Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-17

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~. hail about the pretentions and dimen'
SONS OF sanger Hall, Richmond. In front
n the building was swinging across the
street large white banner bearing the words
Headquarters Opponents to the Unit Rule"
Long before the hour appointed Is o'clock
men Of all colors began % On The room.
About hai-past O'Clock senator RiddiebeT-
ger and Ex-Governor w. +. Cameron, arm
in arm, entered and took chairs on the plat
form. Riddleberger's throat was wrapped IN
a white handkerchief as II he had boil or
sore throat.
The meeting was called to order by Mr..
PcndlCton, OF Smyth county, who nomi-
mated General V. d. Groncr, OF Norfolk, as
temporary chairman. Unanimously car
ried.
GENERAL GRONER.
General Groner sad he would waste no
time in words, bgt would introduce aS the
first speaker the Game Cock Of the Valley
Senator RiddIeberger). (Cheers
The Senator came forward, add IN scarcely
audible tones said he was 80 ho1rse he could
scarcely talk. He did not expect 10 De called
upon. Physically he wa, not able TO make
4 speech. but he thought there was such
thing rs tbr mental man sometime, oyercom-
lng the physicai. There was Only one pro-
that was whether there was a Republican
party. lie had been through every phase OF
The party. and bis iealty had been challenged
often. and II he had sins he was willing
for them 10 rest on his shoulders and
not on the Republican party 81 have uot
come here tonight Ike a little child 70 90 10
the school teachers and complain q other
children. may have done it, bur the man
has outyrown the Oov, though there are
younger men than |. have come here to-
night 10 speak 10 the Republicans OF the
state Of Virginia / shall have 10 be sem
tcntiOus I'm what saw lie then brauched
out ON the internal revenue. which he
sand should De repealed. I've DO not
need IL, We have a surplus; that's all
| have 30 say. That's enough argument.
That surplus J., larger to-day by some nil
lions than when 10 WIS distributed. am
not here to bring AGAINST any man charges,
but there is a Republican party IN the state.
and being Republican, we must be men, and
wcarc called here together 10 decide whether
wc viii act separately or As am Orgauizl-
ton on the cdict u q man who Use. the word
repudate: the man who SAYS that the
Eighth and the Second and the Tenth dis
trlcts shall not send delegotrs ON what
meat bath Cr,ar fed that De bath grown fat2
This convention called here in Peters
burg Is more than two hundred miles
from my bone, and | viii make
statement Just here" He then spoke Of the
bill he bad introduced I'm The Legislature
rcrlrding fhe normal school bill, hl, con-
ncotIon with il, how it became a law, and
how ne was Afterwards attacked about il.
he cited the circumstance, because be knew
that they would be brought up during this
convention, and he knew he would be con-
irontcd Bog adverse statements. The senator
remark, were di-ioinied m the extreme and
delivered with a lahored and hc-Itatiug
articulation, and rs tAc audience could not
catch the thread OF Do, rfmlrk> they begin
taking, and at this point il became necessary
for the chairman % insist on Oyd, and quiet.
Continuing. he said: " We in Virginia
haze nothing else % come to but protection.
We pay more protection on sugar than So
make on rom Here be took another tack
and exclaimed Malone never made "a speech
i'm his life that to-day he comprcbend..
ATTACHING MALONE.
"IIe never made q speech that to-day he
could say be recolletted enc idea Of. The
speech De made IN reply 10 Ben Hill wrote
for him, except the preface, ana nobody
would own that. took the speech 10 the
Office Of the AQ,iOnqt RepVJiic0D and I read
The proof OF 1t, and ! did not take my SHIRT
OH until finished it. II Won know this
man with whom YOU have 10 deal You will
know that he Is talking 10 men tonight who
VIII 20 TO the convention a. the slaves OF
one nan. We want to 30 there as gentle
men, [Checrs.l
WISE SPEAKS.
