The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-16

| Lie Oh htAS put 4
practice To silence your representatiy
/ would be
RECREANF TO MANHOOD
did l not maintain that l was there
voice the manhood of this people, Their
e to oppose Democratic Bourbonisn
n which attempted to dictate to the Rea(
a juster party of this state, and was nj
4 there to do the bidding of men claimin
e to be the Democratic party, but VIII
? would throttle free opinions and FIRE
Y ballot. l want no more of that Demot
' racy. You are here to give effect I
f equal rights, free ballot and an homes
{ count, maintain economy in state GOV
s eminent and support the present system
Y of public education. You are here I
say to your representatives in congress
r that they must represent the true intel
: ests of the people of this state, and no
to represent a Democratic Bourbon eau
: Gus. You are here TO free these peopl
from Bourbon dominion and to lift tn
} blight of Bourbon Democracy which
J has set in upon us. You are to restori
the old state and her people to more cor
dial relations with all people of our com
mon country, and put an end to section
al contests and obliterate race distinc
lions. Gen. Malone concluded by urg
| ing harmony, and that to whomSoeVel
they gave their banner they should stant
by him to man IN the great fight which
Virginia is TO make, for their freedom
and the freedom of their posterity. There
was great applause during the deliv
cry, and at the close of the speech res
olutions approving Gen. Mahose's
course in the United States senate were
adopted unanimously, A platform Of
principles was adopted and the conven
ton proceeded TO the nomination of can
didatcS for state offices.
THE PLATFORM.
The Readiusters platform of principles
reassert Il purpose TO settle and adjust
obligations on the principles of the bill
to re-estahlIsh the public credit, known
as the Riddleberger bill, passed by the
last general assembly and vetoed by the
governor. They maintain this measure
recognizes the just debt of Virginia, as.
sumes two-thirds of the money coined
and sets aside the other third to West
Virginia to be dealt with by her in her
own way and at her own pleasure; but
those of her creditors who have never
| received but per cent. installments of
interest in years, equally with those
| corrupt agencies, were enabled to alb
sorb and monopolize our means; that it
agrees to pay such rate of interest on our
| securities as can and certainly will be
met out of the revenues of the state; as.
serts adherence to the constitutional re-
| quirements for equal taxation of prop
erty, exempting none except that spec
| flied by the constitution, and used ex-
clusiveIy for religious, charitable and
educational purposes ;" holds the right
to free ballot to be the right preservatiVe
OF all rights, and that it should be main
tanned in every state in the Union; be-
lieyes capitatiOn tax
A RESTRICTION UPON SUFFRAGE
in conflict with the fourteenth amend
| ment to the constitution of the United
States, and believes il is violation of
that condition Demonstration, wherein
a pledge was given not to so amend the
state constitution as to deprive any citi-
zen or class of citizens of the right to
vote, except as punishment for such
| crimes as are felony ut common law /;
congratulates the whole people of Fir-
| ginia on the progress of the past years
in developing mineral resources and
| promoting the manufacturing enterprise
| in the state, and declares q purpose to
aid these great and growing industries
| by all the proper and essential legisla-
| tiOns, state and federal. To this end
they will continue their efforts in behalf
of more certain and general relations be-
tween sections and states, and especially
for that concord and harmony which
will make the country to know how
earnestly and sincerely Virginia invites
all men to her borders as visitors, or to
become citizens, without fear of social
| or political Ostracism. That every man
from whatever section of the country
shall enjoy the fullest freedom ofthought,
| speech, politics and religion, and that
the state which first formulated these as
| fundamental in free government is yet
| citidel for their exercise and prOtec
ton.
THE STATE TICKET.
The following were named for Govern
| or: John E. Massey, state auditor; Col.
| w. E. Cameron, mayor of Petersburg;
| Gen. V. d. Grcener and Capt J. S. Wise.
First ballot, whole number of votes cast
73S, necessary to a choice $40; Cameron,
200; Massey, 220; Wise, 1877; Greener,
80.
RICHMOND, Va, June 3-When the
| Readjuster convention was called TO or
| der, Wise, who last night nominated
Gen. Malone, said he had done so with
out that gentleman's consent, and now
| desired to withdraw the nomination
The third ballot was as follows: Gree
ner, IA; Cameron, 291: Massey, 257 :;
| Wise, SO. A number of votes were cast
for Riddleberger, which were subse
| quently changed, at the instance of that
| gentleman who briefly addressed the
convention, thanking the delegates who
had complimented him. At the same
time he said lie thought il was well un-
| derstood he was not II candidate, and his
name would not be considered. He
hoped that his friends would feel them
selves relieved of any and all obliga-
tions to support him.
a resolution was introduced TO drop
| the lowest candidate on each successive
| ballot, and that the candidate so dropped
| shall not be renOminated until one bal
lot intcrveneS. This gave rise TO an ex-
| citing debate, which, amid great confu-
| sion, was put to an end by the main
| question being ordered. After which
the resolution was adopted by an over
whelming majority. At this point sew
cral of the delegations favorIng the
| nomination of General Greener asked
leave to withdraw for ten minutes from
the conference. IT was granted, and
business temporarily suspended.
Upon the return of Greener's friends
the balloting was resumed, the fourth
ballot showing steady gain for Massey.
| Before the vote was announced a num-
Der of slight changes were made, mainly
| favorable 10 Cameron. The county of
Accomac then changed their solid vote
of twelve from Wise to Cameron. This
was received with prolonged applause.
Change followed change in rapid success.
sion from Wise to Cameron. Amid the
great confusion which attended these
changes the friends of Massey and
Greener asked leave to retire for consul
tation. No attention was paid to the re-
quest and the confusion continued to
increase. While it was in alteration
Gen. Malone appeared before the con.
vention and, as usual, was greeted with
laundering applause. In an instant
order was restored and lie pleaded for
harmony and begged that fair play be
shown and that the dele
cation that wished TO retire might
do so and that the proceedings be sus
pended during their absence. No fur
ther objection being made the Massey
and Greener men left the building
!, Upon their return the secretary pro
ceeded 30 call the roll over foI
the changes. When about half the
counties had been called it became evi.
dent from the numerous changes in ia
vor of Cameron that his nomination wa!
a fixed fact.
At this point Massey put in an appear
ance and was greeted with great ap
plause. He said that rather than see the
cause jeopardized by any dissensions
among the representative men of Tho
, party he was willing to sacrifice every
; thing of personal nature for the further
) advancement of the party interests Hi.
friends had stood firmly by him and ht
} hoped they would now follow him
They might not have the leader they de
, sired, but they should be willing to dc
everything for harmony and he hoped
: they would, as one man, vote to make
: the nomination of Col. Cameron unani
nous. A tremendous outburst of ap
: plause greeted this speech, and the ques
ton being put it was carried with but .
J few dissenting votes.
: John 7. Lewis, ex-United States Soma
tor, was nominated for Lieut.. Governor
and Capt. Frank S. Blair was nominated