Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-07-30

est candidates were often dropped and
then re-nominatel, Bumgardner al
ways leading the vote by a slowly in
creasing majority. During tbs ballots, the
highest strength shown by Mr.. Berry was
All; the highest strength shown by Mr..
Anderson, was 46a, and the highest
strength shown by Col. Coleman, was Al.
It was resolved on the 9Th ballot that
after two more ballots the lowest candi-
dates should be dropped for GOOD without
the privilege of being renominated. This
showed that the convention had determin-
to ascertain who it was that was really
the choice of the majority.
The 10th ballot stood as follows:
For Bumgardner-All Allegheny 7; Angus
ia 49,; Bath 5; buckingham 10; Fluvanna
10; Highland 5; Rockbridge total II,
! only lacking one of the 70 required to
nominate.
For Anderson-Appomatto 9; Buck
ingham 1; Cumberland Z; Rockbridge I'll
| total 38.
For Berry-Amherst IS; Buckingham,
8; Fluyanna 2-total %.
! For Smith-Nelson II.
At this point sDr. Fitzpatrick. fine
looking, white haired delegate from Nell
son, got up and said, "Mr. Chairman |
move that the nomination Of James Bum
gardner, Jr., be made by reclamation"
J In an instant thu convention was In an
uproar. Delegates cheered until nothing
else could bs heard. The Augusta dele
CATION went wild, and even its level head
ed chairman, Mr.. Todd, who had manag-
ed things so excellently. was running
about extending the..right hand Of fellow
ship.
| Mr.. S. J. Graham, of Rockbridge, on
j behalf OF the delegation from that county,
seconded DR.. Fitzpatrick's motion, and
the nomination of Mr.. Bumgardner was
declared unanimous.
CLOSING SCENES.
Capt. Bumgardner was sent for and
made brief speech, in which he declared
his intention to stand on the platform of
| the Convention, found in; the report of
its Committee on Resolutions, in these
words: "That this Convention reiterates
its allegiance to the principles of the Dem
ocratic party as enunciated in the plat
forms of the State and National Demo-
cratic conventions He promised to
work increasingly for the success of the
ticket.
A BOQUET OF RARE FLOWERS
was sent to the Convention by the wife of
Hon. J. e. Tucker, to be presented to his
successor, as nominee Of the 10Th Dis
trict, and Capt. Bumgardner received it.
HoMEWARD.
On the route home the train bearing
Capt. Bumgardner, last night, was great
ly cheered at Greenville. and on arriving
in Staunton the scene was brilliant, the
platform, depot grounds, and bridge were
crowded by huzzahing people, and the
Stonewall Brigade Band was playing. A
procession was formed which marched to
stand lighted brilliantly and decorated
with flags. There Capt Bumgardner
made speech, giving full credit to the
generous and timely aid Nelson county
had given his cause. He was followed by
c. T. Smith, Esq, who was Nelson's
candidate and who made patriotic
speech. COL j. G. Shields closed with a
nice little address.
SKETCH OF THE DEMOCRATIC NO MINEE
Capt. Bumgardner's ancestors were
from Basic, the German section of Switz-
erland. His great grandfather came to
America in 1745 and lived short time in
| Pennsylvania, afterwards coming to Shen-
andoah among the earliest German set
tiers of that county. In 1855, Jacob Bum
gardner, the son, Capt. BIS grandfather,
moved from Strasburg, Shenandoah, to
Augusta and settled on farm near.
| Bethel, where he lived during his life;
where James Bumgardner, ST.. now re-
sides, and where the father of Capt. Bum
gardner was born. Capt. James Bum
gardner, Jr., himself was born at Fayette,
| Howard county, Missouri, Feb. 18th,
1885. and came to Virginia in March,
| 1916. He received his early education
from Rev. W. W. Trimble, Principal of
the Presbyterian High School in Rock
bridge, and his later at the University Of
| Virginia. After leaving the University he
| taught school for three years in Caroline
county and at Madison G. H.. and in
| 1857 came to Staunton to study law in the
office of Judge Hugh W. Sheffey. He was
called to the bar and common ced the
practice Of law in 1859.
On the 18th of March, 1861, he entered
| the service of the Confederate States as
| Adjutaut of the 5th Va. regiment and
served until the Reorganization of the
regiment in 1862. On the 5th of May,
1862, he enlisted as private in company
A, SD Va. regiment and was elected I'd
Lieutenant of that company on the fol-
| lowing day. The following September he
was made Captain of Company F of that
| regiment, and served in that capacity to
| tie end of the war, participating in all
the battles fought during Jackson's Val
ley campaign and in all those fought by
the Army of Northern Virginia until he
was made prisoner at Winchester, Sept
10Th, 1864, where he was captured and
kept in Fort Delaware until June Goth,
1865.
After returning home to Stanton he
resumed his profession, and in August,
1865, was elected Commonwealth s Attor-
ney for Augusta county, an office which
| he held continuously untll 1888.
He has been Chairman of the Augusta
Democratic County Committee for thir-
teen years-since the death of Col. John
B. Baldwin in 1873 until last m onth when
he resigned.
Capt. Bumgardner is such sort of next