Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-09-22

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your committee, and as early response
thereto as is possible.
Respectfully yours, &C.,
4. KoINER, Chairman.
Resolved, That the State Central Com
mttee OF the Conservative Democratic
party of Virginia, feeling that their par
amount duty is to defeat the Republican
party in this State and secure the cleo
toral vote of Virginia for Democratic
principles, unwilling to permit then
confidence in the strength Of their party
to put to the slightest hazard vote SC
valuable and possibly indispensable tc
Democratic success, and ready to make
any reasonable advance to secure re-
suit Of such great National importance,
hereby propose to the State Committee
OF the Re-Adiuster party combination
of the entire strength of Virginia on the
following plan:
That your committee shall name five
who shall be accepted by Our committee,
and that our committee shall name iiye
who shall be accepted by your commit
tee as electors, The eleventh candidate
to be chosen either by the National
Democratic Committee as proposed by
the Shenandoah meeting, or, if preferred
BIZ your committee, by lot, from two
uomlnees-one named by each Of the
State Committees.
This proposition was submitted TO The
Rc-Adi1sicr State Committee about 10
o'clock wednesday night,
The resolution from the Democratic
State Committee was considered
Wednesday night and yesterday morn
ing, and finally una nimOusly rejected.
The following reply was sent TO Mr..
Konner:
REPLY OF TIE RE-ADJUsTER COM
MITTEE.
Rooms STATE EX. COMMITTEE. J
RE-ADJUsTER ORGANIZATION, ;
RICHMOND, VA, Sept, IL, 1880. }
To 4. Eoincr, Esq, Chairman, &C.:
Dear Sir,-I am instructed by the
State Committee OF The Re-Adiuster or
ganizailon, after careful consideration Of
the subjects involved in your commune
cations Of the 18Th instant. to give their
decision against the propositions there
in submitted. The committee does not
find IN its chart Of authority from the
convention TO which it owes existence
the right 10 withdraw the electoral
ticket or any part thereof Il Is true an
elcctor might resign, bat then and II
that case the only rightful province Of
the committee would be to Gil the va
cancy 50 created By the appointment OF
another Rc-Adiuster clcctor for Han.
cock and English. And this committee
cannot consent to any proposition
which shall not evoke and consult the
will OF that majority Of the people OF
Virginia which, in the belief Of thi,
committee, Is the Rc-Adjustor party
Nor has this committee any fear that
the electoral vote OF Virginia is in dan
ser-,hat it is not already, and in our
judgment, beyond peradyenture, Sc
cured to Hancock and English.
THIS committee, however, in respect
fully rejecting the proposition offered
by your committee, has not been actua
ted by any desire to perpetuate strife
between the supporters Of Hancock and
English and in Difference to au apprc-
hcnsion felt by persons outside OF the
State, an apprehension not entertain'
Cd, we repeat, by this committec.-it
has been resolved unanimously to sub
nit The following plan for the consider
alton OF your committee, as the only
method ~ which the Re-Adjusters can
give Their assent.
am, sir, respectfully yours, &C.,
: WM. MALONE, Chairman.
p. S.-Our. committee will DO III ses-
sion until II o'clock tonight.
In connection with this reply the fol-
lowing proposition was submitted 10 the
Democratic Committee:
l. That on Saturday, October 10th,
1880, polls shall be opened at sunrise
and closed at sunset at every voting
precinct in Virginia.
3 That two judges (who shall each
have one clerk), shall preside at every
precinct, one appointed by the city or
county superintendent of each party,
with privilege to ,hem to select third
lithey see lit-(which judges shall take
aud subscribe an oath before masis-
irate before entering upon the discharge
OF their duties, 10 be returned with their
returns OF election. faithfully to dis
charge the duties Of their Office as jud-
ges, according to this schedule).
3. That every registered voter in the
State ol Virginia, who will by parlici-
pating in this primary, declare his pur-
pose TO support Hancock aud English,
shall be entitled to vote.
1. That two tickets shall be prepared
one headed
RE.ADJUsT Err HANCOCK AND ENGLISH
TICKET.
and followed by the names OF tie Re-
Adjustcr electors pledged to and it,
structcd for Hancock and English.
The other hea dcd-
FUNDER HANCOCK AND ENGLISH
TICKET,
and followed by the names OF the cleo
tors nominated by the convention as
sembled at Richmond May 10Th, 1880.
5. That each voter shall deposit III
ballot-box provided for the purpose one
OF the tickets as above.
G. That at the close Of the polls The
Judge shall count and string the tickets,
state the result and certify the same
over their signatures, in duplicate, TO
the Re-Adjusier and Funder chairman
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