Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-13
The Virginia Republican State
Convention.

Inc NHS1uld IeepuD-ASeeA OOeeOo
Convention.
The convention met at the opera honse,
in Roanoke, at 1890 o'clock Thursday.
Gen. Malone, who was ipdisposed, was
greeted with cheers. The appearance Of
Bowden, of Norfolk, and Langston, of
Petersburg, was also applauded, John J.
Deyer, of southampton, proposed three
cheers for Harrison, which were given
with will and tiger.
Gen. Malone addressed I'll convention,
saying the South was for free trade, and
opposed to the popular free school sys-
TEN. The Democrats of Virginia were for
ten years trifling with the State debt,
protesting against being able to settle 1t.
They glorfy in having compelled credI-
tors to accept $5,OOO,OOO less than what
was dte them. The Democrats IN VIZ
ginia have not passed one law for the
welfare of the State.
In regard to debt settlement Gen. Ma
hone SAID:
For ten years tri1ing with the public
debt, at the expense of the people and
the dlshoner Of the State; never ascer-
tanning, although in tall charge of all the
departments of the State government, the
States honest relations with her creditors,
protesting the States ability and willing
ness to settle on any basis claimed, and
yet refusing to enact any law that prom
Ised payment evea of annual Interests. 1t
were better. in the opinion OF this pre-
tending debt-paying machine party, to ap-
DIV the torch TO all the free school-houses
in the State than to dishOnOr her people
by the adoption OF the readjnster prop
ositIon of settlement, no item or princl-
pie of which that party ever successfully
assailed, it were better in the opinion OF
that party, that the children of the Com
monwealth go uneducated than the
principles on which it was based
should be sanctioned Yet this party,
assuming guardianship of the honor and
honesty of the people to regain place
and power formerly acquiesccd and made
pledge to exert its every influence to
effeetuate and now, after ten years more
bedeviment of creditor and tax payer
! and a wasteful expenditure of an immense
sum of the peoples money to glority
themselves upon having compelled credl'
tors to accept 100000 less than he was
untitled to receive, aud what the excuse
for this compulsory settlement of the
States admitted honorable and honest
obligation, compulsory, for the creditor is
told. "Take this" Know We that re
pudiation outright turks behind the prop
osition. The excuse is the insufiiciency
of a revenue that has reached two and
three. quarter millions when the fact Is
conceded that the only reason why th,
State cannot pay per cent upon her
debt is fairly determined by readjusteI
proposition, as SO admitted, is the ex
travagance and waste which have
characterized the administration of the
State oyernment-S400, 900 now, wheI
under the Read us;el- Republican regime
it had cost the taxpayers of the COM
monwealth but $67 GOO per annum.
The general closed his speech by nomi
mating l. c. Fowler, of Abingdon, ex
speaker of the Virginia house of delegates
for temporary chairman, and he was
elected.
The following delegates were elected
Delegates-at-large- William Ma
/ hone, S. Brown Allen, A. W. Harris anC
Hon. Henry Bowen,
Alternates-Col J. Browning, r. A
Paul, n. .. Cardoz,, and J. w. Simmons
Electors at-large-Hon. A. L. MoOkla
and Robert j. Walker.
District electors-First, Joseph A
Bristoe second, II. B. Nichols; third
Patrick keenan,; fourth, E. p Mclean
fifth, Geo. d. Gravely; sixth, S. Everett
seventh, Rev. A. p. FunkhOuser; eighth
H. P. Dodge; ninth, Stuart +. Lindsay
tenth, w. p. Franklin.
The committee recommended a Stat
committee to be composed of a chairman
ex-officio, of the party and five members
of each congressional district, to be choser
by the respective delegations, and tina
the executive committee be composed o
the chairman of the State committee anC
two Others, TO be elected by the STATE
committee.
The following were appointed the com
mite for this, the 9TH, district: L. S
Walker, of Shenandoah Charles Lee, o
Clake; Judge }. e. Ne wlnan, of Page; J
C. Simms, of Green, and -- Willis, o
Rappahannock.
The platform indorses President Harri
sons administration, praises Secretary
Blaine, calls for immediate action on tt,
free-silyer question, indoises the McKin
ley bill, demands sufficient coast defense
and Navy that shall inspire due respec
for our name and flag throughout thu
world; declares the duty of the Republi
| cans OF the State to be dilIgent and sup
port whosoever may be the nominee a
the Minneapolis convention.
A minority report was presented in
structing the delegates for President Har
ron. This was bitterly opposed by The
Malone men, and lively debate ensued
1t was 3 o'clock Friday morning of last
week, before the convention adjourned
A big fight was made on the question Of
instructing delegates to Minneapolis tC
vote for Harrison. Malone and Langs
ton opposed this, and for a while it looked
as though deadlock would ensue. A
vote was finally taken, and Malone wor
by vote of 1927 to 1874. Malone stated
that if the delegates were instructed tC
vote for Harrison ne would not obey the
instructions.
In 1856 II. L. 0pie sold for Sal 600 a
| large tract of farm land In Jefferson