The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
WILL MALONE Be OVERTHROW?
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fairest dream of her past? Then shall
this uplifted valley, walled with iron
and with coal, its gates opening East
and West, North and South, for nat.
ional commerce, its springs feeding the
rivers of half continent, come to assert
the advantage that the God Of nature
gave it. Then shall tho Republican
city of Roanoke-multiplyin its indus
tries and pointing to it's churches, its
schools and its libraries, send greeting
to the Republican city of Pittsburg, and
its people will turn to wonder that they
allowed so long the policies of South
Carolina and the traditions of a dead
aristocracy to shut out the light of the
sum-"
Col. Parsons was frequently inter-
rupted by cheers and applause.
Mr.. Heermans offered the following,
which was adopted:
"Hon. JOHN SHERMAN: The Re-
publicans of Virginia in mass-meet-
ing assembled send greeting to the
Republicans of Ohio, and bid them God
speed, and like old Zachary Taylor, de-
clare that Republicans now surrender.
L. L. Henry, of Roanoke, read reso-
luton declaring the color line stranger
and condemning the proposition to
establish separate cars for cclored and
white people in the South. The resolu-
ton evoked tremendous cheering from
the black side of the convention, and
was referred to the committee on reso-
lutions.
The committee on plan of organiza-
ton submitted the following report,
which was adopted without dissenting
voice.
"Your committee on plan of organiza-
ton beg to submit the following report
for the consideration of the convention,
to wit:
THAT this convention recommends
the appointment of committee of ono
hundred, sixty of whom shall be Sc
lected by this convention and the re-
mainder by the committee itself; such
committee to have general supervision
where the campaign appears to be aban-
doned by previous organizations, and to
select an executive committee, to be
known as the State executive commit
tee.
''Second. The State committee shall
appoint county and city committees
wherever necessary. Such county and
city committees shall call upon existing
Republican organizations to place can
didates in the field, and in case of fail
shall, if they deem it advisable, call
conventions of the people to nominate
candidates and to reorgahize the party,
and report the fact to the State execu-
tive committee, which shall devise
means to assist the county committees
in making their contests.
''It is distinctly understood that the
purpose of the movement is to take up
and carry forward an abandoned cam
paign, and in case there should be
further effort to defy or improperly in
fuence party opinions the State COM
mittee is charged with the RESPONSE
bility, in concert with such Republican
members as may be chosen to the gen.
cral assembly, to call future State
conve ntion, or Congressional conven-
tions as the occasion may require, for
the purpose of completing thorough
organization of the Republican party in
the State of Virginia upon u Republican
basis"
William Merchant, colored, of Lynch
burg, made charac teristic speech. He
paid his respects to General Malone
and eX-Congressman Bowden. declaring
the latter had twice hoodwinked the Re-
publicans of Virginia. The colored Re-
publicans would follow their white
leaders here to-day. The formation of
the committees showed they were doing
tina ;, but if the leaders hoodwinked their
colored followers he hoped their bowels
would BIO bursted, as was Judas Is
CARROTS.