Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-26
THE CAMPAIGN,
A BIG DAY FOR the DEMOCRATS IN
tLUNANNA.
Colonel S.smuei Coleman ,,.r
n'1e stump-Two Mastery
Speeches,
t0o"-spOndcnce Of The Richmond Dlapa,cn.l
tLUvANNA COURTHOUSE, Va. }

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fLUvANNA COURTHOUSE, Va.
September %. 1889 (
lus unusually large turnout here to-day.
Sonftday, Is attributable 20 the fact that
both political parties had advertised dis
Ihguishod speakers for the occasion.
treSent on tho Democratic side were the
imprisoned and eloquent II. st. George
tucker and that intrepid tribune Of the
people Colonel Samuel Coleman. The Re
pubicans had iot some weeks assured the
pubic through flaming posters that Gene
raj Wyatt NJ. Elliott and Hon. f. W.
hubbard would b. on hand but neither Of
these genticm.n put in an appearance.
whist tho Republicans were nominating
Their candi0 ate for the House of Delegates
IN Oh" cour house great throngOf Demo
Gratis hSs' mhled around the stand under
The tree and listened 20 rousng speeches
from tr,o of the best stumpers in the state.
Many from adjoining counties helped 10
swe Che cxpcctaut crowd.
coiIwAN's spEEcH.
Colonel Coleman begun his epccch by
Saying that he bad risen from sick-hed
o. mcrt his appointment here. both on &C.
count of the vital Interests involved iu
~" contest and because he thought Mr..
Tucker might not De able 90 attend, DC.
Come. sand he, and lct ~ reason to-
Geth"r on what would be tho conse-
Qncnccs Of the defeat 81 the Democratic
party Ia the approaching election" The
very obnoxious measures which Malone
dictated SO ms Legislature were passed IN
Fcathing review a- an earnest Of what the
people might expect The fundamental
differences of tho two parties were next
presented. One party favored strong
patcTnal government, the other p govern
mcnt hl The people. one WAS sectional
party, and the other party for the whole
country: ono wanted the control Of tho
Government maintained by the iutclh-
G'prc 81 The country whilst the other
would have Ignorance onthTOncd through
,i0Aicsi ghng mon.
THE TWO CANDIDATES.
Tho speaker fhon boldly contraStcd the
characters 81 the two candidates for Gov
Crnot. and said Do personally knew that Ma
bono was the aifhpr and distributor Of tho
tissue ballot: the man who IN the Senate
IF Tho United States denounced hepcople
az Virginia for using them. The Colonel
believed that there were but few whites ln
the south who wer" Republicans from
principle. and that Malone himself was
for Arthur because Arthur was for him.
he then gave long list % Republicans
who could not support their nominee, and
clClcd "a speech winch was yell received.
ruCgrE.
Our congressman. the Hon. H. 81. George
N' MI Us 70 great Ihfnlilf lu lNln i1AuN O.
which he closely cauvus4cd last year. He
appropriately profaccd his speech with the
assurance If ms boart's grateful homage 90
tle Democrats Of old Flu for their three
hundred majority whom opposed 10y MI.
y 04t who WIS now standing shoulder TO
shoulder with hum M the fight against Ma
houeism. The issue Is not now one of
party supremacy but Is Ju, included in the
question, Shall Virginia Ice placed under
the domination of one William Malone;
After eloqueutly maintaining that whom
over Tho rights ~ the people were involved
tler" would bee General Mahoue 90 defeat
them ho most graphically depicted tine
VnormiIe- Tho Republican party proposes
- infict ou the people Of the South 10y so
changiur the election laws as TO pcrpctuate
indefinitely its hold on power He eX-
planned Row the State had been mulcted Of
: SIS 900 boy Mahono- withdrawal of "a posi-
1--WE contract with the Kendall Bank-Note
COMPANY 10 favor ~ acompany which had
furnished him DOODLE and how the
Treasury was further depleted under the
Cameron Administration.
TIP PENSION ENoRMTY.
The pension cnormity as manipulated
fv ono Tanner was next portrayed. Having
shown that Tanner was fully adequate 10
the task ~ managing the surplus Mr.
fucker most happily illustrated how Ut
gently the demands of local sclf-govern-
Weut required the overthrow OF the Re
publican party.
During the progress OF the Democratic
speaking the MahOnrItes mot III the court
house and nominated for the House of
Delegates ey-ludge George lladen, their
strongest man. Zw.