Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-30

curse, thew claiming that be should have put

course, they claiming that he should have pu
the motion another way, and the chairma
insisting it was now too late as the origina
motion had carried. Somebody then move
to adjourn and there was another shout an
the chairman stepped down and out, and s
did Mr.. Allen, followed by all the colore
portion of the party, and the Agnew faction
had won the day.
Mr.. YOst then called for a masS-meetin
and most of the white republicans staid
Mr.. Cohron was called to the chair and MI
A. A. Arnold was made secretary, and the
Yost Hickman resolutions were adopted, ant
delegates were appointed to attend the Lynch
burg convention called by Col. Lamb.
The delegates appointed were as follows
Staunton-J. Yost, T. K. Hickman, Geo. W
Greaver, T. J. Collins, T. J. Hounihan, Sam
Williams. Middle River-Wm. McCue, Davi'
Beard, E. L. Houff, Cliff Hogshead, J. B. Wat
son, Isaac Cave South Rivera. A. Arnold
G. II. Cohron, VIM. Lockridge, Arthur Par
ker. Beverly Manor-John K. Rodgers, Jno
Sullivan, G. W. Tisdale. Garland Maupin
Riverheads-John F. Sheets, Chas. Garrison
M. Steele. Walter Allen. North Rivera.
Anderson D. s. Sheets, DR.. G. 7. Robson
Abram Senger, ]. D. Arehart Pastures-G
W. McCutchen, A. D. S. Beck. E. M. 'Rohr
Harry HILL
Just before the massrmeeting assembled
there was large gathering of the faithful il
the office of the Old Dominion. Things
uyo od hofr nC
Col. S. Brown Allen there. Mr.. Yost asserted
that about "a out of the 30 committeeman
who met in Lynchburg to depose Col Lamt
and decide the question of State convention
were "a set of miserable office seekers y
These were about the words. At this Col
Allen got hot in the collar and with some
feeling replied "You sir, are the last man
on earth who should come here and abuse
office seekers, because you have been living
on Office since you were old enough to hold
an Office, and now you occupy the best office
within the gift of the people of the 10th Con-
gressional District, and having gotten in
Yourself your first official act was to demand
that your father should have the next best
office IN the district. There are but two
Yosts in all Virginia that know of, both are
loaded to the muzzle with public pap, and goa
set yourself up here to abuse Office seekers,
YOU" At this parry of arms things grew
tropical.
Mr.. Hackman had also been giving office
seekers benefit in both meetings, and after
hostilities had ceaeed his connection with
Office seeking was aired. 1t developed in part
that he had been looking to the position of
District Atty, assistant District Atty, the
Territorial judgeship occupied by Col. Tom
Smith in New Mexico, an attorneyship for
the District of Columbia, the State Senate
and few other positions of trust and emolu-
ment.
Of course Col. Allen and Mr.. Heber Ker
are pronounced candidates for federal posi-.
TONS
This ended the most disgraceful political
gathering ever witnessed in Staunton. Nothing
like it we hope will ever occur again. To those
who saw it our attempted description will lily
portray the scene. To those who did not see
it we hope we have given at least faint idea
of what took place. 1t was turmoil and a
riot almost from start to finish, and it seems
scarcely possible that such men as Col Coch-
ran, Mess. Fulton and Condor, had they be-
held the seething feted mass which gave them
birth as candidates could accept their nomi-
nations, but to those who witnessed it, it left
no doubt on their minds as to their future
political course. Sad indeed would be the
condition of the people of this State if its
laws and its affairs were to emanate from and
be conducted by such irresponsible heteroge-
niety, such ravenously hungry horde.
This is not our fight, we have no feeling as
to one side over the other, we say lay on Nc
Duff-but in order to show the feeling be-
tween the factions and the bitterness between
the leaders, and the republican methods gen.
orally, we could not do it except by giving
in some instances the words of the speakers
Our account is also intended to show to an
orderly and law abiding people who at all
times are for good government, the difference
between the party now in power in this State
and the one seeking it. The republicans can
find no fault with this, and we think we have
not printed a word that was not uttered here
on Monday last, and we know there were
many uttered we have omitted.