The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-09-17

TIE RING STILL INTACT. DINER, EcH-
OILS AND LIGHTNER NOMINATED BY
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

TIE RING STILL INTACT. JOINER, ECU
OILS AND LIGHTNER NOMINATED B1
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Its the same old story said a rather
displeased looking county delegate, as nc
emerged from the Court House on Thurs
day last. I'VE country fellows neverl learn
anything. Wecome to town with full con
seriousness of our power to name any ticket
we choose. but no sooner are the delegates
in the corporate limits than the town
sharpers dissipate our strength, and make
us do, not as we had intended, but what
they had determined we should do in adj
vance. The singing part OF the whole
thing, too, is that after we have been
euchred, when we held full hand, these
sinnocents blandly remark that we had
nothing to do with it, you did it all by
yourselves. They simply use us as tools
to carry .out their pre-arranged pro-
gramme.'
And the county delegate was level
headed. After all it's boosted strength
and wisdom and determination Augusta
delegation simply met on Thursday last
to endorse the ticket which the ring had
practically nominated weeks before. a
month ago the VIRGINlAN stated that
Koiner. Echois and Lightner would lie
nom mated that the Ring had decreed it,
and that the county delegates might as
well not go through with the farce Of
holding either primary or convention.
And the VIRGINTAN>isn t aprophet either.
1t simply records passing events. 1t has
fought the Ring so long and perslstentiy
that it knows all of its tactics and man
euvers, and to any one familiar with
these, political predictions in Augusta are
not difficult. We warned our country
cousins on Thursday to beware the ring.
In their pride Of strength they considered
themselves inyincible, and they came, and
saw and were swallowed up.
The convention was large one. Each
precinct was represented by the delegates
DdulCu UClOW. lLCDdllUll Rpl llISos NHNLC
no elect ion was held, and where it would
have been difficult to have found Demo
Gratis enough to ill the positions of judges
and clerks, had its delegate ready made by
the Convention and snng!y set in to fill up
The gap.
After Capt. Jas. Bungardner had called
The meeting TO order, S. II. McCue, Esq,
was selected as chairman and MIR. w. \.
Burnett and the Democratic editors as
secretaries.
The usual committees were appointed.
The Committee on Credentials reported
no contests and the following list Of del
egates
Bolivar-W Ii Bailey.
Barterbrook M Donald, w G
Abney.
Buffalo Gap-W L Summerson, John
Waldrop.
Churchville-J II Slower, w TLightner.
Craigsville-B o Ferguson, Dr d Ba-
shaw, ID b Kunkle.
Centreville-J A Brown, Saml Forrer.
Deerfeld-W G Craig.
Folly Mills-John Whitlock, M T Gil
keson.
Fishersville-P T Burkholder, Saml Life,
Saml I'll Kerr.
Greenyille-C G Merritt, w Ell Cochran,
B r Smith, T Burwell, s + Pilson.
Hebron-Jos Mitchell, Saml Brown. Jas.
Foster
Lebanon-JaS Fisher.
Midway-John A Spencer, GeoP Light
1er, NJ L Mcclure.
Middlebrook-J A Bumgardner, G T
Jordan, VIM Mlsh, j w McCorkle.
Mt Solon-Jas III Todd, John w Beaver,
Jas A McFalI.
Mt MERIDIAN Craig.
Mt Sidney-W III Norman, G i Craw-
ord, John WhitmOre.
New Hoppe B Steigle, G A Mowry,
n G Watts, Fred Fry.
Newport-W G McKemy, I M Smiley,
Dr. w r Turk.
Parnassus-J A Hamrick, DR. d Kun
zel, Z o Peale.
Red Mills-W A Mann.
Sangersville-N L Blakemore.
Sandy Hollow-Lewis Hartman, John N
Opie.
Sherando--C H Cohran.
IoOde.
West End-W A Burnett, J NJ Lick
l1CIa AlCu AlDuty.
Waynesboro-W 3 Gallaher, ] II Hob
good, ] w Ellison, J + Smith, Z r Clark,
] Julian Pratt, S II Lambert.
Verona-S Fl McCue.
Ward No. IN NJ Warner, M F Houni-
ian, w H Weller. Newton Argenbright,
E Rollins, II SIG Tucker, Arista Hoge,
Shirley.
Ward No. 2-John M Hardy, John Jes-
yer, d HI Evans, J d Hounihan, Geo A
j Howard Wayt, A 9 Braxton.
This was not the order in which the
Credential Committee reported the dele
gates, but this was the order in which a
list had been previously made ont by the
Secretary, and from which the roll was
,alled. Mr.. Opie demanded that the re-
port as presented by the committee be
'ead. 1t had always been customary for
The city of Staunton to appear first on the
ist, and the county follow by districts.
N accordance with this custom the COM
nittee had so reported them, but he no.
iced that the report was not read as pre-
ented. Mr.. Tinsley, one of the secre-
aries, explained that delegates had been
elected by precinct primaries, and that |
he precincts had been arranged in alpha
)etical order, and therefore the Wards |
lad come at the bottom of the list. This
lid not appear to pacify Mr.. Opie, who
eemed to smell a mice and insisted on the
eport being read as submitted, but his OBJ
ection was quietly smothered, and the
committee OH resolutions reported the fol-
owing
Be 1t ReSolUed, LIST. That the platform |
IS adopted by the recent Democratic State |
Convention and the nominees Of that Con- |
,ention are heartily approved and vii. be
earnestly supported.
ResolUed, I'd. That the members of this
Convention pledge themselves to the
'arnest and cordial support of the gentle
men who shall be nominated by this Con-
rention. j. S. CRAIG, Chairman.
VIM. A. BURNETT, Sec'y.
Nominations for the Senate were then
,alled for, the majority rule having first
,een adopted.
Mr.. G. T. Jordan placed the name of
Maj. A. Koiner before the Convention, in
well delivered speech. He claimed that
Mr.. Koiner had been largely instrumental
n preventing constitutional convention
hat he presented and had passed the bill
farmers from jury service dur
ng harvest, and the bill to clear the roads