Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-24

Rr. Gray nnd COIoDei Liiett on the
Stuu1p.
Correspondence Of The Richmond Dispatrhl
Ffrv.NrA l.. H.. October -, 1883.

llOTTcapnh0eNCf OF WV Hi'Hiu'HN bi7t''Ni -i
FIrvAKrA {. H., October -, 1883.
To-day. like the two preceding county
coort dsys. was chiefly devoted 10 politics.
whilst Mr. Charles curry, from Siaunton,
wa tsYauguitg MS dark cohorts from m
ifqur.yl,rd platform in front Al The court
lg,l-r flrc Hon. A. 4. GRAY was aidi Ssln2
III. Dpu0rrsi. Va M house. Air. Gray stated
ra' tle speaker. i0r whom appointments
had been made had not put ia an appear
auro. lld De would proceed ~ discharge his
duiy ee one of our congressional CanYusscrs
fpr chs district In the outset De stated
tbat " was great mistake 10 sup
poe that thc Voncv Of the national
Government docs not affect all classes, aud
thar therefore every individual should pre-
rsr himself for an INTELLIGENT exercise OF
ne right OF suffrage. he next affirmed that
~ population % i7J1D.00O engaged I'D IN
,uIrll enterprises ouy about 100000
md been really protected 10y thr policy
which FMS Of late wear. obtained under tie
Government. Instead OF dispensing the
I.cpt amount u blessings TO The largest
number. lbc legislation on tbe t9rln had
hffl directed ia tine Interests Of certain
Glasses. and with u0 sort Of concern for those
who followed agriculture, which lay al the
foundation az u2uoual prosperity. one
hundred years ago when we really had
wufmul. Industries o. protect duty Of
cuiy "a ucr cent. was laid as against The A.
Deg cent now proposed by the Republican
party.
Mr. Gray now clearly Illustrated the fact
that the ,o-cilicd protection was necessarily
81 thc expense o. TIE consumer, and that the
policy ~ the % mpcrltic party was 10 relieve
the consumer. sc. The speaker ably argued
that proposition. ana predicted that unless
H.sf N...ft q tom ftfl IN \ A.
ton by vhuh njuo millions per month WAS
Touuug into the national Treasury that
financial disyster would De an early result
Having remarked on the coroliary that
vahn- shrink unless money Is in crcula-
ton, he referred 10 the fact that QuininC-iac-
tnrtss bad trebled M number since toe abOl-
ton Of the tax On that article. BY Stats.
ties obtained from nOn-paTtisan sources
Nj. Gray clearly demonstrated the wisdom
Of q reform trG, and how that high
tariff was not even beneficial 10 the manu-
lecturers. he was frequently aPplauGcd
ON his good hits, and whilst he wa
citing a. an Illustration Of the large mind
odngss Of Cleveland md bis appoint
mcnts 20 Office from all parts Of the coun-
Try Colonel Tazewen Ellctt, OF Richmond,
entered thc house. Air. GTay's speech was
listened to with marked attention, and
,
hyerod during the canvass.
COLONEL ELLETT.
Colonel Ellett had not been promptly nOii-
fed uf his appointment to speak hero to-day,
hui took the earliest tram 10 Columbia and
reached fberc at 1888 4. NJ. Reaziug
That he was still thirteen mites from this
place. ana apprcheuding some difficulty in
securing promptly a conveyance, lac intro
duced himself 20 q carriage fun oi lades rs a
Democratic speaker from Richmond anxious
60 meet an appointment hetc. The lady 90
whom TIE yehicic belonged immediately Va
Gated Der seat for hun, and instruct
cd her driver 60 speed hike Jehu for the
Democratic meeting. Great was the applause
Of the audience when the Colonel affirmed
that bis hdy friend WAS none other than The
wife Of our coun'y chairman, hr. W. Il.
Petit, who hhshed like a youth OF sixteen
a. the public laudauom 81 his patriotic
spouse. She Colonel said that a. be had
come at TIE eleventh hour he would not Gin.
ihct'' on the audience n hong speech. Pro
ccfding, he claimed that The Democratic
party had always Gv0red the Jcflcrsoniin
iden Of an economical administration Of the
Government. and that whilst 10 believed
10 an reasonable pensions 81 the soldiers
had no sympathy with tbat psuedo patriotism
which authorized pension acts for those who
"sui0cd The hattie from atar"
Having next passed in rapid review The
contrary policy of tie Republican party,
how u hooked ut the interest Of the few as
against the many, BE- gave from negro tes-
timony some Smuslng illustrations 10 show
how that class bsd been simply used by The
Radicals rs means Of pg1'etuating their
power. IN aEtyle NEST earnest aud fOrcible
Colonel Efeft now dWeit on the low-tiril
period from 1876 10 1860 and the hlgh-tarlA
period from then until now 10 show how
wealth and wages had advanced under the
operation Of low taTiG aud had decreased
during the httcr period, sud quoted fToLd
Mr.. Blalue's book cerroboTative testimony In
that direction.
UsViox referred 10 the fact that the farmer
bought 10 a high market and sold in low
one. be demonstrated that in all European
countries d which proteolivetariG prevailed
wages were lowest, and vice versa In the case
OF low tsria.
ColOHel Ellett now paid q most eloquent
tribute 10 the Democratic candidates, but
dwelt longest on Thurman. Having HIM
self learned at his mothers knee the great
lesson Of gratitude, ne pictured IN thrilling
words the grateful attitude Of the old RO-
man, who when In The Senate OF tho United
States herocaly rehuked the traducers Of
his mother State. The COlOners speech was
smasterly one, ana WAS frequently puuotu.
ated by most hearty applause. ZP.