Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-30
HE SPEAKS OUT.
TIE rErERssuRa DISTRICT CONTESTED
ELECTION CASE.
Van Auken on the stsnd-Be Tel Of Lag
stoa's kethodG-0ther
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Petersen gG. W, March p, 1889
Nr. j. II. Van Auker, Repu lean Tor
many year, and acuyelg idendl'od wHb Tie
/ Aahone faction. has been Tor several days a
witness ~ the contested eleciiOa case W tni-
district HE dpo.ition contained thr
Facicsi and most amusDr evidence tnal hs'
, yet been given. lie was cr0s'cxfmincd Nv
John NJ. Lanes,0n. lelng ssked ~ TIE
contcstsnt whether be had ans pefsoni'
/ knowlcGge ~ tie nelro0e uscd In The
/ election. Mr.. Vao Aut'p replied:
Z" ] can slY positively that never knew OF
rs Dgcn bitterness toward the While peor,c
! ~ cn9racieuzcJ The clwpaicn which Lang
stou and bis assistants conducted. ihls IS
: tic result ~ nv q seryaiiOn after twenty
! yesis' r. sifcncc IN sussex county. They
cheated Turbulence nrG actu1ils inciiei 10
/ violence. They used every device 10 excite
( The negroes 20 hostility toward The hitt g.
/ Why, nv own cyDericrrc %, canNa,>eT Tor
/ Judge Arnold Ras sniiiccut i0' me. con-
! iiured the witness. "a ws~ under engage.
meni 70 make zen speechfs in sussex county.
/ but TIE incendiafv htrarguos Of Lsngsion
} and his speakers had 80 enbliiered thc ne.
I groc7 that ! could not with safety TO myself
| make more tnan four spsCches.'
- MT wa, Tue character ~ the influence
which Lengs'on eXerled over tie negroes -
I ASKED L9NgttOu+ counsel.
"WtN.' WAS The reply, 81 should say
/ thai he 'hoOd0oed thenl.'
"N ha' do you mean Og 'boodoo'i" ask
cd Langslon himself.
Accnrdny 10 nv Interpretation" an
swered Ir. Van Auken, " mean that you
! bewi'c hed the negroes thst ron drove them
mad over tie race issue and The color Inc
Mr. Van Aukcn continued MS evidence ~
great lengtb IN this strain, and testified That
he knew OF only three white Republicans IN
tbc district Of prominence VITO favored
LanRstou's ca1didacy for CougTe-s. These
men were Harry DSsOD, Of Not owsy; sam.
Lee. OF Grecnesyile, and Colonel James D..
Brady, Of TINS city.
TIE GRsiN-gLRyATOr.
The Atlantic Coa't Line has at last ar
ranged for the construction o. gram
elevator in this city. and tbe contracts have
been awarded. The iron work Will be done
by the Chicago Elevator Company, and the
lime and cement will te furnished 10y Nessrs.
Marks & Friend, Of ibls cts. The CAPACITY
Of the elevator will b. one hundred tnou'and
bushels, and II will be situated on the wharf
opposite the warehouse Of McssTs. Allison
& Addison. The elevator will he great
convenience, as after rs construction there
will always be 4 stock Of wheat in The city
TO supply the demands q the grisi-nllls here.
SIXTH MUSICAL FESTIVAL
The splendid ,um Of $1,000 hl. been suo'
scribed Tor the SIKH m:lsical festival which
VIII be held in t1is city FOR four DAYS, from
Nav DIST % May 24'h inclusive. The Mu-
slcal Association, under whose auspices the
festival will be given, promise that It will be-
the most attractive event IN the snnals OF
this wellkp0wn association. A chorus Of
400 children viii he one OF the features OF
tie festival. carl ZeIrahn, OF Boston. VIII
be the conductor, and the seven yocalists
VINO have been engaged have been chosen
from the best northern artists. Madame
CgrrCno ia the pianist, and the orchestra
which viii hs composed Of forty pieces, has
been carelu " selected IN Baltimore. we'll
trained chorus OF $50 voices completes the
list.