Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-07-28
Coalition Meeting.

On Monday last, (court day. tho Coal
ition meeting, called by Robt G.. Bickle,
Chairman Of the Republican Committee
and s. Brown Allen, Chairman of the Re-
adjuster Committee, assembled in the
Court House to the extent of about thirty
five Coalitienists, to appoint delegates to
the Harrisonburg Convention, which meet 8
August - to nominate Hon. John Paul.
First Auditor, S. Brown Allen, OF Rich
mond, presided. While waiting for COM
mittee on business to report, Mr.. Allen in
PRODUCED to the audience, Capt. F. s. Blair.
the Attorney Gensral of the State, who
made a speech of some length. The Cap
tain said docking at the small gathering
of whites and negroes before him) that this
was not a meeting of the Readjuster party
of Virginia. as he had just heard by
stander remark, but very small part OF
the great Readjuster party of Virginia.
and he congratulated the people Of Angus
ia that SO many Of them (again cycling the
slender gatheFine|, had the courage and
hardihood to stand by their glorious prin-
ciplss. IT you want to find the Readjuster
party you must not look in this little Fun
set around and whittle the sides of dry
goods boxes for it. but you must 60 out
into the county Of Augusta among the
horny handed men who make the food for
Staunton. Wrong again, Captain the
Augusta men who make the food for
nd hor ~
are good old Democrats by large ma
jority, and vote that way every time)
He said Auditor Allen and himself were
in Washington the day before and he mere
ly came to etaunton on social invitation
of Mr.. A. and not with view of max
ing speech. He had accepted the in
vitation because he wanted to see some
of the men who had gone through tho
fire Of funderism, and come out like tho
Hebrew children from the furnace, un-
touched.
He said the Bourbon Funders could not
get one Of their own men and hunted up
the ''boss repudiator" in Massey, who
had three reasons for being their candi-
date-that Cameron beat him for Gov
Governor. Riddleberger beat him for Sem
ator and Brown Allen beat him for Aud
itor And Massey's first pilgrimage to
Washington was to congratulate Malone
on the votes Malone cast with the Repub-
licans. He held his hand SO tight then
rs Malone told mo the other night, he
could hardly get him loose. Mr.. Blair said
that in South western Virginia, in the 9th
District, the Coalition would increase its
majority from 5000 for Cameron to 10000
for Wise.
He said the ReadJuster party had full
filled every promise it had made to the
people reduced the tax from SO to 40
cents, repealed the whipplng-post law and
the capitation prepayment act.
He paid high compliment to Hon. John
Paul which was enthusiastically cheered
by the whites and negroes participating
in the meeting. He denounced the big
Four''; said that you can't tell one day
where Newberry viii! stand the next; that
Williams was carpet-bag Yankee. and
that LybroOk was drunk all the time.
About the disposition of the public pat.
rOnage, he said they were not going to buy
drugs and supplies. from Bourbon Fund.
ers. but going to buy them from the men
that produce them. When the men that
raise them want to sell them, they will
Just have to drive right up to the Institu-
ton here. or your Asylum and sell them,
and not have to 60 through Bourbon-Fun-
der merchants.
Some person in the audience brought
one of Mr.. Blair's flights to the ground by
crying out what has become of the Re-
publican party9" The question excited
puzzled speaker SIN tell you presently
He told them after awhile that the best
men Of the Republican party had examin.
cd into the matter and gone into the Lib.
eral Readjuster party
The orator made an effective and ladroit
appeal to the colored people, who were
represented by about fifty in the gallery
and seven on the floor.
At the close of the address, which had
as little of argument as almost any we
have heard delivered in the same building,
the committee made report.
NO cOLORED REPUBLICAN AMONG TIKI
DELEGATES.
While che colored vote in Augusta coun
ty is considerably over thousand, and
half again as large as the white Malone
vote, there was not the name Of colored
man among the list of delegates. This