The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-15
THE LATE GEN. MALONE.
Gen. Lee Considered Him the Abiest
of His soldiers

Gen. Malone. after his term as senator
expired in 1887. remained at Washington
city, having no apparent business en-
Eagements. He lived all these years at
John Chamberlin's, his son. Butler. be-
ing his constant companion. The sight
OF the queer old man. with his long heard.
white slouch hat ruffled shirt and high
heelcd boots sitting at breakfast AT
noon. was a familiar one 10 pedestrians
on Fifteenth street
All OF the conferences of the Virginia
Republicans for nearly ten years past
have been held at Chamherlin's. and il
was In the public dining room Of the ho-
tel that Malone gathered about him the
leaders q what fer time was a power
fgl political faction in the old Dominion
i was one OF the pecularities Of Ma
hone OF Virginia" as he delighted 10
style himself 10 keep his hat on his head
at all times when not asleep. He was al
ways apparently as avcrse 20 walking as
% removing his hat. and the drivers OF
the brCkeu-aown street hacks in the vi
C.n.ty of Chambcrlin's were ever on the
lockout for signal from the "oId man"
as they called him
At The time Malone was in The senate
he was reputcd 70 be a rich man. bp, OF
late years his fortune had been fsIttcred
away In bed spcculations and law suits
until his friends began to regard him as
being In very straiteBcd circumstances
During the last Two congresses Malone
with the aid Of Don Cameron and other
Influential friends IA congress made a
desperate EFFORT &c get az approximation
Tor the purchase az his property in the
h0re Of saving himself from barx~llntrv-
determines Hght was made by the opno-
sltion. composed chiefly OF the owners ~
other building sites and the chasing
weeks of both sessions Of the past twc
congresses have been made asrecfa1,-
lively and Interesting by the SIGHT over
the Malone site" In spite or he fact
that che committees Of both senate ana
house and lsvge majority % repr~ser-
tatiEes were strongly opposed 20 the Ma
hone site. an amendment was added ~
the sundrv civil appropriation nia last
session providing for its purchase The
bin was one ~ the last 20 ~, utlt t--e,,--
fhe hopper tr che closing hours. and dur
tcE che y0rt0-s v0'l calls tN7f were taken
tn thc senate on the proposition Cen Ma
bore ana his son stood IN tire lobby u-5.A
csliv sheets i0 their hands keenirr an
on tr@i- friends ans fhair enemies o., T,f.t
view 40 gre crowd - spectators v-Aa
tHrorECf tha marble room and the ~o~~f
doris. and ~ where even ERE senators r-7t,r4
So tHem through ire glass doors ~ fna
senate chamber Tire Malone sara-o~.
were 'oval b1t ~ the aeaa u 7irht So
tha rriVa-r of The conference roor, ~
amend merit was stricken ou- under ~
tAreet 30 fhe No8ss rcuferces thai - {.
9as rTt done TIE entire b,G would be =.
fentei When TIRE news reached fhe one
s5se coT-'Tors. tAr senator ana rfs son
v#a ha8 Hhv5ly take~ -fu-e 70 ssea- ~
eHt .Hr t-e ra~t two saws. soc into thef~
~.cEsfV back ara wflhcut ,vo~4 ~
complaint sent back 20 Chamherlfa's.
game I'D tre lset
tarr- l5s- SUM- 1e~ Cen Malone heff
~"oferrnees with gre leaders -
f- fFn-h'tra1 ravfv in Ttrrfn.a. man
fnc aot fh- PLAN 81 s car1ralEu I4e Of
tarrH @n hrte ftr Republican success
r fEat the rev election law a.
srSinaa ~as framed ar1 PASSED Tor the