The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-15
submitted, showing every county repre-
sented and no seats contested.
| Adopted

scntu ana no seats contested.
Adopted.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The committee recommended the follow
ing permanent officers:
Chairman l.. X. Watts, Portsmouth.
Secretaries Ham Shepherd and j. Bell
Bigger.
Vice-Presidents: J. N. Stubbs. First
district; James f. Heath. Second; X. f.
Blankenship. Third; Willis J. Dance,
Fourth; J. p. Krise, Fifth John T. Lo,
vel, Sixth; Uriel Terrell, Eighth; Will
liam Terry, Ninth; Samuel Coleman,
Tenth; L. p. Burk, Seventh.
Adopted.
JUDGE WATTS.
Judge Watts, in brief speech upon
taking the char, SAID that he regarded the
compliment OF his election rs one to his
city district and not to him, and modestly
declared tat the honor was as unsolicited
as II was unmeiited.
Referring to the work OF the Convention.
Judge Waits spoke OF the nominee OF the
Convention at Chicago, "whom we trust
and believe will be the next President, and
care not whether he be the fearless and
chivalrous Bayard [applausel from the
little State OF Delaware or that great states
man from the Empire State Of New York.
[long continued applause,J he will receive
our cordial support"
Judge Watts's speech, brief, cheerful,
enthusiastic, gave the Convention the first
1" warming up" that it had received. He
reused 'em up.
COMMITTEEMEE AND DELEGATES TO CHICAGO.
Eonorol L. III II;ll oA,araI ba Fo1
which was adopted
Resolved. That the delegates from each
congressional district select two delegates
and two alternates to the Chicago Conyen-
ton from their several districts, and also
five members of the State Central Commit
tee, and that il they have already selected
them, that their names be reported forth
with.
Under this resolution the following
names were reported:
First Dstrict-State COMMITTEES Thomas
waller, w. A. Jones, Orris a. Brown, b.
L. Farnholt, Warner T. Jones. Dele
gates to Chicago George Walker, Nor
w. A. Thorn, Northamp-
ton; alternates, Il. +. Bland, Gloucester;
j. NJ. Hudgins, Caroline.
Second District-State Committee: VI.
Glennan. Norfolk city; Gardner Tyler.
Charles City; James f. Chalmers, Isle OF
Wight: DR.. James +. Bryant, SOuthamp-
ton; DR.. William II. Shields, York. Dele
gates to Chicago: James Barron Hope,
Norfolk city; j. II. Bogart, southampton;
alternate, James +. Chalmers, Isle OF
Wight.
Third District-State Committee: r. ID.
James. Goochland; II. +. Beirne, HanO-
yer; y. II. Nash, Richmond; Il. a. Han
cock, Chesterfield; John ID. O'Dell, New
Kent. Delegates to Chicago: b. ii. Nash,
Richmond; alternate, W. +. Drinkard,
Richmond: b. a. Hancock, Chesterfield;
alternate, George p. Haw. Of Hanover.
Eector, X. II. Cardwell, OF Hanover.
Fourth Distrct-Statc Committee: DR..
Robert L. Rives, Prince George :. L. Ar
rington, Petersburg; r. I. Wilson, Dim
widdie; Thomas w. Smith, Mecklenburg;
John Jackson. Lunenburg. Delegates to
Chicago Z. w. Mckinney, Prince Ed
ward: s. w. Venable. Petersburg; alter
mates, Y. S. Turnbull, Brunswick; X. g..
Southall, Amelia.
Fifth District State Committee: c. G.
Holland, DanvIlle; r. M. Brown, Carroll
A. NJ. DAVIS, Grayson; A. Staples, Pat
rick; l. G. Mullins,.H Delegates to
Chicago: II. s. Upton, Carroll; I. g..
Holland, Danville; alternates, j. l..
Tompkins. Floyd; j. p. Critz, Patrick.
Sixth District-State Committee: Z. A,
Krise, Lynchburg; w. \. Thorn, Roanoke;
NJ. NJ. Martin, Charlotte; l.. {. Watkins,
Halifax; w. G. Guerrant, Montgomery.
Delegates to Chicago: John r. Thurman,
Bedford; Paul C. Edmouds. Halifax; al
ternates, G. G. Wharton, Montgomery;
c. r. Green, Charlotte.
Seventh Dlstrict-State Committee: e.
Holmes Boyd, Frederick; l.. Walton,
Shenandoah; ). ii. Molrett, Rockingham
w. w. Mohett. Buckingham; John ".
White, Albemarle. Delegates to Chicago !:
s. V. Southall, Albemarle; j. NJ. McCor-
mick, Clarke; alternates, Colonel +. II.
Hill, Madison; F. X. Cartmill, Winchester.
Eighth District-State Committee: G.
A. Mushbach, Alexandria; X. 5. Lewis,
Culpeper; Henry Heaton, Loudon; II. W.
Maury, Louisa; f. Z. Meredith. Prince
Edward. Delegates to Chicago: Robert
Beverly, Fauquier; C. L. Stuart, AlcXan-
dria; alternates. Henry HeatoD, Loudoun
II. w. Maury, Louisa.
Ninth District State Committee j. III.
McGavock, Wythe; John \. Buchanan,
Washington; X. A. Ayres, Scott; ;. w.
Williams, Bland; J. w. Marshall, Craig.
Delegates to Chicago: ID. S. Pierce,
Wythe; X. A. Ayres,: Scott; aternates,
j. w. Marshall, Craig; G. c. Gent, Rus
sci.
Tenth District-State Committee: Ed
ward EchOls, Staunton; j. ID. Horsely,
Nelson; Thomas s. Bocock, AppOmattoX;
Camm Patteson, Buckingham; Samuel J.
Graham. Rockbridge. Delegates to Chica-
20 S. j. Graham, OF Rockbridge; Taylor
Berry, OF Amherst; lternates, w. III. III.
Lynn, Staunton; j. r. Coleman, Nelson.
ELECTORS.
On motion Of Mr.. Glennan the following
was adopted:
Owing to the failure OF the Legislature
TO provide for new electoral districts and
the consequent legal doubt arising in the
matter, it is
Resolved, That the Committee on Reso-
lutions be requested to take this matter
into consideration and report as early rs
they can the number OF electors that this
should nominate, and how the
same shall be done.
RESOLVED, That the committee recon-
mend to the Convention TO provide for the
selection of one electOr for each OF the
nine districts as at present constituted.
care being taken that the elector for the
First, Second, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth
electoral districts shall be selected from
one OF the counties in the new congress
,ional districts Of corresponding number,
md that the Convention select two electors
II large, and that in the event OF the Legis-
ature changing the electoral districts to
conform to the new apportionment, then
he State Executive Committee be au-
horized to appoint an elector for the
Tenth district.
RESOLUTIONS.
On motion OF Mr. Kelley the Committee
m Resolutions were authorized to sit