Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-04-18
Democratic Meeting Last Night.
A PRIMARY ORDERED.

PRIMARY OKDERED.
At the Opera House last night large
| gathering of Democrats took place in re-
spouse to the following call:
! A mass meeting of the Democratic Party OF
Staunton will be held at the Opera House, Thurs.
| appointing new Executive Committee and deter
mining the best plan for selecting delegates to the
l4tn, and also the best plan for selecting candi-
dates for City Offices at the coming May election.
All interested in the success of the Democratic
Party should attend, so as to have full expression
! of opinion.
| VII II. LYNN. Chairman.
| ". H FowLE. Sec'y.
The meeting was called to order by W..
II. IA. Lynn, Chairman Of the City Exec
utive Committee, who explained its OBJ
ject.
On motion Of Edward Echols, ESQ.,,
Col. James. II. Skinner was chosen chair
man.
Mr.. Lynn said on behalf of the Execu-
! tive Committee that they returned to the
| Democracy the trust they had been honored
with fol the last two years, and asked that
new committee be appointed.
The meeting accepted the resignation
| of the committee.
| A number of delegates returning from
| tie West Virginia State Democratic con-
| vention being present, were invited to
seats on the platform, and were escorted
| by 2. A. Baylor, Esq, thereto.
| On motion the chairman appointed a
+, committee of three from each ward
to retire and report the names of
six gentlemen from each ward who
shall constitute the City Executive Com
mittee, the committee being as follows (:
1st Ward.-J. A. Cochran, Jos. e. Kol-
Inns and F. W. Hager. 81 Ward.-C. L..
Cooke. T. J. Crowder and Howard Wayt.
| While the committee was out, on
motion Of II. st. Geo. Tucker, the West
Virginia delegates were invited to ad-
I dress the meeting.
One of them spoke briefly, saying the
Democrats of West Virginia rejoiced as
much as Old Virginia over the defeat OF
Mahoneism. (Great cheering.) When
the delegate spoke of the enthusiasm with
which the sending of Tilden delegates to
Chicago was done by the West Virginia
convention, there was more cheering.
i
Mr.. Tucker responded to the remarks
of the delegate from West Virginia. He
thought the trouble that has arisen in
| Virginia over the tariff was raised by the
newspapers and not by the people,
a remark that received applause of dis
heartening faintncss. His declaration
however that there were higher interests
to the Virginia Democrats than the tariff
and that any platform adopted at Chicago
would be supported by all the Democrats
of Virginia, was loudly applauded. Messrs.
M. +. White, Robt. L. Parrish, Of Gov
lngton. Ed. Echols and Capt. James Bum
gardner, Jr., made short addresses.
The committee retired and reported the
following gentlemen to compose the Dem
ocratic City Executive Committee. 1st
Ward.-W. H. Weller, L. G. Elder, Davis
Il. Kayser, Jos. B. Woodward, Nc. H
Holiday and W. W. Gibbs. 81 Ward
Jno. NJ. Carroll, W. G. Straughan, j. e.
Graham, w. Purviance Tams, W. II
Bailie and r. M. Guy.
The new Executive Committee was Their
instructed to prepare and publish plan
for primary for the nomination of Off
GERS of the city government.
| Adjourned.