The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-04-18
LOCAL MATTERS.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
SESSIONS YESTERDAY & TODAY
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT ORGAN
.tttr IZATIONS.
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES ADOPTED


State Central Committee.
On motion Of j. Amber Smith the CA
under which the Convention met was rea
by the Secretary.
The next business in order being the sc
lection of temporary chairman, @. P. Rams
;. dell, of Surry, DIR. ID. M. Norton, of jaime
City, Rush Burgess and John II. Popham
OF Richmond, were put in nomination.
The claims of DIR. Norton were presented
by Mr.. Popham and Mr.. Malord; those O
Mr.. Popham by Major Anable those 0
Rush Burgess by Messrs. Leigh and Van
Auken; those of Mr.. Ramsdell by Mr.
Clements and Rush Burgess.
The discussion took wide range. anc
consumed much of the time of the Con.
vention. at@ 4t9
Col. Hughes, in order to facilitate bust.
ness, offered resolution confinine ali
speeches upon this and other questions
during the Convention to five minutes,
The resolution was unanimously adopted,
At the conclusion of the debate, on mo.
ton of Mr.. Beckley, of Alexandra. the
Convention proceeded to ballot for tenn
porary chairman. Carried. aa
Mr.. Bowden, of Richmond city. moved
to reconsider the motion, on the ground
that the balloting would occupy too much
of the time Of the Convention. This mo-
ton ELECTED considerable discussion. III
Finally motion was made to Law the
motion to reconsider on the table, which
was lost by a vote of SO to 81. 9.'F
Owing to the difficulty of distinguishing
delegates from spectators, motion was
made by Mr.. Lewis to sppoint a sergeant-
alarms, and that all persons, not delegates
be excluded from the main floor Of the
hall. The motion was carried. and Mr..
Bailey appointed sergeapt-at-arms.
Mr.. Platt rose and protested against the
count OF. the vote on the question to Law
the motion to reconsider on the table.
On motion two tellers were appointed to
take the vote. Mr.. Platt and Mr., Bowden
were appointed by the chair. {
The tellers reported the following vote
Yeas, 50 nays, 55. So the motion to Law
the motion to reconsider was not laid on the
table. rt
Mr.. Bowden then withdrew his motion to
reconsider. i-71T
a motion was made to take a recess of
one hour. Laid on the table. - fal 8
A motion was then made TO proceed to
the election of temporary chairman. Car
ried. l.r4ata ail3 = '"sr, :
On motion Of Mr.. Leigh it was ordered
that the counties be called and delegates
requested to mention for whom they vote
for temporary chairman.
MIR. Popham and Rush Burgess having
declined, the only candidates were MIR.
Ramsdell and DR.. Norton.
The vote resulted as follows Ramsdell.
Al; Norton, 6s.. ~ ~
Dr. Norton was declared temporary
chairman of the Convention. Mr.. RAMS
dell rose and moved that the vote for DR.,
Norton be made unanimous, which was
agreed to. asss5 i = 81 IT.,
Dr. Norton was then conducted to the
chair. On taking his seat he urged the
Convention to conduct its proceedings in q
harmonious manner, and with view to the |
success of the Republican party. He
thanked the Convention for the eonfidence
reposed in him. ~
On motion, the Convention proceeded to |
the election of temporary secretaries.
After the nomination of several candi-
dates, Messrs. A. p. Lathrop, j. w.
Woltz, r. L. Paige, and Peter X. Jones
were chosen. |
On motion the Chair was authorized to
appoint a committee on credentials. the
committee to consist of nine members, The
Chair appointed the following gentleman
j. b. .Sener, from state at large lst dis
trict, Isaac Morton; Cd, A. O. Winston
3D., l.. G. Bowden; 4th, Ct. w. Graham
9th. Cesar Perkins /; 9th, Henry CLAY 7th
r.. ID. Becklcy 9Th, DR.. Walsh.
Y On motion the Convention adjourned
until 2 o'clock. aa F., .l...' GaE
zgf 9as las EVENING SESSION. II
The Convention met at 7 P. NJ, ID. M,
Norton in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Smith, of Richmond.
the sergeant-at-arms was instructed to re-
quest all visitors to take seats in the gall /
lery. -. q ''f4A *
On motion of Mr.. Jorgenson, members
OF the State and City Republican Central
Committees were invited to take seats on
the main floor of the hall. els.5
, On motion, the courtesy Of the hall was
extended to members Of Congress who
were present. -sa
The committee on credentials reported
as follows:
Aecomac-Thomas W. Taylor, James
Read. sha
Albsm@le-J. I. s. Taylor, G. w. Dill
lard, j. w. Porter. IA
: Amelia--John Robinson. sat5
-; Aleraad'7a % R. d. Beckley, E. E.
White.
Amherst-Jacob Warwick, James Coles.
Appomattoe--A. Warner. a
Augasta--J. A. Hartman, j. w. Coch-
ran. t-ltEE EHGfy yI'll..
r, ,Bedtord-a. G. Curtiss, Geo. v. Case,
VIM. Brown. Fsa "A
.Botetoa1t--L. T. Loux. l"i
Bf1,,sfoick A. Walker,
Backingham-P. A. Davis, Caesar Per-
kins. =
Campbdl--J. F. Wilson, Allan Wilson,
r. A. Perkins. sa.- - ~
Carotiae-Isaac Morton, e. X. Kane.
Cratg-Dr. @. B. Franklin.
Charles Cay-R. G. w. Jones.
Chd'sotte--W. j. johnson, j. G. Brown.
, =, ,Chsste,1ield-Joseph Walker, VIM. F.
Worthington. i5s, -
C,anberIand-James Lipscomb.
CMpeper--Henry Lightfoot. 9t
Clarke-R. BuAdy.
Dinacaddie-A. c. Winston.
Eazabeth CGy--R. s. Jones. r. B. Wood.
Esser--E. M. Sandy.
faaquer--R. III. Lee, Edward Robin
son.
FaiJaa- Edward Daniels.
Foyd-L. A. Buckingham.
r. Eanktan-Thomss Claiborne, John Pc
ter DeHayen. -
frede1ck--Randolph Martin.