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


man in the district if he ran against the
Republican candidate. He understood
that
MIR. E. W. EARLY OF ALBEMARLE
was willing to carry our flag and he hoped
the convention would unanimously nomi-
nate him and go into the campaign vigor-
ously
A colored delegate who had suddenly
walked up moved to appoint commit
tee of to bring in a name for nomination.
Another member moved to nominate by
reclamation.
The Chairman put the vote, getting the
Congressional districts mixed again, and
Mr.. Early was unanimously nominated.
A motion was then made that the CHAIR
man appoint district committee of 20,
but that the convention appoint the chair
man Of the committee.
Col. Joe Harrison moved that Mr.. Chas.
Lewis be made chairman of that commit
tee and unfortunately said that the "Vin-
dicator'' instead of the ''Valley Virginian"
had said something.
A colored gentleman in white vest.-I
want the gentleman to understand before
we votes upon dis question that we don't
take the VINDICAToR as criterion of
tbs convention. Great laughter.)
At this shot Col. Harrison turned his
face towards Graenville looking gloriously
in the direction Of his native village.
The names offered for the chairman of
the committee of 20 were c. Douglas Gray,
S. NJ. Yost, Chas. Lewis A. G. Lind
sey, and E. Mcmahon. Maj Nom. de-
clined as he expected to be absent from
this part Of the country and the others
were withdrawn, except Gray and Lindsey
and on them skirmish took place in which
the ''mere usages' of parliamentary law
were flung to the winds.
Col Joe Harrison announced that there
was too much log rolling in this conven-
ton.
The plucky Williams who nominated
Gray wouldn't be defeated even though the
vote was against him and demanded more
voting.
At last Mr.. w. G.. Brown Strengthened
matters out by proposing that rising vote
should be taken Oh the two candidates,
Gray and Lindsey, which being done the
latter was elected chairman of the COM
mittee OF 20.
THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
| A resolution was adopted deploring the
division among the 'Republicans'' in the
4th Congressional district and and adyis-
ing citation,
An Albemarle delegate in white vest
remarked as regarding the vigorous Call
vass" in this district that Early was able to
show up Harris's record and teach him how
to keep Platt out of Congress and keep
Goode in, hereafter. He wanted the dis
trict organized for the fight, Albemarle
was organized but the other counties We're
not.
A suggestion that the organization was
provided for by the rules of the State Or
ganization laid this white vest to rest.
| A resolution for the publication of the
| proceedings was adopted but not until d
member had suggested That it would he
best not to print the proceedings of eds
convention" The body then adjourned.
s'RATIFICATIoN' MEETING.
At night some fifty negroes assembled to.
hear negro from Albemarle and Wesley
Elliott talk on the Court House steps.
The idea that the negroes would be in sla-
very again if Tilden was elected and more
nonsense Of the same sort was used, a fit
postscript to the silly speech in the ''con-
vention'' in the morning.
SKETCH OF THE NOMINEE.
Mr.. Everett W. Early, of Charlottesville,
who has been selected as the victim of the
occasion, is about 95 years old, and the son
of the late VIM. T. Early, who was a Wing
delegate from Albemarle before the war.
He was student at the University of Viz
ginia when the war broke out, and enlisted
as a Confederate soldier, rising to be
Lieutenant in command of the company
before the war closed. When the war
ended he re-entered the University and
graduated in law in June, '66. He then
went to Heidelberg, Germany, and studied
there several years, after which he return
ed to Charlottesville and commenced the
practice of law. After his fathers con-
nection with the Radical party Mr.. Early
also acted with it, and was appointed by
Judge Rives, clerk of the U. S. Court for
the Eastern District. Some three ago he
resigned that office, and now holds another,
that of Registrar in Bankruptcy.
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A MODEST BENEFACTOR.--The I'M
known and generous friend of Virginia
who has donated the valuable museums to
tho TT,,;1 Nv, Of ri,,io
ington and Lee university, is wealthy
old gentleman of Rochester New York, of
education and refinement and as modest as
he is liberal.
The Rector of the University of Virginia
the Hon. A. FL. Fl. Stuart, Signifed to him
his wish to have q life-size portrait of their
benefactor to be placed in the Museum
Hail after the donor shall have passed
away, OF when he may have decided to
permit his name to be made public. MI.
- replied that he was an obscure man
and did not wish to have his name associ-
ated with that of the great Thomas Jeffer-
son, of whom he was an enthusiastic ad-
nirer, he thought it would SAVIOR of pre-
sumption. All he desired was to carry out
as far as in his power. lay the magnificent
designs of the founder of the renowned in
stitution. He further expressed his inten-
lion to make the Museum of the Universe
~ of Virginia, the most extensive and
7aluable in America. There will be ex-
pended Oh it nearly $4,000 and it is esti-
mated that it will take $4,000 to carry out
'he designs Of the donor with regard to the
W Washington and Lee University.
The NEW BAPTIST AssoCIATloN.---
There will be held at Goshen Bridge church