Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-20
FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 20. 1883.
HOW VIRGINIA DELEGATES
SHALL BE CHOSEN TO THE
MA TTONAL CONV ENTTON.

SHALL BE CHOSEN TO THE
NATIONAL CONTENTION.
The first gun from the Malone works
in the struggle about to take place in the
Republican party of Virginia, was fired
in Rockbridge last Friday. The kepubli-
can Congressional Committee of the 10th
District. Messrs. W. E. Craig of Augusta,
Jas. A. Frazier of Rockbridge, and Caesar
Perkins of Buckingham, (the last named
represented by proxy met at Lexington
on that day to decide on day for electing
the delegates from this district to Chica-
90. The votes of Messrs. Craig and Per-
kins were cast for ratifying the call OF
Gen. Mahone's State Committee and elect
ing the district delegates at the State Con-
vention. Mr.. Frazier dissented, but the
majority was against him, and resolution
to elect the 10Th District delegates to Chi
cago, at Petersburg. was adopted. A gun
in response to this. however. was not long
waiting to be fired. On the next night at
the Exchange Hotel in Richmond. a con-
ference was held of several prominent Re
publicans, including ex-Gov. Cameron,
Hon. John s. Wise, ex-senator John f.
Lewis, Hon. James D. Brady, Maj. S. M
Yost, James A. Frazier, Hon. Jacob Y ost,
D. F. Houston and others, and commit
tee was appointed to prepare an address TO
the Republicans of the state. The address
was published on Monday last. 1t IS brief.
temperate, land dignifed. A point made IN it
that since 1882, the only success won by
the Republicans of Virginia was in 1885,
when Gen. Malone was not in command
will be one that the adherents OF Malone
will fad it hard to answer and impossible
to explain. The following is the closing
portion of the address
We earnestly suggest to all Republicans who
sincerely desire the supremacy of their party
to join with us in asking for an alteration of
methods in the party organization, SO that the
people themselves shall have controlling
voice in the selection of their representatives
and nominees, and the right to the untram-
melted choice of all committeeman and Off
GERS of the party organization.
And in purs uance of this view we join in
solemn protest against that commercial system
of politics which would be illustrated and en-
forced by the adoption of the unit rule"
We appeal to the men of Virginia who are
Republicans through conviction and by prin-
ciple to JON us in electing delegates to tho
State convention, to be held in Petersburg
May IT, 1888, who will vote to emancipate
the rank and file of the party from the injus-
tice and dangers of the present plan of party
organization.
John F. Lewis, VIM. E. Cameron, J. Yost,
John S. Wise, V. D. Groner, J. A Frazier, ].
D. Brady, D. F. Houston, S. NJ Yost, W. c.
Pendleton, G. K. Gilmer, G. G. Clarke, Com
mittee of Conference
But while the address is temperate, it
does not appear that what is to follow it,
is to lack frmness. In yesterdays ''Valley
Virginian," the following call for Re-
publican convention for the 105h District,
appears:
WHEREAS, The Call of the National Conven-
ton provides that District Delegates and AL
ternates to the National Convention to be held
at Chicago on the 10th of June, 1888, ''shall
be chosen in the sane way as the nomination
of member of Congress is made in said Dis
trict''
AND WHEREAS, The invariable practice in
the State of Virginia has been TO nominate
candidates for Congress in conventions held
within the territory of the respective Districts.
Now, THEREFORE, as Chairman of the Con-
gressional Committee for the Tenth District of
Virginia. in obedience to the letter and the
spirit of the National Call, do hereby call
Convention of the Delegates elected and to be
elected to the Congressional Convention under
the call of the State Committee to meet in
Lexington, Virginia, Thursday, May 10th,
1888, for the purpose OF electing two Dele
gates AMI two Alternates to represent said
District in the National Convention.
JAMES A. FRAZIER,
Chairman 10th Congressional Dist. Com.
In the sauna issue of the "Virginian"
are published the resolutions adopted at
the meeting of the Republican Cohgres-
sional District Committee in Lexington,
referred to by US above. They were offer
ed by Mr.. Craig of Augusta, and after
quoting the plan of organization adopted
by the last Republican State Convention of
Virginia, giving the State Committee ex-
elusive power to say when and where con-
gressional conventions shall be held to
choose delegates, close with this resolu-
ton:
3rd. That legal representation from this
district at our next Republican National Con-
vention, and for the future management of
our party affairs in this State can only be
elected and taken at the State Convention
which is called to meet in Petersburg on May
18th, 1888, and in the District convention of
the delegates then and there to be held, or in
any adjourned meeting thereof to be held
there, OR at some other time and place to be
there determined upon
The National Republican Convention Of
1884. under whose authority Gen. Mahone's
opponents claim to act, in its plan for the
election of district delegates to the Nation
al Convention, ruled:
't* and each Congressional district
in the United States shall elect its delegates
to the National Convention in the same aoay as
the nomination of member of Congress is
made in said district. Delegates-at-
large for each State, and their alternates,
shall be elected by State conventions in their
respective States.'
Quoting these provisions, the Chairman
of the National Republican Committee in
letter to Hon. Jacob Yost. says that the
first means that
''* 4 whatever has been the manner
of nominating members of Congress in any
district, is the manner in which the congress
sional delegates representing that district
must be chosen.'
Gen. MahoLe's call issued for the cleo
tlon of delegates to the State Convention
says:
''That the delegates appointed and certified
by such county and city conventions will be
to represent the party of their respective
counties and cities-frst at the State Con-
vention to be held in the city of Petersburg
on Thursday the 18th day of May, to appoint
two electors for the State at large and four
delegates for the State at large to the conyen-
ton at Chicago; and second, at the District