The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-05-11
COL. g. IT. O'FERRALLl
His Friends Issue an Address t.
Democrats.

His Friends Issue an Address to
Democrats.
The work of organizing to secure the
gubernational nomination for Cononel
Charles T. O'Ferrall will at once begin
in every part of the State.
1t is not as yet known who will be at
the head of the State organization, but
a gentleman whose name is familiar to
all Virginians is being considered for
that important position.
tits very likely that Captain George
Wayne Anderson will be made president,
with Captain Alexander Coke as secreta-
ry.
The following address explains itself:
RICHMOND, VA, May s, 1893.
At a conference of the friends of Coll
onel Charles 7. O'Ferrall, at which there
were present representatives from every
congressional district in the State, held
in Richmond, May 4th, Judge J. Frank
East, of the city of Norfolk, was called
to the chair, and e. L. c. Scott, of Han
over, was elected secretary.
Upon full interchange of views as to
the most practical means of furthering
the object of the conference, it was de-
cided unanimously that State .sO'Fer-
rail- Campaign Organization" be formed
with a chairman and secretary for the
entire State, and one member in each
city and county, who shall have power
to call other friends to his aid. The de-
cision of the conference was that the
following announcement of Col. OFFER
nli6aau no 70
cratic citizens:
Cononel O'Ferrall is native Virgin
ian, of Frederick county, where he was
born in 1910. He served gallantly in the
Confederate army, entering the famous
Ashby cavalry as a private at the begin
ming of the year. In 1869 he was made
captain and rose from rank to rank until
he reached that of cononel of the 23d
Virginia regiment. which he command
ed with distinction to the end of the
struggle His regiment under his com>
mand held the last line, fired the last
shot and captured the last prisoner on
Virginia soil. AS badges of his heroism
and of his patriotic devotion to the cause
of his State, he bears upon his body the
marks of five gunshot and three sabre
wounds. When Cononel C'Ferrall came
out of the army he was without means,
and accepted the first business engage
ment that was offered him. Having Sc
cured the necessary money to pay for
completing his education, he entered
Washington College in 1868 and was
graduated in law in 1869 under Gen
Robert E. Lee. He began the practice
of his profession at Harrisburg, his pres
emit home. In 1871 he was elected to the
House of Delegates from Rockingham,
and since that time his career is part of
the history of the Old Commonwealth.
He entered Congress from the Seventh
district in 1882, after serving as County
Judge of Rockingham for six years. In
the National Legislature his record is
one of conspicuous ability, and of fervid
devotion to Democratic principles. The
people of his party in Virginia cannot
forget his gallant fight in the Reed Con
gress against the unholy efforts of a Re
publican majority to thrust the MOTORS
Gus Langston into the seat to which the
Hon. E. G. Venable had been elected;
nor his heroic resistance to the enact>
ment of the infamous Force bill Neither
can they forget that from 1890 down to
the present time he has held aloft the
banner of Democracy in every campaign
throughout the State, and with his clar-
ion voice eloquently and effectively adj
vocated the principles which that ban
ner represents. He has made more po-
litical speeches and visited greater
number of counties in the interest Of
his party than any other public man.
With this brief summary of his services
to the State, his name is presented to
the party, not as the representative of
any class or geographical section, but as
man and Democrat who, if elected,
will shed lustre upon the entire Com
monwealth.
j. FRANK EAST, Chairman.
E. L. G. Scott, Secretary