Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-30
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! for rs to place at the head of our tickes
| a gentleman wbose past record - ~
| perfect harmony with our present Psi"vvl
I upon the debt Question-a gentleman s,o ~,
! in the canvass will not be hAndicappen "
n former record Inconsistent Win on. P.o,
! sent position upon the debt question; auu
then, II possible. let this gentleman pe o,ls
whose experience In state matters wnVse
information upon State subjects whose m
tellectual force, whose logical ana ora
torical powers. and whose physical en-
durance Will enable him 10 present
the issues with ability upon the stump IN
every city and county Ia the state. tns
| ticket nominated ny the Republican Con
yentiOn Is an able ticket. and iuesns IN
aggressive campaign rom the beginning.
We should select az our candidate gente-
man able and skilfu' In debate, ana whose
rast record upon the debt question ~ ia
| rerfect harmony with our platform. In
| the Hon. John r.. Massey. OF AiDemarie,
present to the Convention such man.
The election Is not TO be carried hy an I'M
puisive charge. Long months OF weary
| labor are before us. Our principles must be
proclaimed In every city ana county IN the
State. and by the concurring opinion oi an.
MIR. Massey. in the discussion OF the deot
question and c0gpate issues, is the aDlestu ue,
batter In the state. His nomination would
be the most emphatic pledge that We could
give to the people 81 the state that the kld-
dleberyer bill is a iinality and must be ae-
| cepted as such.
/ fully concur in all that has been said OF
the worthy and distinguished gentlemen
already before the Conyeptlon. But worthl-
ness alone viii not do. Otherwise, among
so many the Convention would be hope
| iessly embarrassed In making choice. We
must look TO our surroundings ana TO the
| issues. and IN our candidate we must ANA
| peculiar dtness. For this occasion IN my
heart. ever loyal to virginia. believe Nj.
Massey is the man. lie will attract more
| largely than any other from that great
| party the unidentified tnat ever noats be-
! tween the two organized parties. virginia
with sher dearest interest, s in this con-
| test, with Mr.. Massey rs our leader. all
will he sound. | present him 10 you, and
with him / put upon this Convention the
great and Overwhelming responsibility OF
| making this nomination.
MAJOR BAKER =. LEE BROUGHT OUT.
DR.. L. Q. Holt placed Major Baker
p. Lee in nomination, and in SO doing
said:
| Wr. Prcsidttt and gentlemen Of The Conceh-
tiOH;
Having been a member OF every Demo-
! cratic convention that has convened In the
| state since the war, | for the first time
claim your Indulgence for Il few moments.
am only plain, blunt man-no orator as
| these Brutuses are who have preceded mo;
| only representative man Of that class
| whose faces are bronZed 10y the sun Of hea-
| ven ana WHOSE lltfuN dlt uNNt hoiHy Dg
| honest toll.
| Lam come nom one Of the black districts
| OF this Commonwealth, where negro votes
on electOn-days are as thick as the au.
| tumnsl leaves that strew the wales or
| Na.ambrosa." lAppruse | am come
! nom a little county that. IN the late presi-
| Dental election, polied 500 votes. and biH
| thrce native-born white men voted the Re-
publican ticket! am come rom county
! where one OF her humblcst citizens was
the first man in Idewater Virginia To
! warn the people against General william
Malone and his political heres'"s - a man
| dangerous To trust with power ana place.
| Prom the only county I'D the second con-
| gresSiOral district that voted for ihRt peer
less orator and brilliant statesman, John
| ". Daniel. who tO-duy, In many respects,
stands solitary and alone, Ike Some tai
mountain that mas no fellow. Appaus'.I +
| And would say 10 THIS convent On, y NOu
| VIII metC out simple Justice 10 these BACK
| districts they Wiz DO "a November next
what They lid m November last-saNe the
! State.
II Ills Convention will place the banner
| 81 the democratic larft ln ile hands ui ine
true. tried and trustN man tI3t 3 ~h'It
| name. Ae VIII carry IL tp triumph hphi hl>
! ocean hemc % tae Iar mountains pi the
west And when hc shall come 2iuou- your
mountains and alous your NoucHh am
sounds the slogan cal ug uhr SLAMS Iuch .u
arms. not irom one Zone clan. nNt eEcH
mountain VIII have tongue. ANITA ti't.
shall bee such an Ou'louriug OF tne ma-'' q
, a. 10 plRke the hearts fan true patriots re-
io.ce. Applause.
