Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-08-16
CHAPEL DISTRICT.

Pursuant 20 call by the demo
cratic executive committee of Clarke
county, a mass meeting was held at
Wildwood Saturday, Aug. -, for the
purpose of selecting four delegates
and four alternates TO conventions 70
be held in Berryville, Va, Aug. 10.
for the purpose of nominating a can
didate to represent the counties of
Clarke and Warren in the House of
Delegates and candidate for the
State Senate to represent the 18th
Senatorial district.
@. w. Levi was chosen chairman
of the meeting with r. l.. Thomp-
son secretary.
The following resolutions were Of
fered by II. H. Lee, Jr., aud adopted:
Resolved, That the delegates from
Chapel district to the convention
which meets in Berryyille Aug. -,
1899, to elect a candidate to repre-
sent the counties of Clarke and War
rem in the House of Delegates be in
structed to vote for the man who has
the largest number of votes of the
delegation from Warren county;
That the delegates or delegate
present, or if no delegate be present,
then such alternates or alternate AS
as may be present, be empowered 10
cast the full vote of this district, and
if neither such delegate or alternate
be present, then the delegates or al
ternates as the case may be from the
other districts be empowered to cast
the vote of this district pro rata;
And such delegates or alternates
are instructed to vote to instruct the
nominee of the convention to cast
his vote for the Hon. j. Hoge Tyler
to succeed the Hon. Thos. S. Martin
in the Senate of the United States,
as representative of the principle of
nomination of Senators by the people.
Resolved, That the delegates from
Chapel district to the Senatorial
convention, which meets in Berryville
Aug. 10, 1899, are instructed to vote
for and use all honorable means to
secure the nomination of Hon. Thos.
ID. Gold as the democratic candidate
to represent the 18th Senatorial dis
trict, composed of Clarke, Warren
and Page counties in the Virginia
State Senate;
That the delegates or delegate or
alternate present from this district
cast the full vote of this district; and
If none such be present, then the
delegates or alternates as the case
may be from the other districts be
empowered to cast the vote of this
district pro rata; and that in each
Gaze they vote to instruct the nomi-
nee of said convention to cast his
vote for and to use all honorable
means to further the election of the
Hon. j. Hoge Tyler as the successor
of the Hon. Thos. S. Martin in the
Senate of the United States, as rep
sentative of the principle of nomina-
ton of Senator'S by the people.
Resolution offered 10y w. A. Brad
ford unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it is believed by many
conservative citizens that the present
system under which the Senators of
the United States secure their cleo
ton often brings about result that
does not reflect the public will, and
Whereas, movement has recently
been set on foot in Virginia which
has for it's object definite ascer-
tainment of the views of a majority
of the voters of the State on the
question of changing the aforesaid
system; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the democrats of |
Chapel district in mass convention |