Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-05-11
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Republican District Convention
which assembled at Lexington yesterday,
was largely attended. 1t elected James
A. Frazier of Rockbridge, and Henry W.
Williams Of Augusta, both Blaine men,
as Delegates from the 10th district to the
Chicago Convention.
The Virginia Prohibition State Con-
vention which met at Roanoke on the 3rd
inst, had small but enthusiastic attend
ance. M. M. Sibert of Harrisonburg was
Chairman. and James W. Newton of
Staunton, Secretary. The following dele
gates were chosen to the National Con-
vention which meets at Indianapolis May
305h:
Delegates at Large. W. Newton, w. J.
Shelburn, Rev. Rumsey Smithson; First Dis
trict-George B. Mason, E. L. East; Second
District-Charles Bliyen Third District-E.
G. Glenn, Robert Whittet Jr.; Fourth Dis
trict-J. A. Smith; Fifth Districts. M. Mar
tin; Sixth District-D. G. Moomaw, Barney
Thompson; Seventh District M. M. Sibert,
R. B. Rawlings; Eighth District Thomas
, Taylor, Ell. M. Fultz; Ninth District-R. G..
Treanor, T. B. Mccartney; Tenth District
H. F. Lyle, r. H. Porter.
The following electoral ticket for Vir-
ginia was chosen;
Electors at Large-Henry L. Crockett Col
onel F. Sipe; First District-G, w. Mason;
Second District-Charles Bliven; Third Dis
trict-C B. Glenn: Fourth District-J. A.
Smith; Fifth Districts. K. Martin; Sixth
r. b. Rawlings; Eighth District-Thomas
Taylor; Ninth District-P. o. Reynolds;
Tenth District-J. A. Hanger.
The convention was addressed by Hon.
Samuel Dickie. Chairman Of the National
Prohibition Committee. He claimed that
his party defeated the Republican candi-
date for the Presidency in 1884, and hoped
to do so again this fall, after which they
would encounter the Democrats in
square fight.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Warren ''SentineP' gives general survey
of the field in Virginia for the guberna-
torial and congressional candidates. He
says:
We hear of a great many names in connec-
ton with our gubernatorial canvass next year.
good ticket could be made of such material
as Gen. VIM. Fl. Payne for Governor, John A.
Buchanan for Lieutenant Governor, and Chas.
v Meredith for Attorney General. Baker P
Lee, Phil. W. Mckinney, Chas. L. OFerrall,
Waller r. Staples, Rufus A. Ayers, John T.
Harris, Holmes Conrad, Richard F. Beirne,
and John l.. Hurt are excellent and available
men, and it is believed that either of them
could be induced to make sacrifice for their
country in the event of the nomination for
Governor being rendered them. W. A. Ander-
son, Taylor Berry, Pink Jones and Harry
Tucker, are competing for the congressional
crown in the tenth district; Paul Edmunds
and Miles Martin in the sixth. and it is said
that Brother Paul is moving things over there
like an avalanche; Chas. T. O'Ferrall and VIM.
r. Alexander thus far in the seventh; John
Bell Bigger in the first; W. H. F. Lee in the
eighth; Abe Fulkerson, Sam Williams, VIM.
F. Rhea Bob Henry, Con Trigg, r. A. Ayers.
John A. Buchanan, and numerous others in
the ninth; Geo. D. Wise, R. H. Cardwell, VIM.
r. Aylett, Jas. A. Dunlap and Taze Elicit in
the Third; in the fifth, the teapot boils not as
yet, though Sutherlin, Hurt and Coleman are
spoken of, the second and fourth are so hope
lessiy beclouded and darkened by the shades
of Republicanism that the lights from q
s'camera obscura" would fail of penetration.
The Shenandoah Republicans split
in two over q circular from Chair
man Malone received in Woodstock Fri
day night, displacing the present county
chairman John L. Keller, Ia Rid
dleberger Republican,. and appointing R.
J. Walker to his place. Keller had called
county convention to send delegates to
Petersburg and to the district convention
at Charlottesville. Walker, the new ap-
pointee, was the Malone candidate for
Commonwealth Attorney last May, who
was beaten by the Riddleberger Republi-
cans. Mr.. Walker called another county
convention in defiance Of Keller's call. and
the result was that in Woodstock, last
Monday, there were two county conven.
lions, which elected rival delegations.
Senator Riddleberger addressed the Kel-
Ter convention and denounced Mahone's
methods.
The Republican County Chairman of
Rockbrldge, j. Luclan Hamilton. pub
fishes card in the Rockbridge ''News,"
SAYING that he neither participated in, nor
encouraged the holding of another county
convention after the anti-Mahoneites had
carried tie first one.
Messrs. w. c. Pendleton and q. F. Lin
coin have called Republican District
Convention to meet at Marion, Smythe
county, May 18th, to elect two delegates
to Chicago.
Gen. V. D. Groner of Norfolk, who is
now at Fifth Avenue Hotel, in an inter
view with a reporter credits the Republi-
can Congressional victory in Virginia in
1856 to the fact that Gen. Malone was
not in the lead, and the legislative defeat
In 1887, to the fact that Malone was in
the lead and ''alienated a large number
of voters.' He says majority of the Re
publicans of Virginia are for Blaine, and
that Malone is using the mach inery of the
party to defeat the wishes of the party.
The Harrisonburg State ReDublicaa after
giving list of the counties the kickers
have carried, says: ''After conceding the
''kickers'' everything they can get, they
may reach $50 in convention composed
Of nearly 700 members. This makes them
about one-half as strong as three years
ago."
1t is stated on authority. that Hon. W.
Fl. Barnum of Ct, the Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, will not
again accept that pos tion. 1t will be re-
membered that Senator German of Md,
did the most of the work of the position
in the Cleveland victorious campaign.
The fact that the colored Republicans
of Sussex, Nottoway and Powhatan have
declared against Malone and instructed
their delegates to the state Convention to
vote for Prof Langston, (coloree) as dele
gate at large to Chicago, would indicate
that there is trouble ahead for Malone in