Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-05-04
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(Y would befound with his traces stretch
| ed IN the next campaign working for the
Republican party, applause Mr.. Yost
then defined and explained the points that
| his side insisted on. They wanted the
| County Chairman elected by the people ia
stead OF appointed by the State Chairman
(applause), they wanted no unit rule at
Chicago and they wanted district delegates
to Chicago to be elected at conventions held
in each district, (applause) He conc!ud-
/ ed by offering the following resolutions:
{ The Republicans Of Augusta county in con-
tention assembled, hereby re affirm their de-
votiou to the principles Of the National Re-
publican party; especially do they re-indorse
those we'll known tenets Of the party creed
which demand protection to American labor
and American industries; the passage Of the
Blair Educational Bill; and relief for the peo-
pie from the iniquitous system of war taxation
| known as the Internal Revenue.
| The delegates elected are hereby instructed
to vote against the unit rule. and to demand
such a change in the plan of organization as
| will secure to the Republicans of each county
the right to elect their own chairman, and to
the Republicans of each district the right to
elect their committeeman or committeeman.
| Resolged, That the delegates elected by this
| Convention to the Congressional District Con-
vention, be directed to report to the Congress
| sional District Convention to be held in Lex
ington the 10th day of May, 1888.
MR.. CRAIG AGAIN GRIEvFD.
Mr.. Craig said he was grieved that their
congressman had thought proper to come
here and throw this bomh-shell into their
ranks. He.was willing the delegates should
goto Petersburg untrammeled and free, but
these resolutions that Mr.. Y ost had brought
here, cut and dried, wanted to tie them
up. 1 move to table these resolutions and
do it to test the sense of this convention,
/ as to whether a wraEgle is wanted here.
Under parliamentary rules, Mr.. Chairman,
motion to table is not debatable.
| Mr.. H. Ker-No parliamentary rules
have been adopted here. They can be de-
| Dated.
| Mr.. Yost-Mr. Chairman, no parlia-
mentary rules are in force here. Let US
have free, fair, and open debate on them.
think Mr.. Craig's list of delegates stands
about two to one against the changes
proposed in these resolutions, and [ wan:
, them debated so the people here may fully
understand them.
The Chair-It is conceded that parlia-
mentary rule forbids debate on motion
to table, and this motion cannot be de-
bated.
| Mr.. Yost got the floor and made a very
forcible exposition Of the meaning aud
necessity of the changes. AS to the ap-
pointrnent of delegation to Lexington,
he said District conventions had been
called in out of of the Republican dis
tricts of the State.
MR.. ALLEN ALSO GRIEyED.
Ex-Auditor Allen said he had come
here expecting to see wise counsel prevail
and he was grieyed to see this wrangle.
He we'll knew chat there was a radical,
deep seated, and honest difference of opln-
ion on party methods among the Republic
cans of Augusta, but when he had seen Mr..
Yost representing one side and Mr.. Craig
representing the ether, and when he had
thardly an hour and half ago. heard Mr..
Craig say that he intended to propose dele
gates should be appointed solely on their
merits as Republicans, he had hoped that
there would be no wranging. For we
must all see, we must all know that this
| wrangling must leave its traces behind
1t. But now, notwithstanding Mr.. Craig
has nominated Mr.. Yost as a delegate,
knowing that he WAS opposed to him, Mr..
Yost gets up here and declines, saying,
''I'll have none of your Cancellation; If
you go to Petersburg you must go trameled
and confined by my resolutions" We
have not invited this contest, but we shall
! not shrink from it, You oppose the unit
rule at Petersburg and yet you want to
make the Augusta delegates vote as a
unit there under your resolutions. Mr..
Allen here went into discussion OF the
resolutions, and on reaching the part on
district conventions recIted the case of
Bowen of the oh district being nominated
for congress in Goudson-Bristol lin Ten
nessee), a point which was received with
loud ieers by the Y ost men, and cries Of
"chestnut."
When he concluded, the Chair reminded
the convention that the resolution to table
had been decided to bs non-debatable and
| UQ6 QoDdtS uuSt sup.
This brought on another uproar and
loud charges from the Y ost men that the
Chairman was unfair.
Mr.. Ker-App9al from his decision !!
Mr.. Yost.-I have right to close on
my own resolution under parliamentary
rules.
H. W. Williams, (coloredl.-We have
not adopted any parliam entary rules.
(Cheers.)
APLAN FOR HARMONY.
Mr.. Harvey Of Greenvllle. -Le5 Is step
all this trouble and let the Chairman him
self appoint the delegates.
To this proposition there was roar of
dissent and cries of mo you don 't.' 1--WE
don't trust the Clairmaa." Who are
you anyhow?' and the like.
THE CONVENTION REFUSES TO TABLE
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The Chair here put the vote on tabling
the resolutions and the sound was over
whelmingly against tabling them.
Here the scene was perfect bedlam.
The Chairman sat looking at the clock
| but did not announce the vote. The
| cries of the Yost men were then
terrific. Announce the vote!" why
in the HI don't you announce the
vote ?' "He's cheating us-that is what
be was put there to do" Cries of "Will
YOU give us fair play y" we're addressed to
the Chairman, accompanie by sulphurous
oaths.
] On the Mahone side they were scream