Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-12-11
Stanton Spectator.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1877.
conservative Nominating Caucus.

TUESDAIS 1000 |
Conservative Nominating Caucus.
11rDGE HENRY c. ALLEN OF SHENAN-
DoAH NOMINATED FOR SPEAKER.
The Conservative members Of the
House of Delegates met in their Hall
on last Tuesday night to nominate
candidate for Speaker of the House Of
Delegates. DIR. E. G. Robinson of Nor
folk was elected chairman, and ?. ii.
McCaul of Pulaski, Secretary. On the
call of the roll, go members answered.
Mr.. Walker of Northumberland of.
fered the following resolution, which
on motion of MIR. Hardesty of Clarke, was
laid on tile table by vote of 60 to 80;
Resolved, That all members Of the
House of Delegates who were elected
in opposition to the regular nominees
of the Conservative party be excluded
from participation in the conferences OIL
the Conservative members.
Mr.. Graves of Bedford offered the fol
lowing: which on motion of Mr.. Har'
desty of Clarke was also laid on the Ia
BILE: r'la,Ft
Resolved, That all members of the
House of Delegates who are not true
Conservatives. are respectfully requested
to retire from this caucus.
The caucus then proceeded with the
business of nominating Speaker.
Mr.. Fowler placed before the caucus
the name of Judge Allen, and spoke at
length in eulogy of him.
Mr.. Edmunds, of Halifax, in glow
ing and highly eulogistic speech put in
nomination Maj. Marshall Hanger for
the position of Speaker. In doing so
he alluded to that gentleman's known
qualifications for the position, and urged
the fact that he had filled the place for
six years acceptably to all the members,
and that at no time more than the pres
ent did Virginia need such an officer.
Mr.. Coghill, of Amherst, made q
strong speech seconding Mr.. Hangers
nomination. He said that Mr.. Hanger
stood upon the platform, and asked il
Judge Allen could do more. He had
seen Crutchfeld, Sheffey, and Kempei
in the Speakers chair, and would say
that Mr.. Hanger as presiding officer
was equal to any of them. ST.
Mr.. Ficklin, of Buckingham, express
ed himself as being in favor first of Mr.
Bocock, but learning that that gentle
man would not be a candidate foi
Speaker, was glad to give his support
to Mr.. Hanger. He intended to &C
as far as any gentleman honorably
could in the matter of REIMBURSEMENT
but did not for that reason see why h
should go against Mr.. Hanger-whos'
fairness, integrity, and parliamentar.
ability could not be questioned.
o Col. w. w. Henry of Richmond abb.
supported the nomination of Mr.. Han
ger, and in the course of his remark
effectively pictured Mr.. Hanger presid
ing over the last State Convention, an
bringing order out of chaos there, an
asked that this faithful servant be prop
erly rewarded.
Speeches in support of Hanger wer
made by Edmunds of Halifax, R. A
Coghill of Amherst, J. B. Ficklin Q
Buckingham, q. A. Bohannan of Mat
thews, w. w. Henry of Richmond, an
John Echols of Augusta; and in sup
port of Allen by Isaac c.. Fowler c
Washington, James Barbour Of Cul
pepper, T. G. Popham of Rappahannock
H. H. Harrison of Sussex, and DR..
H. Moffett of Rockingham.
The vote resulted in the nomination
of Allen by vote of 50 to 46.
The first act of the re-adjusters wa
thus to deprive the State of the service
of Maj. Hanger as Speaker, who is uni
versally acknowledged to be one of tn
best who has ever filled that position
He was defeated because he was in favo
of paying what Virginia justly owes
"Aristides the justn was ostracized b
the Greeks. Human nature is abou
The same in all ages and countries, an
hence history SO frequently repeats ii
self. The defeat of Hanger for the caus
which produced that result. is the fine
compliment which could be paid him
ut it is reproach to majority of tn
members of the House of Delegates, AM
will tend to impair the credit of tn
State Eae ii uu