Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-04-30
The MAYOR AND POLICE ON HAND.

ternoon, after a long recess, Mr.. Dezen-
dorf said they were equally divided and
could do nothing. Mr.. Rives, Of Lynch
burg, however, attempted to introduce a
minority report providing that ''no elector
shall be placed on the Republican electoral
ticket who is not pledged to support the
Republican nomination made at Chicago"
and that this Convention no,o proceed to
nominate full electoral ticket. This was
signed by Messrs. J. I'll. Rives, W. h.
Wlckham, E. W. Early, w. Ii. Peasants
and Ross Hamilton. The greatest confu-
sion followed the attempted introduction
of this. Affairs looked so bellie erentA be-
tween Rives and Dezendorf, that their diff
ferent sides commenced leaving their seats
and crowdlng into the aisles around them.
To avert a fight among the scores of ex
cited friends if not between the principals,
seemed at one time impossible, but Mayor
Balthis, Sergeant W. D. Runnels ard the
police went into the excited crowd and
produced peace.
Mr.. Rives then got in his minority re-
port in the shape of a resolution. He told
a good deal of what HAD occurred in the
committee. For instance, that his side had
offered to the other five that if they could
get five Readjusters to go on the ticket,
pledged to the Chicago nominee, his side
would agree TO put them on there. In re-
ply to this but one Readjuster name had
been given by the other side as willing
and that was Mr.. Lady. of Rockbridge.
Here the speaker was numerously called
to order for reporting what had occurred
in committee and the chair (Mr. Peter
CARTER was called on to decide It's one
hundredth ''plnt of order" Mr.. Rives
then appealed to the Readjusters CT the
Convention to give the Republicans a
chance once III fifteen years to put ticket
in the field embodying the principles of
Republicanism. and referred to the history
of the past years in which the party had
been controlled by policy dictated by the
Republicans of Eastern Virginia, and
which had only resulted in defeat He
urged upon them to make their ticket now
and let their promised allies come in after
wards if they wanted to-. He said the Re
publican Readjuster sklrmish line in the
proposed Readjuster Convention at Rich
mond. would, when the matter was
brought to test, prove to be the whole
of that party.
THE SIXTY THOUSAND WHITE VOTERS
BLACKS.
Mr.. l.. L. Lewis followed in one of the
most polite and able speeches that had
been made by his side of the question He
prophesied that by postponing the forma-
ton of the ticket they would get sixty
thousand white votes for the Grant electo-
raj ticket-all for Grant, out of the solid
South-ive republicans and six others all
pledged for Grant. He thought if this
postponement was not made Malone
might get Grants ear and suggest to him
when elected some other names for Rives'
place. Otis Russell's place and other Off
GERS. AS for himself he, (Lewis) would
not vote an unpledged ticket. "Mahone
must have a pledged ticket or I wouldn't
touch him with a ten thousand foot pole"
CONKLING AND CAMERON FOR POST
PoNEMENT OF THE NOMINATION..
Referring to what had been said as to
the preferences of prominent Grant men
about this matter of postponement that he
was urging. Mr.. Lewis said it had been
rumored that MIR. Rives had a letter from
Conkling favoring the nomination at this
convention of straight out ticket.
Col. J. c. Hill, (coD of Petersburg, hold
ing up a letter in his hand-If he has l
have one here from Mr.. Conkling to the
contrary!
Mr.. Rives-I am not at liberty to di-
vulge the contents of the letter received.
Mr.. Lewis.-Mr. Cameron wrote to me
to come to see him in Washington and I
went and he said to me. 81 don't want to
interfere with your politics, down in
Virginia, but if was young man like
you I would oppose the nomination of a
ticket at the otaunton Convention
THE OLD GAME OF 1869.
Mr.. w. H. Peasants, (col. of Pittsyva-
mia. then took the floor and made the most
telling speech for the straight out side that
had been made. He said the sight of col
ored men turning to follow the lead of Ma
hone was enough to make the colored men
who had been slaughtered in front of
Petersburg and Richmond turn in their
graves. If the ''sixty thousand white
menu spoken of are coming to the Repub-
Leans they will come. But they haven't
shown any signs yet of coming. This is
the old game that Malone played with the
s'True Republican, ticket to deceive the
colored men. And he inaugurated that |
ticket not so much to defeat Wells as to |
beat colored man (Norton) in his district |
and put John Goode in. This Is the old
game of 1859 being played over again.
quoted from Democratic Read
lister papers to show that they didn't in
end Malone should carry the Democratic
Raadiusters for Grant. He also quoted the
Wing" houting the idea of Re-
,ublicanisln. He said to satisfy himself he
vent to Richmond and had a talk with Ma
zone. ..'Whea I spoke of tho nominee and
uggested Grant he said Ali In way giving
ne the idea that he would support Grant.
Then said suppose Grant is not nomina-
ed. He replied, "Then III support the
est mal.'l Then said but suppose Grant
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