Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1881-08-09

Committee.
The resolution was adopted, and the
convention took recess for thirty min.
utes.
AFTER RECESS.
After the expiration Of the thirty
minutes the convention re.assembled
and received the reports of the district
delegations, which were adopted, and
were as follows:
On Credentials.
First District: Thomas G Walston.
of Northampton E E Meredith. OF
Prince William; Warner G Jones, OF
Glouceeter.
Second District: DR. M @ Holt, John
Lamb, DR. Pretlow.
Third District: A Gary, of Chester
field; w 8 Gilman, of Richmond w
F Gordon, Jr., of Louisa.
Fourth District Major Willis Dance,
of Powhatan; w T Adkins, of Neck
lenburg; A Terry, of Charlotte.
Fifth District: Norman Hale, J B
Anderson. G. w B Hale.
Sixth District: John ID Horsley,
Nelson Major T Kirkpatrick, Lynch.
burg; Captain John G Featherston,
Bedford.
Seventh District; ] J A Powell,
Goochland; M Browning, Page; Oh
Page, Albemarle.
Eighth District: G. 8 P Triplett, Gull
pepper; w w Hurlbert, Alexandra; II
w Hunter, Winchester.
Ninth District: T w Spindle, Mont
gomery; 8 8 Dinwiddie, Russell; J D
johnson, Giles.
On Resolutions.
| First District: William B Taliaferro,
Gloucester; Thomas Croxton, Essex !;
George Walker, Northumberland.
| Second District: G G. Elliott, ] F
Croker, r E Bland.
Third District: Robert Ould, of Rich
mond; William F Drinkard, of Rich
mond; DR. Quesenberry, of Caroline.
Fourth District: Colonel s F Cole
man, of Cumberland; Captain B J
Epes, of Dinwiddie; Glenn Green, of
Charlotte. ..
Penn, John L Hurt.
| Sixth District: r A Coghill, AM
herst Hon. Thos Whitehead, Lynch
burg: Hon r Tucker, Rockbridge.
Seventh District: DR.. s III Mofett,
Rockingham; James Bumgardner, Jr.,
Augusta; Judge A K Leake, of Gooch-
land.
Eighth District: v Brooke, Fau-
quier; 8 s Turner, Warren; J Y Mem
efee, Rappahannock.
Ninth District: III 8 x Morrison,
Scott; Samuel Williams, Bland; ID
Tyler, Pulaski.
On Permanent Organization.
u First District: William A Jones, Rich
mond county; A B Evans, Middlesex
county; A B Rawlings, Spotsylvania
county.
| Second District: Henry Jones, E V
White, D G Tyler.
Third District John Hunter, Jr., OF
Richmond; DR. Pendleton, of Louisa
.ITJ Woodbridge, of Chesterfield.
Fourth District William r McKin-
J ney, Petersburg; N Turnbull, r B
Kennon.
Fifth District: John w Riley, Peter
Hairston, w T. Howard.
Sixth District: Samuel Griffin, Bed
ford; G T Smith, Nelson; Camm Pat
; teson, Buckingham.
, Seventh District: Judge ] L Coch-
ranan, A!bemarle; William Liggett
Rockingham E H Stickley, Shenan.
Eighth District: II L D Lewis
| Clarke; Hay, Madison; r 81 Cock
erell, Fairfax.
Ninth District: Charles T Duncan
| h6o 0dluuc1 CIdudln, 10AoWCAS ~ -
Logan. Roanoke.
Al State Central Committee.
, First District: Judge J III G Jones
King and Queen Chancellor Bailey
Spotsylvania; DR. w A Thorn, North
! amptOn.
Second District: M Glennan, L r
Edwards, r T Armistead.
Third District: Charles U wilkins
Richmond; William Clopton, Man.
chester; r 81 Cardwell, Hanover.
: Fourth District: s w Venable, Pc
tersburg; Glen Green, Charlotte Judge
w aGoodwyn, Greensville.
Fifth District Geo E Dennis, Samue
Mullen. w M Tredway.
Sixth District: Major William Jol'
r life, Botetourt; J Singleton Diggs
, Lynchburg; John d Horseley, Nelson
Il Seventh District: A KOiner, j M
White, and w d Peachy.
Eighth District: G F Trigg, Wash
ington; J Fl Tyler, Pulaski; James P.
Kelley, Tazswell.
Al The Convention here took recess
until o'clock to allow the committees
time to make their reports.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention reassembled at
), o'clock. The Committee on Credentials
through the secretary, J. Bell Bigger
made an informal report to the effec
that some counties had not reported
and that they be requested to do so q
once. The further consideration OF tn
: report was laid upon the table, and tn
report on permanent organization wa
read, as follows =
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The Committee on Permanent Organ
ization recommend to the Convention
that the rules of the House of Delegate
j of Virginia be adopted for the govern
ment of this Convention, and report 70
permanent organization as follows =
Chairman-Hon. Thomas s. BOcock
of Appomattox,
81 Vice Presidents-First, Hon. Thoma
Q Croxton, of Essex Second, Hon. L. r
Watts, of Portsmouth Third, Genera
f Peyton Wise, of Richmond; Fourth. Dr.
r. s. Powell, of Brunswick; Fifth, G
] g. Holland, of Danville; Sixth, Gener
+ al J. A. Early, Of Lynchburg; Seventh
Hon. John T. Harris. of Rockingham
q Ninth, Hon. w. M. Ellis, of MontgOm
cry.
Secretary. Bell Bigger, of Rich
j mOnd.
al Assistant Secretaries-The member
f of the Democratic press present.
eant-at-Arms-James NJ. Tyler.
81 The report was adopted.
i On motion, committee OF five
Q consisting Of Messrs. Woodbridge o
> Chesterfield, General Terry of Wythe
! Eppa Hunton of Fauquier, Robert E
0 Withers, and George T. Garrison of Ac
comac, was appointed to escort the per
r manent president, Mr.. B0cock, to hi
Q seat.
l HON. THOMAS 8. BoCOCK's SPEECH.
Mr.. Bocock, being escorted to the from
of the stage, said =
Gentlemen of the Convention,-Ib bel
D to assure you that duly appreciate tn
honor you have conferred on me in se
0 Letting me to preside over the delibera
. lions Of this Conventions Convention
Q which, whether you look to the humble
and character of the members Of which
r 1t is compoeed or to the great ends it wa
J. sent here to accomplish, must be loni
!. remembered as one of the most impOr
e tant party conventions ever assembled
in the State. And, gentlemen, permi
. me to congratulate you upon the bright