Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-27


district elector. These two deiances OF
Chairman Malone are for the future, now
for the past: In Richmond. John 5. Wise
carried the city convention by large ma
jority. It endorsed him in his fight with
Malone. and elected Wise delegates. OF
the 81 delegates, 10 bolted, formed a sepa
rate convention and sent Malone dele
gates. In Portsmouth, the Republican
convention split up in row and elected
two delegates to Petersburg. ore for Wise
and one for Malone. In N orfolk city, Wise
got badly beaten, his people only getting
one delegate out of ten. In Alexandra
the meeting broke up in a row and one set
elected Malone delegates, while the other
elected Wise delegates. In Lynchburg
the convention split up in row and two
sets of delegates were elected by the two
rival factions. At Harrisonburg, Satur-
day, the Rockingham Republican county
convention passed resolutions endorsing
Blaine as their first choice, and sent del
egation to Petersburg headed by ex-Sena-
tor John F. Lewis! In Rockbridge there
was split. The convention sent dele
CATION headed by James A. Frazier, but
the Malone men held another convention
and elected another delegation headed by
the Republican county chairman, j. l..
Hamilton. Among the anti-Mah0ne del
egation is Col. H. e. Parsons, Blaine's
active personal and political friend. At
Roanoke, the Wise men carried the con-
vention and put Senator Houston strong
Blaine man on their delegation. In Nor
ventions held at different points, each of
which sent rival delegations to Petersburg.
In Northampton county the Wise men
elected solid delegation. Even in Peters
burg the opposition could not be kept
down. The city convention elected a
solid Malone delegation. including Gen.
Malone himself, but Prof. Langston,
(coloredl, opposed it in warning speech,
and meeting of colored Republicans was
called to protest against the fact that from
the strongest Republican ward in the city
not single delegate was selected for the
State convention.
Hon. John s. Barbour, Chairman of the
State Central Committee, has received
notice that quarters at the Laclede Hotel
for the Virginia delegates to the National
Democratic convention at st. Louis have
been secured.
The Democratic caucus of the House of
Representatives has voted unanimously
that the tariff discussion just resumed
shall be continued to a conclusion, to the
exclusion of other business.
The Democrats of Petersburg have nom
mated Hon. Charles Collier, a first class
man in all respects, for Mayor. Gen. Stith
Boiling is the Republican competitor.
In Richmond. the Democratic Primary
had to choose between two first rate men
for Mayor-Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson and
Geo. A. Ainslie. The Primary vote was
tremendous, reaching the unprecedented
number of s. 800. Mr.. Ellyson was nomi-
mated by 1857 majority. Eight of the Re
form" Councilman went into the Primary
for denomination and only one was sue
cessful.
Ex-senator John F. Lewis says that if
the loss of three or four campaigns in sue.
cesson proves the brains of party mana
ger. then G ,n. Malone is the most bril-
liant one Virginia has yet produced.
There is much dissatisfaction over the
Norfolk Democratic Primary, and R. T.
Zachary, a candidate for Mayor, and one
or two other candidates claim that they
were counted out. At public meeting
resolutions were adopted calling for an
investigation.
In the 10Th Ohio district, the friends OF
Blaine after hot fight, managed to get
one of the delegates to Chicago, leaving
the other one to Sherman.
Judge Edmondson has resigned the
the Craftsmanship of the ckbridge Dem
ocratIc County Committee and Mr.. A T.
Barclay has been chosen as his successor.
The Harrisonburg Estate Republican
claims that ex-Attorney General Frank
2. Blair, who has been claimed by the
kickers, is Outspoken IN favor OF Gen. Ma
none and the present State organization.
Nichols, the Democratic nominee for
Governor of louisiana, was elected last
week by Is, 600 majority. The colored Re
publicans would not rally to Warmoth as
had been hoped for.
The letter of Hon. John S. Wise seems
to have summarily brought the Elan
Wise contest to an end. The last Frede-
ricksburg Free Lance" contains the fol-
lowing from Mr.. Elan:
DEAR COLONEL have read the posthumous
letter of the late Captain John S. Wise, which
appeared in Sundays Wing" As he departed
this life suddenly last week, on the appearance
of General Mahone's reply to his address" of
course have no disposition to say anything
to provoke or soothe the dull, col ear of
death
"Let the dead bury their dsad''
W. C. ELAN.
At Lewisburg, W. Va. Hon. Thos H.
Dennis, editor of the independent" has
been elected Mayor over his Republican
comp titor. Judge J. M. McWhorter.
The Vermont State Republican conyen-
ton has chosen Chicago delegation COM
posed of MIR. Blaine's most enthusiastic
supporters. Blaines friends are working
to capture the Indiana delegation to Chi
cago as we'll as the New York.
New York cast its Presidential ote for
Republican, Lincoln. in 1864; Demo-
crat, Seymour, in 1858; Republican,
Grant, in 1872; Democrat, Tilden. in
1876; Republican, Garfield, in 1880, and
a Democrat, Cleveland, in 1884.
The Democratic county convention of
Rockingham endorsed Hon. e. T. OFFER
rail- and Grover Cleveland.
Ex-senator Mcdonald was defeated in
Indianapolis last week as delegate to
the Indiana Democratic State convention,