Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-08-03
Fl IS TUCKER

Il Ii IUCAER !
II. ST. G. TUCKER. OF AUGUSTA
NOMINATED BY THE DEMO-
CRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
CONVENTION.
A WELL CONTESTED RACE-THE 18th
BALLOT GIVES TUCKER S24 AND THE
NOMINATION--GKEAT REJOICING-NO
soREHEADs AMONG THE DEFEATED
CANDIDATEs-REJOIC AT NIGHT
CONGRATULATIONS TEL RAMS
SKETCH OF THE NOMINEE.
The largest political gathering that has
ever occurred in Staunton on a simila r
occasion, assembled in the Skating Rink
on Wednesday at the Democratic nomi-
mating convention of the 10th district.
at various times during the days session
there must have been Two Thousand peo-
pie in the immense building. For several
days before the meeting, the personal
preferences for candidates had commenced
cropping out. The Continental Base Ball
club had donned a Tucker badge at their
games. From Rockbridge the Stanton
clubs had been notified that club, all for
Anderson, was coming down on the train
Wednesday morning. By that morning
80 warm had the Tucker men become, that
badges with photographs of him were
largely used by his friends. After the
arrival of the Rockbrldge club, Anderson 3
headquarters on the corner Of Main and
Water streets were crowded with his
friends, and though the result was adverse
to him be had the satisfaction of knowing
that no county could have shown more
devotion to it's fayorite than his did to
him.
THE RINK.
The Skating Rink was handsomely dec
| grated by members of the Democratic
| Workingmen's Club under the direction
of the Chairman of Its Executive Commit
| UCO3 ml. SllnOlu Da1kdmlus Lively dYdlI-
, able point IN it was adorned with parti-
| colored bunting, and national flags. The
officers stand was covered with red, white
and blue, while on either corner of the
front stood large portraits of Cleveland
| and Thurman draped in American flags
The hall proved to be very hot, almost
sitting indeed, from the nearness of the
roof, but stream of water played at ia
teryals during the day OF the tin roof rem,
dered the interior bearable.
; THE CLUB PARADE.
| By s o'clock in the morning the two
Stanton Clubs assembled at their respec
tive club rooms to march TO the depot
and receive the Rockbridge club. They
numbered fully three hundred men al
wearing tall, white, Cleveland hats and
carrying canes. AS they marched through
the street headed by the Stonewall Bri-
gade Band in their scarlet uniforms they
presented beautiful sight. On the ar.
rival of the train, the Rockbridge club, a
fine looking body of men, also wearing
white hats, joined the procession and were
escorted around the town and to the Rink.
The officers of the procession were John
McQualde, Chief Marshal, and Alex.
Hartman of the Young Mems Democratic
Club, and Clifford Bargamin of the Dem.
ocratic Workingmen's Club Assistant
Marshals. The two Stanton Clubs
named, we're headed by their respective
| Presidents, A. g. Braxton and W. G.
Straughan.
THE STREET SCENES.
| The streets were alive before and after
the Club parade, and pretty much all day
=, The white hat and the bandanna we're the
rage, and the latter foated everywhere
from ladies parasols. from wagon tops anG
from store fronts. One lady had on full
suit made of the red bandanna, and two
boys had full suits-except pants-made Of
the same material.
THE OPENING.
Judge J. x. Edmondson, Acting Chair
man of the District Congressional Com
mittee, called the Convention to order ani
on his invitation Rev. DR.. Mcfarland o.
the First Presbyterian church opened the
proceedings with prayer.
| TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
Judge Edmondson then announced tina
the Committee had decided on the follow
ing gentlemen to compose tie temporary
rganization-Col. Randolph Harrison of
Cumberland, President, John T. Loving o
Amherst, Secretary, Logan Turner o.
Augusta. Sergeant-at arms, and B. Franz
Terry of Staunton, Assistant. The selec.
tion was unanimously ratified. and wa
afterwards made the permanent organi
! cation.
Col. Harrison in taking the chair sait
he would ill requite the honor done him By
inficting speech on the convention. He
would only offer brief word of counsel
and an exhortation to harmony. They wer'
here for measures not men, (applause)
| The object that they had in view, the mis-
sion on which they we're bent, was to bring
back the 10th District to the Democratic
fold from which she had strayed, zap
plause). When told of his selection TO
Temporary Chairman, he had been toll
| Gudv euo ouly Iequiololouo LUZ ouo PIaO
{ were honesty and common sense. HI
might say that he was indifferent hon
est" Qaughter.) but he felt that common
sense was one of the rarest accomplish
ments in the world.
On motion of Col. Jno. II. Crawford, o
Augusta, the delegates reported thei
choice for the Committees and Vice Pres
ident. They were as follows:
A1leghany-K M A Rowan
Credentials, J II Oliver; Permanent Or
ganization, G A Damron, and Vice Presi
dent, j Hobbs.
Amherst-Resolutions A Richeson