.
While It is true that the Republican party lost
control Of virginia In 1883 yet tna, hy which
The National party lost control OF the country In 1854
As TO the opposition against Malone In
amounts n1rgamt TO nothing sincc the last National
Convention recognized tho regular Republican organi1a-
oDposltion submit thereto AMI arc working IN accord
with the organization which we represent Tho rem
given to Il by tho democratic press and by the
Shadow OF encouragement gwen TO II by some OF our
Tho men who compose this remnant are without fol
lowers and have no Organization, not even single
sasae Fpnlly We sser Without fear Of contradc
ton that Al least ninety nine pgt OF every one hun,
next Cabinet. We represent the regular Republican
organization in Virginia. and that organization de,
tho Republican organization Of the Nation
When Colonel Craig had finished the address he
stepped forward and handed General Harrison n
copy OF the resolutions indorsing General Mahones
candidacy passed by the Republican State Com
mittce on December 49, DR.. Webb then delivered
similar resolutions voted by the Republican mem
bcrs Of the Legislature.
The Prcsidentelect's reply, as several OF the
delegates said afterward, was agreeable, but
general" As one member described the talk, Cen
eral Harrison said that no one was more anxious
than he for the success OF the Republican party
in Virginia and in the South. He was greatly
pleased 10 witness such an additional proof OF the
vitality and vigor of the Republican party oil
Virginia. He of all men, the delegation might
be assured, would take care to do nothing that
would tend to prevent or hinder the party's growth
there. He then thanked the delegation Tor the
interest which had led it 10 make the journey
the RESOLUTIONS which had been left with him
There were some other short speeches, and then
the delegation hurried of TO catch train Tor
Cincinnati. No other delegation has been here
yet which was so large and SO buSnessiike " us
methods, but 1t cannot be said that the vlrginians