The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-11
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NOMINATIONS LIMITED.

General Pridemore presented resoiutior
that all nominations be now made, and thai
when balloting is commenced the same pro
ceed by dropping the candidate receiving
the lowest number Of votes, and so on unit
choice is reached; and that no candidate
shall be renominated more than twice. The
resolution was amended so as to 1nseT
"once" in place OF wwice," and q:
amended adopted.
GENERALS LEE AND TAL.AFERRo NOMINATED
General Taliaferro was renominated under
the resolution. =,
General Fitzhugh Lee was renomlnated
Tho Fifth Ballot.
The fifth ballot was had amid much ex
citement, and resulted as follows:
Whole number OF votes cast, 1,423, ne
cessary to a choice, 712; Of which number
Daniel received 421 1920; Malone
453 $40; Holiday, 2s4s Lee, 1874; Talla
terro, IA Hip. 4..
General Fitz. Lee being the lowest can
didate was dropped. ,
Sixth Ballot.
The candidates now before the Conven.
ton were Major Daniel. General Taliaferro,
Colonel Holiday, and General Malone.
The sixth ballot being taken resulted as
follows:
Whole number of votes cast, 1,423; nc
cessary to choice, 712; OF which number
Daniel received 447 109-121; Malone,
ACT 4-1O; Holiday, 3Ht; Taliaferro,
1872 11-12.
General Taiafcrro having received the
lowest number OF votes was dropped.
GENERAL MALONE WITHDRAWN.
At 2:l0 O'Clock Mr.. Cameron, address
ing the Convention, said he was here to
Withdraw the name OF General William
Malone from the consideration OF this
Convention [Cheers and applause.] lie
said he felt under no obligation to any
candidate or friends OF any candidate, but
he expressed his own desire and that OF
many OF his friends when he said that he
thought the Valley OF Virginia ought To
have the selection OF the Governor OF Vlr'
ginia. Immense applause and deatenlng
cheers.1 ~
Mr.. Cameron was stopped in his address
by the indescribable confusion, ana MI.
Stringfellow, succeeding in gaining the ear
OF the Convention and restoring compare,
tive quiet, made brief address, and called
upon the Southside to make one more sacri.
fee upon the altar OF duty, and vote for that
man who is best fitted to guide the helm OF
the State mean," said be, "that gallant
soldier
... THE PRIDE OF TIE VALLEY"
Immense applause and cheers.]
+ Colonel John E. Penn next addressed the
Convention, and said that Major Daniels
friends believed that his strength was great
er than that OF any one candidate, and that
they meant to float his banner to the last.
[Cheers and applause.J
Mr.. John S.sWise repelled the idea that
the Malone men had formed any comDlna-
ton. II we have selected the armless nero
OF the Valley it is because his associations
have never made him disreputable. Ap-
plause.l Mr. Wise continued bis remarks,
but the confusion, applause, and noise
drowned nearly all that he said.
Mr. Coshill, OF Amherst, called upon the
friends of Major John w. Daniel to stand
by him to the last, but what else he said
was lost in the noise and confusion.
A POINT OF ORDER.
Mr.. Riddleberger also said something 70
the body, but, as the din was so great, DC
is probably the only man who knows Wha'
he did say.
He was interrupted by Mr.. Campbell, Of
Richmond, who raised the point OF oroei
that there was nothing before the house..
The Chair The point is well taken. lap
plause.] y :.
Mr.. Riddleberger moved that the nomt
nation OF Colonel Holiday be made by &C.
clamation. -i =,
The Chair: The motion Is out Of order
The vote must be taken by ballot.