Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-04-26
MAHONE'S MEETING.
DELEGATES APPOINTED TO THE End OF JUNE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ENDORSING MA
HOME ADOPTED.

MAHONE's MEETING.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ENDORSING MA
HOME ADOPTED.
The meeting at the Courthouse, on yester-
day, had been heralded and advertised as q
grand mass-meeting (see also resolutions be-
low of the Readjuster party of Augusta county
for the purpose of electing delegates to the End
Of June Convention. We have, we believe at
tended every Keadjuster meeting that has been
held in Staunton since such party nomalism
has been known in Virginia, and yet we have
never, even in the incipiency Of the party, seen
such small gathering as met on yesterday.
Heretofore, whilst the followers Of Malone
have always been in a hopeless minority, they
have always succeeded in bringing together,
If not large, yet an enthusiastic gathering
but on yesterday, as far as we could gather from
the votes cast, there were not over fifteen per.
sons who acknowledged themselves as partici.
pating In the "mass-meeting." It seems thai
the Readjuster Democrats Of Augusta cannot
stomach the Republican tendencies of Malone
and as one of the staunchest of Readjusters re-
marked In the Courthouse yesterday :-"I am
a good Readjustcr, but not a Republican Read
j,sster''-so 1T is with large majority of those
who followed Malone last year, regarding him
as Democrat; they cannot follow him into
the Republican party.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING.
On motion of s. Brown Allen, Col. A. W
Hartman was called to the chair and A. A. Al.
mold appointed secretary.
8. Brown Allen stated the object of the meet
ing to be to appoint delegates to the End of JUNE
Convention as ordered by VIM. Malone, and
q 80 A.,
following committee for that purpose:
Staunton-lst Ward. ]. W. Waddy; End
Ward, T. s. Davis Pastures, Fletcher Vincent
Riverheads, Lewis Dull Beverley Manor. A. A.
MsPheeters; South River, Hugh Hamilton
Middle River, VIM. B. Crawford; North River
Rudolph Turk.
Dur ing the retirement of the committee, S
Brown Allen made a speech, which was vel
delivered, but advanced no new ideas, and still
"harping on my daughter" pitched into the
Funders and the BOurbOns as the cause of al
the woes Of Virginia. Our people have heard
SO much Of this, that we do not deem 1t neces-
sary to notice farther hisremarks. than to refe,
to his statement about the school fund, which
he said. had. under the management OF Auditor
Massey, been paid over to the school authori.
ties. whilst before it had been diverted to othel
purposes; but he failed to tell his followers
present. that 1t was through the retrenchmen1
accomplished by those whom he called Bour-
bons, and the Henkel Bill, passed by Funde1
Legislature, that the Auditor was enabled tc
do this. He said that Virginia has never had
such an officer as Massey" and without dot
ting an or crossing t. we fully agree with
him, and say. mo. neverv'
In conclusion, he made an earnest appeal tc
the Readjusters not to 60 over to the Funders
Che seemed to fear that they would.) and said il
depended upon them to "save the State from
| the final throes Of reputation
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
The committee reported the following dele
gates who were unanimously elected:
Staunton. Thos. 8. Davis, at large; LIST Ward
Jas. w. Davis; End Ward, ]. W. Waddy; Bev.
| erley Manor. W. H. Bailey, H. P. Dickerson
Riverhead, Lewis Dull, h. J. Williams; South
River. ]. E. Hamilton, DR.. Michael Hlldebrand
Middle River, G. 8. Roler, "A. W. Hartman North
River, DR.. Geo. Robson. s. A. East; Pastures, J.
8. Lambert, E. F. Vincent; Delegates at large
s. Brown Allen. E. A. Fulcher.
The alternates at large for the county. were
Hugh Hamilt on, j. H. Plunkett. w. h, Rich.
ard, J. s. Craig. A. H. Crawford, Jas. Hender-
son. and A. A. McPheeters.
RESOLUTIONS.
resolutions, which, on motion of ]. 8. Craig,
were offered seriatim and adopted unanimous
ly, with the exception Of the one endorsing
Malone, which was objected to by some four
or five voices, although the chair, with gener-
GUS haste, declared 1t adopted unanimously:
Resolued LIST, That we, the Readjusters of Au-
gusta, in mass meeting assembled, do re-af1irm
our devotion to the cause and principles Of Re-
adjustment, and corresponding purpose to
oppose Funderism or BOurbOnism In whatever
disguise it may appear.
Resolved 2,sd, That SO far as our noble Senator,
Gen. Malone, has declared his policy in the
United States Senate affecting the rights of
Virginia, we cordially endorse his course.
Resolved Bird, That we endorse the Riddleber
ger Bill for the debt settlement. and pledge our
best endeavOrs to secure a Legislature in the
November election committed to It,
Resolued 4th, That the Richmond Wing be re-
Ing, and copy also be sent to Gen. Malone.
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