The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-08-02
The Democratic Convention.

The Democratic Convention.
I The Convention of Virginians calling them
selves democrats organized at Lynchburg on
the 18th, with sCorbin NJ. Reynolds, an ex-read-s
juster as tcmpory chairman.
ny Gen'l Jim Walker was elected permanent.
President withn Vice President for each cons
| gressional district, as follows
First district w. G. Num-; Second district,
| J. r. Woodhouse; Third district, A. NJ. Kelley;
Fourth district. IL. II. Jones' Fifth district, w.
II. sutherland; sixth district, Nm. NJ. Cabell
| seventh district, II. G. Allen Eight district,
Eppa Hunton Ninth district, Samuel H. New
berry.
organization, Hon. John S. Barbour was elected
chairman of the State Central Committee, and
also eX-oficio chairman of the Executive Com
mittee.
The State Central Committee was elected as
follows
First district. Thomas w. Waller, Spottsylva
mia; Phil Gibson. King William; Warner 4.
| Jones, Gloucester; VIM. Jones, Richmond, b. I.
second District: NJ Glennan, Norfolk; j.
F. Bryant, southampton J. w. Hubbard York;
]. IL. Odom, New Kent; George +. Rives, Prince
Third District: b. 4. Hancock, of Chester
field; John II. Hudgins; OF Carolina X. II. Card
! II. Nash, of Richmond city.
Fourth District X. +. Wilson, Petersburg;
| L.
w. Smith, of Mechlenburg: S. p. Arlington, of
Petersburg; John Jackson, of Lunenburg.
watkins tiisi s Halifax; sam NJ. Futon, Grayson
X. NJ. Brown, Carroll; ]. b; Critz, Patrick.
sixth District: John p Horslley, of Nelson; s
! Lynchburg; Camm Patterson, of Buckingham
Dennis Shanahan, of Alleghany.
Seventh District: John M. White, Albemarle;
| Edward Echols, Augusta; II. G. Allen, Shenan-
doah; R; d. James, Goochland; ]. II. Jones,
Eighth District; L. P. Wallace, Orange; W. II.
| +. Lee, Fairfax; Henry Horton, Loudoun; N.
W. Mohett, Rappahannock Holmes Boyd,
Ninth District; w H. Rhea, Washington; s.
G. Graham, Tazewell: samuel II. Newberry,
I THE PLATFORM
| adopted was as follows:
LIST. Taxation.-We oppose any increase OF
| taxation whatsoever, directly or indirectly.
3D. The State Debt.-The democratic party ac'
| cepts as final the recent settlement of the pub
lie debt pronounced constitutional by the courts
of late resort, state and federal, and will oppose
| all agitation OF the question, or any disturbance
OF the settlement, by appeal, or otherwise; >,
| tional and immediate abolition of the Internal
| Revenue system, q nursery of spies and inform
| ers, amenace to the freedom of elections, an
| intolerable burden on the taxpayers, source
| of the greatest corruption and in its practical
operation special burden on the state and her
| interests.
4th. We favor a tariff for revenue, limited to
| the necessities of q government economically
administered ana so adjusted in its application
as to prevent unequal burdens, encourage pro-
| ductive interests at home and afford just com
penSation to labor. but not to create or foster
| mOnOpOlieS.
5th. The democratic party of Virginia having
| founded and organized the public school sys-
| TEN, and originated every act of legislation
which secures its efficiency pledges itself to con
| tinued support until every child in the COM
| monwealth, of whatever color, may secure the
| benefits of q free education.
| 9Th Mixed SchoolS.-We oppose the mixing
| of the white and colored races in the public
| schools, and the placing of colored trustees and
| teachers over white children,and are in favor OF
| preserving the school organization Tor the TWO
races as separate and distinct as possible, giving
| to the colored people for their schools, all the
preferences and privileges which demand
| for the whites, including colored trustees and
| colored teachers, and making no discrimination
| in the distribution of school funds on account
| of color, and pledge the democratic party to
! adopt all necessary legislation to perfect this
| plan as best for all concerned.
| 18th. Strict EcOnOmy.-We demand and Will
exact strict economy in all the branches of the
government state and federal, and that the
| number of officers and the amount of their sal
aries shall be reduced and kept within the min
| imum requisite for the due performance of the
| public service. tsi
8th. Real Civil Service Reform.-We demand
| such real civil service reform, as Will make mer
| it the test OF official fitness and exclude the
| loathsome system of bargain, and sale ofofIice
| and the partisan's preference for the ignorant
| vicious and corrupted which is now the dis
| grace of the state and federal governments, and
| we denounce the sham methods which have
| heretofore been practiced and which have rem
4 dered examinations, Investigations and trials
| new sources OF corruption ana new objects OF
just derisiOn.
9th Opposition to Bossism-We are inflexi-
| bly, opposed to the system of bossism which be-
fits only the minions of tyrants and which is at
war with every principle of honor, manliness
| and republican freedom, and has been but re-
| Gently introduced in Virginia to corrupt, de-
grade and disgrace her.
WI H. as W. o r iilS NY
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una c n ~ before i ~, tile people a.,
Hancock election ticket put forth as the only
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