Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-03-30
NORFOLK CONVENTION DELEGATES.
Prominent Gentlemen Selected BY the
Democrats of City and county.


Staunton, On last Saturday night.
,di. sembled in the police court room
elect 4 delegates to the State Dem
at cratic convention which meets in No
IN folk on the End day of May. I'll
10 meeting was called to order by NJ
20 Wayt, who explained its object al
ole who, On the motion of Senator j.. !
Opse, was elected chairman. The neA
Ill business was the election of a secreti
a ry. Hon. A. G. Gordon nominated fc
in this position Geo. o. Green, of TIL
Id SPECTATOR, who he said representa-
the only Democratic newspaper i
II rs Staunton. The nominee was electe'
unanimously.
~ The meeting being open for bushes
ar Mr. Gordon offered the following res
olution
y Resolved, by the Democrats of tht
~ city OF StauntOn in meeting as
sembled, that the delegates from SAID
city to the Norfolk convention be re
quested to vote to make the calling OF
a State constitutional convention q
n pdlGg measure.
Before taking his sea- he made a
lew remarks in advocacy Of the paper
ne bad offered. Mr.. Gordon was fol.
o lowed by Mr.. VIM. A. Pratt, who offer
ed as a substitute to Mr.. GoTdon's
resolution, the following:
] Resolved, that the delegates to the
: NOftolk convention be instructed to
vote for a constitutional convention
only IN the event that the Norfolk con-
Ventlon recommends that the consti-
tuition when made shall be submitted
TO the people for ratification before it
Is carried into effect.
Speeches were then made by Messrs.
A T.. Gordon, J. l.. Bumgardner and
j.. n. Opie in favor of the Gordon reso-
luton, and by Messrs. W. A. Pratt
and I'll. W. Holt for the Pratt substi-
tute. Mr.. Carter Braxtoh made the
point of order that the discussion was |
out OF rder. His point was overruled
and be appealed from the decision of
the chair. A vote was taken and the
chair sustained. To bring matters to
a close Mr.. A. S. Woodhouse moved
to lay on the table. This created a
controversy which was ended by MI.
W~oodhouse Withdrawing his motion.
The question was then called for and
a vote taken on the substitute, which
won the day by a majority of 10. The
next business was to elect delegates.
Mr.. K. b. r. Nelson moved to elect 4
delegates from each ward with half
vote each. This was agreed to and
the following delegates were elected !:
LIST Ward-Judge H. w. Holt, Thos.
A. Dawson, John I. Hartman and F.. l.
A. Quensen. |,
Ind Ward-Lieut.-Gov. Echols, Con- +
gresham Quarles, Thos. Kivlighan
and W. A. Pratt. +
There being no further business the !
meeting adjourned. :
COUNTY MEETING. c
The Democrats of the county met in I
the courthouse at II O'Clock last Mon-
day, court day, for thepurpose of elect
ing fifteen delegates to the State Demo r
convention. County Chairman h
w. L. McCue called the meeting to q
and explained it's object. He n
then announced as the first business Il
election of a chairman. For this q
position Captain G. Benton Coiner was n
nominated and elected. On taking the 4
Captain COiner thanked the body o
thus honoring him and called for e
The election of a secretary. Mr.. John q
5. Richey was chosen to fill this posi- Ii
ion with the editors of the Democrat :.
&c press as assistants. hi
The assemblage being ready for b
Hon. Silas H. Walker moved W
a committee of three from each Il
the six districts be appointed for the 81
purpose of naming the delegates to be v
elected. This was agreed to and the Ell
was named. After a few a,
minutes recess the committee reported
he names of the following gentlemen v
whom they had agreed upon as dele tt
yates: cf
Beverly Manor-W. A. Crawford,
". Arthur Wilson and Stuart Boiling. tt
Riverheads-J. Alex. Bumgardner, u
I. Mcclure and H. J. Williams. ~
South Riyer-H. A. Black, S. NJ. Ii
Shepherd and J. E. Cooke. Ell
Pastures J. r. Hidy and J. E. Dia- Ut
nond. e.
North River-Samuel Forrer and A. FIR
,. Dudley. re
Middle Rivers. Il. Walker and E. u
McCue. 81
The meeting ratified the selections n
nd empowered the delegates to ap- m
Joint their own a~lternates. al
Hon. John W. Todd then obtained a
and offered this resolu- b,
ion: he
Resolved, that the delegates to the Y
tate Democratic Convention are in VI y
tructed to vote in favor of a constitu- ~
ional convention and to make the "
.%uestion a party issue, the cons THU I'll
adopted by said convention to be
to the ratification of the peo- q
lie. ST
The resolution was adopted. at
Mr.. Todd again obtained recognition he
Id offered the following paper which
vas read and unanimously adopted:
1.-The Democrats of Augusta coun- icr
in cow ention assembled, extend a -,
ordial invitation to the executive WI
Committee of the Tenth Congressional of
district to hold the congressional con- de
ention this summer in Staunton. i'll
accessible to all parts of the district, 49,
nth ample hotel accommodations and WI
he best convention hall in the State, gr
here is no place better fitted for the tn
and certainly none where the 80
Of the district will receive :.
more hearty welcome than in the III
.ueen City of the Valley" ia
Mr.. j. E. Cooke made a motion to lo'
be effect that the Delegates to the "a