Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-06-10
THE COALITION CONVENTION.
A Democrat--Repubican for Governor
Republican for 1t. Governor and
Greenbacker for Attorney
General.

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tendance was large and the convention
like that of the Seventh of July, contained
very large per cenCage of the voters who
will endorse their nominations by their
| ballots Hon. John Paul of Rockingham,
was chosen Temporary Chairman, and
with the marked absence of the most re-
mote reference to the disastl GUS fate OF |
the nominations of similar conventior |
in July, 1880. congratulated the delegates |
among other things on the fact that |
! theirs was Recognized everywhere as the |
honest aud only debt paying party in tl'f
State" There was also no reference III |
Mr.. Paul's speech to the fate Of Mr.. Rid |
deberger before the U. S. Senate, which |
perhaps was all the better when We con-
slider the closing work of the Convention.
THE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
At the afternoon session the permanent
organization was repo ted with Hon. John |
Paul as President. Among the names of
| the Vice Presidents we see that of Capt.
E. A. Fulcher of Augusta.
Gen. Malone who was on the stage Of
the theatre in which the convention was
held was loudly called for, and when he
came forward his reception was enthusiast
tic. His explanation of his course in the
U. S. Senate was this: !
You sent me to Washington as your
| representative, and, as you well know, l
was chosen without solicitation on my
part. No sooner had / commenced my
| duties as your representative than was
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| bon caucus. If had done this l would
| have forgotten the spirit which now ami
| mates you, and / should have failed to
| recognize my own manhood. said was
| there to voice the will of the people of
Virginia. 1t would have been lamenta
BILE spectacle if your representative had
gone into a caucus composed of the very
men who invaded Virginia last fall to
| teach her people their duty and to tell
| men, claiming to be Democrats. would
throttle free opinion and destroy free
| ballot. told them I wanted no more
| such Democracy.
| The object of the presence there of the
convention the General thus explained:
It is for you to restore cordial relations
between Virginia and all the States of the
Union, and to obliterate forever all race
distinctions. Allow me to beg of you to
have harmony in your proceedings. What
ever may be the results, whoever may be
chosen as your standard bearers, you
| should rally around them as one man, and
back them in a fight for freedom for you
and your posterity
Later on in the proceedings the course
| of Gen. Malone was unanimously endorsed
and to make it more binding this occur
red:
A member here rose and said if there
was any one opposed to endorsing the sem
atorial course of General Malone he hoped
he would have the pluck to rise and say
so. No one, however, responded, and
there were cries of Rlddleberger.
THE NOMINATIONS.
1t being declared that nominations for
! Governor were in order, Mr.. VulOska Val
den advanced to the front of the stage and
commenced preface to speech in favor
| of the nomination of John E. Massey for
Governor.
The Convention did not seem to want to
hear him. and the Interruptions were nu-
merous and provoking.
The Chairman rose and said: Il can't
see why the speaker is interrupted as he
is, as it has already been announced that
| nominations are in order, and he is about
| to make one.
He was now permitted to proceed, and
said he heard in the echo and the breeze
that Massey would be nominated for Gov
ernOr.
There was a fair amount of cheering for
Mr.. Massey.
Colonel Menitree, who has handsome
face and fine presence, delivered a careful
ly prepared speech in nominating Colonel
w. E. Cameron, and his remarks were re-
ceived with a great deal Of enthusiastic
applause. He pictured the scene in the
Theatre four years ago, when the cry. he
said, was Anybody t. beat Malone,
| and declared the Conservative party then
committed self murder. He abused the
Funders in superb language, and gave a
knightly picture of his candidate, who, he
said with pen and eloquent tongue, had
done service for the Readjuster cause, In
season and out Of season, second only to
William Malone.
Mr.. W. G. Elan, the chairman of the
Richmond delegation, next addressed the
meeting in explaining the position OF Capt.
John S. Wise. He said that Richmond had
determined upon MIR. Wise as good and
| true man, fit for that office. He here read
| communication from Mr.. Wise in which
he permitted his name to be "put up" in
order to allow his friends to carry out
their desire of casting their votes for him,
stating, however, that he was not candi-
date for Governor.
Col. William Lamb next addressed the
Convention in placing in nomination Cen
eral V. D. GrOner. After reading the in
s.ructions from meeting of Readj listers
held in Norfolk. ne announced as candi-
date for Governor, Gen. V. d. Groner, d
| self-made man.
| After the nominations we're made some
seconders opened the ball and the proceed
ings got more interesting Lewis. (col.
| Prinap %
| Paul, (col.) of Richmond, seconded Wise,
as did Nat. B. Meade; Judge Gregory, of
Chesterfield, seconded Massey: Ex-State
Senator Stephens. (col.) seconded Came
ron. At night the session opened with a
speech from DR.. Norton. icol.) seconding
Groner but noisy demonstrations occurred
before he had concluded.
General Skeene followed IN speech in
favor of Mr.. Massey. He conld not be
heard distinctly. and there were cries of
"Your time IS out.'' He took the Conven-
| ton at its word d gracefully retired amid
much laughter. Another Massey man
| wanted to speak. and was ruled out of Or
der. There were cries of .'Giddings," and
that conspicuous light of Republicanism,
with the blandest smile, came on the plat
form. Henry Clay Harris, how ever, got
the floor, and the Char said he had right
to speak for his man. There were cries
1.-The last speaker for Massey was not
heard"
The Chair said: st was your own
| fault
Harris proceeded to advocate Groner,
but was interrupted by cries of "Gid-
| dings." He said the woman aud children,
with their aprons full of ground peas, will
| go out on election-day if Groner is nomi-
mated. He predicted that by the sixth
ballot Groner would be nominated.
The chair said he had a word to say. 1t
is utterly impossible to proceed with bust
ness unless order is preserved. j
The Massey men insisted On another
speech because General Skeene could not