Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-30
THE CAMPAIGN.
HOW IT is PROGRESSING IN FLU
WANNA COUNTY.
Hoge Tyler Has splendid Meeting
The Substance of Ills
speech.
Ioorr.ponacnce 0, tho Richmond pIspstch.l

FrUvANSA G. H.. October 2S. 1889.
Major Hoge Tyler. on the part OF the
Democrats. and the Hon. L. W. Hubbard,
for the Republicans, spoke TO large crowds
Of their respective friends here to-day.
The roStrums OF the two speakers were
separated only by the brick wall OF the
courthouse. the candidate for Lieutenant.
Governor being on the inside, He bad
been speaking an hour before Hubbard be-
gun. When your correspondent entered
The house Major Tyler had finished his IN.
troductory and was giving a summary OF
The distinctive principles Of the Demo
cratic party, the proofs OF lis steady adj
vance. and what il had done for the coun-
try.
After making some happy illusions TO
the personnel Of the ticket, and having
humorously explained why he had rather
be Ijra than second on the same, he gave a
brief rfNnn( OF Republican legislation:
Under Republican rule 100000 900 acres OF
the public domain had been handed over
to svndicates-land enough to have sup
piled with homesteads 100000 families;
Under the administration Of Cleveland
81, 900 900 Of these acres had been restored
20 the Government.
The present Administration, said he. IS
backing the dictatOrial boss. Malone was
for Harrison because Harrison was for HIM;
The patronage Of Virginia was 10 be traded
The boss for the next Virginia delegation
and in the hope Of breaking the solid
South.
The speaker now illustrated by several
original slde-spiitting anecdotes how Ma
hone was trying 20 ride into power on the
backs Of the negro preachers, causing
roars of laughter, in which many negroes
heartily united.
To his ACKNOWLEDGEMENT audience the
Major showed how the people mad been
worsfed by their every transaction with
the Republican party; how il had located
railroads in the interest Of syndicate 3;
how its fostcrcd syndic9tcs Affected the
beef market in Virginia; how the per
capita taxation had increased from Sl5J
80 -, and how the interest uf the farmers,
constituting CD per cent OF the population.
were being sacrificed on the altar OF con-
bincs. the real dictators of the prices Of
farm products, az well as those Of sugGr,
coffee. g.. &c. Under that sort of Re-
publican rule tramps were increasing, and
The vendors who sold flour at 80 per bar
rel gave only seventy cents per bushel for
whclt When the wealth of nation.
continued the orator, gets INTO the hands
Of less than 10 per cent. az It's population
the masses viii suffer. OF Tho sixty bill
lions Of wealth IN the nitcd States thirty
billions are IN the hands of less than three
thousand people,
Tor more than two hours did Major
TYLER have his large audience alternating
between couyulsivc laughter and storms
of applause. Having throughout his adj
dress .tocrcd clear IF the usual stock Of
stale anecdotes. he most oloquontly closed
hy saying that old Virginia was never so
safe rs whom iu danger and that the Demo-
cratic party. now fired with patriotic en-
thu~iasm. WIS So glorou~ly enshrincd i'm
the heart Of the pcoI.e that defeat was
impossible.
Aftcr thc Democratic meeting the black
crowd around the ros,rum of Mr.. Hub
bard was sMr,ed 10y many whites. who
were curious 90 know his line of argument.
lie seemed To he laborng 20 show that the
Democratic party was the enemy Of the IN
boring man. and that Captain Mckinney
was not "a man of sufficient financial ability
for the Cuheruatorial Office. TO the mind
Of your correspondent u occurred that NJ.
Huhbarde speech might be described 10y
the ALLEGATION of babble, buster, and
buucOmhc.'
Old Fin has on her Var-paint, and the
gathering blt'alious Of the uuterriied
give ass urance of coming victory. ZlP.