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Ell AtsIEs JAMES FAULKNER.
MAJ sifss os'ober IS 1881.
rHE its,ioCRAriu CoSVESTIoS.
Ta4gateC Convention ofthe democracy seems
10 hlve made bunglipg start 1t did not
step Al vita the prompt and regu ar tread
WITH waieh those y5terans usuglly move VIXEN
they e1arsh to victory There was confusion,
hesitstisn and jarring Their candidates. dor
Goys1nr j. an estimable gentleman but nor
as strong. politically as many others Of the
/ party Tie Lieutenant Governor does net
seem 10 have the, unanimous support Of his
ewn party Nevertheless let not no Wing
dreaas for momeut that tie Democracy are
gaing3ts relax their exertioGs because their
Candidates are not IL prominent aud well
kuowa 10 public life as oteers who might
have tsseA selected ~On tie contrary they via
redouhe their exrrtionso on thatNery account.
And Rtnet the Wings expect that the great
talents and 1aspotted moral werth of their
candidates are going to elect them what
must elect them l. rori organization
votes We must take measures at once to
bring every Wing voter Of Virginia up the
polls = Richmond Rf4sitan.
TnE sraU NToN NoHIN
From all accounts. spirit very different
from that manifested ia Charlottesville pre-
vailed ia the Democratic Con eution at
Stauf;on; and although at last its ,nominees
were agreed Upon tht result was not reach ed
until after contest which must have left
! some heart -burtings behind Mr. Joseph
| johnson, the nominee for Governor. is the
/ indigiiual who is Governor elect under the
/ present Constitution He is from the county
/ of Harrison and a gentleman of a very ordi-
| nary mental oalibre II at one time repre-
! sented his District I'M Congress, and received
the rstnrn to tile Legislature at the session
i of1i7r-'8, wien after violently contested
! election with Mr. John s Duncan, in which
i there wasa mutualiHdulgeue Of more violent
pecsaaalss buseth than We ever heard III dclib-
crate body, the election was sent back to the
| people, and Mir johnson elected Except
his services in the Convention, which was
not characterized by anything remarkable,
this il all we know of Mr. Johagon,s public
career MIR Leake, the uominee for I.ieutep.
ant Uoyenor, was at one time III the Legisla-
ture, aud served one or more terms in Con.
gresss He Is man of talents aud Is said
to be a good public speaker. FIVE arc not
mistaken, he Is of the Calhoun stripe of pol.
tiles. Mr. Boeock. sthe nominee fer After.
\ ncy General, has been intLe Legislature. aud
\ served IN the Convention He is phdaubK
edly man of talrnts- aud is said to be good
lawyer In 1910 he was oae OF the hottest
Whiss ihthe Union, but when We last took
an observation of his political position, he
was Ias eHger.in the Calhoun omnibus
AZ We i-atulhat the convention adjourned
wiihaHt passing any resolutions or issuing
any a!itrcss If this be the case We can
oaly5sevoaHt for their silence on the ground
that ths parity are toe much divided 10 agree
upos} a platform They are split widely
about the Cnmpfogise BUD the attendant is
sue OF s.cessiss.' aid if an attempt had beer
made tcagree upon resolutions or an addres.
theyKm,t-l eitagr haze maintained an oni
nunssiienee ~ this most prominent and i'm
porisnts4ljsct, on have exposed their domes
tic ilss sf.sioas 70 the public gaze
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