The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-15
A REPUBLICAN SPLIT
ExPECTED At THE ELECTIOS OF
GENERAL NE'ssUCCEssOR.
The Position Colonel Brady Occupies-The
Fight Against Gormanism Attract
ing Much Attention.


members from each OF the ten congress
slonal districts OF the State. making
nifty In all, shall assemble in Petersburg,
there viii be no general harmony In the
absence OF General Malone. he was
the chairman OF the State Committee ana
director-general OF the party, he was
also the member Of the National Repub-
lican Committee for the state.
The latter committee will meet in this
city next month to determine important
questions touching the best interests Of
the party, especially as they concern GER
tain preliminary matters relating 10 the
presidential nomination OF next summer
The Republican politicians or virginia
have their eyes ana ears on the chahsed
situation. az occasioned by the death OF
General Malone. The King Is dead'
and the famous exclamation OF Long
live the King." has now no fitting place
in the Virginia Republican situation
General Malone had no mortgage, ana
could not assign anything TO ANYBODY
AT the first committee meeting 10 ai-
minister on his political estate, II IL De
lleved here there Will be row. C0i-
onel James -. Brady, his old antagonist,
who has had a law office In this city
since his retirement from the ONCE OF
revenue collector. viii endeavor to taAe
the control OF the organization into MS
own hands. Brady is the attorney IN
all the contested election cases from
Virginia. and much will depend on the
influence Of Speaker Reed as TO the~
facilitation, final settlement. etc.
Brady has had long experience reist-
ing 10 the election of delegates and their
management at presidential conventions
The friends Of Reed will be anxious 10
secure his services. and so VIII ne
friends OF other rival candidates. lie
will make a bold bid for himself OF some
friend who will represent him and his
interests This action OF his will De
resented by the friends OF the dead chalr-
man. and il Is believed that bad oiood
will come 10 the surface at the nrst
committee meeting OF the party
When politicians of their kind fall out,
II is not too much to hope that honest
Democrats will get their dues.
THE MAINLAND CAMPAIGN
The bitterness which characterizes the
campaign in Maryland. ana the tact tn.At
| Senator Gorman 40 long regarded as one
| of tho foremost Democratic leaders Is
arraigned before the party OF his state
ttpon charges that have caused the down
| fall Of many prominent politicians during
| the last few years. Is arOuslns alno-l
unprecedented interest ia this city.
In official aud political circles ana
| among the business men OF the town the
progress Of the fight IS being watche1
| almost as closely as II each individual
! had a personal interest in the State GER
! tain TO be affected by the result next
month: and. as is Inevitable under the
| circumstances. party feeling runs h-Sh,
/ and the bitterness which has become Il
| part Of the campaign finds reflection III
There are but few here. however, who
appreciate the issues involved I'm the
| Maryland night. and fewer still VINO uhS
| derstand their causes. FOR purposes OF
| exclamation. IL Is not necessary 10 look
/ further back than the last Congress 10
! discover ample excuse Tor the revolt
| against Gormanism. When the entire
! country was watching with lmpauence
| the dilatory conduct or the senate II,
| connection with the tarin bill, II was
| openly declared that the Maryland sen
1 ator. as the leader OF the small Dan1 OF
| men occupying seats upon thc beihV
cratic side OF the Sen lte chainpyr .l h,il
| laboring 10 block legislation, would nave
| TO be held responsible for the fa@ure OF
! the marty policy i'm case such "A failure
| occurred Ii was shown that he had ad-
| vOcated the caucus action Whlch Douild
| the Democratic members Of the Senate
| 10 vote for the bill which could obtain
| fortv-three votes, and that he had then
| been most instrumental I'm making sure OF
/ the defeat OF any measure except ene
| which compOrted with MS own Ni~""S
/ the body. almost without respect 10 parry
! lines.
| 50 defective, from Il Democratic stand
J point. was the measure flnaly passed
| that the President regarded as the lead
| lrr Democrats exponent OF what was
| re1.ly meant by tariff reform IN th'
| Dauc cratic platform Of 1892, refused Z.
| slsn the Bill. and did no. hesitate 20 dc.
nCunCe what he termed the betrayal oi
! the Tarty in the most scathlnS terms
GoAaASs OPPOSITION.
| The Senate, IN the mean time, had be-
| alternately denounced aud petItioned bS
I gatherings Of citizens IN every part ol
| The country bat the feeling was especially
! strcrg in Maryland, because OF the com
! uiicity in the matter Of both the senators
| from that State. AZ a result II was. tbel
! that ihe leading journals 4 baltlmor'
| began TO deu0unce Senator German, ane
| to demand his removal as The leader O
the Iarty iE the State. The case wa'
| Maryland. thoroughly Democratic
| state. with a well-develcped sentiment n
| favor OF the thorough fef1rmau)n no
| only OF the tariff laws themselves. IN
| also Of The methods Of taxation when lh'
| Republican party had forced upon th'
| country. had been placed in the position
! of advocating the Republican principle
/ Of protection, ard had been forced ip-'
! inis position by the representative in th'
| Senate. IN whose support they had unti
! The tariff reform rae tiOn Of the state
| Tor the course of the Senator had spii
J tne party in TWO, appeaitd 10 the reOpi'
o, tie State 20 remember how they ha(
/ been Treated an this matter and 10 use
| their utmost endesYOr 10 overthrow, a
| the earliest opportunity, the leader wh'
, had deserted them in the face ot tt'
! enemy, and the machine upon which ~
! depended 20 escape with lmplni'y IRON
! the f1et consequences of MS conduct
! The Baltimore Sun then began the hgh
I uucn the Senator, which H. has since
! maintained. aud the dcsertiOn of many
| prominent men from the ranks Of th'
| Gorman faction followed. But. even VIII
an this. had Senator German been con
tent 10 allow the treer expression or sen
| gment In the conyentloa that nominated
| Hurst. the feeling against him would II
! = large measure. have subsided. Bu
! with the concurrence Of j. ffeemaI
| Rasin Of Baltimore 70 Ia charged that h'
| absolutely dictated 10 the convention thl
J man they were 10 select, ana that h'
| ala so with the sole view of perpetuatinl
his own political control OF the State ma
chnery That the revolt against wha
| = termed GOrmauism In Maryland II ey
| fsnelve is shown by the strenuous ef
forts Mr. German and his friends az
making TO break down the sentimen
! created against them, senator's from adj
ioinlng states have been called IN 70 as
slst IN the work. ana the Senator himsel
is making psrsonal campaign such az
he has not been called upon 10 maxi
since the early years or his politica
career
WOULD MEAN HIS Rr1faFMENr.
| ,.te outcome must prove interesting q
| the whole country. The defeat OF 4
| Democratic nominees next month, whD'