Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-15
SHENANDOAH HERALD
II PUBLISHED WEEKLY By
SHENANDOAH HERALD PUBLISHING co
WOODSTOCK. VIRGINIA.
Wednesday, August Is 1877
convention Correspondence.

The Convention was larger than
usual and about proportiouateiy bois-
ferrous. See regular reports for &c
tails. Arriving in Richmond Tuesday
morning aud stopping at the Head
Centre" good survey of the field was
had before the close of that day. There
were two well organized parties to the
contest those of Daniel and Malone
the balance had what was called head
quarters, their men wore badges, ard
each claimed that his favorite was
bound to be the nominee. The Italia
ferro ring. masters claimed equal parts
of the Malone and Daniel strength for
sectional and other reasons Fitz Lees
champions claimed the Holiday, Italia
ferro, and Terry vote: Holidays mans
ayers asserted their advantage all the
time ''if ace can only keep him on the
field" Terrys friends made no pre-
tensions. The unknown vote did not
exceed seventy five. Malone stood
first, Daniel second, Holiday third,
Taliaferro fourth, Lee fifth, Terry
sixth. Neither of the leading rivals
seemed really sapguine of enough OF
the seventy>fve to overcome his ad.
versary. Outside of this small IN
known, each knew his strength to q
man. Feeling between the positive
friends of these champions was very
intense, and this made the hope of the
all the rest-that neither would con.
sent to the nomination of the other
The fight began in an insidious sort o.
way among the delegations, the Dan
iel men trapping the Holiday boys
into combination in the formation o.
committees, the election of temporary
chairman &C., in the interest of the
former, and especially against Ma.
hone. This, it was supposed, would
serve the double purpose Of assisting
Daniel by prestige of Introductory
success, and also prevent coalition
of Malone and Holiday, a contingent
cy which Bradley Johnston all the time
apprehended and which Sprigg Camp
ben never betrayed. When Riley was
seducedi INTO nominating Mahone's per-
scnal enemy, Col Lamb of Norfolk,
to the temporary craftsmanship, and
the report started that it was an in
tended affront to Malone, the work
was thought be finished but the
scheming was so very gauzy that men
could not fail to see low somebody had
been ensnared by a willy management,
and that it would be cruel to the IN.
offending people Of the great Valley tc
visit revenge upon them, because those
somebodies didn't know any better.
How the ballotting commenced and
continued until the field was mario wed
down to Malone, Daniel and Holiday
our readers are doubtless made aware
by proceedings reported. AT this
stage, the friends of Holiday asked
leave to retire for consultation. Gen
eral Echois informed them in few re-
marks that tLey must watch both Dan
lei and Malone and stand firm but
here was the tug. Holiday was
bound to fall under the rule. In vair
they appealed to the friends of Fit
Lee to throw him into the slaughter
pen. Said a very elderly gentleman
in the conference, "Genl. Lee will b'
renominated after this BALLOT" Oh
this was murder. Lee waiting fol
Holiday to fall. Impossible, Pick
wick, Impossible 1t was just exact,
so, that Fitz intended to try his hand a
Holiday 'sfriends when the latter should
be consigned to the tomb, proce ed
ing which would have sent him there
beyond all doubt but for what wa;
then as unknown 10 Holidays man
ayers as it was to the people of Wood.
stock. Mahones managers and lead
ing friends had before determined tC
give their votes to the Valley candi
date rather than risk the bare posi-
billty of defeat by what not a few o
them called the bond-jobbers. S.
when the conference returned to The
convention here is what occurred a
taken from the regular reports of pro
ceedings.
RULE FOR DROPPING CANDIDATES.
General Pridemore, of Lee, Offered
the following:
RESOLVED, That all nominations be nov
made, and that when the ballotinc i
commenced the same proceed by drop
ping the one having the lowest mum
Der of votes and so on until cho;c,
shall be reached, and no candidate
when dropped, shall be nominated
more than twice.
The gentleman offering the rcsolu,
ton said that he did it for the benefit o
delegates from the country. Hote
bills are Highland expenses are heavy
aud delegates want to get away. HI
offered.the resolution that the enc
might be soon reached.
Mr.. j. d. johnson. of Giles. offerej
as an amendment, that "once' be in.
serted instead of twice" The amend
ment was accepted, and the resolution
as amended was then adopted.
The chair construed the resolution
that no candidate could be renominat
ed. e. nominated more than