The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-31

corrfessracn Lone Of when was: present
wioyoted sor or pocketed the back.salary
steal, but tho applause responsive to tnis
part Of the speech was very weak.
Mr.. Chandler spoke with his usual happy
command of language and power OF Woros'
and was received with great enthusiasm.
Mr.. Platt reviewed the course OF the Con.
servatiyes OF the last Congress, and arraisneu
them for being derelict to the interests Oh
the constituents in the matter OF protection
to American industry, &c.
MIR. Malord, the young colored delegate
to the Philadelphia Convention, who createa
such sensation in that body by his ready
wit and glib tongue, made telling speech
Referring to a platform which had been IN
circulation for the consideration of the Con-
vention, he earnestly opposed one favorinS
woman suffrage and another favorlng tue
abolition of the West Point Military Acade-
nv. He was opposed to woman suffrage De-
cause be did not believe the people OF Vr-
ginia were educated to the proper point 1or
it. and he was opposed to the abolition OF
the West Point Academy because nobody
wanted to abolish it until the negroes had
obtained admission to it. He wanted Con
yers and Smith first to graduate. he also
wanted to- see some well-educated colored
generals, especially as he (Malord) IS no" al
officer in the volunteer militia of Virginia.
Mr.. Early lost his temper, and amused The
audience very much by making faces ut the
reporters and calling the Conservatives
{" miserable devils 4" and "iackass ways" as
distinguished from scalawags and other pei
names.
The Committee on Organization reported
the following nominations for permanent
officers of the Convention President, hon.
J. B.. sener; Vice-P Presidents, Peter >. Car
ter. R. c. l.. Paige, Hon. J. Amber smIth,
Daniel Dyson, l.. NJ. Schumacher, K. X. Alex
ander, Frank Ware, Chamberlayne, George
Henderlte-one from each congressional dls
trict Secretary, Michael Farrell (of Peters
bury): Assistant Secretaries, 4. j. Terry, u.
Pendeton, and George V. Case; sergeant'at-
Arms, Franklin Wood (of Petersburg AS
sistant Sergeant-at-Arms, j. Anderson lay-
lor (Uf RichmOnd).
This report at once raised speck OF war
on the horizon, there being a good deal OF
objection to Sener, though the reasons were
not apparent.
Colonel Plat at once took the floor anu
nominated against Sener K. Z. L. Paige (co-
lored), of Norfolk county.
A lively fight was imminent, when John
Amber Smith raised the point of order that
neither the report nor the m otion to amend
could be entertained until the report Of the
Committee on Credentials was received and
acted upon.
The point was sustained, and the latter
committee not being ready to report recess
was taken until $3.50 P. NJ.
NIGHT SEssloE.-At night the report Of
the Committee on Credentials was received.
1t appeared that there were present one
hundred and seventy five delegates-a larger
attendance, l believe, than upon any other
Republican State Convention in Virginia.
The delegation from the Virginia Republic
can Association of Washington, d. g., were
accorded seats on the floor, but not allowed
to vote.
The report of the Committee on Perma-
nent Organization was then taken up, when
Hon. J. b. Sener made speech Withdrawing
his name. He did SO, he said, not from
the fear of being beaten, but because. since
the morning, there had been an important
change in tue situation. Then it was
thought that only one name would be
presented to this Convention for the high
Office of Governor, but circumstances were
now such that another and honolcd name
would be presented, and he wished to have
place on the floor and be free to advocate
his nomination. This speech was regarded
as a new declaration of war on the part Of
the McMahon men, it having been deter
mined during the recess again to place him
in the field on the ground that his friends
had been badly treated by opposing the
nomination of 4Ir. Sener for permanent
chairman.
Mr.. Sener's declnatlon having been ac-
cepted, Colonel Plat urged the election Of
K. G. L. Page, of Norfolk county, and re-
piled in brief to Mr.. Scner. He averred that
the friends of Hughes had carried out their
part OF the programme by making General
Wickham temporary president, while those
of Major McMahon had violated the contract
by proposing one of their number for per-
nanent chairman also.
The report of the committee was amended
by striking out the name of J. b. Sener, he
having declined, and inserting that Of r. c.
L. Paige. Rev. John Gregory, Ross Hamil-
ton, and c. w. Tinsley were suggested for
Vice-President in place Of Paige, and MIR.
Gregory was substituted. The report was
adopted. -..
Mr. Paige, being elected, was escorted to
the chair by Messrs. Platt, Graham, and
Lewis Lindsey, and made few appropriate
remarks.
Colonel Platt now moved that the Con-
rention proceed to the nomination OF can
ldate for Governor. Whereupon the Nc
,Iabon men connected tilibustering.
MFR. Sener moved that committee of nine
Dc appointed to prepare platform of prin-
,iples.
Yankee Allen then made an excited speech,
IN which be charged that the motion to APP
point Committee on Platform was an effort
to nut off until tomorrow the nomination
Of the candidate for Governor in order that
work might be done for weak candidate in
the silent watches of the night. He called
upon the Hughes men to prevent any such
trickery. .f..