Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-12

Windy Discussions.
LYNCHBURG, VA, August 11.-Mr Coch-
ran, Chairman of the State Central Commit
tee, called the convention to order at 10
O'Clock a. m. In his address to the conven-
tion he said: 'We meet here as RepubH-
cans, not as Democrats or Readjusters, to
name ticket composed Of candidates for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attor-
ney General" He urged them to be mode
rate, prudent and wise in their delibera-
tIons. Upon motion, j. 7. Wilson, colored,
of Norfolk, was elected permanent
Chairman. Mr.. Wilson return
ed thanks for the compliment.
He said that it was not expected that there
should be perfect unanImity in the party;
that there are but two national parties In
the State, the Republicans and the Demo
Gratis. The Readjusters were made up of
dissatisfied wings of both parties, and they
had brought all their means to bear to de-
feat the Republicans in this convention.
The Republicans of Virginia were in no
condition to indorse the Readjusters.
! When the Chair reported the convention
ready for business, Mr.. Tinsley, of Nanse
mond, moved the appointment of Com
mittee on Credentials, to consist OF one
from each Congressional district and two at
large.
j. T. Dezendorff then took the floor and
said that the committee from the other side
! (the coalitionists) wished time to enter the
convention, but as they had not been pro-
vided with tickets they could not, and he
therefore moved that the convention adjourn
until three O'Clock, in order that they might
be conferred with and the two wings united
! If possible.
Mr.. Arnold opposed any adjournment,
saying that the straightouts had appointed
| a committee of two of the best Republicans
In the State to confer with them, and they
returned to caucus, saying that they could
| find no one to confer with. He was opposed
to any coalition with "Caping Kidd" |"
"I was in this city," he said, 'when
there was no reputation III the city. The
motto was, 'Owe no man, pay no man, as
| general Malone teaches. / would rather
vote for John Daniels little finger thou.
sand times than for ballot box suffers. +"
He wanted some assurance that the coali~
! tionists would act In good faith.
Mr.. Dezendorff rose and said he believed
that every man here was an honest Republi-
can and could not be bought out in two
hours.
Mr.. Tlnsley, of Nansemond, replied
"Peter j. Carter came here straightout,
and was bought in two hours"
After the Committee on Credentials had
been appointed, Ross Hamilton took the
| floor in advocacy of a committee TO invite
all delegates to come to the hall. He
wanted to pay all that the State NOR
ally owes, and it only morally owes
what it is able to pay.
| Mr.. Poindexter endorsed what Mr.. Ham
! ilton had said, and he wanted the world to
! know that the cause we are championing is
| too dear to lose.
Mr.. Gordon, of Petersburg, took sensi-
BILE parliamentary view of the case. One
| hundred delegates were ascertained to be In
the hall. Mr.. Hamilton's motion for com
| mittee was carried. On motion, the Chair
| appointed the committee which had been
| appointed by the caucus. recess till 3
o'clock was carried.
On reassembling the Chairman called the
meeting to order and stated that the next
order of business was the report of the
Committee on Credentials. The committee
not being ready to report, Mr.. Austin, of
Laurenburg, was requested to address the
convention.
Mr.. Austin was in favor of healing, if pos
sible, the split in the party. He said that
| he came here to fight the Democracy and
was in favor of admitting the coalitionists
| If they will come forward and act honorably.
At the conclusion of his remarks several
promise charging that these men were
backed up in repudiation and were opposed
to any steps, no matter what they were,
that were taken by the straightouts.
Mr.. Jorgenson, Chairman of the COM
mittee appointed to confer with the coali-
tionists, reported that he had conferred
with all the members of the committee ap
pointed by the coalitionists, and had in
vited that section to participate in the pro
ceedings of the convention.
Mr.. TiDsley moved that the report be
accepted and the committee discharged.
Mr.. Austin, of Lunenburg, offered as an
amendment the adoption of the report, but
was opposed to the committee's being dis
charged.
Mr.. Poindexter made a short speech in
favor of the original motion.
A delegate from Warwick county rose and
said that he was willing to fight when he
could win, and he thought they could win
now. He said he had been canvassed by
several delegates since he arrived in this
city, and they were all Mahoneites, and had
been reading the Malone organs. He attack
ed that organ in regard to its reports on
political meetings, aud said that its reports
of meetings in his county we're all false. He
said the delegates in this convention were
all legally elected, but the cOalitionists, to
his certain knowledge, had delegates that
were not more than sixteen years of age.
Mr.. Lester, OF Richmond, by request took
the stand amid great applause, and address
ed the convention. The first remark he
made was that he was utterly opposed to
readjustment. There was a time, he said,
when the people | am identified with had
bosses, but they, with my assistance, shall
never have a boss again. 1t was Garfield
that said that his administration would
not cOuntenance a boss, and they
have chopped off the head of Roscoe
Conkling. He charged that the straight
outs had made too many compromises
already. That they have appointed two
committees to confer with the coalihonists,
which is proof positive that they were
capable of eating dirt He went on to
charge Cameron with ballot box stuffing,
and said that he was the prime mover of
the burning of Gordon Kemper In
ef1gY because he would not
violate the constitution. Addressing the
convention, he said: "You can vote for him,
IL you wish, but will vote for Daniel,
who, consider, will make a better Gov
ernor. He is an honest man, and so far as |
know, has not been guilty of corruption,
ballot box stunff1ng, or burning Governor
in effigY." He spoke about an hour and de-
nounced the Mahoneists, charging that Lewis
had forty officers under him, and not one of
friend to the colored man.
The Committee on Credentials presented |
porary officers were renominated for perma-
nent positions, and they were so elected.
Hon. j. T. Dezendorff and Mr.. Smith
were elected Vice Presidents. The conven-
tion then adjourned until p. m.
The Coalition Convention met at twelve
o'clock in the Opera House. Josiah Crump,
of Richmond, was elected temporary Chair
man, and j. 2. Brooke Secretary. Both are
colored men.
A committee of nine was appointed on
credentials and directed to report at three
o'clock, to which hour the convention ad-
journed.
The evening session was slow in assem-
bling and was called to order at $3.50, with
only small attendance. A colored dele
gate from Alexandra rose and said he de-
sired to state that he was sent by the Re-
publicans of Alexandria as delegate to the
Republican Convention and had ticket
signed by the Chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee, and he had been Tuthlessly
thrust from the door of the Republican Con-
vention by Democratic policeman.
Capt. E w. Early, of Albemarle, moved
that a committee of nine be appointed to
confer with a committee of the straightout
convention.
DR.. S. Lewis opposed the motion, on the
ground that the straightouts were boilers
W. w. Douglass favored it.
Mitchell of Alexandria, believed that the
negroes of Virginia to-day would be better
off had they never seen JOrgenson or DeZen-
dorff, but he was willing to allow them both
rather than have a split in the Republican
party.
j. P. Carter was in favor of the motion.
The convention voted for it almost unani-
mouslY. The chair appointed one from