The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-06
THE CONVENT
Continued from page L.

tanning, although in full charge of all
the departments of the State govern
ment, tho States honest relations with
her creditors, protesting tho States
ability and willingness to settle on any
basis claimed and yet refusing to enact
any law that promised payment even of
annual interests.
1t were better, in the opinion of this
pretended debt-paying machine party,
to apply the torch to all the FREQ school
houses in the State than to dishonor her
people by the adoption of tho read
ulster proposition of settlement-po
item or principal of which that party
ever successfully assailed; it wore bet
ter, in the opinion of that party, that
tho children OF the Commonwealth
go uncducated than the prin-
ciples on which it was based should
DO sanctioned, yet this party assuming
guardianship Of the honor and honesty
of the people, to regain place and power
formerly acquiesced and made pledge to
exert every influence to efectuate it,
and now after ten years, more bedevil-
ment of tho creditor and taxpayer, and
wastoful expenditure of an immense
sum OF the peoples money, they glorify
themselves upon having compelled the
creditor to accept some five millions
less than he was honestly entitled to
receive, and what the excuse for this
compulsory settlement Of the States
admitted honorable and honest obliga-
ton compulsory, for the creditor is told,
take this or know We that reputation
outright turks behind the proposition.
The excuse is tho insufliciency of n rev.
enue that has reached two and three
quarter millions, when the fact is con-
cealed that the only reason why the State
cannot pay three per cent. upon her debt,
as fairly determined by the readiustcr
proposition and as SO admitted, is the
extravaganza and waste which have
characterized their administration Of
the State 400, 600 now,
when under the readjuster Republican
regime it had cost the taxpayers of the
commonwealth but So, 0CO per annum
The speaker charged that the Demo
cratic party had not proposed or enacted
measure that took concern for the
welfare of the State, and that its states
manship and earnest for the elevation
Of civilization were exhausted in tho
conception and enactment of the Ander-
son. Mccormick election law.
The General closed his speech, which
was time and again interrupted by
hearty demonstrations of approval, with
the nomination of Hon. 1. G. Fowler, of
Abingdon, ex-speaker of the Virginia
house of delegates, for temporary chair.
man, and he was elected and accepted
the honor with brief expression of
thanks.
TIE FIGHT BEGINS.
The first loaded gun in tho strugrle
for and against an instructed delegation
to Minneapolis, was fred by S. Brown
Allen, of Augusta, who offered resolu-
tions authorizing the district delegates
to nominate members of the committees
on credentials, permanent organization
and resolutions. Tho following clause
aroused bitter opposition:
''One delegate from each district to
compose the committee charged with
the preparation of the platform, the
selection of four delegates and four
alternates to represent the State at large
at the Republican national convention
to be held at Minneapolis on the eth of
June, and also TO recommend a list of
electors for the State and to cons der
and report upon all propositions sub
United to the convention and which
shall be referred to it without debate"
MIR. Bowden, Of Norfolk, moved 20
amend the third resolution as follows:
Except that resolution looking to
lnstructing the delegates selected by
this convention may be considered by
heconvention without such references >"
There was a long struggle here
participated in by c. a. Heermans, hon.
Geo. L. Bowden, A. w. Harris, S. Brown
Allen, p. III. McCaull, w. G. Franklin
and others. Points of order flew thick
and fast for a while. Finally a vote
was reached, the amendment lost and
the resolution adopted as offered.
Messrs. Franklin and Allen charge d
MIR. Bowden with supporting identically
the same resolution at the State
convention in Petersburg four years
ago, which instructed for Sherman, but
that gentleman could not remember
doing so.
THE COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
a recess Of ten minutes was taken to
enable the several districts to select rem
resentatives on tho com mittees on Gre
dentials, permanent organization and
resolutions. When the body was called
to order they reported as follows in the
order above given:
First-W. w. Ashby, A. S. West, Jo-
scph Trader.
Second-A. II. Lindsay, r. G.. Banks,
John j. Dyer.
Third-Bernard Taylor, j. w. South
ward, Wray Il. Knight.
Fourth-Hon. John M. Langston, j.
r. Rawlings, Gen. VIM. Malone.
Fifth-B. Hylton, NJ. l.. Brown, L.
w. Morgan.
Sixth-W. II. Moseley,J. C. Hanes, M.
II. Coleman.
Seventh-A. j. Walker, DIR. j. B.
Webb, Judge John G.. Newman.
q Fighth-L.W. .Corbett,:H. j. Busham,
j. NJ. Thorne.
Ninth-A. M. Dickinson, j. l..
Gleaves, Col. j s. Browning.
Tenth-S. Brown Allen, Caesar Per.
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