The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-07-17

chairman of this committee, and it was
in accordance with the fitness OF things
that he should call the meeting III the
District of Columbia instead of the State
of Virginia, after his crushing and over
whelming condemnation by the people
of this State last November. The paper,
it is stated, was drawn up by General
Malone himself. Whether the entire
clerical work was performed by him or
not, is immaterial. 1t is an emanatlOn
from his brain, and bears his ear marks
through every line, in the insidlous
way i'll which he attempts to conceal his
real thoughts and feelings. He insists
that there shall be no formal Or
ganization and contest in the several
Congressional districts this fall, alleging
as a reason for this that a free election
could not be obtained under the Nc
Cormick Anderson election law. This
is all sham and pretense. He wishes to
convey the impression by this con-
temptible device, that his disgraceful de-
feat last fall was attributable to that
law The fact is, it was the result of
the contempt and disgust the people of
Virginia feel for him, and if those who
were opposed to him had done their
duty in that election, the popular re-
suit would have shown 100000 majority
against him instead of 10000. He
knows, or ought to know, that there
is not district in the State that would
not repudiate any candidate he should
have nominated for Congress. Ii his
1 hand is recognized in the nomination in
the 4th district, where there is a Repub-
lican majority of 5000. he will be de-
feated. Ii it is recognized in the 2nd
district, where there is a Republican
majority of 1000, the candidate SO ac-
cepting the nomination will be de-
feated The LIST and 3rd districts, now
represented by Republicans, would re
cord similar result. and the State on
the popular vote would be $4,000 at least
against him. 1t is to escape from such
deluge that he is essaying to sneak out
of the contest and deceive the people
by alleging that it is because of the
existence of the Mccormick Anderson
law. Bad is that law is, and as afro
cious as the wrong it was designed to
make possible, if the emergency re
uuired, it is nothing more than Dor
rowed form and spirit from his owr
creation. He is really the author of it
and had it in force under his Readjustel
organization 1t is the climax of i'm
pudence, therefore, for General Malone
to intimate that any degree of corrup
ton and fraud could shock his sensibili
ties or divert him from purpose he
holds to be essential to his own aggran
disement Nothing but the conscious
ness that the people of Virginia, ire
spective of party, would repudiate ano
condemn him, even in more emphatic
manner than they did last fall, has
brought from him this whine of injured
innocence and Pecksniffian concern
for fair elections and honest count
Boiled down, it is an evident confession
that the people of Virginia not only
have no respect for or confidence II
him. but despise him, and that there il
not enough power in party organization
to force them to surrender their self
respect by supporting any thing tina
enanates from him. That is the kerne
of it.
His reference to the campaign of 1886
and the Republican success OF tha
year is of piece with the insolent as
sumptions running through the address
1t is true that Mr.. Barbour, the theI
Chairman of the Democatic Committee
was out of the country at the time, anf
that fact may have had some effect upol
the Democratic organization. 1t il
true, also, that General Malone, while
in the State, was out of the canvass
and had no more to do with the Repub
lican side Of the contest than Mr.. Bar
bour did with the Democratic side
Mahone's offensive personality was not al
issue Each district managed its own af
fairs, and the Republicans elected six on
of the ten members of Congress, while thu
Democrats elected only three-one be
ing an Independent, who defeated thu
regular Democratic nominee-the Re
publicans carrying the State on thu
popular vote by 10000 majority. Thi
ratio of party representation in Con
gress could have been maintained il
1888, had Malone retired from the chair
: manship and kept aloof from activ'
party management But this he die
Il oIci, ha
was his personal making, when he wa
not known in the contest. Presumins
upon the result of 1886, he entered thu
canvass of 1887 as a candidate for tn
United States Senate, and the re
suit was Il two-thrds Democratic ma
. iority in the Legislature. In 1888, h
thrust himself to the front again, ant
by his treachery defeated the regula
Republican nominee in his own district
and the Republican nominee in the 10tf
district, and deprived the Presidential
ticket of the electoral vote of Virginia
1t was the spirit manifested of rule O
ruin which has always governed and in
spired him, and which controls hin
to-day. He would like to make it APP
pear that he is a martyr OF the Nc
Corniick- Anderson bill, and thus invite
sympathy from Republicans elsewhere
when the fact is it is because the people
have determined that Malone shall
never again rule this State. He wouk
not receive $4,000 votes were he befor,
the people for any State office, or fo
any other position in the gift of thu
free suffrages of the masses, and that il
the whole of it. So.
We will support any true Republican
who is placed before the people fo
Congress, or any other office by the FREE
choice of the voters of the district di
rectly interested. We will support M
man who comes before the people will
Mahone'S brand upon him, and wearing
Mahone's collar. And in making thi
announcement, we voice the sentiment
of three-fourths of the self-respectins
Republicans of the State, although the,
may not be so out spoken. Virginia il
Republican State when a free expires
sion of public sentiment can be ha6
upon the principles and policies of tha
party. 1t is an anti Malone State by
100000 majority, whenever that issu.
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