Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-24
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
NOMINATION. oF ME-. E. z. MEREpIrE.

OF the Ssh district, &c nominate 3 candidate
for Congress TO Gil tie vaoancy caused by
the death CT Gen. ". z T. Lac, assembled
In the Opera Horse il this ci:y !sw mig
u;fs pas: IL O'Clock to dsy end y7ss called
to o.dsy by Leonard Msrbnry, etc chair
man IF The district coMnittes, who stated
that as mectiog OF the committee hald this
morning Capt. George q. Muahbaoh, # tbs
} city, lad taen eelec:eG SO temporary chsir-
man Of the convention eDd Mr.. Jahn Y.
: Bss:ei!, CT LoudouD. secretary.
The selection If thase gea.!eGen Use
unanimously Confirmed.
Cepa Muahhach. In se;uning tho chair,
sasd tie best manifestation 0! his thGnAs 20
the convention fer the htDor ccafsrreG
the ssae mb!egs Nth O speech. Ea hope1
the coavsltioc wsuid ptooo; &c Suslnese eE
quickly SO Do:si5!s aad carry CO. i!a 81 ses,
Applause
Mr.. G. ". shachslf I'd, CT @ a7go ,aov
that the rules OF the Houae of Delegates CT
Virginia be adopted Tor tho govern
ment Of the convention, and the moior pre-
vailed. By theae rules, It YES stalled, q .aa-
jority only we1 necessary 10 ncciratc z can
didate for Congrees.
TIE committees CO permanent: ctSsE q
tlcp, resolutions and credentials were tGen
announced, each county rfm;rg accmais
teemen.
Alexandria nemsd F l.. Snith CO .csou-
tloDs, J. 3 Cation CT permanent gan z =
ton and J, A. Marshall On CREDENTIALS
Mr.. G. O. Nicol, OF Prince william. then
effsred the following, which weie adopted /:
Tho democrats OF the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict OF Virginia. in convention assoubl d, re-
Eolvo as lows:
I. ] has in the death of the Hen " q. Z. Les
tie peonle Of this Dist; let feel pro!oun eorai
l0E5 al hereb7 express their iiv9ly sense Of his
srduous, successful al brilliant tSos ia their
hohs!f. and that o: h; cozntry, ii the IA "a Of
Congress.
g. That we fu ,thor express Gu high sppreeis.
ton of the exalted and patIio i; character Of
Gen. Leo in ths relations OF life and feel that
his rub!ic end private cDcer has reelected htro:
| on Virginia and the country st large.
3. That a copy of these iscutioEg he forwirded
to the ,mily OF Gen. Lee, aad Published IN the
newspapers Of ths District.
The convention took recess mill oas
O'Clock In order to ailoT the committee 10
report
o. the convention being called &c order
after Il G recess. Col. e. Berkeley, OF Prince
|; william, presented the report Of the con-
mittee on credentials. There bting no con-
test, the readlrg OF The nemss OF The dele
gates was d.s2.nsed with aud the report
adopted
The committee on pernsn.rt oFSepiz :
tlon, through Mr., J. ]. Davies, Of 7. lice
Willisn, presented re following report:
For permanent ohal,msr-Csps. Han.
Sheepsrd. Of Fevqaier.
FL. slice. Cbsirpen-E u Djwuhsnl,
Aexsndria CITY; Robert Vai:ch, A!exasGria
county: Iamss Payne, Guipapai; Jac'es I'd.
Live, Fa:fsz; e. G Ejmupds, Fsuqaei;
O. o. Pllkie. Ofanss; G. ". Tsnnaaa. King
Georg, W. J. Jacobs, ESsfa,d; W. n. An
derson. Louiss; J. O. Coleman, L9Gdour,
and ]. B 7. Tnotnter, PtiGcs william.
For permanent seereiary-Jss. r Catcn,
OF Alexandria.
The committee eto ranoum snds ID tnet the
rules c. the last Virginia Hou.e OF Delegates.
30 far a. applicable 10 The BUSINESS OF she
o3nys n.ion, be adopted fer tho goidaace
thsreoi.
Tbs report wGs unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Sheppar1, upon assuming The chair.
esid, while he thsDksd the convention for
| tho honor conferred. he would follow Cap.
tain Mushbach's example, ard more fully
sbo~ his appreciation by not II fl, ctirg tho
assembisge wi;h speech. He, ho~evar:
predicted decided y,ctory for Whcsvcc his
democratic party choose to nominate.
q member from Cu!pepar ctfsred a seso
luton that the nominee OF the onn.
venlIon, In order to maintain the
unity OF the party, be compelled
to wear m3ss-cc7srsd siouch hss tus.esd
OF plug, ead be required 10 .epuci-
ate the Ooala pa form also to etand by
Elisha E Meredith. Tb!a vas received with
shouts CT laughter but Was eG5ss qdoltly
withdrawn. l. seems that Mr. Meredith
had been seen Ga the street with a capciCei
covering known ss the plug.
Mr.. 2. Walton Moore, OF Fa;r'sz, ST th!e
icnotu7e nominated Mr.. Meredith, In FL.
tag speech, spesklpg OF the devotion &c
hsd ever shown tcwsid tho democratic PSF
~. Moreover, be Tas q sel!-msdo rDaD, |
who bg his own exart!ons had worked lin
self Gp every fucg CO thu ladder a1:i! &c |
now stccd as the pser ct any man ct the car
OF tbs districs.
MIR. G. W. ShsokelforJ, ofOfange, second |
ed the domination, ard aDoke in ccnpli- |
mentary terms of Mr. Meredith.
Several motions were thea made TO take +!
the sense OF the convention By fis.Gg vote. |
Other moiicns to receive tbs report Of the !
committee en- resolutions prevailed, heT-
ever, and Mr.. E2pa Hunton, ir, chairman |
Of the committee, read tho tolio1lnes which |
we're unanimously adopted:
We tho democrats OF the Eightli Congressional |
dist ict in convention assemllsd announce Tho
following Platform Of p7incI S:
1. We affirm our allegiance to tho principles OF
the democratic ratty IS adopted By the national
democratic convention Of 1883.
2. We congratulate tho farmers Of Virgin IA |
upcn tho prosperity of tie past year ard recos-
nze in the den ocratic party and its principles
tho only hope for the redress of tho grievances OF
Of which the formers complain. We call upon the |
momber frcm this district and other represents.
tiycs in Congress to advocate all j1st measui Of
q practical and beneficial chsrscer in tatir inter-
eat espet lily all tonciog 10 reduce taxa
ton IN 1 increase the volume Of the currency. Wo
condemn the nor Jolly legislation RI tbs Iep1bii
can party as inimica 10 the Interest of the people
and as the principal cause OF the d,presI IN Of the
agricultural interest and the concentration OF
wealth in the hands Of the manufacturer.
8. We condemn TIE unprecedented extla7s-
gance of the billion dollar Congress and the revo-
lutionary character OF its proceedings.
wa ccnoratueta tho Deople o. tho State of |