The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-01

Charles a. Heermans, who was one Of
the aspirants before the Republican
convention at Lynchburg for Congress.
sional honors, and who was defeated by
Col. j. Hampton Hoge, has issued an
address to the Republicans Of the Sixth
district, in which he claims that Colonel
Hoge was not nominated at the recent
convention. According to Mr.. Heer-
mans, Chairman O'Brien's rulings were
entirely in Hoges favor, and no one else
was given q show.
Mr.. Heermans opens his address as
follows:
Fellow Republicans: With heart
full of love for my fellow men and a
deep sympathy for the distress of my
country, 1 address you in sorrow and
not in anger. l am humiliated, as are
the Republicans Of the Sixth district, at
the so called action of the Lynchburg
convention Of August 16. Not only Is it
80 Of our own people, but we are made
the laughing stock and the butt Of rid
icule of the whole nation, as witness the
following from the leading organs of
thought in the United States-the Phil.
adelphia Press and Philadelphia Tele-
gram"
Mr.. Heermans then quotes the items
which appeared in these two papers con.
corning Mr.. Hoge's nomination. Con-
tinuing he says:
when gave my hand to John Fl.
Hoge in the convention at Lynohburg
on the night of the 10th and pledged
my support to the nominee, 1T was in
the full belief that majority of nv
party had 30 decreed. 1 find that this
is not true"
What Mr.. Heermans calls a short
rehearsal of the facts follows. In this
he states that Mr.. Asberry, one of Mr..
Hoges warmest supporters, was district
chairman and named Mr.. O'Brien tenn
porary chairman. The latter, against
the protest of the Montgomery delega-
ton, proceeded to name the com mittees.
When asked the permission to select
their own CON mitteemen they were told
they were out of order.
MIR. Heermans then calls the Lynch
burg News to his assistance, and quotes
from it the closing scenes Of the con-
vention, in which some OF his delegates,
as we'll as Stovalls, voted for Hoge. He
does this to substantiate his claim that
| Chairman OBrien's rulings were favor
| able to Hoge.
| A letter follows from c. S. Shelor, the
writer assures Mr.. Heermans that his
vote WAS cast for him, although counted
| for Hoge. Mr. Heermans then devotes
| great deal of space TO an attack upon
Mr.. Hoge's past record, and follows it
| with his own version of the convention
in which Chairman O'Brien comes in
| for share of the abuse. The claim Is
made that Halifax and Charlotte at
tempted to change their votes to Her
mans, but the chair ruled them out of
| order.
Mr.. Heermans concludes his address
| as follows
This is the most painful duty of my
life. Our party started in with bright
prospects of success. In one moment
they are dashed from our lips. But
eternal principle is higher than man
or party. a victory with candidate 80
nominated means to bring the grand old
Republican party that has stood so long,
through evil as we'll as good report,
upon the eternal principle of honest
elections, free ballot and fair count,
into disgrace and dispute.
| Tho right to be candidate for Office
belongs TO every American citizen. But
for pure, unadulterated gall and monu.
mental cheek, the candidacy of John H.
Hoge before the Republican people Of
this district at this time is without a
parallel. He must consider us the
dumb, driven cattle no has so often
pictured US in the past, if he thinks he
can use us as tool CT revenge to as.
sassinate Grover Cleveland for doing an
act which the entire press Of the coun.
try, without regard to party, gave its
hearty approval.
81 will say to the Republicans Of the
entire country, that the party in this
district did not nominate Mr.. Hoge, and
that on the 18th Of November he will be
left in the hands of the Democracy to
be dealt with"
| MIR. ASBERRY TALKS.