The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-17

which was appointed TO meet at 12
O'Clock yesterday at the Old Opera
HoNse. did meet until o'clock.
owing to the train being late. which
brought the4iontgomery delegation into
the city. There were -eixty. eighs dele
gates in. attendance. the convention
being fully represented.
II was beloved upon the Assem- bling
of the CO invention that there would be q
spirited contest of q portion of the dele
CATION, hiSh proved TO l. 9 false alarm,
with the exception of the investigation
OF the comnittee on credentials, at
which the cor testees fo- the Lynchburg
kdelegatio n presented their claims.
The convention was called to order by
A. s. Esbsrry who requested the dele
gates to come forward and occupy the
front seats. after stating the object of
the conve ntion ne introduced Allen I.
| HAIRLESS. Of ChIietiansburg, as tenn porary
chairman, and Floyd Gray, of Bedford
City, ss ten po.ary secretary. The fol-
| lowing committees we5e then an
nounce6;
Credentials+J. w. Bond, Bedford; a.
jlHun bles. Camrbell; j. II. Davis, Char
lotte; Vim. Powell, Lynchburg; II. ID.
Simpson, Montgomery and Radford; J.
4 Il,
! .roke county; w. II. Faulkner, Halifax.
Perm lament orGsnizntion-fVm. Brown.
| Bedford; Henry Wright. Campbell; j.
! e. Smith, Chsclotte; u 4. Langley,
Lynchburg: &. T. Buckingham, Mont
| gonery and Radtord; Ct. May, Roanoke
city; Jas. ri. Woods, Roanoke county;
j. G. Carter, Halifax.
4 latform and resoluiions--J. G..
I;oacd, Bedford; L. c. Blarkinship,
Can pbell; Jesse Wilson, Charlotte; p.
II. d ohnson. Lynchburg; NJ. G. Pelton,
Roanoke; JOHN N. Whtesell Roanoke
county; Kent Morris, Halifax.
The roll Of delegates WAS then called,
| after which resolut. on WAS offered that
| the convention take d recess Of holt an
hour IN order TO give the committees
time 70 prepare their Eeports.
| This brought several colored dele.
| gStes ~ their feet, each having uues-
tioc he desired TO PROFOUND, and for a
miRute or two there was some excite.
meRt, bat the resolution being put to
the vote, was csrsied by such a large
msjori.y as TO silence al opposition.
| The convention reaesem bled at els
o'clock and reports were received from
! the various committees.
( ThscoElmitIee on credentials reported
\ that the list of delegates hs read before
the convention WAS correct with the ex-
jtception ofslfeo. B. Kimble in the place
1 OF s. X. DIckerson, of Radford and Mont
.Eomery. The report WAS unanimously
adopted.
The com mittee on permanent organ
iz4 ton yecoEc mended that the temper
| arg orga2izatiOn be made permanent.
On motion j. Il. Galloway was made SER
geant at-arms.
The committee on resolutions re-
| ported the following:
"Wh ereas the condition of OR coun-
try 10 the deplo.a able result of Demo.
cratic misrule and incapacity, and
| whereas, the Republican party has
always given us a good government and
| prosperous country; therefore. be 1t
Resolved, LIST, That we, the delegates
.os the Sixth Congressional district in
convention assembled, reaffirRa our be-
lief in and support CT the grand Re-
publican doctrines Of protection and
reciprocity. and hereby instruct our
delegates 10 the ST. Louis convention to
use all honorable means to secure the
nomination OF Hon. VIM. Mckinley lthe
embodimentof all these principles) fo-
President Of the United States.
Resolved, second. That we cordially
endorse the selection OF Col. Lamb as
chairman of the Stare CON mittee, and
pledge ourselves to uphold his hands
in all his efforts to rsscue our State
from dishonest elections AID our re-
public from ruin"
The question Of the selection of two
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