Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-05-20


tie State of Delaware or that great states
man from the Empire State of New York,
Ilong continued applause he will receive
our cordial support.
Judge Watts's speech, brief, cheerful,
enthusiastic, gave the Convention the first
"Warming up'' that it had received. He
reused 'em up.
Committeeman AND DELEGATES TO CHI
i General F. H. Hill offered the following,
which was adopted
Resolred, That the delegates from each
Con gressional district select two delegates
ard two alternates to the Chicago Conven-
ton from their several districts, and also
five members of the State Central Commit
tee, and that if they have already selected
them, that their names be reported forth
with.
Under this resolution the following
names were reported:
First District-State Committee: Thomas
W. Waller, w. A Jones, Orris A. Brown,
B. L. Farinholt, Warner z. Jones. Dele
gates to Chicago: George Walker, North
cumberland; W. A. Thorn, Northampton;
alternates, B. F. Bland Gloucester; J. M.
Hudgins, Caroline.
Second District-State Committee: M.
Glennan, Norfolk city; Gardner Tyler,
Charles City; James F. Chalmers, Isle of
Wight; DR.. James F. Bryant, Southamp.
ton; DR.. William H. Shields, York. Dele
gates to Chicago: James Barron Hope,
Norfolk city; j. Fl. Bogart, Southampton;
alternate, James +. Chalmers, Isle of
Wight.
| Third District-State Committee: r. D
James. Goochland; r. F. Bei1ne, Hanover;
B. Fl. Nash, Richmond; 3. A. Hancock,
Chesterfield; John d. ODell, New Kent.
Delegates to Chicago: B. 81. Nash, Rich
mond; alternate, W. F. Drinkard, Rich
nate, George P. Haw, of Hanover. Elec-
tor, R. H. Cardwell, Of Hanover.
| Fourth District-State Committee: DIR.
Robert E. Rives, Prince George; S. P. Ar
rington, Petersburg; R. T. Wilson, Din
widdie; Thomas W. Smith, Mecklenburg,
John Jackson, Lunenburg. Delegates to
Chicago: P. W. Mckinney, Prince Edward;
| S w. Venable, Petersburg; alternates, N.
S. Turnbull, Brunswick; R. G. Southall,
Amelia.
Fifth District-St tie Committee: G. G..
Holland, Danville; r. NJ. Brown, Carroll,
A. Nj. Davis, Grayson; A. Staples, Patrick;
/. e. Mullins, Henry Delegates to Chi
cago; Fl. S. Upton, Carroll; G. G. Hol-
land, Danville; al'ernates, ]. L. Tompkins,
Floyd; J. P. Critz, Patrick.
Sixth District State Committee: P. A.
Krise, Lynchburg; w. A. Thorn, Roanoke;
M. M. Martin, Charlotte; L. c. Watkins,
Halifax; w. G. GueTrant, Montgomery.
Delegates to Chicago: John R. Thurman,
Bedford; Paul C. Edmonds, Halifax; alter
mates, G. c. Wharton, Montgomery; G. R.
| Green, Charlotte.
| Couoptb Dictrict Co,,,D,;ttoo. U
Holmes Boyd, Frederick; L. Walton,
Shenandoah; S. H. Mofett, Rockingham:
W. W. Moffett, Buckingham; John NJ.
White, Albemarle. Delegates to Chicago:
S. V. Southall, Albenare; J. NJ. McCor-
mick, Clarke; alternates, Colonel F. III
Hill, Madison; F. K. Cartmell, Winchester.
| Eighth District-State Committee: G..
A. Mushbach, Alexandria, R. S. Lewis,
Culpeper; Henry Heaton, Loudoun; H. W.
Murray Louisa; E. E. Meredith Prince
Edward Delegates to Chicago Robert
Beverly, Fauquier; C. f. Stuart, Alexan-
dria; alternates, Henry Heaton, Loudoun
H. w. Murray, Louisa.
Ninth District-State Committee: ]. Fl.
McGavocE, Wythe; John A. Buchanan,
Washington; r. A. Ayres, Scott; S. W.
Williams, Bland; J. W. Marshall, Craig.
Delegates to Chicago: D. S. Pierce, Wythe
| II. u. AyIcS, DCObt3 u. w M ar
shall, Craig; G. G. Gent, Russell.
Tenth District Committee: Ed
ward Echols, Staunton; J. D. Horseiy,
Nelson; Thomas S. Bocock, Appomattox;
Camm Patteson, Buckingham; Samuel j.
Graham, Rockbridge. Delegates to Chica-
go: S. J. Graham, of Lockbridge; Taylor
Berry of Amherst; alternates, W. III. H.
Lynn, Staunton, J. 7 Coleman, Nelson.
| EIECToRs
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
| Resolred, That the Committee on Reso-
lutions be requested to take this matter
into consideration and report as early as
they can the number of electors that this
Convention should nominate, and how the
same shall Re done.
| Resolccd, 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 efector for the
present First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth electoral
districts shall be selected from one of the
counties in the new congressional districts
of corresponding number, and that the
Convention select two electors at large, and
that in the event of the Legislature chang
ing the electoral districts to conform to the
new apportionment, then the State Execu-
tive Committee be authorized to appoint
an elector for the Tenth district.
| DELEGATES AT-LARGE.
| Lhe following were CHI sen rs delegates
at-large to the National Democratic Con-
| ventiOn:-
Hon John S. Barbour, Hon. John T.
| Harris, Richard F. Beirne of the State, and
| Page McCarty of the Campaiga
| The following were chosen as Alternates:
| Dr. Uriel Terrell of Orange, aged SO
years, Hon. Sam'l H. Newberry of the .'Big
Four" Hon. John r. Goodrich, of Fred
ericksburg, and Col. Henry E. Peyton, of
| Loudoun.
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.
For chairman of the State Committee
and State Executive Committee Judge Har-
ris nominated Mr.. Bal bour.
Elected unanimously.
DIR. TERRELL.
Calls we're made for DR. Terrell, of Or
ange, and he responded. He said that he
had been a Democrat almost from the days
of Washington. The Doctor spoke with an
| astonishingly strong voice and gave some
! "reminiscences of former presidential cam
paigns, and brought i'll some references to
his friend Henry Clay.
| The convention then took recess till
o'clock, P. M.
| NIGHT SESSION.
| Chairman Watts called the Convention to
| order at $50.
The talk among delegates before the
meeting was that the members of the Leg
islature in their confer ence had agreed to
sign demand upon the Governor for call
ed session of the Legislature on September
Sd.
ELECTORS.
Mr.. Kelley, from the Committee on Res
elutions, reported favoraby MIR. Glennan's
resolution about electors.
Platform.
Mr.. Kelley, from the same committee, re-
ported the following platform:
The Democratic party Of Virginia in con-
yention assembled declares as follows:
| First That we congratulate the people