The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-26
THE P0WHATAN CLUB.
THE BIG BRAVES ON THE WAR
PATH.
They Listen While Page Pictures Poiiti-
cal Things Montague Makes Macnih-
Thoughtful to he True 70 Their state.

4 They were not disappointed.
John BaseIcr's iband was OH hand ana
: filled the air around with melody,
4 The true and unlerriicd "men with white
. faces and straight hair a. Colonel W. X
Ayictt dcnominatcs them, we're oit hand III
numbers.
The times warrant. the occasion Of keen
eyesighi. steady nerves and dead aim.
This seemed 10 be the spirit that actuaied
all that were present.
P0whaian Club has put on walepaint and
il on the war-path. II hates Malone and
his dabolical intrisues in the political
/ world. and they want his political scalp 10
: dangle from the belts of Democracy.
Jbe assembly room was filled with repre-
scntatiyes Of the white people from all the
, classes of our population. All intelligent,
determined men. actuated by but one spirit
the good Of All the people; the ob-ei fance
: | of law and the maintenance 81 tie highest
principles at government, SUSTAINED by
| trcaciery. treason. stratagem ana -poils.
COMING TO ORDER.
AtS:fj the gong sounded, and the gather
ing came 10 order. Mr.. Preston Bci'in ih
the chair
lie invited ex-Prcsidcnt Wyndam r..
Meredith 10 introduce the speakers Tor The
evening,
Mr.. Meredith acknowledged the pride he
which had so prospcrcd under the admins
b fraiiOn Of President Bcltin. tie was e.
cccdingIy happy IN the remark, he made IN
introducing Mr.. Roosevelt Page, man
though Young in years, old IN patriotism
and public service.
MIR. ROSWELL PAGE.
Mr.. Page modcsily opened his speech by
+ saving. il il were in order for man 10
apologize fnr doing hi duiy BE- would pre-
fer that some better speaker should have
been selected. Bat he believed it was the
duty of every man 90 do all that in him lay
in this canvass.
The fable Of the hoy and the wolf might
cause some 10 bee apaihetc. Int the repeat
ed cry of wolf" ought not 10 keep all hands
from rushing 10 the rescue. The common
cry. if this j. the most important election
lever held. was not NOW being repeated with
ont cause. We ought 10 Dee known as the
free neck people. bowling 10 no man. how
ever exalted. however great. however good
he NAV De- Certainly. then wc should not
bow TO a man who drove his adhcrcnts un-
der the lash.
The cau-e Of the people was the cause of
virtue. He saw Malone az Hanover Court
/ house Tor the first time. Curiosity caused
him 10 20 and hear him. and he heard him
tell the negroes that in the Holiday cam
paign. that there were people i'm Hanover
! who had supported him. and he took tins
occasion ~ thank them. 1t reminded him
Of Judas lscarioi claiming 10 be- the savior.
/ tie said he had lived under Governor
worse Than the people Of Richmond had
ever lived under He had appeared before
| "A court composed Of two white men and one
negro. and the white men meaner than the
negro. Richmond never should suffer such
disgrace. Applause. Nahoncism was
the name Of al that was mean and degrad-
| cd. foul and disfepgiable. he warned The
people of the dangers ahead. and eXhOrted
them not to be oNer-coniidcnt, hut 10 fight as
| if their lives were al stake.
MIR. 4. J. MONTAGUE.
Mr.. Meredith next introduced Mr.. \. !.
Montague. of panyillc. gentleman who
had come down to aid in the election OF our
ticket.
Mr.. Montague Is a most pleasing speaker.
a man of line appearance. never "a loss for
words. which fall unsteady but with tell
ing force upon his hearers. lie did not in
! tend 10 20 into an the mihutiT Of Nlah0ne'-
mcanncss and dcyiltry. He wanted 10 talk
! 10 the people about some things that con-
cerncd him. and ne believed concerned his
hearers more lie pictured the scenes inn
mcdiaicly after the war; when all govern
ment was flung from it, mornings. lie told
Of what followed in the days Of scalawae-
j
then. and the scalawag Of to-day WAS Re-
publican. Strange a. il appeared the war
waged 20 keep lis i'm the Union WAS cOntin- /
ued to keep Us out of the nion
The Northern and southern Democrats
| had siriYeH 10 break down this war lie
paid eloquent tribute o. 1ilden, Hancock J
| and other Northern Democrats. and his !
words provoked great applause. which rip /
cncd into deaienns rOlr> when ne alluded !
= H.. ..f
President since the days of ,lcii9son." and |
the crowd gave three cheers for Grover { ie'e- /
land. He said Cleveland had not been in |
iured by defeat. bat ~ Hastings said Of
Earl Chatham. defeat had canoniled a /
great character.
Then be- paid his attention 10 Harrison,
whom bee alluded 10 boy quoting and credit |
ing Dr. Lailcriy the remark. "that Il calf (
might as we'll expect 10 gci milk from an /
icicle H. for the southern people TO expect /
To get justice from the hands Of such e /
man."
lie cited John Howard Paync'- height of /
poe-y. Home. sweet Home. and in ihr !
name of the homes Of the people
of Richmond and of the state he called /
upon aii 10 come forward and preserve their
home, inNiolatc We must come down
from dress parade and 20 to work. iic did /
not want 10 lecture but the issues had 90 De
met.
The affairs Of the state had been illummcd
by honesty. Not dollar had been mi-ap-
propratcd los the Democracy. Then be- re-
cited the Kendall bank note matter. Frank
:. Biair's $500 and Brown Aliens brother
in-law peculation. II had taken more
money 10 run the state government under
FlNhugh Lee than it had under Mahone'-
men. hui il bad been honestly expended: ~
care for the insane and the brave men who
had ID.
Jacket. His tribute 20 the Confederate
soldier was 50 eloquent. so touching that
tie house broke ONT into % roar Of applause.
The Democratic party WAS the party of
the people, and Dee cited from the history of
the time, 10 prove this.
IN one of The last speeches that John &.
Calhoun ever made he declared that if this
country ever came % ruin IL would he
when the ollce-hoders had more power .
than the people.
tie reviewed Mahones history. Farr.
Cameron. Riddlcbcrscr and Wise. and cN-
cg~ed himself from having 90 do 40 ia the
way that he did by saying that he was
bound to. for ''you could not handle mud
with q silver iadic" {
lie declared that if there were any two
places in the world that would suffer il !
would be- Richmond and Dan,illc. he adj I
Ocatcd fight. tie said in this respect he e.
dog from morning until night. When asked q
what she was beating a dead dog for. she
said. All. Sir. if YOU had known what q
a nasty egg-suckng dog this was YOU G.
wouldn't ASK why I'm beating HIM"
tie asked if there were any people i'm
Richmond too respectable 10 have ANYTHING G.
10 do with politics. lie said there were 10
some in Dan,ille But. he added, if Malone y
got ID power they would find out that poll =
les would have something 10 DO with them. b
md the more respectable they Were the n
more Malone politics would have L. DO 4,
With them. Il
Truly. an eloquent speech ended when
Nr, Montague closed.
iic has written hi, name high on the
standard Of merit here. III
The meeting was delighted and Mr.. Mon =,
ague received an ovation. 4,
John Jasper's Religious and Political T.
Principles. ,u
Jasper, the wcll-known colorcd preacher "
lola~ NeF9 radical and decisive views about
cligion and politics. and in this respect
...f L.