The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-16
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-, ,xpr. I4oI11pAY's RospEcTs-ELEC..
,.,a,.praTNn TRICKS Observation-Disclosures OF
.he friends n or other candt dates are repre-
snr Colonel Holiday as having no
- ,ano OH. and that therefore 10 is useless 10
s.isa him any support. The assertion Is UNI
sr,,e. and the Inference drawn tnereirom
orroneoI,a: From those who ought to know
we shrYg assurance THAT Colonef H6ihday
will receive. upwards OF 400 votes on tne
first ballot. The Fact that neither ne nor
his friends have urged and supported ms
claims with the same indicate zeal that mas
beer, manifested by some Of the other can.
flidates has operated to his} disadvantage, 10
the canvass 9fiithertoy but this state OF Things
cannot continue, To those who entertain
proper views OF the dignity OF the guDesnlla;;
toriaI office, and think that the office snouia
seek the man and not tie mnf1 the Once, Col,
buel Koffiday's 'conrsei Is sure TO commenS
itself. But granting the assertion ZOE aIsu gu
ment sake, we hold that the relative Voee y
the candidates on the first ballot Is NO GEL.
tain. or even toierabiy certain, index OF now Tow
the result viii terminate. .None'ot tue eau.
didates will have strength suncient 10 see
fine nomination on the first baiiot, ana o., tue
chance Of each fer the nomination VIII de-
pend not on the number OF votes ne re-
ceiyes on the first ballot, but on ms Popu-
yarity with the friends of other candid lla,
It is by no means improbable tbat 7: new ~
man or zone OF the less prominent candl-
iatas will be centred upon as d compromise
candidate, Just DIS was the case at the GIN
cianati Convention last June. ~, =:
Then. by all means, il Colonel Holiday is
your choice, give him hearty support, and
be not infuenced by any such assertions or
differences as we have referred to above
Bedford Sentinel. 'n' W. -. j. ,:.,c,.,..t.; I
THE FRANKLIN, County DELEGATI0S.-,
The Richmond Dispatch says Daniel has Il
or % delegates out Of the d Franklin coun-
ty delegates. We are informed on the very
best authority that the delegation is nearly
equally divided between Holiday and Dan
ieI.--5Bedford Sentinel. !, ;ga nsnii
BUCHANAN CoUNTY's VoTE.-The Rich
mond papers insist upon giving Buchanan
county Is delegates to the State Convention.
She cannot possibly be entitled to that num-
Der, rs she only cast about 600 votes for Til
den and Hendricks Marion. Patriot ~,
1.-THE Tribune Almanac gives Tilden's vote
in Buchanan as 1880. The correct figures
are 330.l a.. s!)fG2 aA| .i"t'e1t $3.50
RApPAHANNoCK COUNTY DELEGATEs.-The
Conservatives Of Rappahannock, !, county
met. in mass meeting in Washington on
S., Menefee president and
John r. Daniel secretary--and appointed
nine delegates to, the State, Convention in
Richmond on the 9Th Of nextmonth--lto-wit !:
j. Y. Menefee, Thomas G. Popham, Colonel
Thomas B. Massie, Colonel is. Green, Dr..
William J. Williams, Robert L. Menefee,
Walter % Damon, j. w. Fletcher. and A.
r. Walden. =. ~. .,..,.,-, ,..r,5 ~,
The delegation is understood to stand
four for Holiday, three for Daniel, and two.
for Fitz. Lee, and two OF the anti Holiday
delegates will support Holiday after their
fayorite is. dropped Warren Sentinel. u