Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-11

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VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
The Two Conventions at Lynchburg.
FAILURE OF THE srRAIeHT-oUrs AND COALITION
| ISIS TO UNITE.
After good deal OF wrangling at Lynch
burg yesterday the straight-outs and coalition
ISIS tailed to agree upon a plan of union. and
TWO separate conventions were called yesterday
afternoon.
| The Coalition Convention
met at 12 O'Clock in the Opera House. Josiah
| trump, OF Richmond, was elected temporary
chairman, and p. p. Brook secretary: both
colored men. committee was reported on
| credentials to report at o'clock to which hour
| the convention adjourned At the afternoon
session Capt. c. W Early, of Albemarle. moved
that committee of nine be appointed to confer
with committee Of the straight out conven-
tlon ID. S. Lewis opposed the motion on the
W. Douglas favored it. Mr.. Mitchell. of Aiexan-
| dria believed that the negroes of Virginia
would be better off had they never seen Jorgen-
| sen or DeZendOrf but he was willing to swallow
them both rather than have split in the repub-
Hcan party. T. j. Carter was i'm favor of the
| motion. The convention voted for it almost
unanimously. The chair appointed nine one
| from each district, as a committee on COM
| promise. committee of nine was appointed
on resolutions. While awaiting the report of
the committee on credentials, John R. Popham
made long speech. declaring that there were
| but five or six honest republican debt-payers in
the state. His speech was bitter and vindictive
throughout The committee on credentials re-
ported 155 legal delegates i'm the convention
me report was adopted. A committee of nine
on permanent organization was appointed by
the chair The convention then adjourned to Z
| O'Clock pm
COALITION PLATFORM.
The convention met again at o'clock pm. and
the committee on organization reported p. J. Car
| ter as permanent chairman and Z. p Brooks as
permanent secretary; adopted. Mr.. Carter took
| the chair, and, after making the usual speech of
| thanks the committee on resolutions reported
serles-'That the bourbon democratic party
| OF Virginia. by its most recent official utter
ances, has shown that it is still false to its pro-
LESSONS regarding the credit of the state and
that it again seeks to deceive both the people
| and creditors by means of fair promises which it
never means to fulfill That the bourbon demo-
cratic party of Virginia is now, as ever in its
past history opposed to the live interests and
welfare of the people; opposed to free and fair
elections and an honest count and opposed to
tree public schools for the education of all the
people. That the anti-bourbOn party has shown
by its acts since it obtained control of the legis-
| lature and partial control of the state govern
ment the sincerity of it's professions in favor of
faithful collection and honest expenditure of the
puDllc revenues; are in favor of free and fair
elections OF impartial juries, the impartial exc
| cutl0n OF the laws, and public education; that in
view of this condition Of affairs. and abating no
part of our determination to deal Justly with all
the creditors of Virginia and to pay every dollar
that Virginia honestly owes, we deem it inexpe-
uient ana unWlse to make separate nominations
| Tor state officers and we declare i'm favor of
| nearly cooperation with all other citizens who
| support the candidates nominated by the anti
| bourbon convention at Richmond i'm June last
Ihat as republicans we earnestly invite all active
| republicans to join their efforts with Ours for
erance and tyranny in the state of Virginia"
| REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IN FAVOR
| OF UNION REJECTED.
| me resolutions were adopted unanimously
| but were afterwards laid temporarily on the
| table, to allow the conference committee to re-
port. Their report, which had first been sub
| united to the straightOut convention and re-
jected, set forth that in view of the present con-
ditlon of the party it was inexpedient to nomi-
| nate republican ticket. and the members of the
party shall be free to pursue what course they
may desire; also that the present organization Of
the party and its executive committee be main
| tanned during the campaign, but that as there
VIII be no republican ticket in the field the COM
| mlttee shall take no part in the campaign and
that in legislative districts which are now repub-
| can no readjuster candidate for the legislature
| shall be nominated, the readjusters supporting
| the republican candidates. The report of the
conference committee was rejected, and the
| original platform as given above was adopted
Messrs. J. H. Rives, collector at Lynchburg.
was elected chairman of the state central COM
mittee; j. D. Brady, collector at Petersburg.
chairman of the executive committee; and R. d.
| Brooks secretary of the state committee.
| The StraightOut Convention.
In the straightout convention, Mr. Dezendorf
submitted platform which is silent on the debt
question, but declares that the industries of the
country should be fostered by protective tariff
| laws; demands repeal of the capitation tax.
favors the abolition of the whipping post and the
repeal OF the disqualification to the elective
franchise by conviction of petty larceny 1t de-
| clares further that no republican convention has
the right to direct republicans to vote the dem
ocratic ticket. and that it is the right of every
! republican voter, when no regular ticket is in
the field to cast his vote according to his iuda-
| ment. A minority report, declaring that con-
tracts with creditors be held inviolate. and that
1t is the duty Of city, state and nation to pay its
legal obligations, was also offered. Both re-
| ports were tabled An effort was then made to
nominate a ticket, but it failed and the conyen-
| ton adjourned until to-day. 1t is understood
| that under no circumstances will Cen Wickham
| or Major YOst accept the nomination for gov
| ernOr.
PROHIBITION BURIED IN NORTH CAROLINA
| The Raleigh (N.C.) Ne,cs and Observer has
! official returns from q counties giving 9S 965
majority against prohibition, with % counties
still to be heard from. Haywood gives 81 ma
jority for prohibition So far it standsalOne.
| Two WOMEN KILLED.-Miss Lena Romans and
| Mrs. Louisa Farber were accidentally killed on
| Staten Island, NY, Tuesday evening. They