Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-05-18
Political Notes

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The Coalition party of Albemarle tried
it again last week. A county convention
having refused to nominate, they tried a
mass meeting this time. The committee
reported the names of Everett W. Early.
for Commemorative Attorney; 3. B.
Yates, for County Treasurer Henry
Cash. for the vacant County Clerkship; J.
T. Wayland. for Sheriff. and Z. G.. Tim.
berlake and M CLARK, for Commissioners.
Every body named, except Messrs. Early
ard Clark, declined to run, and the hatred
between the two factions of the party at
ouce broke out into an open row. Capt. E.
W. Early charged upon Mr.. A. M. Law
son that if there was failure to put CO.
alition ticket in the field he (Lawson) was
personally responsible for it. Some noisy
proceedings were charged to some fund
ers' present, but as they could not be also
made responsible for the Coa]itionists re-
| eusing to run, the mass Getting adjourned.
The Democratic Primary of Botetourt
county nominated K. P. Stoner. for Treas
urer; James Mcdowell, for Clerk BENZ.
Haden. for Commonwealth's Attorney !;
d. P. Crush. for Sheriff. and A. B. Rock
and r. K. Tho mpson. for Commissioners
of the Revenue. Judge Mays having now
issued . writ for the election of Clerk
there IS no more trouble on that score.
The Democrats of Frederick county
have nominated g. B. Hancock, for She
riff; Jno. II. Wotring, for Treasurer; E..
T. cambridge, for Commonwealth At
torney, and W. e. Cooper and Geo. II.
Stottlemeyer, for Commissioners of the
Revenue. The Democrats of Winchester
have nominated Scott Fl. Hansbrough. for
City Treasurer, and VIM. Rely. for City
Sergeant Among the cOuncilmen nomi-
mated were H. s. Baker, a brother of the
Messrs. Baker Bros, Of Staunton, and W.
II. Baker, nephew Of those gentlemen.
Rev. John E. Massey, who many of our
| Coalition friends doubtless heartily wish
was safely resting in some cemetery. was
present and conducted the services at the
anniversary celebration of the Charlottes-
vile Baptist Sunday School, Sunday May
| 9Th.
| The New York World (Democratic) has
been sold for 100000 to Joseph Pulitzer,
of the st. Louis Post. Dispotch. Mr.. Pu-
liter wi II be the editor. He is tariff re-
form man, holds no free trade views, and
has stood heretofore on the business, COM
mon sense platform which is now SO ra-
pidly gaining ground in both of the two
great political parties.
Hon. Daniel Doueherty. of Philadel-
phia. who will be recollected as the gen
tleman who nominated Gen. Hancock in
the National Democratic Convention of
1880, will deliver lecture before the
Young Mems Christian Association of
Charlestown. w. Va, IN few weeks.
Gov. Waller, the Democratic Governor
of Connecticut, has created genuine
surprise, especially among the managers
Of the railroad corporations Of that State.
by vetoing the bill which passed the Le-
glslature during its last hours reducing
taxation ON State railroad bonds. The bill
| would have assisted" one road to the
ex tent of $s1 900.
A canvass of the Presidential prefer
ences of the Republican members of the
Pennsylvania House showed this result
Blaine, 4S; Edmunds. 81; Lincoln, 8;
Grant, 2; Sherman. L; W. D Kelley, l;
Blaine or Edmunds. l Blaine or Lincoln.
IL; Harrison or Edmunds, l; undecided.
10; absent, 4.
Judge Brown. the Republican candidate
| for the West Virginia seat in Congress
formerly occupied by Mr.. Kenna, is re.
corded as denouncing the high protective
| theory. and as declaring himself unequivo-
cally for "a tariff for revenue only" while
his Democratic opponent is reported as
favorIng the protection at least Of the
manufactures of his own section.