Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-04-03
POLITICAL NOTES.

i lie tIlllhdi iSo olAAoe6hooo
VIRGINIA to choose delegates to the State
convention at Staunton, have been literally
swept by the Mckinley element. In two
or three cases there have been splits and
bolts. but in most cases the trouble seemed
to rise out of matters connected with State
Chairman Lambs administration, and not
from any opposition to Mckinley. In
Rockingham county John Acker, who is
candidate for district delegate to st. Louis,
carried the county convention over ID.
Sheffey Lewis, who is also candidate for
that position. but the friends OF both sides
we're for Mckinley.
Mckinley Is having a similar victory in
most of the other States, though not SO
pronounced as in Virginia. There will he
900 delegates at the st. Louis convention,
Including those from the territories, and it
;iil require 451 to nominate. OF this 451
it il conceded that Mckinley has 800 and
.lis opponents (I'eed, Morton and the rest)
nave altogether 164. 1t seems hardly likely
hat in the eighteen States yet to elect, Nc
lkinley will hot easily get Isl which is all
lie wants. The electoral college this year is
HI, and the number of votes required to
slect a President is 224.
The colored brother is rapidly asserting
his right as the ''better half'' Of the Re
publican party. At the primary in Caro-
line county Monday, they at first wanted
the whole delegation to Staunton, but after
much persuasion agreed to division with
The whites. At the Charlottesville primary
| on the same day the cOmmittees report
| named only two colored men as delegates
| The colored Republicans promptly kicked,
and the committee went back and returned
| with report giving them six, which was
accepted. The committee in their second
report dropped the names OF some of the
new converts" to Republicanism, and
substituted the names Of negroes for them.
Some of the endorsements made by the
Republican conventions give pretty good
idea of how much at sea that party is on the
subject of gold and silver. The Massachus-
sets convention endorsed Reed and declar-
ed for a gold standard, while the Oklahoma
convention endorsed Reed and and declared
for the unlimited use of the domestic sill
ver product in our monetary system. p"
The painful case of strabismus with which
| speaker Reed has been afflicted on the mon
~ question, will doubtless be aggravated by
| these contradictory endorsements.
A fusion of all elements against the De-
mocracy in Texas is being mooted there.
At the last election in that State the vote
stood Democrats POI, l57, all others 212 PTS.
The Republican State convention of Texas
met last week at Austin. The Re formed
| Republican State convention meets there
on April Goth.
MI. Alvah II. Martin of Norfolk, mem
Der Of the Republican State Executive Com
m1ttee OF Virginia, issued circular letter
On March 18th asking the Republicans of
The State to have State Chairman Iami
endorsed by resolutions at their county
conventions. The letter is published in the
| Norfolk Landmark.
| Congressman Tucker of Virginia, wht
! addressed a Democratic club in New Y ork
| city, Saturday night, has returned to
Washington. He says the New York De-
mocracy are confident Of regaining posses
sion Of their chief city and Of their whole
State next fall aud that the new excise bill
there will help them TO do so.
The white Republicans OF Alexandria at
their meeting to send delegates to Stanton
nal tickets OF admission, and excluded the
negro Republicans. The latter held meet
ing Ia another hall aid also elected dele
gates.
y correspondent of the Loudoun Enter
prise is calling Speaker Ryan candidate
for the Democratic nomination for con.
gress) to account for voting against the
! Maupin bill.
Cbauncey Depew thinks that while Nc
kinley will lead on the first ballot, COM
bine will be formed against him which will
in the end defeat him for the nomination