Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-05-25

lowing;
Resolred, That the committee on bust
ness be instructed to report platform
and two electors for the state at-large and
four delegates for the state-at-large to the
Chicago convention. Adopted.
a resolution was proposed refer
ring all propositions relating to
platform organization, etc, to the
committee on business, without de-
bate, but objection being made, the
chair decided that it could not be
entertained, and an appeal being
taken from the decision of the chair,
the appeal was sustained.
The objection was subsequently
with drawn and the resolution
adopted.
Mr.. Brown Allen offered a resO.
luton, to be referred to the com.
mittee on business, lnstructing the
delegates and alternates to be ap-
pointed by this convention to the
national convention, to vote accord
ing to the views OF the majority Of
all delegates from the state.
The committee on credentials
then submitted its report. They
reported that there was no contest
except in the third district and
from NOttOway county. In the
third district they recommend the
seating of both delegations; in
Nottoway county they report
against the contestlng delegation.
In the seventh district the seating
of delegates having the primd fdcie
evidence.
1t was moved that the report of
the committee on credentials be
amended by admitting only those
delegates holding primd .tacie GER
tlficates, but the motion was lost.
The report of the committee on
credentials was then adopted.
Col. Elan then submitted the
following report from the commit
tee on business
The committee on general bust
ness recommended the following
delegates at large to Chicago:
Delegates at Large-Col. J. G.. Watts,
Tazewell; S. Brown Allen, Augusta
VIM. Malone, Petersburg; A. W. Har-
ris, Dinwiddic.
Alternates-W. w. Evans, Peters
burg; S. b. Browning, Lexington
Henry Hudnall, Richmond; =. c. Cor
rigan, Norfolk.
Electors at Large-Col. VIM. Lamb,
Norfolk; Col. +. S. Blair, Wythe.
DELEGATES TO CHICAGO.
First District-Delegates--O. d. Eos
ter, Fredericksburg; f. ID. Lee, Glou-
cestcr. Alternates-Jos. Trader, John
A. BristOw.
Second District-Delegates L.
l.. Maury, Southampton X. NJ. Smith,
Elizabeth City. Alternates-R. G.. l..
Paige, Norfolk county; L. NJ. Nance,
Charles City.
Third District Delegates W.
Southwark, HenricO county John Mitch
ell, Richmond. Alternates--E. r. Muir
ply, Richmond; r. A. Patterson, Rich
mond.
Fifth District Delegates w. II
Peasants, Danville; j. ID. Perkins,
Grayson county. Aliernates-R. Z.
Nichols, North Danyille; b. S. Pedigo,
Floyd county.
Sixth Dlstrict-Delegatcs-J. d. Sto-
vail. Halifax; w. Lee Brand, Roanoke !
county. Altcrnatcs-II. Clay Harris, |
Halifax; Robt. Cox.
Seventh District-Delegate +. |
Harrisonburg; John II. /
Dean, Winchester. Alternates--L. ).
Walker, Shenandoah; Robt. Scott, Jr.,
Albemarlc.
Eighth District-Delegatcs -W. G. /
Z lam, Louisa; w. II. Slaughter, Fau- |
Quer. Alternates-F. Minor Chambliss, /
Fairfax; Wilson West, Culpeper.
Ninth District --- Delegates -M. u |
Wood, Scott; VIM. A. French, Giles.
Alternatcs-W. +. Slater, Wythe; S. +.
Hurt, Washington.
Tenth District-Delegatcs w. +.
Craig, Staunton; Caesar Perkins, Buck
ngham. Altcrnates-John A. Noonan,
Augusta; j. b. Lipscomb, Cumberland.
STATE COMMITTEE.
First District-F. NJ. Stabbs, K. NJ.
Meyer, w. II. Ashby.
Second District-Geo. +. Bowden, J.
J. Deyer, I'm. Washington.
Third District-B. Taylor McCue, /.
A. Slater. G. ". Harris.
Fifth District-W. 5. Graveley, J. ID.
Martin, ". b. Brown.
Sixth District-D. ID. Jackson, T.. \.
Huxley, =. II. McCaull.
Seventh District. G.. Newman, j.
G.. Sims. Rock Paul.
Eighth District-Dr. i. &. Montague,
T. VI. Perkins, j. L. Baldwin.
Ninth District--,J. ID. Honaker, ". p.
Cecil, Geo. ". Kilgore.
Tenth Dlstrict--W. +. Craig, Caesar
Perkins, Jas. +. Frazier.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
First District: J. J. Mcdonald, North
imbcrand.
Second District; Geo. A. Martin, Nor
ok.
Third District; ". F. Giddings, Ches-
ericld.
Fifth District: Dir. John W. Simmons.
Sixth District J. NJ. Laughlin, Lynch
)urg.
Seventh District: Carter NJ. Louthan,
Eighth District r. Il. FAIR, Fairfax.
Ninth District J. i. Gleaycs, Wythe
ounty.
Tenth District ". c. Franklin, APP
,omattOX.
+The Fourth district will not report
until to-day.
The committee also reported the
ResOlrcd, That the present plan Of party
rganzatlon be adopted for the future
management of our party affairs in this
tate.
Also the following:
Resolred, That the delegates and alter
ates appointed by this convention to
epresent the Republican party of this
tate at the Republican national conven-
ion to be held at Chicago on the 18th day
{ June 1888. be and they are hereby in ,
tructed to vote in the SAID national con- ,
entlon upon all questions as a majority !
( the delegates shall agree
The committee also reported the
GLOWING platform
We, the Republicans Of Virginia, in
onvention assembled, proclaim our fidel- {
BY to the Republican party, state and 7
ational, its organization, platform, meas |
res and principles, as the best guarantees ,
common rights and interests, certified
o less by performance than by promise. |
We again arTaign the Democratic party {
Or its Justification Of its professions its I
elusive double-dealIng with public ques-
ions its opposition to equal rights; it's !
email Of honest elections; its assaults [
gainst protection; its refusal to abolish /
be aggressive war taxes of the internal q
evenue; its failure to reduce the grow
" surplus in the national treasury its
of civil service reform; its a
ruckling and feeble foreign policy; its 1
ontinued obstruction Of the Blair school =
i'll, its subordination Of the administra-
on to partisan ends; aud Its utter lack \
the wise capacity and sincere intention O
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