The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
COUNTY pERa ocRATss
Hold d Convention and Nomi-,
nate Candidates.
THE RoA NoKr al 'r,sIi:s lsI1IRE M. q

The Roanoke coSnty Democratic
nominating sesnmi ttee mefin the court
house yesterday at i. Ia. and was
called to oraer by Maj. Wv. Ballard,
Ftank Webber nominated w. W
Berkeley, idE Roanoke, forschairman, and
{ w. H. King nominated ErankA. Love-
lock, of the Time. Register, for secre-
tary. Both were elected
Col. A. Nj. Bowmun, or Salem; DR..
, White, of Cave Spring IA. D. Gum, of
winton. and R. A. Green, of Catawba,
were appointed as the COMMITTEE on
credentials. ss a ~
The convention then adi ourned to I
the Town Hall on account OF lack Of
room lin the courthouses
The committee onis credentials re-
ported, announcing the following delo-
gates to the convention:
from Sslein districts Q. IL. Hatcher,
Z. III. Logan, D. BIS Strouse, b. w.
Logan. j. Z L. Barnett3 ,W.sT Oakley, VIM.
McClannahan, W. M Mon tgomery, Or.
Il. III. d. billiard, j. al, B. Stevens, T.
M. Beamer. FL. G.. Hatcher, G. b. Frantz,
John Garst, ST., Henry M. Garst, j. Il.
I Sayers, g. d. Denit, @. w. Burwell,
Henry Movies. d, g, Armstrong, a. j.
Denner. N. b. Dillaras
L IOn' RdbdWDd lDlSUrlOU. JOQn d. Ben
net, Joseph Woods, L. p. Trent
From Cave Spring District: Mat Craw-
ford, Lewis Brickey, DR.. G. White, John
Cole e votes).
From Big Lick District: j. H. Huff,
Jas. III. Kes1er, e. j. Frantz, David
Williams, Harvey Denit, j. w. Bushong,
Ralph Gum, e. Bush, Geo. J. Jack, L.
r. Richardson, Wash Hubbard, John M.
Petty, VIM. Farley, Chas. helms, VIM.
- WtIIfan,o /pnoo
Eord, E..>AY., Snapp, Luther Bell, j. w.
Mason and j. D.fSmith.
The delegates from Cave Hill also
represented the Pognes Mill and Red
Hill districts.
Nominations being in order, Mr.. Will
lam McCauley was nominated for clerk
OF the county and circuit courts by ac
Z climation.
George w. Zircle was unanimously
nominated for sheriff.
8 Major w. w. Ballard was nominated
&for commemorative attorney and elect
ed on the first ballot.
b Three of the, young lawyers of the Sa-
Hem bar M. G.. McClung, r. w. Kline
ffand William Simpson were aspirants for
s. the nomination, but each received only
few votes,
Nelson D. Barrett, George W. Muse
4 and j. O. Dyerle were nominated for
county treasurer.
4 Mr.. Muse was elected on the first bal
8 lot. David =, Kefauyer was nominated
4 by acclamation for first commissioner of
the revenue. For second commissioner
of the revenue there were five aspirants,
John Nj. Garst, Robert Goodman, Benia-
min f.. THOMAS, Edward Jeter and John
J6Ses! 7 Mr. tGarst was nominated on the
Sfirst ballot.
q The nomination of the justices of the
I peace, supervisors and constables were
( left to; the county Democratic executive
committee.
RI Cola Al. bowman was unanimously
elected chairman of this committee, and
+ d. Il. Martin, the retiring chairman of
Is the committee was rendered vote of
{ banks.
G. B. Strouse offered the following
resolutions:
Whereas the Republican party has
grown to be only a sectional party; has
made in the last congress the most per-
sistent efforts for the destruction of the
\ peace and destruction of the South, de-
claring in its prominent journals that
passage of which that party labored for
months) would have the effect of pre-
venting any further influx of capital
from the North and West to the South
and
Whereas the passage of said bill
would have FRUSTRATED and paral yzed the
.eAtire business of the South, and would
have brought about discern and confu-
lion; and
% Whereas, in the distributNp by the
g asst congress- OF more than $4,000, 600
less than pm cent.
I'D ereof was appropriated to theS3tire
sSR8uth, notwithstanding the facA&he
i South is bearing all it's Pct
S5of the enormous taxation of TIN
Z. county, and her farmers are wholly upA
protected, and whereas the intelligent
e thinking men of the county of Roanoke
,,who have hitherto acted with the Re-
publican party are not willing to be
{: ,dSentiAed with party determined upon
dShe destruction of every sacred right in
as,ne South and the prostration OF all her
DAsiness, even to her impovershment,
,aAd whereas the Democratic party is
1Ebn-sectional party and has by most
,IHersistent efforts defeated the force bill
.Hnd extends the olive branch to the
Nouth, and encourages in every way her
phPsperity and good feelings in the
Resolved, That we most earnestly
.eke who have heretofore been act
ing with the Republican party
to Join us in our effort to resist the sec
tional operation of the Republican party
and ITO do all possible for the mainten-
ance of the peace and order of Vir-
ginia and for the promotion of all her
Industries and enterprises.
In such union there is strength and
good will and the prosperity OF Vir-
: gihia will steadily increase until she
ohaJJ he ono Of the proatest and rrost