Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-07-31
fR9 Tenth District
>cOlVGnti0n.
Tucker DECLINES the Nomination
H. D. Flood Nominated.

H. o. Flood Nominated.
II hoo heen many years since the appear
oo. ,ro, so indicative of a red hot Dem
aorstic congressional convention as they
49, .ious to the meeting of the con-
, mt at 4 mherst G. H. yesterday. The
srst rinnle occurred on the 18th inst, ii
Rockbridge, where> the Tucker men
withdrew from the Natural Bridge
district meeting and elected dele
Gates TO suit themselves. This was
but prelude to the hot time whlcn
was to come at Amherst c. H. in the mass
meeting on Monday the goth inst, to 'elec'
delegates from that county. The only way
to get at the situation is to read the state
ments made. There were, it appears. two
meetings, the first and the one in which all
participated, was presided overly MI. JOY
ner, and the second was presided over by
DR.. Wills. The first meeting, the Joyner
meeting, according to the official report,
adopted series of resolutions endorsing
Bryan, declaring for free silver and endors-
ing Judge billiard OF Amherst for congress,
and then this resolution
'Should his name be dropped at any time.
then said delegates are instructed to vote for
only such candidate {or candidates) as may
be determined upon by majority of our del
egates and who has been and is now consis-
tent advocate of the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 to and who is thoroughly and
heartily in accord with the Chicago platform
and who by his past record will be able to adj
vocate and sustain the position of our party
on the money question; and in no event and
under no circumstance is this instruction to
be disregarded or violated by any of our
delegates.
The chairman of the delegation is direct
ed to cast the entire vote of the county i'll
accordance with the above Instructions.
The following delegates were nominated
and elected:
Delegates at Large-C. J. Campbell, Thos.
Whitehead, Jr., and 4. II. Eubank.
Courthouse District-Col. e. B. Christian.
E. B. McGinnis, A. H. Turner, T. V. Richie
son and VIM. Peters.
Temperance District-Geo. NJ. Claiborne.
S. NJ. Waller, ]. W. Henley, W. L. Ware and
S. K. Wilsher.
Pedlar District-H. r. Crlst, Jas. r. Cum
nngham. John Il. Parr, r. e. Wilsher and
IL. K. Lewis.
Elon District-H. e. Dawson, Geo. W.
Huff, E. T. Deaton, S. j. Burley and A. D..
Tyree.
The delegates present to cast the vote of
the county.
Geo. W. Dearborn then moved that the del
egation be instructed to vote first for the Hon.
VIM. billiard, and second for the Hon. II. st.
Geo. Tucker, which motion was lost.
There being no other business before the
meeting, on motion it adjourned sine die.
II. e. JOINER, Chairman.
M. P. GATEwooD, Secretary.
CALL FOR ANOTHER ELECTION.
The Lynchburg News of Tuesday, the
day after the convention, contained the
following card:
1t was decided by Mass Meeting assembled
of the Democratic party of Amherst county
that Precinct meetings be held at each voting
place in said county on
SATURDAY. JULY 18th,
to elect delegates to the Congressional con-
yention of the Tenth District of Virginia,
which convenes at Amherst e. II. July 30th.
1896. A. F. WILLS, Chairman.
R. C. Darlington, Secretary.
ONLY ONE LEGAL MEETING.
The Lynchburg News OF the next day
contained the following from Chairman
JOyner:
Editor of the Neaos:
was surprised to see it stated in The News
this NOR ming that the Democratic mass meet.
ing held here yesterday had decided to hold
precinct meetings next Saturday.for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the Congression-
al convention of the Tenth district. Such was
not the fact. 1 was the regularly elected chair
man of the meeting, which numbered 1900
to 1900 voters, and l believe eight out of ten
were against Mr.. Tucker and his financial
views The meeting elected % delegates, and
adopted strong silver resolutions, after which
it adjourned.
know nothing of the meeting presided over
by DR.. A. F. Wills, except from hear say. but
I do know that l never vacated the chair
until the meeting adjourned when the crowd
dispersed. There was certainly no authority
for second meeting. The only confusion
that could see was caused by few supper
tiers of Mr.. Tucker whose object seemed to
be to obstruct the proceedings of the meeting.
H. e. JoYNER,
Chairman mass meeting Of Am herst county
Va, July 81, 1896. -
CARD FROM MR.. TUCKER.
This was followed by the following card
from Mr.. Tucker addressed ''To the Dem
Ocrats of Amherst'':
AS was leaving the courthouse on yeSter
day [ was informed that the mass meeting haG
passed a resolution RELOCATING the selection
of delegates to the various precincts of the
county. On my return here today I am inform
ed by gentlemen that the resolution for pre-
cints meetings was passed under misa ppre
hension, the mover of the resolution being Of
the opinion that no delegates had been legal.
ly elected, and that in the confusion of the
great crowd that none could be.
am Informed since my arrival here today
that it is claimed that delegates were elected
though this is denied stoutly by others wht
were demanding division on the question
without being able to get it. 1t is also claim
ed that the delegates. elected at the m eetini
were instructed for Judge billiard, and since
motion of Mr.. Geo. W. Dearborn instructed
" fOCt luz Ill IeuOiuludllOll, IL Juuke Dl11dIS
should withdraw, see no reason why the
people should be subjected to the annoyance
of the meeting on Saturday. For should sucl
be held 1 could hope for no other result NOR,
favorable to my own candidacy or more il
accordance with my own wishes than in in
structing first for your own honored son ani
distinguished judge Of your own county, and
then for myself.
Without, therefore assuming any authority
in the matter, hope in the interest of party