Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-10-10

of this body that if man had the wisdom
of Clay or Calhoun it was not to be
awaited of, because its possessor lived in
particular locality, applause and ne ap-
pealed to the yeomanry Of Augusta to re-
pudiate such an idea. How would the
gentleman IS plan work :? just this way.
Each man would nominate his first choice.
The strongest man would fall two or three
votes short of a majority of the whole, and
then the friends of a weak man would come
forward with a proposition to the friends
of the strong one-we will elect your man
if you will elect ours, and so man gets in
who is in no sense the choice OF the con-
vention. (Applause.) and the delegates re-
turned to disguised constituency. Such
a blunder would so strain the Conserva-
tive organ zation that it would be difficult
to get the people to together to another
convention. He would press the resolution
for voting for three at time.
Col. Hartman the gentleman in
tend to introduce his resolution for SIX can
didates and scrub race daughter and
applause.)
Gen. Echols.-I do not.
Capt. Marquis.-Is there any such prop
osition before the convention as the cleo
ton of two town men and one county
man.
Col. Harman,-I have been approached
by delegates from some of the townships
on the subject.
Capt. Marquis.-There is no question OF
that kind before the convention.
Col. Hartman. the gentleman wants
to. let him come forward in manly way
to the stand and answer my arguments
He does not interrupt Gen. Echols. l am
an inexperienced speaker and these inter-
ruptions are-are simply outrageous. l
wish the proposition for scrub race OF SIX
had been made. am no speaker, but
should like to have replied to such
a proposition as that. 1 may say, too,
am for Mai. Hanger, the Speaker OF the
House. loud Applause.)
Mr.. A. S. Turk, Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Col. Hartman desire vote on the question
whether the county should have two and
the city one.
Col. Hartman. Such a resolution was
shown me by gentleman from North Bly,
er township. If he does not want to offer
it. God knows l don't.
Mr.. Turk. the people of Riverheads
say that we have no such proposition to
make.
Col. Harman.-Dr. Clark, Of North Riv-
er. has the resolution.
Gen. Echols.-The delegates from River
heads says his people have no such PROPOSE
ton to make, and it is to be remarked that
the only voice raised here in the matter is
that of gentleman from the city. The
county has so delegates here to 20 from the
CITY. and the matter is in it's own hands.
Gen. Echols' amendment was adopted,
40 to y.
Col. Hartman then offered a substitute,
with blanks for inserting the number OF
delegates from the city and from the county.
Mai. H. M. Bell had hoped he had mis-
understood the position of Col. Hartman,
but from the resolution it appeared he was
determined to bring up the question OF
town and county. He hoped it would be
voted down and the convention would not
permit lines to determine where brains
should come from. If the county wanted
all the delegates it had sufficient votes in
the house to secure them, but he was oppo-
sed to any resolution looking to the draw
ing Of any line.
Col Hartman said if the resolution was
defeated he should still think he had done
a good days work in offering it. 1t gave
the people of the county an opportunity to
settle the matter, and there could hereaf-
ter be no conflict between town and coun-
ty. He denied tout and out'' throwing any
frebrand into the convention.
Mr.. David Bell knew of no feeling in the
country favoring such resolution.
Mr.. Calhoun said his people did not want
any line drawn. This Convention met here
in search of men of brains and it was i'm
material whether all three delegates came
from one city house or off Of one country
farm.
Col. Harman's substitute was then de-
feated. Ayes 6, nays 70, he himself voting
against it.
The original resolution was then adopt
ted. Mai. Bell rose and withdrew the name
of A. B. Lightner as candidate for nomi-
nation, and the following nominations were
made q:
All II Stuart by P B Hoge NJ Han
ger by M tr Hartman Absalom Koiner by
Thornton Berry; G A Bruce by A G Chris
tan Jno N Opie by Chesley Kinney ; j
D Craig by DIN Vanlear j H Skinner by
M WD Hogsh cad Jacob Baylor byN B
Hill VIM M Tate by MI Ervine w T
Rush by A Blauth T. Waddell by Brown
Allen and D S Bell by d N Vanlear. D
N Vanlear was named but declined. The
FIRST BALLOT
resulted as follows
Stuart A, Koiner 3S, Hanger 81, Opie
q, Craig II, Baylor IA, Bruce Il, Rush II,
Vanlear g. Skinner 6, Tate s, Waddell 8,
Bell 1, and Mr. Stuart having received a
majority Of the vote was declared nomina-
ted. After an animated appeal from Gen.
Echols in behalf of MI Hangers claims,
the Convention proceeded to the
SECOND BALLOT.
The ballot resulted as follows /:
Hanger 50, Koiner A, Opie 20, Craig IA,
Baylor $, Rush 4, Vanlear 2, Tate l, and
Nessrs. Hanger and Koiner having received
the requisite majorities were declared can
didates of the Convention.
On motion of Mr. A S Turk, all the NOM
nations were made unanimous.
IN MEMORIAM.
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