The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-24
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NoEy AoT oeloto Judge L6RQ6 interrupted
him and withdrew the name OF General
Walker.
Col. James D. Brady offered q resolu.
tion proviiing for committes of ten
on credentials, one from each district,
the members to be selected by the un-
contested delegates from each district.
Ross Hamilton moved an amendments
to have one delegate ut large and Oolo-
mel Brady accepted IT, the provision
being for the temporary chairman to
name the member at large. This WAS
agreed to without debate.
The committee on credentials was
named as follows: At large, A. n.
Diokins. OF Lee; First district, j. NJ.
Griffin; Fourth, VIM. Flanagan; Fifth,
j. ID. Garrico; Sixth, Floyd Gray;
Seventh, r. j. Walker; Eighth; w. 81.
Egghorn; Ninth, j. e. 81. Whistler;
Tenth. 8. o. Hayden.
COMMITTEE on resolutions-First dis
trict, J. Fl. A. Cyrus; Fourth, Ross
Hamilton; Fifth, w. B. Pedigo; Sixth.
J, Hampton Hoge: Seventh, John E
Roller; Eighth, William Brown; Ninth.
8. u. Lindsay; Tenth, James a. Frazier.
A committee on permanent organizs-
tion, and one to represent Q new plan of
party organization were also reported.
There we're two reports from the Second
and Third districts, and the convention
had to settle the question of which
should be adopted, long discussion
ensuing.
II has been learned, as q result of q
compromise, that Colonel Lamb will be
re-elected chairman and will give up
the national committeeship to o repre-
entstive Of the faction oppose to him.
The delegates at large probably will
be Lamb. Walker, Major 8. n. Yost and
Pat MoCaull and in that event they will
be instructed for Mckinley.
The matter Of second and third dis
tricts members of the four committees
was finally left to the committees them.
selves to decide and the convention took
recess until 8 p. M.
The Night Session.
The effect of the credentials commit
tee report Was to seat the Lamb dele
gates from Norfolk city and Norfolk
county and to seat the Waddill-Allan
delegates Of Richmond, of Henrico. FORK,
Gloucester and Southampton. The re-
port WAS sgreed to without discussion.
The committee on permanent orgsni-
cation named Congressman James A.
Walker for chairman; Asa Rogers, R.
L. Walker and A P. Funkhouser for
secretaries. Chairman Walker thanked
the body and called for the report of
committee on resolutions.
Chairman John e Roller, of the COM
mittee on utlons, presented the re-
port, as follows:
THE Republican party Of Virginia In
convention assembled reaflrms It's
allegiance to the principles OF the
party to- which it belongs as
enunciated in the national platform
and expresses its pride In being q part
OF an organization which faithfully ad-
here's to the great principles of protec-
ton, during the continuance of which
no furnace fires have been out, no fac
tories closed and no army of workers
upon the streets and highways In forced
idleness.
ut denounces the Democratic admin
istrstion as the author of uuexempled
and infinite distress, as responsible for
unprecedented corporation and indivi-
dual insolvency and ruin, for losses aud
worthy OF the confidence and good will
of any people.
ut welcomes to Its ranks the hosts of
independent voters who have helped 1t
to achieve the victories of the last three
years and promises them o still more
glorious triumph In the present year,
and 1t believes in those that are to come
| hereafter for Ell time.
"1t assures its adherers that the day
Is not far distant when emerging from
Its difficulties and embarrassments the
old State of Virginia shall herself be
| crowned with Republican success.
The Republican party of Virginia in
convention assembled denounces the
proposition ceming from the Democratic
party OF this State through the last
Legislature to call convention to revise
the constitution of the State Is be,ng
the hrst movement Of the enemies of our
public free schools.
"Its manifest purpose is to stem the
swelling tide of Republican progress in
our State by an effort to disfranc hise our
illiterate voters, both white and colored,
TO set up fraudulent and pretended
educational qualification, and to 40
amend the present free school provision
az to place It in the power of future
legislatures to practically destroy the
bene3cent system Of education en-
grated In the present constitution of the
State by the Republican party.
1.-The call for such o convention means
thst its members are to be elected
under our present obnoxious and detes-
table laws, and that to them 10 to be
given the power also to amend or de-
ssroy the homestead clause Of the con.
sttution, the clause to exempt
our religious non com bssants from
the compulsory military services and
otherwise acceptable provisions of that
instrument and judging from recent leg.
islstion to put also beyond the power of
legislative repeal law for q hiSher
rate OF interest upon money.
THE Republican party Of Virginia in
convention assembled, proud of the
possession OF the coterie of eminent