Not only must our candidate have ihos,
great mora. and lnteiltctua 4ualliie, " .lcl
have N times paSt so clrinenfly character
/ led the Democratic bONcruoIsOi THIS Com
! muuWcalth. bat tIp' b" "rGi'd'f' III,
must not only have those personal 4uallu'
! cations which are eS>eut tiai Uut ms ante
I csdenls must DE such - not only Ia secure
the largest number o.. votes IN MS own
uarfv. hut 10 silence and negative ~ tha
same time the largest element in the OppO'
| Sitton. We want man W no las the lew
/ pst pprSpual enemies aud VIII arouse On TIE
other side the least YindlcuNe iecil lngs.
We want man WhOse anttcedcnts are
such that he cannot only draw from the op
position. but has the sNmpathies ana car
retain In the party that large and rosp'cta
/ bic element That csme Dack 20 US m tl'
/ late elections. Indeed We want man wiz
t, / is posse essed Of the largest element ~ Poltl
, cal availability possible. For II you thinl
You are gOmr 90 have a mere holiday ca m
Ialgn, discard that idtu at once. Tor whei
, sou leave this Convention you had a. wcl
, I buckle on your aimOB and pat on your Wa
: / paint. on VIII nave an enemy to NEE
| not cuWed by defeat, and no stranger e
, | victory. An enemy unscrupulOus IN means
. | fertile IN resources, and sKilled IN dI th'
, ! arts Of strategy; lac VIII siuhboruly cOnteS
Every foot o. ground IN the Commonwealth
and every highway aud byway and perNe
lieu viii Je marked hy MS footprints; an,
/ when you are asleep las emissarie~ VIII b.
. . -
? I and Nasteth at MONDAY
10 meet these important requisites
would most respectfully present 10 you tht
name OF our distinguished ieiiow-cltlIen
Major Baker L. Lee, Of Hampton. iGreal
applause.
As man and boy for more than thirty
years have known him, and can truly
say. "tO know MIN n 10 love hlin.' II
feelings and ympathics as tender a. gen
Tie. as delicate as ~ woman. but al the same
! time courteous and chlNalrous rs man
His big heart has always gone out IN ~ 1'
pathy with lis state and her afflicted
. / leOpc.
For four long wears ne dedicated his III,
. TO her cause and followed her fortunes n
the tented field. since the war MS sy mpa
thies have ever been Oh the side Of our Al
ficted and impoverished people. On tht
great and absorbing question oi me Stat'
T.. debt which has occupied such q large sp2c,
/ I'm the public mind tor the past twenty years
he has eyerand a all times been IN favor %
"a liberal cOmprOmisc-s such acom promise ~
{ met the necessities OF our people, ana at n,
same time honorable 10 all parties. And
. ! to-day he stands pledged 10 carry out Ia
good faith the Kiddieberger bill as enun
, ! ciated by the Democratic party at l.. nch
| burg.
! / time lie has struggled maufu,ly In honOFa
| be poverty 10 support large ana interest
| ing family ; ana during alithe trla's Oi thi
! | terrible ordeal through wAich he ha
3 I Iaftrtl. no nhfH NlbA ItfiH oli Ahf NllFo
e brightness Of his shield. Men IN All ages u
. | nigh p.aces have suffered the love Of monel
) ! to tarnis ish the recOros OF their lame. Eng
D., lands High Chancellor, the lllustr.""s Lor'
| Facop-a nan whose mind was formed II
D ! the very pILdigalIty Of nature aud stored Z
G redundancy witn all thar philosophy coul'
4 trach-lell victim al its shrine. NOt Tn
{ glories Of B!enEeim. together with all hl
= brilliant achievements. not al the honor
s hcaped upon him by a grateful an
( adn,iring country could save from In
= fanny the name Of Joln Chufchll
the iiluStrious Duke OF Marlborough. andi
: our own country and generation We hay
= seen men in high places fall victims [
r fbisterrible deprayity. But 10 the homo
= OF human nature this dark cloud has It's 81
= yer lining, and historians have ever delight
= ed 10 honor and poets TO sing the praises {
= those great and good men who dedicate
q their lives in honorable poverty To the
: country's service. England's noble poe
1 never tuned his harp 10 loitler stTai
/ than when he said
n " Fpaminondas saved his Thebas and die
a Not leaving enough 10 defray his funer'
= expenses,
While George Washington" &C., &C.
> For the past four years. as the able an
- efficient editer OF the Industrial South, h
|. has made the stady Of the material n
> sources OF the State specially, and has ei
lightened the world as To her vast cap
a | bilites and great natural advantages, an
~ is to-day better Informed Oh that subJe'
- than any public man IN the Common
= wealth Never before have these impor
A ant questions been so systematlcaily place
~ before the public. He has labored earRes
a IrtY.t Ia ~. 80