The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-08

6PREaENTED UNDER SEVERAL .ASPEGTs-
/ EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF SUSTAINING
THE McCCLLoCH BILL AND THE FREE
SCHOOLS. @r.t' ,i'.1 7
"A large crowd OF Conservatives Assem-.
| bled nfroRt of; She st. Claire Hotel Satur-
day night TO hear the views Of the candf-
| dates for the General Assembly. &E
Mr.. B. e. Gray haYing been asked to pre-
side. called the meeting to order and made
| o brief and patriotic speech. he announced
| that the candidates had decided BY lot the
order in which they should be presented,
and in accordance with the drawings be
introduced as the first speaker Captain j..
Hanpden Chamberlayne. a
| The CAPTAIN said that be had risen from a
| sick bed to come. to this meeting, recogniz-
| ing the fact tbat the people had the right to
be fully informed OF the views OF candi-
dates, aud though he had expressed bimseH
Ion ali public questions through his paper,
he was glad OF the privilege Of looking upon
the faces Of the PEOPLE and having bis opin-
| ions reported in another Journal. he then
| took up .s the four questions" and answer
| ed them categorically. When he read the
question :: "Wili you vote for Malone ior
senator 2" number OF persoEs In. the
crowd shouted out for him, "tNo," mo"
fThe Captain. after .humorohsly suggesting
that they were not xpected to answer. said
It was uDpariameptary TO call names but
he assured bis bearers that no opponent7o1
the McCuIloch bill wouldreeeiye his support
for senator or other office. He Claimed that
Sunday had always been decenty observed
in Richmond. and he stood on the jeffer-
sonian principle OF hone-rnle and self-gov-
iernment. He spoke thirteen minutes, MIR.
I,oyenstein was next called, hut did not
| fhen nresent himself, and Mr.. Dunlop was
| introduced. He noticed tbe Sunday liquor
law first, and said that bis opinions coinclded
with Cant: Cham berlayne'S.gs He considered
that question purely a matter OF police reg
Iliation,i and that the State should no more
regulate thai than ollr police force or street
department.. He thought no candidate
would venture to hold up his head in Rich
mopd il not heart and soul ia favor OF the
McCulloch bill-not only rs q matter OF
policy, but Of principle. He was equally
decided about.yoting for any one Tor sena-
tor opposed to that settlement. Dir. Dun
lop spoke ten minutes. - ~
Mr. Lovenstein having arrived was now
introduced and stated his position on each
OF the main questions, and in so doing oc-:
cupied fifteen minutes.
MALONE AN ISSUE IN THIS CANVASS. ~
Mr.. Hunter followed in q speech OF
twelve minutes, and expressed his gratih-
cation at the opportunity OF looking upon
The faces Of a Richmond audience--a city
which had been his home for seven years,
while 1t had been his fortune to know many
OF our people before he came here, and du-
ring the: war, had served side, by side With
Richmond boys, about whom he spoke SO
handsomely as to bring forth q real old
1" rebel iyell." He expressed himself out
and-out in favor OF the present Sum
day law He. held that government
would. be false. to its purposes i 1t
L did not seek to encourage those virtues
which the Christian religion en1olns.. w hen
Mr.. Hunter began to answer the Mahone
question some one inthe crowd said Ma
hone was not an issue in this canvass" Mr..
Hunter begged to differ With his friend he
declared bis belief that il Malone could be
| eliminated from the, canvass the coalition to
destroy the McCulloch bill would fall to
pieces like rope OF ,sandl. Mr.. Davis was
next Introduced, and he alluded to the fact
| that there were four great questions to be
fanswereCi and four delegates to be elected,
| and he asked stWhat are you going to do
with the other eighth" He was ratherafrlid
that the lines OF an old Methodist hymn
would come in opportunely-. u. ii ,s s.
-.r Gene on my partners In distress. Ia !,
! My comrades through this wilderness.
.sos ..~,t.' ',IfIr.ti +''G ~ .
| [Laughter.] -. i. .'...,: :,,'a- T.. -
I.Mr. Davis said he was not apublic speak
| er. though he confessed to some experience
| in making Sunday-school addresses. Sala
he: "When these other gentlemen were at
college, where do you suppose ] was ?" A
voice :: ,"Shoving the iack-plane.", "You
are smart scholhr," said Mr.. Davis; " Nli
put. YOU at the head Of the class" The
voice: owe are going to put you there"
Mr.. Levensiein having said that he had 1--WE
girls at the public schools, and would soon
have three more there, and having gained
very great applause thereby, Mf. Davis
tcame back at him, land said that he hid chill
dren all along the grades, and would in all
Likelihood be- patron OF the public schools
lfor twenty years to come. [Great laughter. ]
Mr.. Davis occtipied his whole tim e-Hfteen
minutes.l Dir. Royall did likewise; and Mr..
Pulliam, following, put himself concise
ly before the people as: a. friend OF the
SIeCulloch bill and public schools, and IN
lopponerftioi any aspiraHg .for The senator.
1 ship who does not stand square on the Con
ser7atiye platform and ID cOulloch bill. He
! thought Il unnecessary, TO. cali names, MIR
fPulliam held TINT the: city OF Richmond
should control the Sunday.laW question
but was, nevertheless, in favor of decen
respect for the Sabbath-daY. Hewouldaodgt
Ifuli authority 10 the City Council to act ln
the premises, being satisfied that The Councl
better understand our people, their modes O
thought, and method OF business than THE
I General Assembly: Mr.. Pulliam was op
!posed on principle to convict labor coming
/ in opposition to honest labor. His suppor
Of ihe bill to allow conyicts to work upoI
the public parks OF this city was explained
The convicts were to do a work tnaL otner
wise would not have been done. we nae
plenty OF henest men unemployed, but no
the money to employ them. Mr. Pulllan
was followed by NIr. Henry, who thanked
the people for the honor conferred upol
him two years ago, touched upon his recort
IN the General Assembly, and answered tn
questions OF the day. He claimed that u
had stood in the front of the battle Tor tn'
McCuIloch bill, and appealed to.the peopl
| to have his course approved by renomlna
tion., ~. IN '...a Z.
MFR. Crutchield was now entitled to tn
aoor. Mr.. Gray, the chairman; OF the meet
ing, stepped forward and read the follow
| ing: f.4;stI3.l aot,,,
thatlI aaa detained at home BY Sickness ana
therefore unable TO attend. But my recort
as public and private citizen is before 20:
people to apppoyel0r condemns, Us tney SCI
4 ft.r Respectfully, tfs, 'z,s' eisi -
4 ,.-'.- e. GEORGE Z. CRuTCHEIELD.A
1 Mi. Gray .said that MI Cfutchteld's an