Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-11
THE VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVES COR.
VRNTI0N.


The Conservative State Conyen-
vention of Virginia, which has been
in session three days, finally made
a nomination yesterday afternoon.
The two leading candidates were
General Malone, the famous leader
of Mahone's brigade during the
war and the successful railroad
man since, who favored a readjust-
ment of the State debt, and John
W. Daniel, Of Lynchburg, the youth
full orator of Virginia, the "little
man with a crutch and the idol
lied leader Of the young men Of.
the State. 1t was evident before
hand that these two would come
into the convention with almost
equal strength, and so they did.
The result was hat a weaker
man came in as a comprO-
mise. The convention was
very large, numbering nearly
fifteen hundred delegates, and was
very noisy and hard t, restrain.
The chairman's position was not
one to be coveted. The third bal
lot, which was taken yesterday
morning, stood Malone, 472;
Daniel, 4S3; Halliday, 33S; Talia-
ferro, III. Total votes cast, 1855.
Fourth ballot: Daniel, 4S9; Ma
hone, 496; Halliday, $50; Terry,
103. Fifth ballot: Malone, 453;
Daniel, 421; Halliday, 2S4; Talia-
ferro, IA; Lee, l19. Sixth ballot !;
Malone, 467; Daniel, AS; Halli-
day, 344; Taliaferro, 1913. The
latter was now dropped and one Of
Mahone's friends withdrew his
name, urging the friends of that
gentleman to support Halliday,
which a majority Of them did "a
ther than vote for the next highest
candidate. The seventh and last
ballot, taken late in the afternoon,
resulted as follows: Halliday, $50;
Daniel, SOS; Malone, l, and Hal
liday was declared nominated for
governor by the Conservative
party of Virginia amid the widest
applause. Owing tothe size of the
cfSwd and the excitement that had
prevailed for three days and the re
lief cit at reaching a final result, it
was an easy matter to secure all de-
sirable applause at this stage Of the
proceedings. OF the nominee We
do not know much. The race was
supposed to be between Malone
and Daniel, and therefore no great
deal has been said about the
other candidates except Fitzhugh
Lee, and that was on account o.
his historical name and not because
he was regarded as a strong candi.
date or even a possible nominee
Feeling ran so high between tn,
supporters Of the two leading can
didates hat they could not unit.
upon one or the other. If DAME
had withdrawn first it would NJ
doubt have been in favor O
of some one else than Mahon,
Colonel G. NJ. w. Halliday, tn
nominee for governor, lives q
Winchester, on the Shenandoah
He is a lawyer of considerable loci
reputation, stands high as a ger
tleman, was a soldier throughou
the war, but was not suppose
to be formidable in the rae
against so many gentlemen
greater prominence. His weakne
was in his favor, for if
had ran ahead Of Malone or Dal
lei he could not have received Il
nomination. The platform is y
to come to light at least, it h
not come by the wires. A split
the party is not improbable. ii,
liday being evidently Mahon,
choice next to himself, his frien
may be able to force through
reimbursement plank in t
platform. II, on the other hand.
plank should be adopted, as usui
pledging the party to the payne
Of the State debt, it has been su
gested that Malone would r