The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-12
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Especial telegram 20 the Dispatch
LYNcHBURG, Va, August 1.-THE Co.
alitlon Convention having utterly repudia.
ted and rejected the plan Of compromise
agreed upon aud recommended by the Joint
COMMUNICATING adopted a platform ex-
pressing their dctestailon OF Democracy
{" Boutbons y and their affection for Ma
hone-last night, as tcIegraphed, elected
their State committees, ard after some
speeches Of the "rOuslng" order adj
ioufned. TIE way their compromise com.
mttcomen were treated was somewhat ne.
cubiar. The committee was in session for
hours. II was earnestly, and ! suppose
honestly, endeavorlug to unity the party,
and, rs The result Of their conclusions,
agreed 10 urge that, on the one hand. no
nomination should be made; on the other,
that Cameron should not be endorsed; that
every Republican might either vote for
| Cameron or Daniel, and that the present
commi,tees-Stl,e Central and Executive
should stand, but be inactive. Up to a GER
| tain hour, though these conclusions were
well known, there was no opposition beard
! from most OF the leaders Of the Stra.ghtcuts.
Then, all At once, it seemed, they came to
The unanimous conclusion that to leave
Wickham, Cochran, and Splitter IS officials
20 toe c0mlloSe committees would be fatal
To their interests. IL is believed by some
usually well-postcd people that Malone was
communicated with, and that he promptly
pat nis foot down upon The plan, and hence
the change of opinion. The result any.
how was that the Coalnionists went to
work on The plan OF " The Peace Congress
Of lS," and scorniully rejected the compro-
mise.
YACILLATION.
The StraightoUis were not - decided.
When the peace Offering w9s brought in
and read by Mr.. Dezondorf the instinct Of
the Couyention-particula OF those who
bad no offices 20 risk-Was TO tr1mple Il I'M
der foot. 4 motion was made that the Con-
yeution proceed to nominations. The work
would have been done then and there but
for Mr.. Jorgen>en, who protested against
haste. lie begged the Convention to ad-
iourn until in the morning. 1t was then
II. Members were tired out, aud by ma
jority Of about ten Mr.. JorgenScn's motion
to adjourn was carried.
Aud 80 the StraighouiS finished up their
fist Gay's work.
TVS sTRAIGHToCTS CONVENTION.
The " Straiehlouts" met at % O'Clock
this morning. General Wckham visited
the Convention hall for the first time, and
as he entered and ascended the stage three
hearty cheers were given him.
A. soon as Chairman Wilson (coiorcd)
raped for order, a delegate from Mecklcn-
burg moved that The Convention proceed
with the work Of nominations. Mr.. Jor-
gensen thought il would be better to adopt
platform first. II appeared from a state
ment Of the Committee on Resolutions that
a platform had been prepared, bat that the
gentleman VINO had possession Of the
paper was not in the hall. An An.
susta delegate protested against any delay.
his COLORS FLYING.
Delegate POmdeXtcr, q Louisa, said that
he proposed to go down "wIth his coOrs
flying in this Convention" but That the
sensible thing would be to adopt platform
OF principles first. From what PoindeXter
said " certain members" Of the Committee
OF Nine Ieace conferees) Gncbed" when
the state debt question was brought up.
For that reason he wanted the platform
drafted and presented here 50 that the Con-
ycntion might act iDteligcntly and put
itself down >quarely on the great State
financial issue.
DANIEL RATHER THAN CAMERON,
Rev. VI. c. Young (coIoredl Of Nan,e-
mond, made a speech which wrought con-
siderable excitement, faY0ring prompt &C.
ton and full ticket. II The Republicans
do not put up a ticket, he for one would
take the stump for Daniel" [ApplauSe.l
Mr.. DEZENDoRF SOLID.
Mr.. Dezendori was glad that at last the
time for compromise was gone. zap
plause.1 All efforts to effect harmony are
exhausted. The CoaIitiOnsts did not come
here for compromise, b2t I'm behalf Of
combination gotten mp by the same parties
who got up that Of 1869 And it will end
i'm The same way though it should be tempo
rarily successful. Mr.. DCZcndom declared
emphatically, " administration or no i'd
ntiniStrati0R,7 be meant to support and
stump the State for Republican ticket.
[Great applause.l He then went on to eX-
anime The senatorial record Of John f.
Lewis. and showed that Mr.. Lewis had voted
against civil rights. Further, he declared
that il is not true that the Republican sena-
tors Of the North are for this coalition. 1t
/, true that they nominated Riddlcberger
for sergeant-at arms, but that is different
matter. They are not against Republican
ticket. Anyhow, administration or no
Administration" Mr.. Dezendon repeated,
81 am for a Republican ticket, and l am in
for the war" [AppIau>e.l All that he
asked now was that this Convention should
nut in the field Republican ticket. A TO
the title e this Convention to represent the
party there could be no question. Is was
called to order 10y the chairman OF the state
Committee (CochTaD) The name Of
nearly every man at the Opera-House /.
was on the roll OF this Convention. f,
They were seated aud asked to come
here. but would not. There never
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