Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-07
GALLANT O'FERRALL.
oPEHIHG HIS CANVASS. HsExcoRIArEs
GENERAL ROLLER.
Warm for One Of the Independents-A
Lively Meeting ct chsrlottes-
willie Described.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE A., ceptenoer
6.-To-day is the FIRST Of Alosmarle
County Court for September, and wit
messed tho opening Of the canvas for
congressman in the Seventh district.
Colonel 0'Ferrall reached here last night,
and General John E. Roller, one OF the
two Independent candidates, came on
the same train. This morning General
Roller addressed to Colonel 0'ferrall q
proposal for Q joint discussion, which
the later gentleman placed in the hands
of John w. Davis, ESQ.,. the acting
chairman ofthe Democratic County Com
mittee. General Roller wrote himself
down as an t" Independent Democrat"
Mr.. Davis replied: "If you are
Democrat l can see no reason why you
should desire to divide the party vote,
and, further, the meeting to-day has
boen called as . mass-meeting Of Demo
Gratis who are loyal to the party and
propose to vote for its nominee. Your
proposition therefore is respectfully de-
clined."
The General, being thus without az
audience, did not explain his platform
further than his note was concerned,
in which he declared himself "a Ran
dali Democrat.
The meeting to-day was the largest
held in this county at the opening Of
congressional canvass within the mem.
ory of this reporter. Usually the
meeting is tame in the extreme, but to.
day the attendance was large and the
crowd stayed to the end--a space Of
several hours.
THE TARIFF.
The chief point touched upon was
the tariff. Colonel O'Ferrall said he
was firmly upon TIE Democratic na.
tional ard State platform as far as this
question was concerned, and that he
could not be elsewhere and yet be agood
Democrat. While he could not com.
prehend how there could be such q
thing cs free trade, the tariff ought to
be so adjusted as to furnish revenue
ard incidentally protect, being always
careful not to foster monopolies. The
tariff, he explained, is a tax, whether
paid directly to the tax-Dtherer or
incidentally in the purchase Of a
suit of clothes. When a Government
takes from the people more than is
needed for the maintenance Of the Gov
ernment it is guilty ofrobhery, and the
people need protection. That was the
kind of protection he believed in most.
He presented satisfies to show that in
the matter of wages the increase under
Democratic rule and under the opera.
tions of q tariff.for-reyenue system in
the decade fro N 1850 to 1860 was equal
TO Is PEI cent, while for the same time
from 1860 to 1870, under a high.pro-
tective tariff, the increase had not ex-
ceeded 7 per cent. Viewing the same
question from another point, be showed
that in the iron Industry the laborer
received Is 40 per cent. oil
the product of his labor, while
the manufacturer received 81 57-l00 ;
while in woollen goods the laborer re-
ceiyes IL 40 per cent. Of the product
of his labor, while the manufacturer re-
ceiyes 35 per cent. Few farmers make
more than per cent. on their farms,
while protection enables the manufac-
turer to pocket as much as 35.
After running over what is "protect-
ed" Colonel O'Ferrall said : :" Every
body preys on the farmer, but the farm
er can prey on nobody. He ploughs
his field with a protected plow, puts in
his grain with a protected drill, cuts it
with protected reaper. hauls to the
depot on a protected wagon, loads it on
a protected car, and it is hauled over
protected rails to an unprotected mar
.et.n
HARD ON ROLLER.
Coming to General Roller, who stood
near in the audience, he said: Who
ccnfronts me? A Democrat: No. A
Republican? Yes, but not one put in
the field by regular convention or any
convention at all. He styles himself
Randall Democrat, and wants to dis
cuss t, e tariff aud other questions. A
Democrat? How has he voted for the
past seven years? He was once elected
to the Virginia Senate, and only once,
and then by a plurality. lie wanted
to be return d, and DR.. Moffet beat
him loDg before the days Of readjust-
mens. lie was beaten by Paul, and
every time be has appeared before the
people no has been beaten, and this
time he will be showed under by q ma.
jority of 5000.
IEDEPEDENT DEMOCRAT.
Yes, so independent that he has never
been in Democratic meeting for seven
years, and nobody knows how he has
vo.ed. He will sing about my having
been an Independent candidate for Con-
gress in 1872. Well, | was, bat the
people then taught me such lesson as
| shsll never forget. 1t was youthful
indisc-etion. for which | have atoned.
General Roller is doing in his mature
age what did in the ardor Of youth"
In this manner the Colonel continued
for some time to touch up General
Roller, who bore it all goOd-naturediy.
After a two-hours' address, which
made an excellent impression, Colonel
O'Ferrall was followed by Mr.. George
Perkins, who argued that the nomina-
tion having been made, no Democratic
Convention had q right to put up an
other man, and, ergo, no one Demo-
crat has right to put himself uD in
opposition to the party's recog-
nized choice. He appealed to General
Roller to wittdiaw from the canvass,
which could bat do him harm. Other
spec ches were made. eloquent and hu-
morous by turns, by Samuel b. Woods,
ESQ.,, James l.. Gordon, aud John w.
Davis, Esq.
This evening at 6 O'Clock the Repub-
licans met to decide upon q candidate
and to canvass the availability of the
Independent Democrat, General Roller.
OUR.
THE RAZOR vs.. AXE.
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