Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-08
The Readiusters- Convention.

al ticket and adjourned last night.
Inc body which Is reported to have teen
composed Of about six hundred delegates, wss
called to order b. General Malone, upon whose
moliou II. H. RlddleberRer, Of Shenandoah,
Was chvsen temporary President. Upop taking
the chair aod after returning thanks Mr.. r.
said the eatjuser party had now come 10 the
b;i5ge, ADD they proposed to cross it and march
90 to victory, looking neither to the right nor
10 the lutt.
The call OF tho roll showed representatives
pr senG from all counties and cities in the
oiale, c,pt the counties of Northumberland
a'd Pagc AID the city of Danvlle, the delegates
dumUeriDg LearIy SIX hundred, aud Including
aucut ferry colcred persons.
C1l. Abreham Fu!kcrson, of Washing on
equity, Was chCscn permanent President vino
sal: Il tho work Of ibis Convention Was character.
With the wisdom apd good Judgment with
nhlca the party had herctot +. worked, the
e,c oral vote OF Flrtiui4 wouiI be cast n the
oext presidential el,cti1n by the real juste1s of
tue Safe. BY Wnom 1t cugLt to be st.
Ihe Resolutions urge the promotion Of the
Welfare and mainttn icc. Of the EQUAL rights of
Ill The people of the State, reasser. the right of
the people 10 cJuirel the revenues, and prU-
test against tho subsidinsti0n Of the support of
the government sod maiutunaLcJ of pubic in
sttuuons TO eDy Other claim wuatev,r, and in
re thrmng the prize pies ard policy laid down
by the NJ z,It Hal Convention, approve and
lud0rse thi bli! 10 re'csl=blish the uubic credit
passed at the ast session IF the general AS
seubty and vetoed by the Governor; reittrale
the purpose Of the reaGjustcrs to vi,d:cae aud
III lnialn the right OF the cltZ,ns to the cXer
Csc OF Tree and PFC less suffrage; d,msnd the
honest application # constitutional grants 10
the education CT the children of the people,
fostering policy towards public schools &c Tho
sixth r.SlIuNon asserts that while lol king to
the maintenance OF the prit cipIes and accom-
pllsLment OF the cal objecs set forth as 50 perior
TO all other conSldere'oDs, there are reasons
both OF duly and policy why the
rcat Justers' organization should cnltrol the
VIC. OF 5 ate aud naiouaI affairs, ard
mat Is Important TO the successful is
issue OF the contest OF 1881 for supremacy in
this CImnoaRt alth that lnis conVeutiou should
nJmin:tc uIi ticket CT electors, and that the
parry 10 the several districts nominate candi
dates Tor CIE Siess, and believe that tho eli cts
hlthnrto d cared and the lntortss of al p, ople
OF FlTlipia are to bs best subseryrd by tho
,G
dcLc} and Woe Presideuc. therefore, il IS
uriher dccl red that the e!,c oral ticket ri mi
mated by this conven i ~ is il stucted 10 bcpalf
OF these Cal ddates, aud that they are cordially
commcndcd 10 the earnest support Of the read
Juster orgariz stlou Of Vngioia. TIE sevopih
resolution provides that the Federal govern.
men; s2culd be administered 10 cxac contorni
~ to tnc cius;ltu lon is i, l.; that il is the du
OF aI to Hc,ept IN good faith tho results of the
war, and mat tho aim of statesman ship should
be to establish p'ace and coed will between all
Sections OF our mmon Country and ali CLASSES
CT peopl.; tina duucs and privileges, burdens
aud beech OF government should be equally
distributed; that tho tariff aud rlv.ruG sysIems
OF TIE gov ramcnt should be rvfnrmed that
the Federal tax on toblcc is an u-ju,t .scrm.
lna;ioo sgalnst land and labor emu ,yed IL agri
culture AID ought to TO repeated The plat
form was unanimously adopted
The following electoral tick II was chosen:
At Iarse.-Col. W. E. Camcloo, OF Peters
bug, aud II. Il. RlddI ;rger, of Shcnand a.;
lst cist!ic.-R NJ. Mayo. OF Wes,m ,reauc:
SecoDd-Col. VIM. Lamb, Of NortoIb: Third
Cap. J. S. Wise, OF Richmond; Fourth-F. E.
BGfofd, Of Brunswick; Fnth-Wm. Powell, OF
Frankil: Six h-Geu. w. VI. Ell OF, of An
pOmstlox: Se0rr'h-J. s. BrcwueiI, ofAusus
IA; Eighlh-M j. N. B. Lad, OF Culpoprl;
NINTH. T. Taylor, of Montgomery. Their
is not D single rcpub can roaoiUst,r on tic
t ckct.
Mr.. Cameron offered a resolution that the
committee OF business b. iostruc cd to report
Platform and recommend the namas OF gentle
men to compose an electoral ticket. Adopted.
Whca the chair announced The result mem.
bcrs from oil parts OF the hcus Jump d to their
feet and attempt:d to get the f ,or, I'm, ris.
log to pllnts OF order, sumo mySlog It oJusid-
eratlon OF the vote, while others objected to the
question OF eltc oral ticket being considered ty
a COM mlttec; they wanted the matter to be
brought div, ly before the convention and !ul-
ly discussed
Il. D. Ward, of Richmond, who was sitting
op the stage assisting Secretary McCauII, aros
and walking 10 the front of the Stage, said tnat
he thought il the members of the convention
would listen to him for minute he could s,t,le
the whole thug.
Duff Green: 0. sit down. You are from
Richmond, and 80 don't want to hear anything
ycu have to say. We are addressing the chair
man, not you
MIR. Ward: am real juser, and represent
the city OF Richmond.
Dott u zen: lou represent mighty small
element-Dct enough TO court.
Mr. Ward, by this time, vas very much ex-
cited AID, fighting the cir wildly With his hands,
ATTEMPTED to reply to Mr.. Grtcn when he was
rcpped down by the chair. who told him thas
be wts out of order.
At The risb. session considerable trouble was
experienced in harmouizing the republicans,
aud II req hired all tho oluquenc, OF the lead
,rs to keep them in inc Onu or two rerubIi
CANS opposed the electoral ticket. Upon mo-
ton OF tic delegate from Clarke tu reconsider
the vote by which the electoral ticket was
adopted, Col. W. E Cameron, of Petersburg,
said very cmphatc,lly 10 speech made BY him
that the democratic readjusters c,ud not Dor
would not ur.ender their principles to their |
repub lean allies 90 the presidential question.
j. Is. oyDhsx, colored dele gate rom Alex
a1dtia. said he was fully in accord with the
rea' Justers, aud with the view of harmon ug |
all sides vfsred resolution setting forth that
whilst the republicans present were fully 10 |
with their allies that 10 view of all |
OF the peculiar and 60, A.c,iug circum stauoss