Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-17
THE CAMPAIGN.
A RousiKa prxocRAtIc MEETING IN
TIE BLACK BELT.
venable, oooie. and Conrad 90 the stump
An Enihusiastie Bscsptioa-The
Republican Fight

BoYproS. Va, October i6, 1883,

fiepped down among the people 10 near
Democratic champions aud witness the
Kilkcnny.cat fight raging with the ha-
hcne and Lancston Republican factions
Even tho s'entorian voice OF tho horse
nuctioneer and the cheap Johns had 70
WELD 10 the inevitable, while the multi
tude Cooked 70 hear the irrepressole
political speakers.
A large warehouse had been arranged
for The Democracy and in 1t was Assem-
bled The largest crowd that has been seen
here since the days when The gifted
Pryor electrified the people by hrs tplen.
did eloqucnce. III Glasses appeared
eager 60 listen, and old gray haired men
sat for hours 10 be enlightened on the
GREAT issues involved in the pending cam
Hon. Fdwsrd G. VcDable spoke for
one hour. and with great power pro
senied his claims for support. His dis
cnsyion q the principles Of the party
and the vindicalion OF IFS tI1if policy
ELECTED cicso attention. and he showed
tba. The long wished-for prospect for
Dcmocfa4ic representation m the fede-
raj Congress had ~ last arrived that
The Golden opportunity TO gam the Gov
eted prize wne IN the reach OF the PEG
ple. and thew had only TO stretch form
tb,ir hands 10 grasp It, and that the
burning blsziuC question with them
now should be deiiverance from radical
domination and misrepresentation. Ills
sp,ecb vas nasterly and struck deep
into the minds Of his hearers
After him came the old Democratic
warriors. Hon. John Goode. 1918
fproch was the ab0ft end most con
yinrino that has been delivered here II
nslvotncy 81 Democratic ascendsncy since
fho cessation oi bOsiiIities between the
North and South. The people were
nuv.0us 10 hear him. md after speaking
for ono hour he asked how long had he
epolcu. they responded "Icn minutes.
Go ON Go ON tie showed that the
questions OF lrohihiiion, Labor and tho
American pnrtics wore bat mtcshowS
co,nuafcd 10 tho great contest Of The
Dcmorr1tic md Republican organlzn-
tionsarl dmiudled into insiGn'licarce be
far. these powerful contcnding political
PARTIES for control 81 tins great
Government. lis speech carried con-
ylciiou 90 the doubling and hestatng
md Infused new life into the Democratic
rerEa. and be snid he knew the true and
radiant Democrats Of the black district.
who bad never faltcrrd, would prove
,glal to tive occasion when Cleveland,
gmrmlu. aud Ncnnble were candidates,
for with them the men and the hour had
met Gc made plain 10 all the tauH
on,etion. AMI when hc asked for those
Iu favor of the Mills bill 90 say aye '
ils binding trcmblcl with the mighty
RESPONSE. and as there were none who
y.spouded ono hc announced that
.tae bIil had been unanimously passed
bv the uutcrriicd Democracy of Meek
iohufg
Whom sir. Goode concluded the Hon.
Ho'mc- Conrad. of Winchester, was 10
troda.ad. sna he held the audience for
uearv GA hour. With force and elo-
.l.nce hc gave historical sketch of
Tie mcroaclmeuis OF the Republican
uatty un0n the liberties OF the people
and thc pcr's that menacod them II j,
asain cained political control Of the
country. GecXplained and illustrated
tle inequalities and injustice of the
presen: tamil aud demonstrated that 1t
W., o. thc interest az all classes OF the
l.oplr IN Whatever ayocailon OF OF color
q sustain thc principles of the Demo
cmrc party.
The demonstration here and the effects
q, tho speaLinE viii primeate every sec
ton a. tine co8nty, and the Democrats
arc aroused 90 action as never before.
VI, sta. tcLahle and Conrad Will spend
fl wees in the comfy, and big harbecues
have been al,crls.d Cor different por-
tious of thc county, who're the people
VII he addressed and walked up from
N.r hitherto apathy and indifference
Fou. George g. Gahcll and Hon. Phil.
W. Mckinney are also announced
f.rsp,e,hcs between now and the day Of
c.ccuun, and thcywll insui new life and
act,i.v among the masses.
The largest vote over rolled in this
county was u The gubcrn1torIul election
of 1855, when Lee received 1888 and
Wise =. ilS-a total Of 1888 out of a
voting population, according 10 the last
census. Of i,3i'.
Now. while tie grand outpouring of
the Democracy was in the large ware
house. where were the cohorts of the Re
publicans2 In one corner Of the court
house ward. standing upon Il box, could
he seen am old, gray-whiskercd man
spesking 10 several hundred negroes
That was Sloan. the right bower OF Lang
ston. he aud he supported Laugston
because ne WAS more white than black,
indicating that ho preferred q mixture,
Tie SAID next 10 the Bible he believed in
the principles of the Republican party.
His speech was chiefly devoted TO a de-
nuncahon of Malone, and no said
"God grant the day may come when We
viii know him no more. tie WIS stlll
sore over his defeat tor comfy clerk by
Jameson, for whom Malone used tho
machinery OF the party then end always
10 tho injury OF the party. Ii was evl
dent that l.Gngslon had large majority
of the negro voters In his favor. There
were ah,o several colorcd " orators who
spoke fur him, but Ross Hamilton. who
said last court that he expected to see
the day when he would have white
man to drive his carriage, y was sick, but
sent word that his pray ers were for Lang.
ston.
I'm another corner of the court house
square, about loo yards of, was the
stand Of Judge Arnold and his support
ers. Speeches were made for him by
Dick Jones (colorcd). former State
senator. and brtton Baskerville (color
ed, the delegate in the Legislature from
tins county. Their hearers were mo-
over thirty-hye or forty until Arnold
mounted the stand after the adjournment
OF the lIangstoh meeting. He spoke Will
great difficulty, as many OF the Langstor
men came over aud behaved in a tur
bnlent manner and interrupted him. he
stated that Lsngston, after residence IL
the district of four years, had only regis.
tered and voted for the first time last
spring, while he has been for long year,
fighting for the Cause OF Repuhlicanism
in this district That his political afiili
atoms were SO uncertain that q Demo
cratic newspaper had advocated year
ago the candidacy Of LangstCn on @
Cleveland reform ticket, doubtless with
the approval of Langston. as be had