National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-06-16
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY VA,) POLITICS.
The Prospective Candidates for the Next
Bourbon Family Quarrel.

| To the Editor of THE REPUBLICAN:
The local correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press telegraphed to the world that the nomi-
nation of Cameron, Lewis, and Blair fell fat" in
this county. The truth is that, as kilograms from
this place six days previous to the meeting of the
State Readjuster Conv ention will show, the nomi
nation of Cameron, Lewis and Blair had been ac-
cepted as foregone conclusion by the Readjuster
party of this strong Readjuster county; hence was
no surprise and not calculated to raise much of
hurrah. There was considerable more hilarity by
the twelve hundred majority Readjusters of this
county over the absurdity of the Nestors telegram
The election of Cameron. Lewis, and Blair be-
ing assured, the Readjusters are now can
vassing for the best men for the senate and
house of delegates The nomination in this
county is well known to be equivalent to
an election. The work before the party is
to send to Richmond our very best men. 1t is gen.
orally conceded that DR.. J. B. Webb, of Cross KEYS
will be nominated for State senator to fill the
vacancy of Hon. John Paul, elected to Congress
There are two members of the house of delegates
to be chosen from this county. Among those
spoken of are J. Madison Weaver esq.,, Colonel
Barbee. Colonel Dovel, Aldine S. Keifer, ]. D.
Price, Hon. Reuben n. Harrison Colonel George
E. De Neale, and Robert Mooney. At this time the
lucky two could not be named with certainty.
There are no dissensions in our party, but the
Bourbons are just now, and for that matter have
had for a considerable time, nice little domestic
quarrel. 1t has been kept, as they supposed, very
quiet, but the first skirmish gun was fired through
the Post, of your city, yesterday. Immediately
after the arrival of the mail yesterday it was dis
covered that something wrong in the Bourbon
camp; Investigation proved 9TH that the Pqs con
Roller, of this place, for Governor. Hon. John I.
Harris followers swore it was MOffett dodge and
Dr. Samuel II. Moffett's relatives swear with equal
earnestness that it was q Harris trick. l would
lust here simply remark that General Roller is in
this valley much more popular than either Harris
or Mofett.
To get at the true inwardness of this Bourbon
quarrel we must go back a-few years. To be brief,
for the past twenty years the Democracy of this
county has been divided-known as the Harris fac
ton and the Aoffett faction Harris has scored the
most victories but in 1870 Moffett, drumming Hon.
William bo on Mines Ras 96 T0 as e41 Harris
have Harris Tenominated for Congress, knowing
very well that Paul could beat him easier than
any other man in this district. But Harris was too
smart, and in an assumed spirit Of cheerful resig
nation of public life had Hon. H. C. Allen sacri-
feed. This was distasteful TO Mofett; he wanted
either General Roller or ColonelC {. T OFerran i'm
moiated by Paul. as they were his (Moffettsl prin-
cipal barriers to future greatness Harris retirement
to private life being go aeesgted %ts hin in good
to be nominated for Governor, and the
fight has become so bitter that it has ended in
Kilkenny cat game Just which 6eI1 one Of the fac,
certain, but L am inclined to think it a Harris
dodge for two reasons-frst to drive Mofett out of
the field, and second, if Roller has no show in the
convention, TO use his strength for Payne against
John Goode. You must remember that Harris
thinks Goode very ungratefulin allowing his name
to be canvasSed against him after the we'll known
national fact that Goode owed his seat in Congress
four years ago to the chairman of the Committee
on Elections, the Hon. John T. Harris
Harris, in the opinion of the large majority of
voters of this valley, has had enough of public
pap, and Mofett's bell-punch would beat him be-
yond question. OF one thing you can restassured
neither of them will be nominated, and if either
one is, he will not receive thousand votes
in this valley. What then would be, cats paw Gen
eral John E. Roller would get.
1t is mighty interesting fight to US Readjusters
here, and thinking the Readjusters throughout
Virginia and their friends elsewhere might desire
to know how things are moving along in this
county trouble You with the facts for publica-
tion, Yours respectfully, READJUSTER.
HARRISoNBURG, VA, June IA, 1881.