Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-15
DAY OF DEMOCRACY
A Gig GATHERING OF THE CLANS AT
SEVEN PINES YESTERDAY.
Speeches b, Messrs. C"rdweii, Fiournoy'
wise. Dun, and Anderson-The
Dummy In Distress

The barbecue given nj Seven Pines
Yesterday by the Brookland and Fairfield
democratic clubs, of Henrico, was g
great success.
Mr. Barney Friscbkorn, chairman OF
tae Committee OF Arrangements, and
those who assisted him worked like
beavers, and they have every reason tc
feel satisfied with the results OF then
lsbors The former and many Of the
committeeman labored all Monday night
to perfect the details of the affair.
Trains on the Richmond City and
Seven Pines road were run every hour,
beginning at 9 A. NJ.
HAD A GOOD TIME.
The crowd began to arrive early.
Most came on the steam cars, some came
on horseback, others came by carriage.
Jumper. wagon, and muleb9ck, and still
others came by accident"
Every train brought new recruits, and
ly5 o'clock in the afternoon there must
have been ] 900 people on the grounds,
and the adjacent fields looked ilke
camp.
Abundant preparation had been made,
and everybody received warm well
come. Tables containing abundant iood
nnd liquid refreshments were Kept III
GOOD condition all day, despite the vigor-
ous attacks made on them. There were
yonng men, old men, and boys. All
Iere in good humor. and no disturbance
of any kind occurred the entire day.
Foot ball. duoits and kindred games
were IN full blast all day.
Among those present were Clty-Attor-
nov Meredith. Hon. George ID. Wise,
Sheriff Gates. ID. c. Richardson, Preston
Pclvip. w. Il. Lee, w. ID. Courtney,
Alfred Shield. r.. y. Thomas, Captain
". J. Binford. Meade Hasklns, Conway
Z Sands. William Wilson, j. j. Crutch-
field. r. B. White. II. NJ. Smith, Jr,
Ta1ewell Elicit, ). b. Witt, Joseph &.
Dickerson and many others.
THEY SPOKE.
Tho exercises of the DAY we're con-
Quoted in the spacious pavilion.
u was five minutes past II O'Clock
when Hon. j. Taylor EllysOn ripped on
ihe stand and requested the attention OF
those present.
Mr. 'Ellyson said he appreciated the
honor done him 10y the Committee OF
Arrangements III selecting INN 70 pre-
side. He could not forget the fact that
Heurico had stood by him nobly when
le wa elected 10 the Senate. 1t gave
linn moro than usual pleasure to be
rrcscni. as he felt sure that the time was
A hand whom the Democrats were gong
g. control the affairs of the county, and
could if they would secure all the Offices
10 Ienrico next year.
speaker Cardwei.
In introducing this gentleman, the
first speaker of the occasion, MIR. Ely
SON alluded 10 him rs one who had been
working nm the Democratic columns ever
nnce he had attained his majority.
Mr.. Cardwcll greeted his audience
pleasantly in response TO the liberal re-
rcption rendered him, and said he was
Glad to see that the Southward wind had
not blown all the Democrats out OF
Hcnrico. though they had been Vat
d,iiug along under serious difficulties
Tor some time.
Fora good theme, said the speaker, he
know of none better than "Bepublican-
ism and Deyiltry.'
"KNOCK-powN " ARGUMENT.
At tins point there was a little commo'
tion caused hy cpc of the auditors, who
was deeply interested in Mr.. Cardwell'
remarks. and forgetting that he was sit
ting ON the rail of the platform, fell oil.
The Judge turned this little incident tc
good advantage. saying that he must In
deed be using knock-down argument
Coming down to the election OF Harri-
son. Mr.. Cardwell touched upon the
money spent by Wanamaker TO secure
the presidency for him, and the present
Of the cottage since. The Bible says
that gifts blind the eyes of the wise
il this was so, what effect would they
have on Harrison
IoRCE AND ELECTION.
The working of the force bill would
he illustrated. claimed Mr. Cardwell, by
the way Napoleon was elected Emperor
of France The question was submitted
to "a vote Of the people. But a soldier
was stationed at every ballot-box, and
every person who voted against the
Little CORPORAL was liable to bt
pierced through the body with bay
onct.
1t would be "a pretty state OF ailalr'
when Judge Bond sat III Baltimore and
appointed an electIon-board TO count
\uginia's vote A vote counted by
such "a board would never mean any
thing for this State.
The tariff was next discussed. The
Judge stated that he was well aware that
this was An old topic, but ne never YET
saw free people get tired OF talking
taxation. This excessive tarlt re
minded him Of the teacher who whipped
him when he was boy, and told hiu
all the time IL was for his good. He sug
Cestcd to the pedagogue that the whip
ping under these circumstances NIGH
be- dispensed with, but the old gentle
t0an kept right on until he was tired.
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Mr.. Cardwell congratulated the farm
ers upon the formation OF alliances
They were on the right track, aitel
having sat quietly by for many years
At last they have asserted their power
and can dOubtlessly do themselves much
good. lie warned them, though, tC
strike at the root of their troubles
which is undoubtedly the tariff.
Judge Cardwell read from the Dis
pQtch OF several weeks ago quotation
from Judge Waddil's speech at HenrieC
courthouse the assertion that the silver
hill had raised the price of wheat from
SD cents 10 81 .02 per bushel. This Wa,
all nonsense. Wheat had gone up {
short time ago in consequence of the
failure OF the crop in the West 1t wa
ike an old man ont in his county wht
said that every time II rained gravy HI
plate was turned bottom upwards. Th'
price Of wheat had gone up when th
farmers had none TO sell.
TARIFF JOKES.
The Mckinley bill admits roses free
the speaker said, but imposes 100 pc
cent duty on castor oil There isn't
more important article anywhere thai