The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-05-10

IIEXGNGTDN, V A
MIR. Hamlton's reply TO zone Who was
There" in making general denial OF the main
statements makes a counter state nent, "hlch
had he relied on its publication in this county
where he and the facts are wen khoWh-
should hot i'll the interest of truth deem re-
ply cessary but from d paragraph Ia your
last issue infer his statement in Ihe NeUS WIZ
appear in your next issue, 50 desire the Two
To appear together. Mr.. Hamilton declares
the statement that he went into the eonVen-
hon mallciously false. iltIe' ally Speaking he
di.i not 20 INFO it. He However, KIT with The
other Two delegates. $ .. . guer, II appears
Gained the CONVEX ton 10 order, ana from the
list OF delegates fnrni shed the Gazette by said
Agner NJ Hanllton's name appears us dele
gale at ian e and we mad reason 10 peliFNe MT.
ii. saw the number of the Gazette And up 10
| his letter in the Ntws nothing was heard from
MIN repudlaJlng the use OF his name, amt as lie
| refused to sign me regular delegates creden-
| tiais it was naturally ptesumtd he was IN iull
know at this Etle day he repudIates their lille
gal action 50 far as MS name goes.
AS TO my packing the cohVenti ti =, it 10y
have not been Within The lines OF the Nat
ural Bridge district save passing on the ran.
road, 1or Twelve months. The district was
voted solid tor he resolutions. made WISH
to J. Kirk patrick, Mr.. Wilson and Goodba (and
would have included HIN nad he peen at nolle)
In Buffalo district. If ts he stated, the district
convention unanimously endorsed hlul, IL
proves diu not PACK thi6 cohVeption oNed1
much In the kerr's Creek district knew OF
but Two gentlemen i'll sympathy with Gen Ma
hone-Mr. y. Smith and VIM Mckeever-the
| former against his methods but III 1aVor OF MN
Tor chairman the latter so favorable TO MN rs
| to write me long letter lnlinatlng bad
dickered with Democracy. knowing both their
| views, they wilt bear me out in saying, urged
| them both to come. Mir. MckeeYef not helng
| uispos.d TO do So begged him to do so When
| meeting him The day alter the convention and
| asking why he did not come, he replied There
was but two or three at the meeting and he dId
| not care to represent so small meeting, las
| his precinct was uDrepreSented. Not much
pac king thi and what was done was in the
| interest of Hamilton's views. The extent OF
| my riding the Walkers Creek district was
| passing that small portion of IL which The
| road to the Baths passes and spenulns one
night at Goshen on my return from Bath Win
my horse south rive disttict-l stopped or
| the train at Davis spent the night win that
| true and tried Republican. j. Ii. McCufmlck,
and took dinner with The old Republican war
horse, Judge Patton.
This is the extent of my SHINING in that d.
| rection. AS a guarantee to the truth That these
| conventions We're not packed we proudly icfer
| To the list OF delegates selected. They are men
of their own mInds under AL circumstances,
as Gen Malone, MIR. Hamilton, my self aud All
| others who have ever attempttd 10 run counter
! for MI. Ii. to undertake to place them IN the
| category OF tools TO do any uian work, not Iii
| line with their preconcelved views.
| Mr. g. s,ilusion to my Il gislatiNe contest Tor
many reasons would appear III bad taste.
| First, if remember Alright, had Mir. II s. az
| tive cooperation at the time. surely he would
not assist in Il fraud or was his MIND warped
| then from the same carSe ana erect thitI may
I have controlled my reason, TO wit; mat
mig hit carry out my obligation to hlhl Whlcn
| hau its origin in the Wee small hours OF the
night, the summer before, When we sWCfe ittle-
| glance To one another-he 10 support our cause
| with tie same Jealous zeal he mad shown TOR
| the cause OF Democracy and To see he got The
| position of superintendent oisehools II he is
correct to the result of that election, gained
but little from his help whist he carried OFT the
prize, and Il ust sdd the 5 heols HAD no cause
to greet it, he making au excellent officer
His charge, false OF true that s.'aght Ma
| hone for The seat, might well make th II gentle
I man cry out deliver me from sucu trieuds." /
was igno s,4t I'LL informed by ii. mat Mahone
| owned tba. body. knew he was ioG q ineln-
Der thereof. 1hs charge Ii t'ue, is more damn
| ing than many charges that have been brought
| against him ny his enc mics. lie inllitaies l
Was MOI elected; ttitt sought MUhoneIoI the
seat ; got the seat, wh.ch SOesto prove Md
| hone not .niy owned the LEGISLATURE, hpt III 1t
! he unseattd, Tor HIS Own selfish purposes. NWo
| legally elected gem leIntil To make room Tor
| two mol elected. / know the Democrats have
Charged The base OF the Legislature TO Ma
! hone, but never eXpt citd to hear his b0s III
| friends Use his hame So damagingiS. Now, l
was appealing to The Legislature To NIndcate
| Itself. Hamilton. Mahunt s spohesm man, how
ever, knocks the rop lom unoer me l Ger
! tainiy get the SEAT. il IL :. prsn iSes are cor
rect, every fair minded MAJ. must be co WINGED
such dirty boss SIN and such =, boss snouid be
driven to the wall.
| Mr., I'll assertion that certain gentlemen
! have told him since the convention, they we're
not In sym,aihy wi n its action, needs bat this
| reply: The dele gates we've all present save
the voters. When aciion was taken On The
resolutions not "a single negative vote was heard
| The assertion that it was IL unit in the other
districts, was based on the iact,. the delegates
we had reason bo believe were fearless and in
| de pe ndent and no, asharnod or afraid 10 ex-
! press their diSa pprob;tlon if they did hot Gu
cur, and we have reason yet-to cnaGse our
| opinion of them.
| Mr.. II sp axis somewhat slightinyly of my
| honor. IN view OF the estimation we ht I'd
respectively before The pubic, it does nos ne
come him TO place me too low In the scale if he
/ wants any characi er lett for himself
And In conclusion ;l!lO me to say respecting
my part in the C invention, that whist Ii may
appear TO Mr. Ii. to be piece OF b0sssm on .ny
part TO join 20 ont of q OF my colleagues in pre-
venting his election as delegate at large,
/ But under The usual rules in convention l pre-
sumo the fair- minded would have much more
| nke1y 10 have charged him wi h u genuine case
| of Dull-dOzlng, had he faced such result, or
the belief that the convention composed
| OF very stupid set of representatives.. Neither
| horn OF that d lien. ma WAS the one the cOnvtn-
| ton were seeking. as Mr.. H discovered.
| Yours Il uly, JAMES A. FRAZIER.
| Ihe Petel ShlIrc LlGea,- Aela1oul nrnuha.