Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-10-06


vENTIoN OF THE 7TH DIsTR1CT-FIvE
COUNTIES NOT REPRESENTATIVE
BLACK EAST WINS THE PRIVILEGE OF
THE sACRIFICE-uNCLE JOE HARRIS
SWALLOWS A FEW REMARKs-AN OF
FICE HOLDER NOMINATED,
&C, &C., &C.
A select little band of mourneIs as
sembled at the Court House last Friday to
witness the dropping out Of the bottom OF
the Republican" pot in the 18th Con-
gressional District. The "Valley Viz
ginian" had urged full convention, and
gone so far as to plead that ''if full meet
ings cannot be gotten, let sthose who may
meet for consultation, appoint the dele
gates, and if any township shall fail to
hold meetings, let the county committee
or the chairman Of it appoint delegates who
will attend. 1t may be d little irregular to
do this, but we do not intend to stand on
mere usages." But it wouldn't work, and
the party not only didn't stand On "mere
usages,'' but failed to take heir stand On
anything at ALL Just before noon, as no
convention had appeared, the reporters
began hunting it up. They traced at at
Grange Hall, where a gentleman with q
nose assured the pencil-slngers that he
had lent it his room 'for consulta-
ton" "What! hU Of 'eu in your room?"
exclaimed one Of the hunters. ''Oh, yes, :"
said the man with the nose, ''and it amt
much crowded either" Just then a wall
Of bass instruments arose in the air, and
the reporters dashed around to the Court
House, where they found five or six col
ored gentleman, with printed slips in their
hat bands, chewing up the ends of as many
horns. After the election it will he fourd
that nothing contributed NOR to the de
feat of the 'Republicann nominee tlan
that band. One more tune would have
| caused Hayes and Wheeler to withdraw
| TIE PALL-BEAHERs.
A little after Il O'Clock, the pall-bearers
entered the count -rocm, the majority be
ing colored gentlemen, and those from
| Albemarle having arrayed themselves in
white vests. They eyed Joe Harrison and
the other Valley negroes with a look of SUI
periority, which was extremely CALLING
and which seemed to give those gentlemen
doubts as to whether they had any bust
ness at the funeral at all. The following il
the list of the pail bearers who represent
ed the friends of the deceased.
Augusta-Jno. Huff, J. A. Harvey, w
A. Houff, d. L. Houff (ex-U. S. Store
keeper), y. E. Cleveland, T. J. Gilbert, all
white, and Joe Harrison and 7. S. Swan
colored.
Staunton-Ed. Mcmahon and VIM. G.
Brown, U. S. Gauger, with Samuel Will
liams and Wesley Elliott, colored.
Albemarle-A. M. Lawson, Deputy q.
S. Collector, with the following colore(
men. in white vests: j. T. S. Taylor, Jos
Dickerson, Peyton Dean, S. B. Parker an6
| VIM. Mann.
| Shenandoah-Wm Borden, white.
| Rockingham Lewis, ex-U. S.
minister to Portugal, with Robt Andrews,
VIM. White and A. S. Lindsay, white, and
Giles Jackson, J. G. Poindexter and Joe
Williams, colored.
The counties Of Bath, Fluvanna, Page
Highland and Green were not represented
The meeting was called to order, an6
Mr.. Chas. H. Lewis, of Rockingham, no
minated Maj. Ed. Mcmahon, Of Staunton,
for chairman, and he was elected The
Major, in expressing his qualification at
the honor, was so overwhelmed that he
forgot, and spoke of this as the 9Th district,
but made up for the mistake by promising
that he would do his duty in the canvass
Maj. Sam1 NJ. Yost, and Mr.. VIM. G.
Brown were made secretaries.
The roll of delegates was so appallingly
sh ort that MI. Lewis suggested that there
was a gentleman from Highland present
who should be requested to represent that
county. The motion was agreed to, but
the gentleman from Highland did not float
to the surface. II was supposed that the
white vests of the Albemarle delegation
had scared him off.
HURRYING THE CORPSE.
Mr.. Lewis further suggested that while
the committee on organization was out,
candidates for the Congressional nominal
ton should be nominated, to save time.
COZ course" he added, ''We expect to elect
our candidate" The expected opening for
the ex-minister's speech, of which he was
very full, was plugged up by committee
reporting. The temporary officers of the
convention were elected as permanent
when Mr.. Lawson, of Albemarle, Who, to
do him justice, was not behind his col
leagues in the matter Of full dress, sport
ing very nice and new pair of kid gloves,
suggested that Vice President should be
elected This solitary opening for the oman
and BROTHER" among the of1ice-holders,
was proposed to be filled by Col. Joe Har-
rison, of Greenvllle, but that gentleman
declined the honor, saying that he intended
to ''point some important questions before
this convention, before it adjourned" AS
he did not point any important questions
during the meeting, it is supposed he must
have swallowed them, or been so awed by
the white vests Of the A1bemarle delega-
ton that he couldn't collect his thoughts
Joe Williams, of Harrisonburg, was then
selected as the colored man On whom the |
honor was to fall.
WAR-R-R
Mr.. Chas. II. Lewis, of Rockingham,
who could hold in no longer, then got off
his piece. He said they came there to dis
charge duty. They all knew, he said,
that While we are proud Of the Virginians
they lacked independence and were afraid
Of what their neighbors would think; and
while they would march fearlessly up to
5he cannons mouth, they hadn't the moral
courage to vote for Hayes, even though
they knew it WAS right. He. the speaker.
.elt that he occupied a peculiar position in
his canvass. He was not in the ring for
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