The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-24
Another Democratic Campaign DOcu-


From the Northern Neck News, August l9th.J
THE ASSISTANT REPUBLICANS NOMINATE JOHN
-CRITCHER, OF WASHINGTON, AS THEIR CAN
DIDATE-THE PERSONNEL OF THE coNYEN-
TION-YISITING STATESMEN, &C.
From our Special Correspondence
TAPPAHANXOCK. August II, 1880. TO de-
scribe the remarkable and nondescript as
Semblage which cOngregated at this place
to-day, calling themselves ReadiuSterS, Is
task too difficult for your correspondent.
Some forty or fifty MISUNDERSTANDING
cans, Independents, Liberals, and Sore
heads. white and black, residents and non
residents OF the State OF Yirgnia-met in the
courthouse here and held what they called
Readjuster Convention.
The Chair said there must be three com.
mittees. each composed OF one delegate
from each county. and directed the roll 10
be called, when the chairman OF each dele
CATION was requested to name the delegates
who should act on the various committees.
When Northumberland was reached and the
chairman OF its delegation called upon to
name the member of the Committee on Or
ganization, one David BOwker arose and said
he would name himself. When Richmond
county was reached W. ID. Garland, Esq,
said he would propose the name OF w. ID.
Garland. These announcements were re-
ceiyed with smiles, but when called upon
to name member on credentials and one
on resolutions, the aforesaid gentlemen
seemed to be at their wits end, and began
to scratch their heads, they having exhaust
ed their delegations ~ on the first commit
tee. However, they proved equal to the
emergency, and w. ID. Garland and David
Bowker were named for the remaining two
committees. In order that your readers
may understand why there was only
one individual present from each OF
these two counties, we Will remark
lust here that there was never meeting OF
Readiusters in Richmond county to send
delegates TO this Convention or any other,
and no delegate was ever appointed by any
one TO this or any other Convention by the
Readjusters OF that county. Mr.. Bowker
is a Republican, and was never authorized
by the Readiusters OF Northumberland TO
represent them.
The Committee on Organization named
as permanent chairman "the Hon. Mr..
Fitchett. OF Northampton" and as secre-
tary "the Hon. ii. w. Dangerdeld, OF rs.
SEX" Mr. Fichett took the chair.
Nominations being next In order, young
man from Prince William placed in nomi-
nation George T.. Round, Republican-Re-
adjuster. He said that the Republicans OF
his county were on the feDce-ii Round
was nominated they would vote for him,
but "he much feared they would not sup
port Observation-Disclosures"
A fellow named Dixon "a Republican, and
the chief orator in the Wolff Convention)
nominated l.. T.. Brist0w, and in doing so
INDUCED in much vulgar abuse Of the Dem
ocratic party, and spoke OF himself as life
long and devoted Republican,.
Somebody then placed in nomination the
Hon. John Critcher, Of Washington city.
Joe Arrest, a Garfield and Arthur Repub-
lcan, bailing from the county OF Westmore-
land, fixing his eyes steadily on n fiy-speck
on the ceiling, said "he bad the honor OF
nominating a gentleman whose letter ~
which he held aloft in tragic style" would
explain lust how and where he stood" He
then read letter addressed TO the Conven
ton, in which the writer expressed his will
ingness TO accept its nomination, and his
readiness, in that event, TO resign az elector. |
The letter wac fortunately signed. or else |
the Convention would never have known |
whose cause Mr.. Arrest was champioBing, |
when he abruptly took his seat. 1t bore |
the signature OF Robert NJ. Mayo, and thus |
the Colonel was made 10 nominate himself. |
Three ballots We're then taken without |
arriving at a choice. Some one mildly in |
Quired at this iuncturs OF affairs how long |
Mr.. CriicEer had been Readjuster, and II |
he would act with the party; wDereupon |
Mr.. Duff Green drew from his pocket
letter from that gentleman, In which he
modestly consented TO bear the standard |
"if no more worthy man could be found"
saying he considered the second and
third clauses OF the Readiuster plat
form as embodyiDg far settlement
OF the debt question. Another letter |
was also read from the same gentle
man to the same effect by another delegate. |
That, together with the superior orafOry OF
Critcher's hackers. did the business. and
on the fourth ballot he was declared Dotni- |
mated, though some who kept the count de-
cared that Mayo received the most votes;
and the Convention broke up In hot haste
and without ceremony.
II is worthy OF note, however, that even
on the last ballot the three Northern. Neck
counties Lancaster not being repreDsented)
cast their votes solidy for Mayo, aud that
Citcher did net receive vote from the
section In which he lived before his re.
moval 10 Washington.
{. just before the balloting commenced one
James Cannon addressed the Convention.
Mr.. Cannon's appearance IL very unprepos-
sessing-ludeed, so much SO that Delegate =