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pie ; and we, in the most solemn form, pledge the Re- 

 publican party of the State to the full payment of the 

 whole debt of the State, less the cue third set aside 

 as justly falling on West Virginia. 



4. That the industries of the country should be fos- 

 tered through protective laws so as to develop our own 

 resources, employ our own labor, create a home mar- 

 ket, enhance values, and promote the happiness and 

 prosperity of the people. 



5. That the public-school system of Virginia is the 

 creature of the Republican party ; and we demand 

 that every dollar the Constitution dedicates to it should 

 be sacredly applied thereto as a means of educating 

 the children of the State, without regard to condition 

 or race. 



6. That the elective franchise, as an equal right, 

 should be based upon manhood qualifications, ana 

 that we favor the repeal of the requirements of the 

 prepayment of the capitation tax as a prerequisite to 

 the franchise as opposed to the Constitution of the 

 United States, and in violation of the condition where- 

 by the State was readmitted as a member of our con- 

 stitutional Union, as well as against the spirit of the 

 Constitution, but demand the imposition of the capi- 

 tation tax as a source of revenue for the support of the 

 public schools without its disfranchising effects. 



7. That we favor the repeal of the disqualification 

 for the elective franchise by a conviction of petty lar- 

 ceny, and the infamous laws which place it in the 

 power of a single justice of the peace ofttimes being 

 more corrupt tfian the criminal before him to disfran- 

 chise his fellow-man. 



8. Finally, that we urge the repeal of the barbar- 

 ous law permitting the imposition of stripes as de- 

 grading and inhuman, contrary to the genius of a true 

 and enlightened people, and a relic of barbarism. 



A committee on nominations reported a 

 ticket as follows: For Governor, "William C. 

 Wickham, of Hanover ; for Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, S. M. Yost, of Augusta; for Attorney- 

 General, Judge Willoughby, of Alexandria. 

 Wickham and Yost, although they had been 

 foremost in urging independent nominations, 

 declined to be candidates, and the name of 



Judge Willoughby was then withdrawn, and the 

 matter left in the hands of the State Committee. 

 The election took place on the 8th of No- 

 vember, and resulted in the success of the Re- 

 adjuster or "Liberal" ticket. The vote, as 

 officially declared in the General Assembly at 

 its meeting in December, was as follows : 



Whole vote cast for Governor 211,240 



For William E. Cameron 111,478 



For John W. Daniel 99,757 



Scattering ]0 



Whole vote cast for Lieutenant- Governor... 212,989 



For John F. Lewis 111,209 



i or James Barbour 99,629 



For John 8. Lewis 1,165 



For James 8. Barbour 'j>88 



Scattering 10 



Cameron's majority for Governor was 11,716 

 over Daniel, Lewis's for Lieutenant-Governor 

 11,630 over Barbour, and Blair's majority over 

 McKinney for Attorney-General was 12,273. 



The Legislature began its regular biennial 

 session on the 7th of December. It consisted 

 of 23 Readjusters and 17 Democrats in the 

 Senate, and 58 Readjusters and 42 Democrats 

 in the House, making a Readjuster majority of 

 6 in the Senate and 6 in the House, or 12 on 

 joint ballot. On the 20th of December a vote 

 was taken in the two Houses for United States 

 Senator, to succeed General Johnston in 1883. 

 Mr. II. H. Riddleberger was the Readjuster 

 candidate, General Johnston being supported 

 for re-election by the Democrats. The vote 

 was 22 for Riddleberger and 13 for Johnston 

 in the Senate, and 59 for Riddleberger and 37 

 for Johnston in the House. One vote was cast 

 for General William C. Wickham. 



The following table gives the population of 

 Virginia, b'y counties, in 1880, as compared 

 with the corresponding figures for 1870: 



