Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-27
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MEETING eF THE CoNsK ,vaT,-r coxvvx-,o,
IL aLsAAnDkiA 70 DOMINATE CANDIDATE
WITHDRAW AND Nv roxVPSTIoS Re-.oNI
~. Erf' EUNToS-MR. BARBOUR TO
kuS As An IL LxFESDxHT CANDIDATE.
1 Spse'a! Corr .syondenee 20 The Erening Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August y.
rs AFTER RECESS.
,o,c,nS >cHyention reassembled at half-past two
- -, and the committee on permanent orga-
.stiOn submitted their report, which was
.ranimously adopted, and Mr.. Slaughter aud
y. Turner were appointed to conduct Mr.. Mat
thevs to the platform. Upon assuming the
duties OF the chair, the president very briefly
addressed the convention upon the issue pre-
sented in the canvass, and hoped that harmony
would prevail and good man be selected az a
candidate for Representative.
Some delay was oceasloned by the non-ap-
WeaTaDce Of the committee on credentials, who
were delayed In the prepaT alton Of their report
by finding two sets OF delegates from some OF
the towns. At hslt-psst three the committee
entered the hall and submitted q report, which
was resd. A minority report was sllO submitted,
which excluded q portion of the delegates from
FauquteT county and gave their seats TO another
set. Both reports were very fully discussed
the question at issue being y neither those who
have formerly voted with the radicals should
participate in the Deliberations of the conservs-
tive party. During the discussion some pretty
sharp words were used, and some of the bitter
ness Of the late war was revived, and favorable
allusions to the "lost cause" were loudly sp-
plsuded.
At six O'Clock 1t was moved that 80 much OF
the majority report IS was satisfactory should
be adopted, and the motion prevailed. The
question then required upon the adoption ot
the minority report, which was declared lost by
large majority. The delegates from Fauquie1
county Hunton men), inc uded In the majority
report, were then admitted.
The rules OF the Virginia House of Delegates
was adopted, with the amendment that two.
thirds vote should be necessary to secure the
nomination. and at els the convention took =
recess till O'Clock. The delegates excluded
were Barbour men.
EVENING SESSION.
The convention reassembled at O'Clock
when DIR. Lewis. of Culpeper, stated that aftej
consultation the rejected delegate had come to
the conclusion that justice had not been done
them, and tn " had decided 20 withdraw from
the convent and take no more part in the
proceedings, whereupon nearly all the Barbour
doun, then moved that Gen. Eppa Hunt1n be
declared the unanimous choice OF the conven.
ton as candidate for Representative to Con
gress, and added, "the candidate ought to come
from LoudOuu, and Gen. Hunton is much ours
as Fauquier's. He made himself ours when he
met the invaders on our borders and dyed the
Potomac red with the blood OF the men Of Mas
sachusetts."
The motion was carried by reclamation.
General HuntOn was waited upon and came
into the convention, and addressed them at
ministration, and explained his votes in Con-
gress upon the reform and currency questions.
AT the conclusion of his speech the cOnyen-
ton adjourned sine die.
1t IL authoritatively announced that Mr.. b ar
bous will run on an independent ticket, and
that the republicans will make no nomination
but cast their ballots for Barbour.