The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-22

The Grand Gathering or Republican
Statexrscn.

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| BEING DEFEAT OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| PoPHAM BRIEFLY B00Ms--A LIVELY TIME
| AT MOTHERHOOD OF rue COMMITTEE on
PERMANENT oRGANIZATIoN--DR. MILLS IN.
| SEATED AND CAPTAIN PAU. ruT INA TIE
| VOTE BETWEEN wlCKHAM AND LEWIS FOR
THE Observation-Disclosures TO TO-DAY.
| Especial telegram to the mspatch.I
STAuNTox, VA, April 21.-Tbe Repub.
lican State Convention met In the new City
Opera-IIousc at ~ NJ. The floor Of the
large halt was full Of delegates and specta.
tors, and the galleries crowded.
c. p. Ramsdell, chairman of the State
Central Committee. called the Convention
TO order, and after brief congratulatory
address called for nominations for tenn.
porary officers.
1t was generally conceded that the vote
for temporary chairman would measure the
respective strength Of the Straight Outs
and Rtadjusters.
! j. II. Hill, Of Petersburg (Readjuster),
and Peter j. Carter, OF Northampton
| (Straish OUT were nominated, and warm
nominating and seconding speeches were
made.
PETER CARTER BO0Ms.
Carter was elected by "a votes to As for
| Hill, and took his seat amid loud cheer
ing-a decided victory for the Straight
Outs; though il is now claimed by the Ma
hone men that it was not strictly test vote.
j. b. Wark, of Lynchburg, was elected
| temporary secretary.
COLONEL POPHAM's PYROTECHNICs.
While the Committee on Credentials
Ross Hamilton chairman-was out, Colonel
Popham was called on and spoke an hour.
He congratulated the Republican party on
having done so audacious thing as to meet
in convention in the Valley OF Virginia
the county OF Augusta-in the midst OF the
old Democratic Tenth Legion. They had
bearded the lion in his den, the Doug
lass in his ball; but he objected to the
Democrats OF Virginia directing the
action OF this Republican Convention,
and respectfully declined their advice; the
object of which was TO bring forward the
old-fashioned carpet bas -scalawag- Niger
electoral ticket and get gnawed under, as
they had always done. They were pursu-
| ing the very course to discourage the
sixty thousand Democratic voters who
had sloughed off from the party, and
whose votes they must have TO win. Nam
! ing an electoral ticket would be saluted by
the Democrats all over the State, If they
dared, with pyrotechnics and bonfres. 1t
was Just the thing that one hundred Demo-
cratic papers in Virginia, led by the Rich
mond Dispatch, the leading and cunniDgest
OF them all, wanted. And while he had
heard it charged that the Democrats were
knaves, he bad never heard that they were
fools.
Notwithstanding frequent attempts to
stop Colonel Popham, he made his speech,
which produced decided sensation among
the members.
| SARCASTIC HITS AT P0PHAM.
Mr.. J. Ii. Rives was then called for, and
made some sarcastic hits at Colonel Popham
and the Rtadiusters, getting loud applause
from his wing Of the party.
Mr.. Lester (colored) then commenced
speaking, and the Committee on Credentials
insisted on making their report. Delegates
called for other speakers, and the speakers
| attempttd to respond. Points of order were
raised, and dozen men were upon the floor
gesticulating wildly and insisting upon be-
ing recognized by the chairman, while dele
gates crowded The aisles and pressed to the
front in great excitement and confusion.
PETER CARTER COOL.
| The Chairman had much difficulty in pre-
| serving order, and appointed sergeaHt-at-
| arms to assist him; but his self-possession
| and legislative training finally got things
into some shape, aud the report of the Gre
dentials Committee was read.
DIR. MILLS UNsEATED AND A NEGRO PUT IN
The report OF the Committee on Gre.
dentials was adopted after lengthy aud eX,
cited discussion, except that DR.. T.. S. M:lls.
of Richmond, was un,eated by Captain r
A. Paul, contestant. During this discus
sion personalities were freely INDUCED in
by Captain Paul, who reflected upon DR.
Mills's statements, but afterwards modified
what bad been offensive.
By the report, J. b. SypbaX, Of Alexan
dria, was also unseated.
GENERAL wICKHAM FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
CONVENTION.
The Committee on Permanent Organizes
tion-Colonel E. w. Early chairman
nominated for president General W. G.
Wickban; secretary, j. II. Hill; assistant
secretaries, j. Yost and j. B. Wark; and
one vice. president from each strict.
Speeches on nominations were limited tc
five minutes, and the question OF voting
upon the nominees separately ELECTED an
other long and spirited discussion.
w. II. Pleasants (coIored) OF Pittsylva
mia. nominated ex-senator j. +. Lewis a.
president; and j. f. DeZendorf, OF Nor
folk, in the interest OF peace and harmo
nv. seconded the nomination OF Colone
Lewis.
| Anunber OF five-minute speeches were
made. A great deal OF recrininatlon was
INDUCED in, and the Readiusters complain
ed bitterly Of "gag law" and "uniail
dealing " in the rulings OF the Chair.
Ross Hamilton lin the chair called upon
the sergeant .at-arms to seat refractory
delegate from Richmond, and the delegate
retalia;ed by saying he would send the ser
geant-at-arms 10 keep the Chair in order.
| VOTE FINALLY TAKEN.
| A vote wss finally reached, ut was 81
close-there not being more than three oil
| ,,,, J;ea,opoa-tbat another count was