Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-04-29
I'd Edition.
Latest fblegrans to qle star.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANs.
The Stratghtous Convention

PICTURESQUE 0AfaKRISG-rTs PROBABLE oaeAN-
nsIoN-DEzENpoRF ras LEADING sPfRD-THs
COMING rLArfosA-rHE CONVENTION ros BLAME
AND LINCOLN.
Special Dispatch to THE EVENING srAA
RICHMOND, Va. April 2Q-To-morrows noon viii
witness the assembling OF another large body OF
poiticisns In the city, calling themselves the only
True, lesltlmate. genuine republican convention e
,ne STATE W virginia 1t Will meet at Mozart hall,
ana It's deliberations win continue one day. In per-
sonnel promises to be q most picturesque gath
e pnig Already Beverly Bolts son Of Jno. Minor
SOULS, deceased, and orother-;n-law Of ex-senator
Lewis, Is on the ground, and many OF the best
known names in the history Of state and national
politics Will appear In the proceedings OF this
vention Six delegates from the state at large and
egnteeh from the several districts will be chosen
anu app ointed In due form 70 go TO the Chicago ma
ttonii convention hon Jn0. h. DezendOrf, Claiming
10 pe tue chlrmi IN Of the only legitimate republican
ST te central committee, win Call the aSSemblage
TO order, and some leading cclored delegate win be
cnoseb as us temporary presiding Officer. Hon.
Alexander h. RiveS or Aibemlafie county, late fed
eral judge OF the western district OF Virginia, Will
be made president or the convention uniesS forced
TO decline Oh account OF III health.
The chairman issued his call on the S1St or Feb
ruary last, and nom the standpoint OF the leaders
OF this organH itiOn all the forms OF party usage
appear 10 have been strictly observed.
Representation for each Of the counties and
cities of The state was liked on lair and uniform
BASIS. ard delegates TO The humber Of nearly three
hundred authorized TO be chosen In the usual
time. place and mannrr. But their great strength,
they say. Is not I'm the number OF delegates ex-
pected, although about two hundred aud nfty, it is
sald VIII come, but In their claim OF legitimacy
ana tile Oh regular, uncontaminated republicans.
helr organization. they ailege, Is now and has
Dee Since 1869 an integral part OF the national re-
publican party and their orthodoxy they profess TO
Dc ape TO prove even by the. testimony OF their
poiltlca! opponents Ey-COngTeSSman DezendOrf Is
Tie active Manager and master spirit OF the move
ment, and either he or Gen. Wlckham viii head
the delegation 10 Chicago.
THE PLATFORM FoRfsHADowED.
Not much is known OF their declaration Of prin-
cipieS and purposes, blt 1t Is believed they Will
prefer most severe arralgnment OF Gen. Malone
ard his following. on the two grounds, OF repudi-
alton OF the state debt and prostitution OF the
FEDERAL patronage To that end President Arthur
Will oe branded as po3tsCepS c7intiniS In all this,
and the success OF Reputation Claimed to have
been assured from the time OF his alleged bargain
With senator Malone TO give TO him the exclusive
control Oh the Offices OF the state By the result OF
this bargain, Ii is charged, the stain or Reputation
attached for the first time the national
ton
BLAINE AND LINCOLN
Will be endorsed for President and yce-President,
along with kindly expression OF friendship for one
the most prominent OF those who will be In attend
auce may be mentioned Judge kives, Gen Wick
ham, Congressman DeZendcrG, Franklin StearnS,
OTIS ii. Russell. James NJ. Donnan, Judge W.T.
icughby. .. Z. Hine, John Underwood, COL Robert
Boiling, George Rye, Alexander Cochran and joan
N. Dawson. stirring letter from Col. John 8.
Mostly. consul TO China, Will, II Is said, be read to
the convention; also, that j. Henry HIVES, late
Chairman o. the republican coalition state COM
miltee, VIII be IN atIend4 nee as sympathtzer and
friend or the StraightOuIA Several cOlOred men,
late delegates 10 the Malone convention WILL ft Is
reported, tale part In the one Of tomorrow.
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