Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-12

IL WIS ABOUT - % tlt' "A NutA tIA IltE
reached the Fair.Grounds. Already sonr
few hundred people had assembled. and
when the parade arrived, The crowd pres
ont probably aggrc ited about 5000.
BICYCLE RACE.
The Mcylc race. " hich WaS fixed for l.
ise' lock. did not take place untli 1850 +. VI.
The contestant, were We Pond and g..
II. Meyer: distance one mile; p.il', silver
goblet
The two young men kept pretty evenly
together until within one hundred yards ot
the goal, when Never ran ahead, and hi.
back wheel caught IN Ponds front ana
triprtd hi, machine. throwing Pond over
The front wheel Of his machine. Thi,, oi
course. ended the race, and Meyer Wa>
awarded the prizc--thC silver goblet. Time,
4:jG.
TIE SPEECHES.
After this the announcement was made
that 40 more races would take place until
after the >ptcch-miking. The crowd va,
then drawn tO the nam building bY a band
OF music. and MI William II. Mullen got
up I'm hack and announced that arrange
m,nt> had been made for Hon. john ".
Daniel 10 speak. but he could not come on
account u the Lyuchburg Centennial. aud
that when Mayor Darlington was sent Tor
IN The morning il wa, found that be was III
aud could not come. &" But continued
Nh. Mullen, 1--WE have a large number ot
speakers here 10 entertain YOU lie took
pleasure in introducing first Mr. Ralph
Beaumont, of New York.
NR. BEAUMONT on CORPORATIONS.
Mr.. Mullen then retired and Mr. Beau
mont arose. 81 am told he commenced.
in a predatory way, " that labor dcmon,tra-
tions arc unusual in your city. | ain glad
10 see to-day this grand gathering OF the
sons Of toll at the capital city OF Virginia.
This organization OF the knight. OF Labor
was born because il had 10 be born TO edu-
cate the common people. You all remember
the word, uttered by the patriots OF old IN
The Bin Of Rights, which preceded
the Declaration Of Independence. which
makes all men equal under the law
But we have not democratic GOV
eminent yet, a. our fOrcfathcrs intended.
Abraham Lincoln said "This l. Gov
crnment Of the people, by the people. and
for the people" This he said twenty-five
years ago. only twenty five wear, aiter We
see the motto reversed, aud Instead II
reads: This i Government Of The ;orpo'
rations, by the corporations, for the cor
poratiOns. Your daily press j. to-day con
trollcd by i corporation, and it has been
used 10 send out false reports, not only T.
the detriment Of the order, but the whole
people,
The speaker then referred 10 the large
coal corporations which, he asserted. con'
trolled the coal mines, and the railroad lines
used in the transportation OF coal. " 80 that
the beds OF coal buried under the earth
4 ~.
born. And who gets the benefi: Of ali this "
he asked. II YOU will follow me to Muir
ray Hill aud Madison avenue in New York,
or TO Newport, or 10 Long Branch there
YOU will see the member. Of
these immense corporations, with
their wives and daughters. who walk
around with pug dogs in their arms while
their offspring follow behind in their
nurses arms"
LIVING on CRACKERS AND CHEESE.
Mr. Beaumont urged the knight, TO
patroniZe the papers which represented
their Interests. ''Hcre is man IN this
city, right IN your midst, publishing
PAPER which upholds your interests, and he
is almost living on crackers and cheese IN Il
garrett
The speaker closed his remarks In about
twenty minutes amid loud cheers.
Mr.. LITcHaAN, "THE sILyER-rONGURD ORA.
TOR"
The next speaker was Mr.. Charles A.
l. itehman, District Master Workman Of
District Assembly No. 30, OF Marblehead,
Mass. He vas introduced by Mr.. Mullen
in these words ~ have now the pleasure
TO introduce 10 YOU the sIver.tongued
orator Of the General Assembly, Mr.. |
Charles II. Litehman." The orator began
"Many Of the men now visiting your city |
have gotten into Il much easier than they |
did In 1868, 4, and '5,' lie then braached