National Republican., 1880-07-08
VIRGINIA READJUSTERS.
State Convention Held in Richmond
Yesterday.
Six Hundred Delegates Prssent-A sprink'
ling ot Cplorcd non Includcd-Consid-
cradle speech Making Doolnra-
tions IN Favor OF Hancock
and English-Unhnrmo'
nious Termination.
virginia Rondjrstcrs' Convention.

ll.DO u III. anu WIS CallGu " OIutl Ny N'utltI
William Malone, chairman Of the state exocu.
tive committee, who malo q brief speech com.
selling harmony and wisdom IN the delboa-
tions IIo then nominated Colonel II. ii.
Riddlobcrgcr of Shenandoah rs temporary
chairman. Upon assuming the chair he was
greeted with tho widest enthusiasm, the APP
plnuse continuing for some moments He
spoke at somo longth contrasting this con-
vontion with tho one which had assembled
little over year ago at Mozart hall, tho place
whoro the roadjustcrs' party hnd It's origin, |
thus showing the rapid growth of the party
since its birth. Tho people, ho said,
had taken their own affairs into their own
bands and intended 10 adjust matters in their
own way without regard to tho wishes of 30.
litical deadbcats and without fusion or ailiia-
tion with other parties The rcndjus'crs had
como to the bridge aud they proposed to cross
it and march Oh In victory without looking to
the right or TO the left.
lie was frequently interrupted with loud
outburss Of applause. A call of tho roll
showed representatives present from all tho
counties aud cities In the state, except OF
Northumberland aud Page and tho city Of
Danvile, tho delegates numbering nearly 600,
and including about forty negroes After the
appointment Of committees OH credentials and
permanent organization the convention took
n recess.
Upon rcassomblng, the committee on por-
manent organization reported rnd recon.
mended Colonel Abran Fulkeron OF Wash.
ington county rs permanent president, TO-
eethor with a list OF presidents, and p.
II. Mccall of Pulaski as secretary. Adopted.
Colonel Fukorson, upon taking the chair
addressed the convention, giving brief ro-
sumo Of the origin and history of the party
aaI its rapid aud widespread growth in the
state against the most powerful combinations,
until now it was tho dominant party of Vir.
ginia. IL the work of this convention was char.
actcrizcd with the wisdom and good judgment
with which the party had heretofore worked,
the electoral vote Of Virginia would be cast
in tho next presidential election by the read
justels Of the state, by whom it ought to be
cast. The committee on business platform
and resolution YVES then appointed. A recess
was thon taken until o'clock this afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tho readjustcrs' convention reassomblGd at
8 p. m, and was addressed at longth by State
Senator John Paul Of Rockingham and Cap.
tain Frank s. Blair Of Wyth. They criticised
the fundcrs in scathing terms. At tho con.
cusion Of these speeches Colonel V. ID. Gronor
of Norfolk chairman Of tho committee on
resolutions, reported platform.
THE RESOLUTIONS
are confined mainly to local issues. They
urgo tho promotion of the welfare aud main.
tenanc0 of tho legal rights of all the people of
the state; reassort the right of the people to
control the revenues and protest against the
subordination OF tho support of the govern
mont and maintenance Of public institutions
10 any other claim whatever, and in rcaflirn.
ing tho principles and policy laid down by the
MOzart.ball convention, approve and iudOrse
the bill to ro.cstablish tho public credit passed
at tho last session Of tho general assembly
and vetoed by tho governor; roitcrato
~ fIn
dicato and maintain the right of tho
citiznns to the exercise Of free and
priceless suffrage; demand the honest applica.
tion of constitutional grants to the education
of the children OF the people; fostering policy
toward public schools, utc. The sixth rcsolu ion
asserts that while looking to the maintenance
of the principles ana accomplishment of the
local objects set forth as superior to all other
considerations, there arc reasons both of duty
and policy why tho read djusters organization
should control tho voice of state and national
affairs, and that it is important 10 the sue.
cessiul issue of the contest of 1881 for suprcm-
acy in this commonwealth that this coycn-
tiOn should nominate a full ticket of electors,
mud that Tho party in the several districts
nominate candidates for congress; and bclicy.
ing that tho objects hitherto declared and
the interest of all people of Vr.
ginia are to bo best subseryed by tho
election Of Hancock and English TO
fore it is further declared that the electoral
ticket nominated by this convention nro in.
Btructcd in behalf of those candidates, and
that they are cordially commended TO tho
earnest support OF every member Of tho TO.
hdjustorS' organization in Virginia
Tho seventh resolution provides that tho
federal government should be administered in
exact conformity with tho constitution as it
is; that IL is tho duty of all to accept in good
faith the results of tho war, and that tho aim
OF statosmenship should be to establish peace
and goodwill between all sections of our COM
mon country and all classes OF people; that
duties and privileges, the burdens and benc.
dts Of government should DO equally dis
trbutGd; that the tarfl aud revenue systems
OF the government should bo reformed; that
the federal tax on tobacco Is an unjust dis
CriminaIion against land aud labor employed
in agriculture, and ought to be repealed,
The platform was unanimously adopted.
ELECTORAL TICKET.
THE following electoral ticket was then
chosen: EeClOrs.at.lmge, Colonel William t.
Cameron of Petersburg and Colonel II. H.
Riddobergcr Of Shenandoah. District elect
ors--Frst district, Robert NJ, Mayo; second
Colonel William Lamb; third, Captain John g.
Wise fourth, +. Il. BuIord; 6lth, William
Powell; sixth, Colonel Wyatt NJ. Eliott sew.
onth, $. d. Allen; eighth, S, N. b, Mead; ninth,
James q, Taylor,
Ats O'clock another recess was taken for
one hour.
NIGHT SESSION BREAKS UP IN \ ROW
RICIIMoED, Va, July AT to.night's scs-
sion motion was made 10 reconsider the yoto
by which the electoral ticket recommended by
the business committee had been adopted.
This gavO rise to an excited and lengthy de-
bate, in which tho republican delegates took
an active part, saying they wished to BIZ left
free to vote as they pleased for president and
vico.presdent, and that If republicans were
ignored tho readjusters' party would so down.
without action on the motion to reconsider
the convention at 1850 p. III, adjourned sine
de-