The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-13
new KENT 'Gor1NFY.
POLITICAL DIaeUs $40 H-HA1OR GREGORY |
MEETS THE PRESIDENT or THE aozART- HALL |
y coSvEgTIoN AGD CosgfNUEs TIE SHINING |
PRoCEss-YatnEy CosfLETELy- WoLLoPEp,

- MEETS THE PKHSIDENT9OF THE MolAhi-hALL
Il coSvEgTIoN AND CosglNUEs TIE SHINING
PRoCEss-YafnES CoMfLETEEY- WoLLoPEp,
AND HIS FRrENps ADMIT II. 1--.--,-,----.---
= Correspondence Of the Rfchwoud Dispafcf.l
II fss sSEPTEMBaEl II, 1879.
According to announcements, Major
Gregory. Of your city, was here to-day 10
discuss the brokers' bill, 30 called, before
the people OF this county. 1t was an
nounced early in the day that Colonel Cam,
eron,, OF Petersburg, Or OF the kicnmonu
but from some unexplained cause the Col.
onel did not come to- time, aud arrange
ments were made to divide time with Ma
jor Walden, who will be remembered as tue
president OF the Mozart-Hall Convention.
Tie discussions was opened by Major
Walden in speech OF one hour: ana nan;
in which he travelled over the: same o'a
beaten track !, talkedsabout the burdens OF
taxation and the poverty of the people;
abused the old funding bill, and then sald
that that bill, with oil its;enermltles, was l:tr
preferable to the McCulloch bill; attempted
the same old Resdi usters' trick OF trying TO
prejudice the country people against the
city people by stating that theecitles pay
their taxes in coupons, while the country
people have TO pay theirs in money, =.
Major Walden then got upon the Mozart
Convention, and said he did not complain
OF the Conservatives for kicking hihf OUT
of the party, aud illustrated bis posltlon oy
an anecdote, showing that before Inc klck'
ing process began he had got long way
out OF harms way. The speaker then went
on to say that the statement OF the amour
of the public debt was erroneous; That IN
|s,cad of being S32,000,000 it really S43,-
Il 1l,rJvr. n w
he knew would be a point made against
him by Major Gregory, he proceeded to
develop his plqA h'al 49, - ~ ...
1st. No increase Of taxation. =.
I'd. Repeal the McCulloch bill.
Sd. Return to The old funding bill, unless
something better can be obtained.
4th.. Call convention OF the people.
9Th. Hunt for evidence to prove the old
funding bill to have been passed by fraud,
and then get rid of it by an act OF the con-
yention.
Major Gregory, in reply, proceeded at
once to expose and lay bare the unsupport-
ed assertions OF the Mozart speakers by
showing that the State Is abundantly able,
with the present revenues, to meet all her
current expenses, provide for the public
charities and the free schools, pay per
cent. interest on the entire debt, and still
leave surplus in the State Treasury. Ma
ior Gregory sustained his position by such
an array Of facts and figures as to carry
conviction to the mind Of every fair and
honest man who heard him. Major Gregg
~ spoke earnestly and effectively, and was
warmly appauded throughout. He closed
amid perfect storm OF enthusiasm.
Each gentleman then, in reply, spoke for
fifteen minutes. but no new points were
brought out, excepting that Major Walden
stated this to be contract OF the arlstoc-
racy and bondhoIders against the people,
and that he would shake the very founda-
tons OF the Commonwealth, il necessary,
to get rid OF this brokers' bill.
Major Gregory's closing speech was one
of the finest oratorical efforts almost ever
heard in this section, and was applaudcd to
the very echo.
Major Gregory has done much good to
the Conservative cause in this section OF
the State, and has made many warm and
devoted friends among our people--eyen
among those who do not now agree with
him on the debt question.
Hastily, W. Z. Fl.