Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-04-28

vention, made long speech, the
burden of which is contained in this
quotation from it +: ''If Malone can
come here and have Republicans
respected and give them induce
ments, | say he is our benefactor.
When man comes here and tells
us he will break down this Demo-
cratic party, say God bless him."
Harris (colored), wanted "a good
standard barrier" and asked, "Shall
we contaminate our fingers with
base brides p He was bitter on
Malone.
Carter (colored), of Richmond,
was in favor OF ''opening up any
and every avenue to let Readjusters
in the Republican party" and wan
ted the Malone scheme adopted.
Poindexter another colored dele
gate) from Louisa, event for Ma
hone" in grand style, and started
out with the declaration, "There
are something behind the curtain"
He urged prompt action in the
matter OF appointing the electors,
"For." said he. "Mr. Clay says
'Procrastination is the thief of time
"Why is it," he asked, "tha the .
Readjustcrs IS ashamed to come
to us now and say what they
will do All sir, there is some
thing rotten in Denmark Gen.
Malone has said, i want this post
poned if it will suit me to come over
with YOU Somebody had told us
to left open the door. but, | say.the
door is now open, but they don't
want to come in"
At midnight the discussion came
to an end by the motion to recon-
NIT being voted down. In the
course of this discussion the Ma
honites received a valuable auxila-
ry in John w. Wolff who left the
'.straight-out' side and went over to
the Readjusters, where he made
speech that created quite lively
sensation, during which an alarm
Of fire almost emptied the building.
At l o'clock the convention adj
journed over by vote Of 81 to 60.
and nothing as yet is decided.
STAUNTON, April 24.-The State
Republican Convention which end. /
ed tonight has thoroughly crushed |
Malone and his fusion scheme, and
has demonstrated that with all his
keenness he miscalculated the intel
ligence of black men. Before the
convention was over many had seen
enough to excite suspicion. Free
whiskey and cigars and an unlock
editor gush of brotherly love, cou-
pied with the assertion that 1.-THE
General is with ALL although at
first received with an ecstaiic grin
by the colorcd troops. so warped
the lines of the mouth to give the
upper curves the sudden sour down
ward twist. In looking back over
the weeks session OF this couvcn-
ton it must be acknowledged that
the fight between the two factions
was a strangely bitter one. Both
sides fought to the last. This eve.
ming, after The STATE had been Is
sued,
THE REAL TEST VOTE
came upon the following resolutions,
offered by j. II. Rives, OF Lynchburg:
Resolred, That no electOr shall be /
placed upon the Republican electoral +
ticket who is uOt pledged to support the
Republican nomination made in Clica-
90.
Resolved, That the convention now /
proceed to nominate and elect one full /
electoral ticket.
These resolutions were signed by |
L. w. Early. Ross Hamilton, w. c. I
Wickham. w. II. Peasants and j. H.
Rives.
1t was agreed that offer a full discus-
sion of the question by speakers on
both sides the vote should be taken.
During this discussion Peter Carter
presided, and with his usual originality
and wit dubbed the straightOuts " the
Federalisls" and the Malone men
- the Free Soilers," Rives, as the NOV
err of the resolutions, had the floor, and
spoke earnestly in defence OF them.
United States District Attorney l.. l..
Lewis, of Richmond, spoke at great
length in opposition to the last section
of the resolution.
RATHER SIGNIFICANT.
Neither he nor his party objected TO
the first. He urged that the conven-
ton adjourn, to meet on the day that
the Malone Readjuster convention
meets in Richmond. Mr.. Lewis then
went on to say, however, that he was
not in favor of an unpled2ed ticket.
But said he. "lf Malone helps
you to break the solid South he must
have pledged ticket for Grant, or else
will not touch him with thousand
foot pole. 1 won't vote for eleyen un-
pledged schemers, l don't care who
puts them up; will not vote for an
unpledged ticket"
Mr.. Lewis, in the face of these de-
clarations, went on to urge the con- +:
venton to postpone action in order to
hear from Mahone's convention. The !
inference drawn from his remarks was {
that he had positive assurance from Ma {
hone that he would vote and work for {
Grant. :
He stated further that the Hon.
Joseph Jorgensen had talk with
Conkling, and Conklng favored delay
in the appointment Of electors. Mr.
Lewis said that he himself had a talk {
with Cameron, aud that great chief ad.
vised him TO favor the pOstDOncmcut of |