Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-10-06
TO {. I. VINCENT, ESQ. !:

We, the undersigned. Democratic voters o.
Augusta county, call upon you to announce
yourself a candidate at the ensuing election
for seat in the House Oh Delegates OF the
next General Assembly of Virginia. The
reasons inducing us to make this request
are:
First-Becausei in honesty and capsbility
you measure up to the Jeffersonian standard
OF qualification,
Second-WhiIe we ADMIT thu t the recent
county convention consisted of many gooo
men, yet the machine methods that oom1-
| mated l6 and its many unprecedented ano
underneath acts, in our Judgment, release
| every Democrat from all party obligation TO
support its nominese.
We submit that every fair minded voter
| ought IN some way to rebuke the conduc6 OF
| John w. Todd, one of the nominees OF salo
| convention. toward you and your friends IN
| Beverly ManLr district, and so, also, tne
| action OF said convention for reluslng 10
even enter tain motion to table the res olu.
1 tion 1nstructing the nominees to support
Sc ator Martin for reelection for allowing
the secretary OF the convention to proceed
to announce result OF the vote on said res
olution before all the districts and Waros
were through voting for dec airing the con-
| venfion adjourned before its nominees mad
an opportunity TO accept their nominations
and before the committee on resolutions
mad an opportunity to report, thereby
smotnering a resolution submitted by one
Of the members Of the said convention Ior
the Democratic voters OF the county to ex-
press in some way their choice for Unlteo
states Senator at the November election.
| We denounce these last mentioned acts OF
the convention SIS unfair and undemocratlc
and assert they prove the weakness OF thell
cause by den Onstrating tie UNIV illingness
of the managers to trust convention organ
lied largely by their own machine methods
| We believe you are man who will FULLY
expose all the methods adopted by the ma
On Inc that lead to reaults which, if nOs re
buked at the polls will leave reproacl
| upon the fair name of old Augusta. we nav
confidence in you and likewise in the un
| purchasable suffragans OF the county Wnel
| ,nce aroused, as they must be on this occa
sion.
Your candidacy and election will teach al
machine men Of all political parties ina
in order to command the respect OF homes
voters;
"A. Hupman, A. l. Berry,S H. Tutwiler
j. II. Clemmer, G. ]. Barger, II. b. Marble
j. W heeier, Geo II. Shaver, a. snyder, L
q KirKpaJ,ic lex, Sam1 Croft, Joel L. Wheele
F. P. Cox, Thos. H. Stockdale, N. H. StOvel
). C. Neff, j. l.. Beard, w G. Hupman, Robi
L. Floyd, +. s. Harris, Ed. Dore, j. w. Mish
John Marcus, A. j. Miller. Clas ence Splitter
u. W. Rusm iselle, JAS McManaway, d.
Beard, P N. Kesee, .. X. Henderson, Arthu
Beard, Il enry Smith, b. F. Lichliter, 5.
HUFF; D. V; Messencup, 7. J.; Diamond, JON
Roudabush. Geo. Newton Hopseman, E
TaliaferI o, Z. f. Nc Laughlin, ]. s. Lambert
.. A. Lighfner, Q. w. Lambert, Isl Bay
, lOr, J. W. Kunkle q. ". Hamilton, b. T. VIC
Laughlin, A. L. Johns. W. H Swortzel, l
| w. Kennedy, Mute Dull, W. w. Gibson, G
W. Gibson, H. p. Gibson, ]. B. Lanning, {
B Gibson, j. w. GIBBS n, E, A. Fulcher. L
:, w. Drake, b. G., Brown, ]. s. Lightfoot an
many others.