The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29

odious Force bill, in resisting the nm
.scrupulous tyranny of the Republi
can majority under the leadership o
Speaker Reed, is especially approved
That the adoption of the Force bill
should be resisted by all legal ant
constitutional methods as destructiv,
of the whole country and calculated
to retard The material progress ant
natural development OF the land.
Tint all legislation tending tt
crnmp the enc 'gies or fetter the pros
perity Of the agricultural and mechan
ical classes, or to injure the welfare o
the iaborer, is wrong, and should b.
condemned; and that all Legislation
and governmental action rendering tt
the advancement and protection o.
the interests and rights Of these impor
tant classes of our fellow citizens
should be more earnestly approved
and supported by the Democratic
party.
In conclusion, Captain BlackforG
urged it as the sense of the convention
that it was the duty Of the Democratic
party to carry the district by the
largest majority ever recorded. The
resolutions went through with rush
w. w. Berry, of Bedford, addressed
the convention and said: Il indorse
the last resolution of Captain Black
ford that we carry this district by a
larger majority than ever before.
The most gratifying indication is the
entire harmony of this district and
convention. The only danger lies in
the fact that we think, with so popu-
lar candidate, it is an easy matter
to carry the district, but it is of vital
importance that we poll the fullest
vote in November. A crisis is at hard.
Every lover of liberty must work
that the result will show to the des-
perate leaders of the Republican
party that the country is overwhelnl-
ingly against them.
81 am not u member of the Farmers
Alliance, but our Congressman has
been big farmer in Congress, and
has been separating the cheat from
the wheat
Here there was stampede of some
of the audience, caused by a fire
alarm in distant part of the city.
Mr.. Berry was equal to the occa-
sion. Roanoke" he continued. lis
on such boom that if half the city
were burned today, 10000 lots would
be sold by this time tomorrow.
mo district has a better represents
tive in Congress than we have in
Paul G. Edmunds, and we are going
to give him rousing majority. l
take pleasure in nominating Farmer
Edmunds. Confident that he will
represent the farmers, laborers and
business men of this district, Ipreseut
the name of Paul G. Edmunds."
Mr.. A. H. Mays, of Halifax, fol-
lowed with O second:
II second the nomination." said
he. THE name of Paul C. Edmunds is
a household word in Halifax. With
him we can win sweeping victory
r. n. Davis, of Lynchburg, seconded
the nomination for Lynchburg.
There is no opposition, said he.
Paul C. Edmuuds saved the State
for the party in the last Presidential
election. | move that the nomination
OF Paul G. Edmunds be made unani
nous by reclamation.
The motion was seconded, put and
carried with hurrah.
Major w. NJ. Ellis, of Montgomery,
moved that the chair appoint. q com
mitee to wait upon the distinguished
nominee, and inform him of the
action Of the convention.
The chairman then accordingly
named Major w. NJ Ellis, of Mont
somery; Colonel S. S. Brooke, Of
Roanoke city, and T. N. Davis, OF
Lynch burg, who Immediately de-
parted on their pleasant mission.
During the interval, while waiting
for the appearance Of Representative
Edmpnds, in response to repeated
calls, Hon. }. Hampton Hoge,of Mont
gomery,. made a brief but telling
speech on the situation.
THE Republicans" said he, "are
watching the movements of the
Democratic party with an anxious
eve, and will resort to any scheme to
defeat it. The Democratic party
will gladly send an honest farmer to
Congress, and will do so this fall in
the person of Hon. Paul G. Edmunds.
The party never will give way to the
infamous advances of the dominant
party, but will on every hand resist
its eucroachments. The Republican
party would heap degradation and
on us if they could by the
passage of the Force bill and other in
iuuitus measures which we will resist
to the bitter end. The election was
lost in 1886 by inactivity and by Demo
Crafts remaining AZ home under a mis-
taken idea that they were not needed,
urge that the full vote of the par.y
be brought out next fall, and return
Mr.. Edmunds by a majority of 10000,
which will bury the Republicans in
this district SO deep that we will never
again have a Republican party here
He had hardly concluded before a
general shout of applause gave evil
dence that the nominee Of the con-
vention was coming down the centre
aisle escorted by the committee OF
notification. His appearance on the
platform was the signal for hearty
and long-continued applause. From
his evident high spirits and beaming
countenance it was evident he was in
the house of his friends. He said:
.Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of
the convention: l am highly honored
and offer my cordial thanks for these
expressions of your renewed conf
dence in me. am glad to leave Wash
ington and a Congress where the
agents of the people are trampled
upon; where the minority is ostracised,
and once more breathe the pure air
OF free Democratic convention. ZAP
plause).
1.-Two years ago when l appeared
before.the convention which nomina-
ted me told you that | expected to
make no brilliant record, but should
come back to you with clean hands,
that I should do all could for this
people. (Applause.) I have worked
for this people, have lost fewer days
from my post of duty than any Con-
gressmen l know of. There is not a
single county in this district which
might not send. an ADLER and more
brilliant representative than / am.
but none could be sent who would
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