Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-19
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LANGSTON GOOD AS HIS WORD.
He Holds a Convention of His Own.
TERR0RIzED BY INoENDIARIEs.
THE FREsHeT IN THE DELAWARE.

THE FRESHeT IN THE DELAWARE.
British Political and General Gossip.
THERE WILL BE A BOLT.
mated, and HOBds q Convention Of
his Own as FarmvilIe.
Special Dispatch to TIE EVENING srAR
FARhvHLB. Va, Sept l9.-ln an interview last
evening with TEE STAR correspondent John II
Langston said, touching the republican congres.
sionl convention, which convened here to-day:
81 shall receive the nomination. There Is not q
BY fraud; and, although there are contesting dele.
cations from every county in the district, except
Brunswick, ] am not afraid Of the result shall
be nominated and elected"
The significance OF this statement becomes ap-
parent when IL Is explained that Langston does
committee on Credentials composed OF men
known to be hostile to him. Langston has pre-
pared for any emergency that may arise. he has
rented the opera house at cost OF $50 day during
the session OF the convention. He has engaged .
band OF music; and last and most important OF
pense pei Which i breuSns lis friends 70 Farmviis m He
will pay their expenses during the convention and
no effort will be spared TO keep them together
sald emphatically TO TIE STAR correspondent,
"thereis 20 inducement which could tempt one OF
my delegates TO abandon me. All the pride or the
c0Ored people Is at stake In this matter, and the
negro delegate who would desert me now would
never dare 10 show himself to his people again. He
would be torn into a thousand pieces"
That LangstoD has the preponderance of
strength In the district cannot be doubted. He
labors under disadvantages however, which may
make II necessary for his friends TO bolt In the
first place, the congressional committee is COM
posed OF Messrs. Robert AcCandllsh, Frank T..
Sasrast I, and Ross Hamilton The & rst ,. Two men %
colored man, and is In favor OF Langston candi-
dacy. Under the rules, one OF these men will have
temporary chairman. The latter will probably be
Malone man. This temporary chairman will
nx the personnel OF the committee on credentials,
credentials signed, according to the rules OF the
party BY the county chairman, It rs easy TO under
stand that packed credentials committee might
exclude enough OF the Langston delegates 70 encom
pass the defeat OF the colored aspiranL II the
committee on credentials Is packed, then LangstOn
M mot aSw % his dsessss 70 go into sae a
own In the opera house ne has engaged. This Is
the plan that has been prearranged and there Will
Gen. Malone aud his Iriends it is plain that Lang
stOD will be turned down, and, as the colored can
didate says that he twill not return 70 Petersburg
. defeated and unnomtnated candidate, IT. goes
without saying that there Is going 70 be bolt In
fact, Langston admits as much when he announces
that he Intends TO be nominated.
Langston has created something Of . sensation
In his canvass by claiming that the appointment
OF cadet 70 West Point has been illegally and un-
Congressman 0aines, who, he alleges, is reservinR
this place for the son OF Malone politician, Nal
Harrison Waite, OF Petersburg.
ON TIE GROUND TODAY.
Both Malone and Langston arrived here last
night, the former being accompanied by the dele
gates who had received their credentials from the
county chairman. The general occupied sleeper
and declined TO be interviewed. When he got to
Farmvtlle, however, he was at once hurried on TO
pre-arranged meeting in the courthouse,
WHERE uE ADDRESSED CROWD
composed OF his own adherents and some Of Ian
ston's He bitterly assailed the candidacy OF the
latter and said that the time had not yet come for
the election OF a negro Congressman from this
district He declared in plain terms that Lang.
ston was disorganizer, and for this reason de-
that under no circumstances would be tolerate his
candidacy. He was frequently Interrupted and
was alternately hissed and applauded. tangston
His delegates had preceded him. reaching here
early In the afternoon upon q special train. His
headquarters were crowded nearly all night, and
among those present was Col. James d. Brady,
the Virginia member OF the republican national
committee. The colonel was at work all night
preparing paper In regard to
THE FRAUDS ALLEGED 10 HAVE BEEN COMMITTED
by Gen. Malone In the election OF delegates to the
convention. This paper is very complete and goes
over the whole ground. 1t charges Gen. Malone
with the most outrageous disregard OF the ma
torty, In fact, with plain cheating, and denounces
him accordingly. II is intended for circulation in
the district and will be Langston's defense.
HOLDING SEPARATE CONVENTIONS
1t became evident at an early hour this morn
ing that Langston's friends would not 60 into the
convention, In which they claimed plans had been
laid TO slaughter them It was Intended that the
convention should meet In the courthouse but
LangstoD had previously engaged the opera house.
anticipating correctly the course which would be
district congressional committee, LangstOn had
one In favor OF him. R0ss Hamilton, acolored man.
formerly member Of the legislature from Neck.
linburg County. When the roll OF delegates
which had been prepared by his coleagues was
submitted TO him, he declined at once on cehalf of
this basis. Consequently separate conventions
were held, the Two halls adjoining each other
The opera house was niled with the supporter OF
Langst0n and the essemolAGe was altogether q
quiet and orderly body, ana t was In every respect
repreeentauve: OF tne eighty Delegates who
The LAngston convention was called 70 order BIZ
Ross Hamilton, OF the district committee.
Matt- Lewis, young cologod lawyer Of PetAes-
burg, was made temporary chairman. He paada A
vigorous speech In which be said:
1.-THE machine In Virginia 10 broken forever The
negro can never again be driven By Aahone"
LAKesToN NOMINATED ~ AocLAnArIoN.
Langston was put In nomination by Scott Wood.
Of Petersburg. The convention nominated the
colored candidate BY acclamation
The Malone convention 10 In session. but has mot
reached q nomination At O'Clock Col Brady
MADE bitter personal speech about Malone,
J.T.R.
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