Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-03
Local.
SATURDAYS PRIMARIES

HOLIDAY CARRIES TIE CITY AND CoUN-
TY WITH A RUSH-PUZzLED CONDITION
OF THE ADJUSTERs---INsrRU
AGAINST MALONE,
&C., &C., sc.
Saturday morning opened with row of
Christy Checkers roosting on the Court
House fence waiting for the bugle call OF
Beverley Manor, which was to b the hot
test contested district Of the county. These
were the advanced guard of the "Mahone
column, which it had been announced in
the Richmond 'Whig," had crossed the
the mountain and ''wth Michael Hartman
at the head" had made the manor almost
despaired of by the Holiday men, AS
the sun slowly assembled, the Cossal ks of
the county, known to fame as the Knights
of the Blind Bride, commenced coming in
on their transparent steeds, and council
of war progressed only interrupted by the
furtive excursions Of a COsSack now and
then into neighboring shop to procure
ten cents worth of the national beverage.
The council resulted in the conclusion
that they were strong enough to lam out
the Holiday men by about three to one.
About II O'Clock an unexpected and appall-
ing sight appeared On the right wing, being
nothing less than Capt. GEO W. SWoope
leading brigade of about fifty Holiday
men. A Cossack who had been on picket
rode into camp with the simple but express
sive remark: "Gentlemen this is HI"
At O'Clock the court house bell rang and
the troops deployed on both Sides Capt.
james Bumgardner, County Superlnten-
dent, called the meeting to order and was
then elected Chairman. On motion of
Capt. John n. Opie resolution was adop-
ted binding the participants in the meet
ing to support the nominee of the conven-
ton.
NO MALONE.
Capt Opie then offered a resolution, that
tie delegates elected by this meeting to
the State convention be instructed, under
no circumstances, to vote for Malone"
lie said the Governor Of Virginia should
be a man above suspicion, and Gen. Ma
hone was not such man he was now put
forward as peoples man, when his record
showed that he had been railroad monop-
olist and anything but a peoples man; he
was a political Jonas, whom the party
ought to throw overheard. Capt. Opies
resolution was then adopted:
The following anti-Mahone ticket WAS
then nominated by Mr.. Meade F. White
Delegdtes-James Bumgardner, Jr., G.
w. SWoope, Jas. n. Mcfarland, Chas. t.
Palmer and VIM. A. Burnett; Alterldtes
John Paris, f. T. Sterrett. Jno. NJ. Kinney,
A. D. Tribbett and Meade f. White.
And the following ticket was nominated
by Col. A W Hartman:
Delegdtes-E. A. Fulcher, M. G. Har-
man, W. II. Peyton, A. A. McPheeters
and j. NJ. Lickliter; Alternates Jno. Hite-
man. VIM. Chiles, w. j. u. Bell, T. L.
FultZ and David Speck.
1t was moved, among forty other mo-
lions in hasty confusion, that the vote be
taken by dividing in the room, and it was
adopted. Then came the widest pulling
and hauling by leaders to get men over to
their side-a pulling in which the press
man of the VINDICAToR, who is al honor
ed citizen of ChriSty's creek, lost one skirt
of his coat and the whole Of Il ten-cent
cravat, through the struggles Of ponder
Gus Mahoner to pull him to the side Of the
Little General" After a brief season
spent in violent wrestlings with the angels
of Little Billy there Was slight ces-
sation, the quiet being broken by the shrill
voice of Mr.. Meade F. W hite, the anti
Malone leader, crying ''Come over this
side everybody that don't want Billy Ma
hone,' ''Come over here all you men that
want to pay the State debit and the So
norous voice Of Mr.. w. I'll. Peyton who
Was crying out like a voice in the wilder
ness Come over here you men that want
lower taxes and not pay the State debt"
At last d motion was adopted to go out OF
the door, at each side. AS the last gentle
man, well-known citizen oil the county,
went out on the anti-Mahone side, the gal
leries gave him three cheers. When the
vote was announced ia for the anti-Ma-
hone ticket, to SO for the opposition ticket,
the applause was deafening. Capt. Opie
explained that while he was opposed to
Gen. Malone, he had voted the opposition
ticket. because it favored adjustment OF
the State debt. The election of delegates
was made unanimous, On motion of Col.
A. w. Hartman.
FIRST WARD.
A telegram to The VINDICATOR that South
River had whipped out Malone and forci-
BILE adjustment three to one, read In the
first ward meeting put the boys il a good
humor Mr.. Michael Cox nominated Gen.
John Echols for Chairman which Was car
ing resolution:
Resolued, That the delegates elected by
this meeting to the State Convention be
instructed not to vote for Malone under
any circumstances, aud to oppose the doc
trine of compulsory adjustment i'll any
form.
Judge J. II. McCue whose name had
been placed on one Of the tickets presented,
defined his position as opposed to Malone
under any circumstances he could then
conceive of, and in favor of Holiday with
Daniel for the second choice. He said his
position on the public debt was opposed to
reputation but in favor Of all honorable
adjustment.
The resolution of Mr.. Cox WAS then
adopted and that gentleman put the fol
lowing ticket in nomination
DeIeqates- Marshall Hanger, Robert W.
Burke, John Echols and James L. Byers
AHernates- ichael Cox, Ed. Echols, W.
B. Chesney and Thos. j. Crowder.
The following ticket was read by Judge
McCue:
Deleqates-H P. Dickerson, W. B. Hyde.
J. H. McCue and L. A, Gordon.
The vote stood for the Holiday ticket