Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-26
BOSS BILLY B0BS UP.
LITTLE GENERAL G. HIS PROSpeo o
POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE.
Tho Matter OF the Paris Mission-""''
Mnhoneites Wish 20 Get
Rid of Him.
rrom ans Rerular corro.pondentl


wAsn1yerov. March 25.-An unusuaiiy
well-posted Virginia Republican wsa nT
now IN the city and who has always u ain ~
with the Malone wing said to-day ~
gard 10 the rumor that General Manon n
| mioht poesibly be appointed COnsul-Gehc
raj to Paris: II know enough about VIZ D,s
| is going on since this AdministIatlon; 81 "a
hold of affairs 10 say that i am sa'1 d.
that if Malone could get the md nd
consulate he would not refuse ~, "Iu
all this talk to the effect InaI Nv
would not have il is mere stuh ne u nm
| il mighty quick, in ms OPINION. anu WIZ WIZ
| he has probably not asked for the posi'iiIIn
personally. know it to be tact tIls. uIo
President has been approached on lne .s ~
ject by friends of Malone 10 give nm SOM
I good position in either the dlpioha'io Vi
consular service.
BLAINE IN HIS WAY.
last spring Malone was not averse 70
| taking a mission, but Secretary bIaine
stood in his way having, deciarcu Up ~
| Malone should have nothing from VIZ
State Department with his consent. On
Mahone's crushing defeat in virginia MS
political friends outside of the state nave
/ suggested ut least that he ought TO go
| abroad. and the Paris cons late ~
! "A place that no one IN Mahoho
present attitude could afford 70 refuse
| if it were offered. The publication
/ Of what has been going on IN tins GOMEZ
/ ton may possibly interfere with turtIer
| consideration of Mahoue's name, as the
! fight for the Office is becoming spirit
| ed. and Mr.. Blaine ~ not going % 90 any
| thing handsome for q man Ike MahQne il
he can help it. We all know here what
contempt Mr.. Blaine has for Malone on
| account Of the secret circular when the
latter issued in Virginia against the Se ere
| tary of State when he was last o candidate
| for the presidential nomination"
had HEARD IT.
The information sent She Dispatch regard
| inc the report that General Malone was
| being mentioned in connection with TINS
position came from seemingly authentic
sources. and Republican at that. No less
than a half dozen Virginia Republicans
when asked what they knew about
the matter admitted that they had heard
the subject talked over In Washington
three weeks AGO. The anti-Mahone peo-
pie arc sincerely hoping that the Ittle
boss will be hanished. but they fear that
such q good thing will not happen THIS
year. II he remains in Virginia several or
the "antis' now in Washington declare
that 1t will be fun to watch the tussle next
summer and fall in the Fourth congress
sionai district between the little boss ana
Colonel Brady.
MAY DE FORCED TO RUN.
Things are going to be 80 hot down That
way in political circles that some OF the
Virginia Republicans are already hlnting
| tlatlf Malone is not banished he may pos.
sibly be forced to run for Congress hlmselI
IN the district in order to head Oh Colonel
Brady, especially as the Collector has Just
whipped the boss in the fight IN
the Senate for confirmation, ana IN
addition thereto Brady has public
/ lv declared here under the shadow
| Of the Goddess of Liberty that he dld not
give n snap of his finger for Malone ana
| all the Mahoneites in Virginia" Colonel
| Brady is in Office and he ought 10 be able
to make 1.-THE boys" under him whoop 1t
up for Boss Billy in the congressional cam
paign whether Boss Billy Is few months
| hence in Paris or Petersburg.
WORKED Up.
Just now the Virginia Republicans
/ whom YOUR correspondent has met within
| n few days are considerably worked up on
| the subject of Malone, and they appear
anxious TO know what he viii drive at
POLITICALLY within the next six months.
1t Is "a well-known fact that Malone was
anxious to run for Congress in 1885 Just as
! his senatorial term was expiring, and he
| tried TO get Colonel Brady 10 give him a
clear field, but the Colonel wasn't willing.
and Mahoue then laid him out. and had
judge William +. Games nominated.
/ That was the beginning Of the present
/ enmitv between the boss and the collector,
| and the row was kept up until the Demo-
Gratis captured the black district.