Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-16
Tho totals above are IN round numbers with
out triillng fractions.

CHANGES BEGIN.
When the roll was being called several Of tho
counties asked 20 b9 passed by. and their vote
was poued when the entire list had heen gone
through. This done the secretaries wero about
o. begin making their additions when the chair
man Oi the Pulaski county delegation mounted
q chair aud stated that the county's eleven votes
would be transferred from Tyler 10 Mckinney.
Neither the chair nor the secretaries heard Tits
declaration, a. there was considerable confusion
I'm Tho hall
The Pulaski member took his sent In bissful
ignorance Cf tho fact that bis motion % change
ana fan INTO tho Mckinney ll1e had not been
neafi hy The O1lcers, sai Bland transferred her
i've votes from yier 10 o IorIalL Inc irienis
Of the gallant Congressman from the Valley
loudly applaudcd this change
Giles next wheeled halfway into the Nckin-
ney line aud gave to tho man from Farmvllle
lyo of her ten yotos which had been placed to
Iyler's credit 1ho other five were given to
OFcrral.
Campbell which split her vote between Nc
Kinney and Brirne when the roll was called,
now presented a sO!id phaiGnx twenty-one
strong for Farnviles son, and his fricli5 went
almost wiid over tho change.
southampton, which had given Mckinney
eleven aud Beirno five, threw her entire stronsh
10 the former.
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
There wss q general uproar after the first
change was announced, and dozens u persons
we're up yelling "Mr Chairman and trying %
speak ali st once. The result was that none
WerC heard.
The MrklnncylteS. VINO DG0 euleTfu III lne
oarly morning with n strong hand that rapidly
grew stronger had now become very iubilent
and were quite demonsiratiye. Hand kerchieis
hats, ana fans were waved, cheer after cheer was
sent up. there were cries OF delight from all
PARTS oi the house. and then followed an upruar
in which everybody tried 10 speak ana nobody
was heard.
II was evident when the convention met that
Mckinney would come u tho front IN even bet
/ style Than no had done on Wednesday night
! and when tho roli-call WAS completed there was
no doubt ~ 70 his nomination.
After The changes above noted bad necn mtue
! there wac n general stampede. Many more
! changes were won't 10 be made. and had " been
| po-siblo 70 preserve orcer Captain Mckinney
! would haye been given moro than the requisite
365 votes but his friends were too eXultant 10 re
| main quietly IN thcir seats. 1hey cheeted Gt
! each occasion, and when his domination became
certain tney abandoned all idea OF quiet ana
/ arose in their chairs sH mass, aud neither the
Presidents gavel nor the orders OF the Sergeant
| alarms could quiet them
M'RINNEY NOMINATED.
In tho midst OF tho uproar Colouel Ia1ewell
| Rllet moved that 7. w. Mckinney be nominated
| by acclamatlou. This meant scyenty-nyo votes
| from richmond, which werS nearly all that were
needed.
cheercd. ,,-
Tho band stopped playing and the delegates
| still yelled and screamed
Mir bhea. who seconded O'Fcrralls nonina-
! tiou got on a chair, and after awhile MS mo-
aud put before the convention. ana was carrie j
| with a rush. The enthusiastic scene that FOL
| lowed ba1les description.
TO WAIT on MKINNEY.
A motion was made 10y Mr. W. +. Atkins that
! a committee be appointed TO walt on captain
Mckinney and the other gu0ernatorlal candi-
| dates and bring them TO the hail
Tho motion was carried aud the Chair appoint
| ed the following committee: Messrs W. !. Al
kips of Mo,klenburg: j. II. Crawford, Augusta {;
~, lGitslmpu1 -
Wythe: g. Lacy llOgo, Russell; Dr. NJ. e. HON.
Surry. and James Hay. OF Madison.
COLONEL BUT NOT THE CHEF.
In n few minutes after tho tommlttoe leit
Colonel O'Ferrall was escorted INTO tho nail.
| The audience arose 10 receive him and cheerei
Justify aud the Colonel was escorted To seat on
| the stage. -.
Whom the cheering began II was thought that
! Captain Mckinney was coming AID the band
strnck M " Hail 10 the Chief" Ino mistake
VA. soon discovered, but the band continued
This tune aud tue Colonel walked down the
centre aisle TO the stirring strains oil this sranu
oId niece. Colonel O'Fcrral walked lcisureiy,
with "a nrm and steady tread. aud hi' counte-
nance wore a smile OF satisfaction, showing tha'
no accepted in good faith the action Oh the DoIy'
The Colonel was accompanied by MS irlchu' W.
Carter Berkeley, OF stanton g..
4 motion was made 10 give three cheers Tor
O'Ferrall. and they went up VIII VIM
MAJOR TyLER.
Major j. Hoge Tyler was only few moments
bellul Colonel OGefTAi anu tut lVSVP'AVH
given Pulaskis son was flattering indeoi'
ARRIVAL OF THE NOMINEE.
Ahont noon the committee returned with Cap
tain Phllip Mckinney. the nominee, and Colonel
Beirne. Judge Harris was already on the stage,
having occupied seat there all the forenoon.
Tie audience rose to receive the hOlnlnoo ""u
colon.i Beirne and cheered them heartily.
The Chairman brought Captain Mckinney
7 forward and introduced him, saying that ne was
.the nominee Of the convention, and therefore
the next Governor of Virginia
HIS ACCEPTANCE.
A soo, as the applause subsided Captain
MIR. President and