Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-27
POLITICAL NOTES,


man Of the Highland county Demo cratic
Convention, which met at Monterey Tues
day, received by .Jndge Charles Grattan.
says a solid Tucker delegation was electee
to the buchanan convention.
On Saturday last, the remaining district
in Cumberland county, Randolph district,
met and elected three Tucker delegates
Mr.. Flood having addressed the meeting
and announced his withdrawal
The Amherst Populists elected delegates
on court day to the Lynchburg convention.
The Amherst New Era thinks Capt. Cooke
Of Cumberland, who was defeated for Gov
ernor will be chosen as the Populist candi-
date for Congress against MI. Tucker.
The same paper says that on the day of the
Democratic congressional convention
there, there were SO many men fighting on
the railroad track that the train had to be
checked up below the depot until the depot
agent could clear the track of the combat
tants.
Maj. Mann Page Of the Populists, says
he is opposed to any fusion of parties and
that the Populists at Lynchburg will make
straight-out nominations in each Congress-
ional district. Mr.. W. w. Gibbs, how
ever, the Chairman of the State Prohibi-
ton Committee, publishes circular in
which he says: 1.-The Populist Conven-
ton meets in Lynchburg at the same time.
The State Executive Committees Of the
two parties have agreed upon basis of
union, mot fusicn), which of course must
be ratified by the Conventions of their res
spective parties, before it can become an
established fact.''
Clifton r.. Breckenridge of Arkansas,
who was defeated for denomination for
Congress, has been appointed by MI. Cleve-
land to be minister to Russia.
State Senator Fl. D. Flood, after the
Tucker men carried the Amherst delega-
ton, published a very manly card with
drawing from the contest. He says:
knowing that it 1.-THE Amherst meeting)
was a pivotal county, and believing that
unless 1 could secure it's solid delegation. l
could not be nominated, my friends will
lingly accepted the suggestion to select
the delegates by general mass meeting
The contest was close, but fair, and dele
gates adverse to my nomination were
chosen. 1 now see that further contest
Can but result in useless efforts Oh the part
of my friends, which [ am unwilling to
ask them to make, and may possibly. in
some sections, breed disaffection in our
ranks.
The Democrats of Nelson county met at
Lovingston Monday. and elected solid
Tucker delegation to the Congressional
| Convention.
The Republicans of Shenandoah and
Page counties have instructed their dele
gates for Robert J. Walker of Woodstock
for Congress-
The Democratic opponents in the 3rd
Va. District, of George D. Wise, have unit
ed on Judge Ingram Of Chesterfield, to run
for the nomination, but there does not APP
pear to be much chance Of his success.
Ex-Goy. Philip w. Mckinney authorizes
the announcement that if the nomination
for Congress in the 18th district is rendered
| ulll, lie VIII dGCept IL LlQ ulaise HIS UeS|
effort for an election.
In the House of Representatives.. by {
party vote, the bill was passed for the lie
| instatement of clerks dismissed from the
railway mail service between March Is ant
May 1. 1889.
In the Senate Vein esday, Messrs. Dan
| lei and Hunton explained that they were
not among those Democratic Senators who
had demanded concessions as the price O.
their support Of the tariff bill. Mr.. Hun
ton announcing himself. however, in favo
of a revenue duty ON coal, iron and sugar