Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-22

commend that the delegates headed by
Senator Malone be placed on the roll
and admitted as delegates, and that the
opposing delegation, headed by Wise, be
admitted to seats as contestants. The Ma
hone delegates for the LIST and 4th districts
(where the Wise men had held no conven-
lions and appointed n delegates) were ad
mitted without contest.
This decision. at the rendering Of which
F. s. Blair was not present, did not suit
Gen. Malone, who, as usual, wanted to
'scrush'' his opponents and prevent their
admission at all. When the committee
met again Mr.. Blair was present and at
the suggestion of Gen. Malone moved
that the former vote of IS to II be recop-
sidered. Without much discussion the
committee by vote of 20 to IL refused to
reconsider. This victory over the Gener-
al was thus announced by Mr.. Wise by
telegram to his own private Secretary at
Richmond:
"Chicago, June 1S.-We whipped Malone
handsomely in the National Committee. He
tried to reopen decision seating us, and the
committee refused by 26 to IL. We will whip
him before Committee on Credentials by o
good majority He is bowling mad and his
friends very depressed. JOHN S. WISE"
When the result of the 26 to IL vote was
announced, Senator Conger, of Michigan,
asked that Mr.. Blair be given yet another
hearing. But by this time Mr.. Blair had
become Disguised. and informed the COM
mittee in pretty heated terms. that in
view of the fllibustering that had been
going on he did not care to inflict his
views upon the committee. The commit
tee then adjourned. The Wise men were
greatly encouraged by this action of the
committee, and ex-Gov. Cameron tele-
graphed home to Petersburg that day
that nineteen States, and possibly New
York as twentieth, would oppose seat
ing the Malone delegation. Senator
Riddleberger with an enormous badge
inscribed ''Blaine and Protection"
Ex- Coy Cameron, John S. Wise, ex-Con-
gresham Platt. formerly of the Peters
burg district, now of New York, Orson
Adams. of N. Y, and seventy-two gem
tlemen from various sections Of Virginia
were busily around, Monday, protesting to
State delegations against MahOnes ad-
mission, and exhibiting the ''secret circu-
lar' which last operated strongly against
Sherman's prospect of getting the support
of Blaine's friends. In the mean time, the
Malone delegation were seeking to offset
the bad effect on Sherman's prospect by
declaring that while they were for Sher-
man they were not against any man.
While, however, the Wise men were happy
over their victory before the committee,
they were not entirely so. While all of both
delegations, under the National Commit
tees recommendation were admitted to
the temporary organization, there were
two district delegations from Virginia
LIST and 45h-which we're not contested at
all, and in which the Wise men had I'M
fortunately Quilted to hold conventions.
And besides this, the Committee while
admitting all, admitted Mahone's dele
gates-at-large himself in the number) as
delegates, and the Wise delegates-at-l large
as contestants. This left Malone on the
floor of the convention when the contest
came up for discussion. So things stood
WHEN THE CONVENTION OPENED.
Tuesday at noon. J. M. Thurston of
Nevada. was made Temporary Chairma n.
| There were cries for Erred. Douglass. :"
Whereupon Douglass came forward and
| made speech He said, 1.-THE friends of
| the Republican party in the war had black
faces. Great Applause.) Let the bloody
shirt wave just as long as blood is found
upon it. Applause and cheers)."
The band played marching through
| Georgia." and the song was caught up by
the convention and everybody sung it.
Chairman Jones Of the National Com
mittee introduced the Temporary Chair
man, J. M. Thurston, of Nebraska. When
! Thurston in his speech mentioned Blaine
name there was wild cheering. And when
he said earnestly "Mr. Blame by his let
Ter has denied us the privilege of voting
for him." there were loud cries of mo,
No."
THE RIVAL VIRGINIA FACTIONS.
| When the delegations reported the
names for the committees, the following
were presented by the rival Virginia dele
cations:
Virginia, (Nahoneites. Permanent organ
| ization, j. M. Langston; credentials, William
| Malone; resolutions, S. Brown Allen; rules,
A. w. Harris.
Virginia, (anti- Mahonite. )-Chairman, John
S. Wise; secretary, Morgan Treat; organiza-
ton, Gen. V. D. Groner; credentials, w. @.
Pendleton; resolutions, d. F. Houston; men,
Der of national committee, H. Fl. Riddleber.
ger.
THE MAHONE-W WISE BATTLE TAKES
PLACE ON THE FLOOR OF THE
CONVENTION.
These two rival lists being presented
the Chairman of the Convention an
nounced that the question now came ur
which of the delegations from Virginia
should be permitted to name the members
of the several committees from that State.
AS the Malone delegates at-large had
been placed on the roll by the National
Committee, and had the pranaa facit
right. the Chairman would hold that those
delegates had the right to name the COM
mittees for Virginia.
Mr.. Wise of Virginia-"Mr. Chair
man"-
The Chair-"Mr. Wise of Virginia. ,
Applause and cries of platform plat
form !!
Mr.. Wise assembled the platform amid
loud cheering.
A BATTLE ROYAL.
Mr.. Wise.-'I am here claiming to be
the chairman of the Virginia delegation
We are here permitted by this Call to have
twenty-four delegates from the State OF
Virginia, and Of that twenty-four twenty
are contested and four uncontested. The
four uncontested delegates are from the
first and fourth districts of Virginia