The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-28
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
CHMsTTANsBURG, August "a, 1880


Editors Dispatch, Richmond, Va:
Gentlemen, To-day is the regular month
ly term OF our County Court.
The Roadiusters have made call for {
meeting TO appoint delegates TO the Wythe
vile Convention TO nominate candidate
for Congress. Blair and FukerSon are the
leading aspirantS, and the friends OF these
gentlemen had eXerted themselves to drum
up as large a crowd as possible, as il is un-
derstood that the delegation from this coun'
ty will determine the result in the Wythe-
vile Convention.
Captain Riddleberger, elector at large on
the Malone Garfield ticket, had been in
vited TO address the meeting, and was on
hand. IL had been announced month be-
fore that Captain =. w. Mckinney, elector
at large on the Hancock and English ticket,
would address the people Of this county to-
day, and he being present, application was
made for a division OF time, and the follow
ing terms were submitted: Mckinney TO
open in speech OF one hour and quarter
Riddleberger to reply in a speech Of one
hour and three-quarters; Mckinney to re-
Join in thirty minutes; and Riddleberger to
close in fifteen minutes. AS these gentle
men bad met yesterday Ia discussion at
Liberty, where the same terms was insisted
upon and submitted to by Captain McKin-
ney, we Informed them that their terms
were unfair, and that reversal OF the order
at Liberty would be nothing more than
right to-day. This they declined. We then
proposed the following: One side TO open
in an hours speech; reply OF an hour and
a half; a rejoinder OF half an hour; and to
close by a speech Of fifteen minutes-they
TO have choice OF position. This they also
declined. and we had 10 accept their origi-
nal proposition.
At ~ O'Clock M. the Judge vacated the
chair, aud ii was announced that the discus
sion would begin, and the courthouse was
soon packed TO overlooking. Ii had been
the intention OF the chairman of tue Re-
adiuster Committee not to hold the meeting
for the appointment of delegates TO the
Wytheyile Congressional Convention until
after The discussion, and so he informed
your correspondent and others; but, taking
advantage OF the large crowd gathered In
the courtroom, he changed his mind, and
called The meeting 10 order for the selection
Of delegates. Upon test vote IL was found
that Blair had 30 friends in the meeting and
Fulkerson 10. Thus you see that only 80
out OF about 800 people present in the court
room took any part In the proceedings OF this
meeting; but as the chairman OF the meet
ing Senator Eskridge) stated that no one
but RedUusters would be allowed to vote,
this accounts for the SmdiinesS OF the vote.
A delegation instructed for Blair was APP
pointed. Later In the day, after the discus
sion, Fulkerson's friends held meeting and
appointed q full delegation for him. Look
out for Kilkenny.cat fight at Wytheville.
These preliminaries being disposed Of, T.
r. Sullivan, Esq, chairman Conservative
Democratic County Committee, introduced
Captain Mckinney, who for an hour and q
quarter did valiant service for Democracy.
His arraignment OF the Radical party and
be imperative necessity for change Of nd.
was presented In manner at
nee ftreible, ornate, and eloquent. He
bowed l,y figures the possibility OF the loss
4 the Sta 70 by the division In the Demo-
ratio party, and earnestly appealed 10 the Re
busters TO IMPORT the regular l0lh-of- May
cket, and avert the impending c9lamity.
lie showed In an earnest and eloquent man
er how they could support the regular
cket without sacr. icing any opinion or
rincIple they held o, non State issues, ms |
lese questions did not e.uler into tbe issues I