Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-05-05
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FRIDAY MORNING, MAY S. 1882.
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Meeting of the Conservative Democrats.
PRIMARY DECIDED TO BE HELD-NEW
CITY CONTEMPORARIES BY SPEAK
Err HANGER, COL. SKINNER, AND 9TH
ERS.
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On Wednesday night, a large assemblase
of the Conservative Democrats OF Staun-
ton. numbering little short OF three nun
dred voters and including men OF all cali
ings in life, gathered at the Opera House
to elect rev City Committee and decide
the question of primary. The meetinr
was called to order by W. H. II. Lynn,
ESQ.,, of the retiring city committee, and
Oh his motion. H. st. George Tucker. ESQ.,.
was elected chairman. On motion of Ed
ward Eehols, Esq, VIM. A. Hudson, ESQ.,.
was elected Secretary. Mr.. Tucker in
taking the chair said he appreciated the
honor of being chosen to preside over such
an assem- blage of "the ever gallant Demo-
cratic party of Staunten.'
Hon. Marshall Hanger moved that a
committee be appointed to report names
for the new city committee and, the mo-
ton being adopted, the Chairman appoint
ed the following gent lemeE as the commit
tee-Messrs G. G.. Gooch, w. E. Staples,
and r. w. Burke of the 1st ward and
Carter Berkeley, W. J. Nelson and B. F.
Terry, of the ID ward.
Mr.. q. A. Richardson offered resolu-
ton looking to primary election.
Mr.. Lynn said he hardly supposed there
was Democrat in Staunton who did not
feel the necessity of massing our forces to-
gether.
Mr.. NJ. F. White said be was heartily
in favor of M organization.
MIR. Hanger. in response to calls, said he
had come to this meeting with the desire
to see everything dene that would con-
tiaue tho supremacy of the Democracy in
the city government and the first thing to
be done was to arrange for primary. Zap
plause). He wanted everybody to come
up to its support. tapplauss.)
DR.. A. M. Fauntlerey to his feet. He
said he was fully in accord with the gen.
eral sentiment of the meeting, which he
clearly saw was for q primary, applause.
It was important that we should be uni
ted. Some events that had recently taken
place in-in some quarters of the globe,
(great laughter), showed us the Importance
of union in this city to prevent the same
class of men assuming office here that We
have seen assume them elsewhere. ZAP
plause.)
In answer to a general call for ''Skin-
ner." Col. Jas. H. Skinner appeared on
the stage and made one of his characters
tic, incisive little addresses. In briefly re-
ferring to the legislature which has just
adjourned, his mention of the big Five"
was greeted with loud applause. And
when he said that be had found out at
Richmond that the legislation instead of
being ''of the people by the people and for
the people, was ''of Malone, by Malone
and for Mahone,'' the building rung with
applause. He believed all the work Of that
legislature looking TO the settlement of
the debt, would come to nausht when it
passed under review of the court Of last
resort. The Democracy did not propose
to revive the debt question, but when the
luded by these promises of REIMBURSEMENT
they will turn to the party that has not
given them hopt that could never he full
filled.
Turning to the Importance OF united
Conservative party in Staunton, he said
that The Malone party had tempered with
the charters Of Norfolk and LeXineton but
when they came TO Staunton they called p
halt. They well knew that no gerryman
dering of the town could dismay the
staunch Conservatives of this city into
submitting to defeat. (applausel To us
who represented you in that legislat ure
the knowledge that we were backed at
at home by noble people was 8 grea.
comfort. (applause.) Their sec to it that
no divisions among yourselves shall ac
conplish the work your enemies failed to
do. Ii there is ally man in Stanton who
calls himself Democrat and is 80 eager
for Office that he will not support prima-
ry of his party, he does not deserve an
Office (applause.) The man who refuses
to stand by his party in such an hour as
this does not deserve to belong to the par.
ty, (great applause This city is the
Conservative heart of that grand old Con.
sentative county, Augusta, and it should
speak out to the State, saying that its
people staud 1eady to sweep away the men
that have been put into power.
The speaker said he would not enlarge
upon the wrong, just completed. Of Carry
ing party politics into the charitable ill.,
.estitations of the State, but it was a great
~swrcag. He had been on solid Democratic
boards at those institutions in other days.
ywhen the Wing majority in the county
was sufficiently intoleraut but no Demo-
cratic director thought of carrying polti-
cal mates into those charities. We OILY
asked if the officers were homes. capable,
.efieient. (Applause.) The speaker closed
by saying he wanted in the coming elee-
tion to see the biggest Conservative ma
jority Staunton had ever given, a remark
which brought cut great cheering.
The Committee at this point reported
the names to constitute the City Conser
yative Democratic Committee, as follows
LIST Ward End Ward.
w. L.. Olivier, W. L. Balth1s.
John T.. Long, W. III. Fl. Lynn,
Isaac WITT, AN. Fauntleroy
Marshall Hanger, W. FL. Fowle.
Michael Cox, W. A. Hudson.
A. e. Miller. III. f. White.
The report of the committees was unan.
imousiy adopted on motion OF Mr.. j. w
Todd.
Mr. Richa rdsan q resolution for PRIMARY