The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-04

1t is Thought That the Little 'e"e'"' ""'
Formed mn Alliance With Quay

Alexandria Gdzstte "i'-eS 49,
follows:
.I.uckv in Pennsylvania; unlucky III
Virginia" Did you know, salu a" -
tn l;iastic follower of Gencrai Ma'o'.
the Gazette's correspondent to-ua',
one man is a big winner III 'ne ,ho
great victory of Senator quay III VI"
pan,,h,,cor Convention at Harrisburg
Why no exclaimed this maghinC'n'
triumph of the great Keystone BOSS nay
20 a long way towards retrieving 'ne "a
len fortunes Of our brave, out u''uS"'
little corporal. Quay has oeeh ''a'o
steadfast friend and II Is poss.pi' ~ ,r.,
be able to be OF service 10 h'ni ..
near future. II he can, ne .
ought 10. and doubtless VIII. 'on.l'I ,,
he said. do you know that hotin"s
disaster on disaster has hereIoiu'e al
tended their cooperation and enorts, anu
,hat thev have been whipped on every
field of politjcal strife they nave c'ei
fought on? | make no comment now nc
said. on the persistent and Vigorous -,
test conducted by Senator cuaS ~
sale of the "Mahone lot, as IL Il 49,
monty called. for the proposed new pi.n
inc establishment of the goverhi'io".
That is foreign to my mind. but 'ni'in
of the strange and peculiar iact 'na. ~
the broad field of national pres'ue"s'''
politics they have never SNARE 80.
Gle low together. nor tasted anything ou.
tho hitter waters of disappointment ana
defeat QUAY as you know VINO ~
comparatively young man, has ohiy APP
peared as a controlling FACTOR III wv
national conventions In each one ne va
nubliclv and numerically hogged win
Malone at his side. As COMMANDER sol.
and supreme. of the sherman iotc's a.,
Chicago with solid Pennsylvania SOM
-
IL. at his back, he was outWltted, anu
out-generalled at every point until the
SPLENDID following of John Sherman was
compelled TO give way TO the lean MINOR
itv with which BENJAMIN Harrison started
out TO do battle for the presidency quay
was not the equal of that OCCASION ne
was loyal to sherman. but ne was
beardless boy in that great fight compared
TO the veterans of the opposition he'
was that Malone saw floating before nm
for the first and last time the VISION OF
Cabinet portfolio. for as sure as sherman
had lived. General Malone would have
been the South's representative In his
Cabiret For the second and last time
Malone followed Quay at the national
convention which renom.nated his old
enemy. Harrison. and again was over
vhelmed by both personal morthcahon
and political defeat. But now, IN CON
cIusion. said this Republican admirer OF
General Malone, Senator Quay can ana
will do this: he Will arrange Tor an lnlihe-
date active campaign In virginia 10 lle
end of securing a delegation headed py
General Malone for the next national
convention. The snews OF war VIII ue
nrovided all that is necessary TO be
done will he ordered. and Malone will
take the field in person for last Ma
poleonic charge on behalf OF Reed or
whoever the Quay-Platte combination
shall determine 20 support, and II sue
cessful his reward will surely come
Weu-informed Republicans i'm this city
claim 10 have reliable Information max
ing IL certain that Senator Quay's cholce
for the next presidency is Tom Reed
Of Maine Neither Quay nor Platt OF
New York. is said to be willing 10
again trust a Western man. Ihere Is
not a Western President. they say VINO
has ever kept his promises 10 the East
ern leaders. especially in Mr.. fiatt
case. Garneld's election came like a
deadly hight" terminating for a long
while the political career OF Platt ana
forever extinguishing that Of his then
famous colleague, Senator Conkhns
Harrison was also sadly dlsappoint-
ing promise-keeper, and under no CIR
cunstances would he be acceptaple 70
the Eastern leaders for a second term.
The last Inflated combine OF quay anu
Plat was the reputation OF Harrison-a
Western President-on behalf OF an East
ern man. the late Mr. Blaine. II WAS
a combination for a half-dead secretary
of State against the chieftain VINO haa
trusted and honored him. and VINO Woull
probably have died before elecuoh-uay
had he been nominated and whose prom
oil haN
in the gloom Of an untimely grave. Ma
hone il will be remembered, with ms
usual ill-luck joined his forces at Min
neapolis with those of the beaten com
bine" and it will be further remembered
that Harrison's supporters simply wiped
the floor with them, and MahOne's corpse
along with the rest was left fostering on
the disastrous field. Should Malone
again follow Quay and Platt, as he Is
most likely 10 do, his Republican adNer-
saries I'm Virginia will. IL Is believed, nave
"A great opportunity for stealing march
on their old enemy. A Republican OF much
sagacity said to the Gazettes corre-
spondent to-day that the moment 1t
was discovered that Malone had formed
another alliance with Quay for Reed,
there should be "A bold, outspoken decla-
ration by Virginia Republicans Tor
Western man. and that man should be
Mckinley. OF Ohio The nomination, ne
said. should and would go to the west
and while Malone was dallying win
an Eastern impractcability, in the per
son Of Tom Reed, his opponents would
have a chance of assisting real presl-
Dental probability. like Mckinley. ana
getting a good, substantial grip on the
Federal patronage of the state. Con
tinuing. he said that II reputable Re
publicans. like ex-Congressmen Host and
Brady. Judge James b. Sener, General
lanes A. Walker, and their like should
promptly take the field for a western
man. it would leave Malone nigh ana
dry" and securely fastened on the bar
rem shoals OF impecuniosity, so far as
the Federal patronage Of virginia
was concerned OF course,
the candidate of the New YORK ana
Pennsylvania combine should win. why
I'm that case the bargain would be kept
and President Reed would give the lions
share OF the Virginia spoils 70 General
Malone Walker. Yost. congressman
Bowen. ex-Marshall Watts. and indeed all
the young and hot blood of the Republi-
can party in the Valley and Southwest
could easily be stirred up. he said, for NC
Kinley, since he, above all other
candidates, stood for their views on the
train and would under any save extra
ordinary circumstances be thelr nrst
preference for the nomination. con-
ference he thought. might soon be held
on this subject.
The ease, luxury, magniiicence. ana
grandiloquence OF everything connected
with the mission 10 Mexico are such that
unless the Democrats shall WIN the
presidency next year. this post admirable
Minister may be compelled TO give way
TO some hungry statesman looking Tor a
lob TO be selected most likely from the