The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-28


fcorrcsuoudcnce OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
DAxvuIE, VA. October 25, 1888.
Honorable w. II. staples, after introduce
,;on last night by Major Suiherlin TO very
I.ryc audience, said that II gave him great
nlcos,tre TO address the Zeaious and indom-
;,ahle Democrats OF Danvile. Jealous, as
shovn IN the efforts they are making, and
;ndomitable because OF the spirit they are
exhibiting after what they have endured.
snd In view Of what they must endure II
.Jcroboam remyin king. He proposed 10
speak about the Coalition.
The CoaliionistS clam that they have
built up the puhlic-school system; but the
world knows that the system was founded
by the Democrats and brought to perfcc-
non by Mr.. lIenkel and the Democrats,
and the claim was rs well founded as that
OF the negro preacher who said that Abra-
ham built the ark, or "was 1T least therea-
bouts"
A FALSE COALITION CLAIM.
The clam Of the Coalition leaders that
they had relieved the State OF the oppres-
sion OF the funding bill was as arrogant
rs that concerning the public schools, be-
causc II is a matter 81 record that ma
iorltv Of the Democrats voted against the
funding bill. and that IL was prepared and
enacted under the auspices OF man Sc
lcrted rs candidate by General Malone
and elected Governor under his auspices.
TIE DEBT SETTLEMENT.
And IL we have TO say that the ReaG-
iustcrs did dispose OF the debt question,
why. then, we must say that IL is disposed
OF ut last and forever, and in the name OF
all that's good. have they not been we'll
40 have hppn
Maid OF. should they not be dismissed
Their leaders have AL been provided for,
ard the smaller men settled down in one
positlon or another, and many who were
found PERSONALLY open to conviction "
were also invited in and taken care OF.
COALITION TRICKS.
Judge Staples then went forward TO the
attack. and charged that the CoalitioniSts
elected TO power upon an issue that SEEM
ed transient and did not involve, as they
said, an abandonment OF Democracy, had
attempted to fix themselves in power and
faitcn themselves from the public offices
and perqusiteS by a series OF measures
which were beyond all precedent. They
had prescribed 12S.000 white men. They
proposed TO place at the disposal OF their
Governor the Offices of 400 notaries public.
of the state political machines by giving
their school Board the appointment OF
14O0O school trustees. They made and re-
moved Judges for reasons OF partisan poll
cy. They proposed 10 take charge Of the
universities and asyumS OF the state.
They proposed TO appoint 100 commits
sioners of sales. They proposed to take
charge OF the railroads Of the State and
bring under their control the 10000 en-
ploy6s. They proposed to gerrymander
The State and take TO themselves the seats
I'm the House of Representatives. They
had. in doing all they had done, placed the
State through the majority OF n caucus alb
solutely under the control OF one man, and
they proposed to keepit so. They had pro
scrlbed lbs. 900 white men, and with the aiC
p OF the negroes they proposed to keep theu
prescribed the negroes and the President
TIE UNHOLY ALLIANCE.
The next series Of points presented wa;
from the position that by alliance with the
s. President of the United States General
Malone intended more completely to bring
the state in subsection. Very true that the
Co1htionists sometimes refused TO answer
as TO their intentions in 1884, and like the
man who lived on the underground OF
two nations at war, they were sometimes
"not much OF anything and little of that,
but facts spoke louder than words. This
was prostitution OF the State at the fee
OF Federal power.
TIE NORTHERN REPUBLICANS.
Judge Staples then proceeded to speal
OF the course OF the northern Republican.
towards the South as despOtic; but it i:
lmuos,ible to cOndenSc language rs pre-
else rs his was, and TO give instances a
many as he gave. lie announced mos
emphaticaliy that their intentions from The
first had been to bring the South under the
absolute control Of the emancipaIed slave
AMI the cmpet-baggers, but, thanks TO The
Democrats OF the North, the leaders o
whom he called 10y name, at which lout
applause was given, the Republicans ha(
no, entirely succeeded. And here tn
speaker showed how in many cases th'
Democrats had interposed between thu
South and the Republicans, and this h'
did with great clearness and emphasis
"And now" said he, "can we-how cai
wc-turu from Randall, Bayard, Hancock
English, Tildcn, Hendricks, 10 Conkling
Logan, Arthur, Mahones" ALPHA.
The Charles City Rally Friday.
FULLER REPORT OF THE DAY. w0RK-mNGlNt
SPEECHES FROM COLONEL EVANS, r. T
ARsIsTEAD. JUDGE ISAAC CHRISTIAN, AM
GARDINER TYLER.
iCOGesDondepce of the Richmond DisUatch.I
CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VA.,l
October 26, 1888.
4 large and enthusiastic Democrat
meeting and barbecue was held to-day a
Hubbard's store, in this county.
COLONEL EvANS'S SPEECH.
Colonel Evans, OF your city. was intro
duced as the first speaker. His speech wa
an earnest, dispassionate presentation o
the issues now at stake, and, though fire.
from harsh invectiye, was strong ant
vigorous in denunciation Of the evil alread,
perpetmtcd. aud eloquent in portrayal o
the greater evil contemplated by the Coali
ton party should il be continued in power
He explained the attempted legislation O
Mahone's last legislative caucus. which wa
defeated only by the brave opposition Of tn
noble " Big -Four -; the commissioned
sales act, the bill to redstrict the iudicia
circuits, and other legislation, all hayin
the simple object Of taking from the peopl
The righl OF self-goyegnment and o
strengthening the iron grasp OF an implaca
BILE Boss.
TIE FREE SCHOOLS.
lie paid IN eloquent tribute 10 Rich
mond's devotion TO the free schools, Stain.
that $4,000 had been expended in the cit,
for the erection OF school-buildngs, o
which $4,000 had been raised by munich
pal taxation; that In this Democrat
stronghold ID, public schools had pros
pcred as they lad done nowhere else, an,
that. as a representative OF her people il
the next Legislature, he would carry on
the expressed wishes Of his constituent
without the gmd Of a caucus pledge. ii
said that the shameful motto of the Coali
tionists--" We IRE for Arthur because Al