Mr.. Wise, who bad entered as the Senator
wa, speakiuQ. was loudly called for. The
senator introduced him and he came Tor
ward and said
am bore tonight 70 speak only 10 Republi-
cans / have not always been one, but always
expect 90 be- and the three cheers which were
gwen would pee moro gratifying II they wore not
f8r WISE not tor Cameron, not for Malone, but
for the success OF TIE Republican party IN Viz
Ciuia. loud Cheers What / would pray for
I. 10 wheel Virginia into the Republican line
when the electoral votes are counted. This hall
vas secured by tie opponents Of no unit rule @
deliberate and 90 adopt plan ~ Organization
iu ODD J-itJu % THIS 0ue-mln poW0r NOV ! want
10 speak plainly. know that my views At times
nave Dson mi-rcpre-euted. / believe the plan Of
our party has 40 times been defective, (cries Ot
right and having been elected 10 the conYcn-
ton / shall 60 there tomorrow and give tho rea-
son for the faith that IS I'm me. | may b. right
and may be wrong. but III say Tho unit rule -
wrong because 10 destroys the rule made by the
National Convention. II thirteen vote one way
and one votes another you destroy that y0to.
OF toe minority. 1t has been many a day since
my RepUbiicauism was questioned.
nAs BORNE THE BANNER.
have borne rs banner from Accomack 10 Lee,
but 10 will be- many day before any man or set
Of men eau keep me from saying what | think.
/ am going 70 support tho candidate Of the Re-
publican party nc Chicago. whoever 10 may be
loud and continued cheers. during which SenA-
tor Riddloberger put on his straw hat aud walked
outl, and am going 70 Chicago have got my
room engaged, and II my people have not got
sense enough 10 ssnd me I an going 10 make
more noise on the Oatsi, than tho delegate from
my districtOn the iusiIe. lLaugnter.I To those
who are opposed say but tuis-sO long as that
convention Is fairly conducted | shall ask no
more than II IL 9Hs a unit 10 my favor.
ABUSING DEMOCRATS.
The Democratic party OF this country came
into power three years ago under the promise 81
tho education Of the children under the Blair
bill Where's your Blair bill? They came into
power pledged 10 the humiliation Of the inter-
nal revenue. Tho Democratic party Is sinking
into free trade. But a month or two ago the Ca
madam treaty was made public. There was not
a question OF tree trade, but the Canadian
newspapers and the Canadian councils I'M
derstO0d that secret pledge mad been
given that certain things should DO brought In
free and nobody, not even Mr.. Cleveland, donies
It, You can comfort yourself with the fact now
that the Empire state - preparing 10 say Mr..
Cleveland has tried an experiment which Is ;
failure All the failures OF the Democratic par
ty-their failures 10 pass the Blair bill, % 10
away with the internsl-revenue system. % re-
duce tho surpius-all these are working % build
up tho Republican party We have bOen grow
Ing, aud now the question Is: How shall we grow
in the future! shall We grow freemon
or as slavesf Cries Of " treemenl" Free
menln1 Shall We wait for the words
10 be put In our mouths or say Whist we think.
want 70 seo men who have heads and who have
brains and are not afraid 70 express their views,
aud | propose % express my opinion. but when
nnd that the majority are against me- am WILL
ing q bow % It, We are 10 hold convention
here tomorrow OF Republicans. and however
much we may differ we will stand together %
carry our banner up the rAmparts OF Democracy,
and hope mat Whatever may be our views let
US think at best Of the interest Of our party.
no ISsISUATIoS
have spoken tonight 70 give no insinuaton
against any man. We Gant Ia this coming nght
10 have all the men--MahOne, Brady, aud Paul
and Pendlet0n-au standing shoulder 70 shoul-
der together, and II all will stand together we
shall see no more headlines Of Wise Against
MahOne." IL will not do for any man 70 cali an
other kicker because no does not agree with
him. That amt politics, that amt friendship.
The time has come when no man shall say he Is
too big 70 own the party, and no man Is too small
10 be heard I'm H. Tho time has come 10 put
principles above men and party above all. That
time hes come. say, aud / thank God that
have been instrumental In bringing It about
lCheers.l
CAMERON TALKS.