Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-08-07
Abingdon District Meeting.

J. r. PRESTON.
Abingdon District Meeting.
In pursuance TO n call of the County
Committee, meeting of the voters of
A Abingdon district was held at the
Court House on the 2Slh of July for
the purpose of clectiug delegates to the
Conservative Gubernatoral COnvcn-
ton at Richmond, August Sth, 1S77.-
Mr.. G. +. Trigg, of the County Com
mittee, by an agreement with Mr..
Robert Keys, of the same committee,
called the meeting to order and eX-
planned its object. Dir. WIN. White
and Mr.. VIM. II. Smith were put i'm
nomination for Chairman, and the
vote being taken, resulted in the &C.
ton of DR.. VIM. White.
On motion, the members of the
press were nominated and elected Sec
retaries-Mr. VIM. Mitchell being sub
stituted for Mr. G. W, Ward. Mr..
Ward offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, That this meeting pro-
coed, at once, to the election of dele
gates and altrrnatcs to represent Alb.
ingdon district In the Richmond Con
ventiOn next August
Resolved I'd. That the several candi-
dates for Governor he put in n0niina
ton along with the list of delegates
and nlternatcs to represent them srve.
rally, and that those delegates and al
tc. nales receiving tie majority of voice
cast he declared the delegates and al
ternates elected TO represent this dis
triCt in Richmond,
The resolutions were opposed by Mr..
JAS. l.. White and others. whereup0n
Mr.. Daniel Trigg offered the following
substitute:
Resolved, That this meeting proceed
at once to an election of delegates and
alternatos TO the Richmond Convcn-
ton.
Mr., r. A. Humes objected to the
substitute at length Mr.. Trgg sup
ported it. Mr.. Ward then withdrew
his motion, aud the meeting went in
to an election.
Mr.. G.. w. Ward offered motion 10
elect The delegates 10y ballot. Mr.. J
l.. White offered the following suhsti
tute, that the delegates he elected 10y
a viva vcce vote. The vote being Ia.
ken, it stood for viva voce 81, for bal
lot so.
Mr.. J l.. White offered the follow
ing ticket.
DELEGATES. ALTERNATEs.
A. G.. Cummings, ]. Il. Jones.
J. a. Buchanan, d. a, p Campbell
& V. Litchfeld, VIM. A. Gillian
Robert a. Preston, John +. Sutton.
Robert :. Lowry, JAS, y, Armistead.
Mr., Ward then offered the follow
ing ticket:
DELEGATES. ALTERNATEs.
VIM. NJ. Gray, II, Fugate
Il. ID Ricketts,, =. j. Hore.
\. + Barrow, s. C Keller.
r.. p. Carson, ID. Il. Berry.
y. Nc. Bradley, p. c. Landrum.
After spirited discussion, in which
the qualities of each candidate were
fairly commented upon, and his claims
presented, n motion was made that
each delegate should express his choice
for the candidate for gut ernatorial
nomination. The first ticket was
then called a each delegate and al
ternate answered in person or by
proxy, as follows;
DELEGATFs-A. c. Cummings and
John a. Buchanan for Holiday G
V. Litchfield for Lee r.. a Preston
and II s. Lowry for Taliaferro.
ALTERNATES- L Jones aud ID A
p Campbell for Lee +; w A Gillian and
J a Armistead for Daniel Il sat
ton for Holiday.
SECOND TICKET.
William NJ Gray. T. d
Ricketts,, A f Barrow, A. Me. Bradley
for Malone ; II i Carson for Taliarer-
ro-with Malone his second choice.
ALTERNATEs II Fugate, + J Hope,
5 q Keller, ID f Berry, p G Landnm
for Mahoue.
Mr. Lconldns Baugh then offered
the following compromise ticket -
A c Cummings, r. S Lowry,
Jno. A Buchanan, Robert Keys,
II p Carson.
A good deal Of oommotion was then
going on, and erica Of "vote, " vote"
&c, Mr.. Ward then arose and asked
that the vote of 81 tn so he made pro
rata, but was ruled out Of order, lie
then stated that the vote of 80 would
claim the pro rata as has been done In
Richmond and elsewhere. Mr. Ward
then asked pc mission to withdraw
the Malone delegation from the meet
ing. Mr.. Daniel Tfigg arose to point
of order and claimed that IL was not
customary aud that the chair had no
right to grant such request, and that
if they wished TO withdraw they could
do so.
The minority then Withdrew. The
vote on the first ticket was then taken
and elected IL was then moved by
Mr.. James l.. White that the delegates
To the Richmond Convention elected
by this meeting, he also elected to rep
resent tie said meeting at the Senate
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