The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-17

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! be 1ld ri the close OF the war, with nothing
upon his back but ragged Jacket.
Altogether Msjor Daniels speech was
mastery defence Of his party In iis con-
duct OF the affairs Of the state siace the re-
In the rejoInder which followed some
very sharp thrnsts were made when
hrni,ght forth loud applause from the sd.
berenls OF the respective candidates. Tue
discussion was conducted in very courte-
Gus and geutIemaDiy manner. Good order
and good feeling prevailed throughout.
Major Daniel spoke TO the young Democ-
racy TO. night.
A Tilt Between Mckinney ana Blair
as Fairfax Courthouse.
The announcement that there would be
Joint discussion OF Fairfax Courthouse on
Moudsy between Captain Philip w. NC
Kinney and Captain Frank s. Blair drew
crowd OF several huodred persons, inclu'
ding many ladies'. The discussion TOOK
Mace an the court. house, aud although De-
onn AT 2 O'Clock lasted until nearly SUM-
down. Time was fairly divided, each
sneaker having an hour IN which 10 open
and twenty minutes each to close.
The discussion was conducted In the best
N feeling. though each m1de all The telling
points they could in favor OF their respec.
live parties, and said all the hard things
they could say against the opposite tckel'
their references 10 each other being eXceeh-
iugly courteous. The larger portion OF the
audience was with Captain Mckinney,
though the Readjusiers made up in eDlnu'
sjasm what they lacked in numbers. Inc
sneakers were, however, both literally re-
warded by cheers and applause. The au-
dience seemed TO be fully alive to the points
involved ln the discussion, and quickly re-
copnIzed The points attempted to be maze
by the speakers. There were not over a
dozen coIored men and one or two coloreu
women present. They were solid Tor biair,
and gave frequent evidence OF II during ,ne
discussion. Once or twice Captain bIalI
was interrupted by persons IN tue auGience
who allowed their feelings TO get the DetleT
Of their judgment, but on the wuoie tne
meeting was exceedingly satisfactory,
Captain Mckinney opened Drst' anu to 9la
the broad ground that rtadjustment was Dut
another name for Reputation, ana lnat IL
was wrong. 1t involved great diIncuiIies
between the people OF the state as wen -
fhe,r friends outside. It's success meant tnat
the state should 60 back on her recofu LOT
bonestv. He commended that IL the prlncl'
niles III reSdiuament could be applied to
state debts they could be applied to the Fed
oral and TO private debts. This being so,
bonds would be of no account, for money
10 redeem them would not be forthcoming.
He claimed that 1t was the duty OF every
man who had dollar to stand together on
this question and oppose reputation 10
every form for the interest OF the peo-
ME OF the State, and that reputation
would do more injury to the poor imam
10 the rich man, as it would prevent the
poor man from receiving credit. The rlcn
man seldom asked for credit, and the poor
man frequently did, consequently 1t affected
the latter the most. He regarded the coalition
movement as q movement " OF ANYTHING 10
beat tue Democratic party" The Read
busters started out to be readiusting Demo-
Gratis. but wound up In back-and-tan
Convention in Lynchburg. He denied that
Major Daniel, the Democratic candidate Tor
Governor was opposed to free education IN
the public schools. Education," said
CAPTAIN Mckinney, is the only thing Mr..
Daniel has to depend upon. Take 1t away
from him and his children would go hum
gry." He asserted that the facts would
show that Major Daniel was the most ac-
tive and earnest member OF the school
Board which organized the present public
school system.
Captain Blair followed. He said his friend
Captain Mckinney, though he bad made
good speech, had not touched upon the I'M
portant issues involved with that degree OF
clearness and detail that was required. He
had particularly avoided the debt question,
which was, after all, the most important
one. and one that the taxpayers had right
TO hear discussed. He said Captain Mckin-
new had handled the debt question so
carefully that il it bad been a case OF
smallpox he would not have got
single peck mark on him. He denied
that there was any question OF politics,
as generally understood, involved In the
matter, and that 1t was simply question
that appeals TO the pocket. 1t did not need
any appeal to the ghosts OF either OF the old
political parties. He claimed to be as good
a Democrat as Captain Mckinney, but he
was not of that kind Of Democrat that
made him 'Funder." He did not believe
in the Democracy taught by Hugh McCui-
loeb. which made the people Of virginia
nav tribute to the brokers OF Wall street,
New York.
The Funders reduced the number OF
public schools from $500 to 2100 and the
school.teachers one half. They took the
school fund and used it TO pay interest 10
Wallstreet brokers, thus negecting the
education OF the children OF the stale. he
said he knew Captain Mckinney to be a
good man, and was on that account very
sorry TO see him in such bad company as
the Funder party. The Lynchburg Con-
yention had Endorsed the ReSdiuster party,
and the Democratic party would have
Jumped in the air aud cracked its heels II 1t
could have obtained the same Endorsement
Captain Mckinney answered. He denied
that the Democratic party had squandered
| the school or any other fund, and
said il II had, 1t was too late for bis friend,
who had been Democrat until two years
ago, to come out and complain about 1t.
| HIS duty was TO have complained OF it at
the time the robbery, as alleged, was going
on, which be emphaticalIy denied. He
charged that the Republicans were the real
funders, and that every man oil the Demo-
cratic ticket opposed the funding bill.
Captain Blair spoke briefly in reply, re-
iteratng that the Funder Democrats are
enemies to public schools and responsible
| for the unjust head.taX that prohibited
many men from voting.
Elk. Lieutenant.G Governor Thomas closed
the meeting with some well-directed re-
marks, which were received pleasantly by
ALL and the meeting dispersed.
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