Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-04
Nominations.
STATE CONSERVATIVE COMMITTEE

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RICHMOND, august z, 1875
l. The chairman of the State Conservative Com
mittee having frequent applications to announce
the existing regulations in regard to the manner
OF making nominations for tho fall election,
would call the attention of all who are officially
connected with the organization to the manner
| of proceeding as laid down in the third section
of the plan adopted by the last State Convention,
the resolutions Of this committee subsequently,
| adopted, and the several letters of instruction
issued by the Executive Committee in accord
ance with the foregoing resolutions, which are
as fol lows to wit ,,.~-..s .@ -
| CITY AND COUNTY ORGANIZATION
| 'S Each city and county, by popular meet
| Ing after due notice, or through the medium of
existing organizations, may appoint city or
county committee, to consist of two members
from each township or ward in esch city or
county, who shall be charged with the affairs
and conduct of the party in such city or county,
regulating and directing the same, either by
wards and townships or otherwise, as such com
mlttee may prescribe. @.a
Such com mittee shall elect chairman, whose
duty 1t shall be to appoint all meetings and reg
ulate all affairs as to the party which may en-
Drsce tne CITY or county. In the election of del
be the duty of snch committee of the city or
county to prescribe by public notice whether
such appointments shall be made by ward,
township, city, or county meeting, and the num-
township.
city or county shall be entitled"
At meeting of the State Committee. held in
August, 1878, it was
Resolved, That until the several cities and
counties of the State shall have organized the
Conservative party in their respective districts,
| IN conformity with the plan of organization pre-
scribed by the late con entloD, the organizations
authorized by the plan of 69 and II shall he
respected and continue to be in force, and the
Executive Committee of the State rhsll exercise
the power of perfecting the organization in such
cities and towns where the same is defective"
And again, at q meeting held in June, 1874,
the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That uniformity in the manner of
appointing de egates to conventions being i'm
portant, it is recommended that in the
be the duty of such committee of the city or
county to prescribe by public notice whether
such appointments shall be made by ward,
township, city or county meeting, and the num-
Der OF delegates to which such ward, township,
city or county shall be entitled the chairman
OF which shall give notice of the time and place
OF meeting; and that all meetings for the cleo
ton OF delegates shall Ds held on the same day
in the townships Of q county and the wards of q
city; and it is further recommended that
delegates be appointed in the proportion of one
for each hundred Conservative voters, and one
for every fraction over fifty"
, The Executive Com .nittee has recommended
that conventions for nomination of candidates
should be called by authority Of the county or
city committees through their respective chair.
men. In districts consisting of several counties
the calls should be made by the chairmen of the
several committees after consultation aa to the
proper time and place.
In several of the cities and towns under gu
thorlty OF the local committees plans for holding
primary elections have been adopted slthoug RI
not provided Tor or contemplated in the State
plan OF organization, which have never been OBJ
Jected TO So long as they were acceptable to a
msJorlty OF the voters, and the same plans will
pc continued IN force with such changes as the
local committees may determine to be most con-
duclVe TO the harmony aud efficacy of the or
gan zation.
1t is earnestly urged that the plan of organizs.
ton prescribed by the State Con vention and the
recommendstions made in pursuance thereof by
the committee be strictly observed AS the best
means of preserving the organization and integ.
rity OF the party.
JOHN A. MEREDITH, Chairman.
j. Il. FISHER, Secretary.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION The Staunton
Spectator states that the boiler OF steam
!hreshing machine on the farm of the Misses
los', near Port Republic, in Rockingham Co.,
exploded on Saturday evening, instantly kill
lug the engineer, Mr.. jacob Prkey, and the
coiored hreman, the latter having his neck
broken Miss Jane ost was hurled to the
. S'oooo " Wv SouSu'SiOb. OuTlSLOpueF
Ter had his auklc disloca,ed By the falling of a
cro>s-tie displaced by the shock of the main
portion Of the boiler, which was thrown from
Its position some fifty yards, aud lodged in the
NOW of the baro. Three others were slightly
scratched by the flying fragments. Dr.. Jacob
Yost's life was saved by L Dovel, who had
called the Doctor TO one side just as the explo-
sion happened.
IRON ORE DEVELOPED. MIR. Davis A Kay
ser showed US last week specimens OF the Brown
Hematite Irou ore which seems to be in large
quantity 10 the mine he is having opened on
his farm within half a me of Clifton Forge
Depot, on the Chesapeake aud OHIO Railroad,
IN Allegheny county. The ore is very rich, and
is said by good judges to be of excellent quality
This mine is 90 the Eastern side Of the mount
alo, and Immediately opposite on the Western
side, Fossil ore is mined, but that does DOT ex
ist 10 such quantity as does the Brown Hema
ute Mr.. Kayser is having openings made al
several places 90 his laud with the view of as
pertaining 10 what probable quantity ore exists
upon 1t. The seam runs parallel with the
mountain STANTON Spectator.
PANDOLP MACON COLLEGE,
~ ASHLAND, VA,