Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-09-02
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

as temporary chairman, and the editors OF the
Highland Recorder and Valley Vir9iniGn were
requested to act as temporary secretaries.
On motion of S. Brown lien, of Augusta a
committee of one from each county in the DIS
trict was appointed to report permanent officers
of the convention; and on motion of A. ".
HUBBARD, of Buckingham a similar committee
was appointed on credentials; and on motion
of W. G. Franklin, of kppoma ttox, similar
committee on resolutions.
On the retirement of the members of these
committees, - Alexander, (colored), of MIC
dlebrook in this county, moved that the tenn
porary chairman entertain the convention
with speech, whereupon that gentleman pro-
ceeded to comply, by exhorting the Republicans
to rally around the flag Of their participating
something about Bourbon Democracy and
Bourbon tyranny. landing Pennsylvania and
deprecating Virginia. an attrbuting the
wealth of Pennsylvania to the tariff, seeming
y oblfvious of the fact that the tariff is opera
tive In all the ST ties aliKe-Virginia having the
same advantages, so far the tariff is concern
ed as Pennsylvania, thus showing that the dis
prity in wealth of these States is not due TO the
tariff, but to other causes.
| AS he was getting deeper into the Quagmire
his argument, he was relieved by the return oil
| the committees.
The Committee on permanent organization
| reported A, W. Hubbard, of Buckingham, for
President the Convention, and Maj SamI
NJ. Yost, of the VGEley Vir9ini1n. and w. W.
Brenemau, of the Highland Recorder. as Seere-
| taries. Adopted.
| The report of the Committee credentials
was adopted.
| The President \. w. Hubbard then took the
chair and told what kind OF Republican ne
was and made it an objection Hon j. Ran.
Tucker that he was the nephew of "John Ran
| dolph of Roanoke" ami said that he had lhe
| additional misfortune OF having been pom Win
| a silver spoon in his mouth. The remarks OF
| Hubbard showed that his Gro Tn1ug misfortune
was that of havia been born with tongue In
| his mouth, that is more brassy than sllVern.
W. E. Craig moved the adoption ola series OF
resolutions in reference to the electoral ticket
| that had been adopted by the Republican state
| Committee.
This brought out Col Parsons Of Rockofidge,
who expressed the opinion that it wa not wise
| to present those resolutions; that it was going
beyond the province o i District Convention;
would produce dlscord, &C. He saw hat it was
in obedience TO the will OF Malone and what
| Cameron calls his machine methods" and he
was opposed to it, but his fear of the machine
prevented him from more than simply to de-
clare oracularly that he did not think it wise to
submit those resolutions to that convention.
| Mr. Craig advocated the adoption OF the reso-
| lutions with much earnestness, saying that 1t
| would be making q show of union OF the dlvid-
| ed wings of the party, and would enable the
| party in this State to receive substantial aid
| from the North. This seemed to be the one
| thing needful, and the members of the Con-
vention wanting that kind of assistance showed
very plainly that they would vote to adopt
| them. Alexander {colored) of Middle
| brook, concurred in opinion with Parsons. and
predicted that the adoption ofthose resolutions
would do harm to the party.
| On being put to the vote, the resolutions were
adopted unanimously. Parsons and Alexan-
| der heard the ominous creak ofthe machine"
and they held their tongues and withheld their
votes.
AS Chairman ofthe Committee on resolutions,
VIC. Franklin, of Appomattox, then reported a
long string of resolutions lauding the policy OF
the Republican party and presenting an indict-
ment, with numerous counts against Hon. j..
Ran. Tucker-injecting a stump speech into a
resolution.
Speeches favoring the adoption Of the resolu-
lions, were made by Me-srs. Andrew ]. Epes, of
Buckingham; w. c. Franklin, Of Apponattox,
| and Col Parsons, of Rockbridse These gentle
men, with their demagogic harangues, fall of
| sound and fury, signifying nothing" occupied
a great deal of time and wore out the patience
Of tho oo11vontiou. and the auditors ATTRACTED
to the scene, who were impatiently awaiting
the nomination. Mr.. Davis, a delegate from
Buckingham, unable TO stand it auy longer,
arose, and, addressing the Chair, said he
thought all that speaking was out of place. and
that they should proceed to do what they came
for-nominate candidate for Congress. His
speech was brief but was the most appropriate
one made on that occasion. 1t brought the
convention to vote on the resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted.
The Chair then announced that nominations
| were then in order, whereupon S. Brown Allen
arose to nominate candidate. He said their
party had suffered defeat, but he believed it to
be merely temporary, and he would nominate
q candidate who would carry their banner to
victory-who would heard the lion in his den,
| the Douglas i'll his halP'-he would nominate
| Jacob Yost.
| When the name was given, it was received
with great demonstrations OF approval by the
convention and others
A. W. HUBBARD left the Chair to second the
| nomination. which he did in an earnest speech
| in which he pledged himself to do all he could
| to secure his election--that he would go to ey-
| cry house in his county-that the choice of the
| convention was his choice-and concluded by
| moving that the nomination be by acclama-
| ton, which motion was seconded, and on being
| put to the vote, was unanimously adopted amid
| great cheering.
| committee was appointed to apprise Jacob
| Yost of his nomination and to escort him to the
| convention to make his acknowledgements of
| the honor conferred upon him by the conven-
| ton.
During the absence of this committee, on mo-
| ton of W. e. Craig, committee, consisting of
one from each county and city In this District.
| was appointed to recommend to the State Exc
| cutive Committee canvassers for each county
and city in the District.
In short while the commi ttee of escort, ac-
| companied by the nominee, returned, when the
Chairman of the Committee reported that they
had performed the duty assigned them and
thereupon introduced Jacob Yost as the nomi-
nee to the convention. AS he took the stand, he
was greeted with cheers.
He accepted the nomination without any af-
| fectation. and frankly expressed his thanks for
the honor In terms CT eloquence which reflect
| ed credit upon him speaker. He said it
was an honor to be Republican, q greater
| honor to be nominated; and that it was thrice
| an honor to follow the famous man who carried
| their national banner-Hon. Jas. G. Blaine. He
| then for few minutes delivered some very
| handsome sentences in good STYLE after which
| he pledged himself to be faithful to the duties
| imposed upon him, and that he would with bis
whole soul, mind, and strength" labor to car
| ry to victory the flag which had been placed in
his hands.
| At the conclusion of his speech, s. Brown
| Allen made some remarks in the course of
which he told the anecdote of the cows tail.
and repeated Hills anecdote of the drunken
man who could not remember when he had
swallowed the dog, and then boosted of doing
now what year ago he refused to acknowledge
| it was his purpose to dol. e., join the Repub-
| lican party He said, ''We are for Blaine and
Logan, because Blaine and Logan are for rs
we are Republicans, because the Republicans
are for u.s." He said he would be busy at work
for Yost's success from now till the election
was over,
The convention then adjourned sine die.
WALKING MATCH WON BY HARRIsoNBURG
BoY.-On Saturday night week ago, q two
hours walking match came offat Macon, Ca. in
which Robert G. Bassford, son of Thos. w. Bass
ford, OF Harrisonburs, was successful oyer four