Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-22
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Editor Northern Neck News:
Despite the rain whicllfeli in torrents
al day yesterday, there was very cretl-
liable turn ont of our citizens to greet
the Congressional candidates who we're
expected to have joint discussion at
this place. The Democratic candidate,
the Hon. Gilmor S. Kendall, came ear
ly in the day; but when the usual time
for political speaking arrived the Hon.
Bayly Browne Was nowhere to be found +,
so when dinner was over and MIR.
/ .Browne was no Longer expected, the
Court took recess, and Mr.. B. Cham
hers the Democratic County Chairman,
introduced Mr.. Kendall to the audience.
For an hour and quarter Mr.. Kendall
enter tanned his hearers in speech that
was repletc with information, ornate in
Ill style and interesting and instructive
throughout. The speaker touched npon
all the great issues which divide the
party whose standard BEARER he is and
the Republican party, but devoted the
larger part of his speech to clear and
able exposition Of the great, controlling
issue. the tariff problem. The entire
speech was so we'll delivered, so calm
and so dispassionate. that even the tar
if, generally supposed to be dry sub
ject tn talk upon. was rendered inter.
csting, ana the audience manifested its
interest BY the NEST marked and atten
tive hearing, ard the impression mad"
by the Democratic speaker was exceed
ingly fine and will he lasting one
When Mr.. Kendall had left the stand
and the applause which his concluding
remarks elected had subsidized, it was
learned that Mr.. Browne, the helated
Republican candidate, had just en-
tered tie court .hous- and wished to
speak Browne wished to know lf Ken
dali would claim the right to a reply if
lie spoke and some effort was make to
arrange tera's for a discussion, but the
best that Browne and his friends would
agree tn was that Browne should open
in an hour and a quarter, to be followed
by Kendall in speech of ten minutes
and that Browne was then TO be allowed
all the time he might desire to conclude
the debate. OF course such preposter-
Gus terms were rel cted and there be-
ing no agreement Mr. Browne took the
stand. HIS speech was the same old
story.
He talked abnut the tariff on potatoes
and again insisted that the Mills bill
would pnt that vegetable on the free
list. He took the same old position as
to the Canadian fisheries treaty and ar
gued again that ha the Senate approved
that treaty our waters would have been
opened tn CanadiaW fishermen. He
talked about the bills he had introduced
and said III had tried to get S234000 in
appropriations for this district and
within a year he would get $4,000 for
q light house 1T the Great Wicom CT
River. The speech was delivered with
much more vim than was the same
.peecll ut Warsaw and the speaker
seemed 10 exert himself for a greater
effort. but it was tame affair. discon
nected illogical and ut times well nigh
incolercnt, although when the speaker
raised his voice to lis highest pitch
there WAS some feeble applause from a
small crowd of negroes. Over and over
again Mr.. Kendall. WHO sat in the au-
dience. was appealed TO by the speaker
who attempted 10 critiGise what he sup
posed had Teen said by his Democratic
opponent: When at last he ended the
crowd called Justify for Kendall who
came smiling to tho 'front.', again. 1t
was plainly perceptibIe that MI. Browne
had walked up the wrong man this time.
Witl,sgloves off he went for Browne
and as he proceeded waxed warmer and
warmer until it was pitiful to see the
detected faces of tie Browneites. His
close was truly eloquent and round af-
ter round of applause greeted his re-
marks Which covered nearly three quar-
ters of an hour. Browne did not at
tempt to speak again and the Demo-
Gratis were jubilant over the complete
and easy victory which their champion
had won. The rain. which continued
TO poor in torrents Gould not dampcn
their Democratic artlor ard if enthusi-
asm will count anything i'll the pending
campaign Northumberland may he put
down for handsome majority for
Cleveland, Thurman and Kendall.
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