Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-09-08

VII september Zitll, by GeO ~ cochran
Jru Trustee; an s acre lot in Barterbrook with
large dwelling house, barn. fine orchard &C., being
the property on which Dr.. I. w. Shelton resides.
SEVENTH DISTRICT DON VENTI0N.
FULL ATTENDANCE OF DELEGATES-THE
oRGANIZATIoN-ANA APPEAL TO CHIv-
ALRY-JUDGE HARRIS HAS A TWO
THIRDS VOTE OVER s'ANY OTHER
MAN"-DIssECTIoN OF THE JUDGES RE-
CORD-HIS INTENTION TO WITHDRAWN!
Opposition TO MAKING THE NOMINA-
TON UNANIMOUs-THE JUDGES AC-
CEPTANCE-WOULD HAVE RESIGNED IF
LET ALoNE!!-wANTs THE MANTLE OF
OBLIVION. THROWN OVER PERSONAL
ATTACKS,
&C., SC, &C.
The Conservative nominating conven-
ton of the It'll district met in the court
house at Staunton, on Friday. By Thurs
day night seven-eigths of the delegates had
arrived. and the canvassing at the Virginia
Hotel, Judge Harris headquarters, and the
American Hotel, the Opposition head
quarters, was active. Early in the night
a band of music serenaded the delegates
at both hotels, giving an opportunity for
some good Democratic speeches, very
slightly favored with the congressional
canvass, except by a mention of the salary
grab, might be construed as reference.
The canvassing by the OPPOSITE on seemed
without any definite purpose, as the re-
turns from the primaries showed conclusive
ly several days before that Mr.. Harris would
go into the convention with tWo-thlrdS of
the voters. The idea of opposition seemed
therefore. rather to be to throw upon their
opponents the responsibility of rejecting
the best men in the district on the principle
.of nobody but Harris, than that they could
have had any hope of success. They fully
succeeded in placing the Harris men Ill
that position before the close of the con-
vention. The streets in the vicinity of the
court house, where the meeting was to take
place, were crowded with the delegates, dis
cussing the coming meeting, and the Har-
ris men, though assured of victory, were
ceaseless in their efforts to hold their great
vote together, and succeeded so well, that
from the calling to order to the adjourn
ment, they quietly "sat on" the opposition,
regardless of the fierce biting and kicking
they got from the under dog in the fight.
THE CONVENTION
assembled at II O'Clock, with both floor
and galleries packed with white people, and
was called to order. by Hon. r. 7. W.
Duke, of the District Congressional Com
mittee. Messrs. Roht. W. Burke, of
Staunton, and Judge A. X. Leake, of
Goochland, were put in nomination for
temporary chairman, when Mr.. Jno. D.
Pennybaker, of Rockingham, one of the
Opposition, tried to make some remarks,
and was received with hoWls and hooting
from the Harris party. He stuck it out,
however, and mounted on top of the law
yer's railing to make himself heard, de-
nouncing the hooting crowd as a noisy
rabble. After things quoted down, the
vote on the candidates for temporary
chairman was taken, and showed about
the strength of the two parties, the vote
for Judge Leake being TO- AS, and that for
Nh. 4:urke. 1885.
REMARKS OF THE TEMPORARY CHAIR
MAN.
Judge Leake, in taking the chair, said
the position might have been conferred
with greater propriety on Mr.. Burke, In
view of his greater experience, but he
would trust to the convention, who we're
from among the chivalry of Virginia i'll
the good old Valley, who they of the East
loved so much, to assist him in preserving
order in that exceedingly large convention.
They were met together to perform Il duty
and execute a high trust, cOnfided to them
by their counties, and not to represent
their private wishes or personal friend
ships, and the fulfilling of their mission
was to be the selection OF man most &C
ceptable to those who sent them. In do
ing this thing they were not to lose sight
of the bearing their action might have ON
the Presidential election in November, an
election which, in his view, was even more
important than that Of 1860, for then, the
election of Mr.. Lincoln was conceded to be
a foregone conclusion, while now all signs
pointed brightly to the election of that
splendid man, Samuel J. Tilden (cheers).
They must be careful, in making this nomi-
nation to say nothing and do nothing
to damage the cause all had at heart, and
which might be used by the Radicals
against the man who might be nominated. |
He had no doubts that the people of the
district would sustain the man nominated,
whoever he might be. They must recollect |
that
IF ANY CHARGE WAS BROUGHT AGAINST |
ANY MAN
brought before this convention, they should |
remember that such unfortunately is the |
custom in American politics-a custom
from which even Jefferson and Jackson
suffered, and one of which an English
writer had said that if American politi-
clans are to- be judged by what their op-
ponents say of them, they are the greatest
scoundrels living. So we of the conven-
ton must be particularly guarded in what
we say or do that might give the enemy