Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-07-26
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY %. 1878.
THE VIRGINIA CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS.


The nearness of The conventions for
nominating candidates for congress in Vir-
o;nia is adding much to the political inter-
est. we might almost call it excitement in
the State.
In the First, fredericksburg district, |
Hon. Beverly B. Douglas OF King William.
tho present member, Rev. W. W. Walker of |
westmoreland and Gen. r. L. T. Beale of
the same county, are candidates before the
Conservative convention. Hon. j. b.
Sener, (Republican) is urged by his friends
as .'Independent" candidate against the
nominee and Judge Critcher has been
named by some Adjusters as a candidate
in case Mr.. Douglas is not that way OF
thinking. King William is reported as
solid for Douglas and Lancaster has chosen
Reale delegates. The number of competi-
tors increase the chances OF Mr.. Douglas
for nomination by the convention.
In the Second, (Nolfolk) District, Hon.
John Goode of Norfolk, the present mem
Der. Col VIM. Lamb of Norfolk. Capt.
James G.. Baine of Portsmouth, and Col.
David G. Goodwin of Portsmouth, will be
the names before the convention. The
chances are said to be very decided in ia
vor of Mr.. Goode.
In the Third, (Ric hmond) District, Ex-
Gov. Gilbert G. Walker, the present mem
Der, is not a candidate for nomination and
the names in the field are Gen. Jos. E.
Johnston of Richmond, Senator ". u.
Quesenberry of Caroline, Judge Clopton of
Chesterfield and F, NJ. Winston of Louisa.
The friends of Gen. Johnston appear to
count on an easy victory in the conven-
tion.
In the Fourth, (Petersburg) District, the
Republicans who have majority retain
their organization and will hold conven-
ton The Republican candidates for the
nomination are Edgar Allen of Prince
Edward, better known by the soubriquet
of "Yankee Allen'' and Hon. J. Jorgensen
the present member. They are engaged in
an active canvass for the nomination. The
candidates to come before the Conserva-
tive convention are Capt. VIM. e. Hinton
of Petersburg, who made an active and al
most successful canvass against Mr.. Jor
gensen at the last election, and Col. S. F.
Coleman of Cumberland. Two counties,
Prince Edward and Cumberland have sent
Coleman de legates.
In the Fifth (Danville) District the
candidates for the nomination are Hon
Geo. C. Cabell, the present member; Thos
Stanhope Flournoy and W. Addison
Witcher. The friends of Mr.. Cabell are
confident of his denomination.
In the Sixth (Lynehburg) District Hon.
John Randolph Tucker, of Rockbridge,
the present member, who has made ma
tional fame in one session, and Hon.
Thomas Whitehead, of Lynchburg, Mr..
fuckers predecessor, are candidates for
the nomination. Large meetings in
several of the counties of the district have
endorsed Mr.. Tucker, and his re-nomina-
ton is considered certain.
In theSeveath (Staunton) District. Hon.
John T. Harris, the present member. is a
candidate for denomination; Hon. IL. G.
Allen, of Shenandoah, is advocated by the
Scottsville Courier and Senator John
Paul, of Rockingham, is spoken of by his
friends as successor to Mr.. Harris. The
primary meetings to be held throughout
the district tomorrow will have put the
contest In this district in more definite
shape before some of our. readers will get
this paper. In three of the ten counties in
the district, Rockingham, Fluyanna and
Highland, meetings have resolved not to
send delegates to the Staunton conven-
tion.
In the Eighth (Alexandria) District the
contest between Gen. Eppa Hunton, the
present member, and Mr.. S. Chap. Neale,
of Alexandria, for the nomination, is #
the most exciting character. Mr.. Colum-
bus Alexander, of Washington city. join
ed in the attack on Mr.. Hunton in per-
sonal manner that ELECTED challenge
from that gentleman, which. however,
was not accepted. Papers in Baltimore
and New York have also attacked Mr..
H., though this foreign interference in the
choice of the district has probably
STRENGTHENED rather than weakened the
objects of tho attacks. In Alexandria
Mr.. Neale carried all but one ward,
which Mr.. Eppa Hunton carried by
only one vote. In Orange there was
but one general meeting to elect del
egates, and Mr.. Neale carried it by some
thirty votes, whereupon Mr.. Hunton's
friends withdrew. In Fauquier, which
county was carried by Hunton, some VIC
lent scenes took place at the primaries, in
one of which, at Salem, Charles 7. Brown,
a wealthy farmer. instantly killed VIM. L.
Hunt, his son-ln-law. with rock, and at
another in Warrenton, VIM. Spilman had
his head badly mashed. Mr.. B. johnson
Barbour has announced himself as an in
dependent candidate in this district.
In the Ninth (Abingdon) District, the
present member Gen. Prldemore declines
a reelection. The candidates for nomi
nation are Col. Abe Fulkerson, of Wash
1ngton county. Col. Henry A. Edmund
son, of Roanoke and Hon. Fayette Nc
Mullen, OF Smyth. In this district there
has been formed an organization of Read
justers within the Conservative party, and !
it is likely that if the nomination doesn't |
suit it, a bolt will take place.
Our contemporary will hardly, in candor,
claim that Augusta county is in favor Of
the position Of those called the 'sfunders.'
It will hardly, in candor, deny that the !.
sentiment of Augusta county is in accord |
with what is known as REIMBURSEMENT" !
IT it can affirm the one and deny the other, !
it must rest under delusion as to the
true state of the case, or an unaccOuntable |
absence of information as to the true
sentiment az the cOunty-TulLeu Vir.