The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-01

Tho Republican campaign was closed
last night with very enthusiastic
meeting in the Opera House. 1t had
been announced that the meeting was
to be held in tho courth ouse, but at tho
last moment the Opera House was de-
cided upon. The house was filled and
tho audience alternately cheered tho
speakers and the Roanoke Machine
Works Band. which furnished excellent
music throughout the evening.
Tho speakers were G. A. Heermans
and j. w. Hartwell and Col. Pat Nc
Canll and they were all listened to with
close attention. Mr.. Asberry called tho
meeting to order and introdu ced Col.
Pattic, the permanent chairman. Mr..
Pattie made short addre SIS, in which he
outlined the action OF tho Salem con
vention which nominated IIcermans and
Hartwell and closed by presenting Mr..
Heermans, the candidate for tho senate.
Mr.. Heermans delivered q strong
speech and he was frequently inter-
rupted by applause. He said he stood
before tho people as the unanimous
nominee for tho State senate, but SO far
as he was individually or personally
concerned he did not care whether a
man in tho house voted for him or not
lie is o laboring man, and whatever
there is in him, be it much or little, is
the result of his own effort. He never
saw six months in school house in his
life, and worked for years on the shoe
bench, as shoemaker, drawing, as they
call it, the cords of misery But"
continued the speaker, ''when study
the theory OF my government and the
condition of affairs in this country,
when think of the policies and the
interests that are at stake, then it is
that feel that could go on my knees
to every man in this audience and beg
him, for Gods sake, vote for me-"
MIR. Hecrmans dwelt at length on the
subject OF protection ndscompared the
tariff bills Of Mckinley and Mills. He
said that the Democrats claimed that
the Mckinley bill did not raise the
wages of the laboring people. The
Mckinley bill was not passed for the
purpose of raising wages, but it was
passed for the purpose of keeping them
from going down.
In speaking of Roanoke he called it
tho bride of the Southwest and the
child of the Republican party. He said
that tho falling off of tho boom here
was due to the election of Democratic
house of representatives. lie could not
understand how u man who loves his
country and wants to see it prosper
will tie himself to policy that is drag
ging them and their wives and children
to destruction.
I He spoke in unmeasured terms against
the railroad com mission, and secured
Senator Daniel for utterances on this
railroad" he said, has done more to
build up Virginia than all the John
Daniels that ever lived" He favored
free education and free books, and
closed his speech by saying that ICY
clone Jim" Marshall was appropriately
named. He was nothing but wind and
destruction.
Colonel Pat McCaull received per-
feet ovation when he was introduced bv
Mr.. Pattie. The colonel said he had
already made one speech that day in
Floyd county on the subject of pics and
was hardly in condition to make an
other. He had been accused of having
once been Democrat. The colonel did
not deny this, but because he had once
been sinner there was no reason why
he could not get Republican religion.
He devoted himself principally to
discussion of the tariff question and
made strong argument for protection.
be handled Senator Daniel without
gloves and criticised very severely the
speech he made hero last week. He
said he wished the Senator was here,
but unfortunately he was not To show
the effects a low tariff law had on this
country he read an extract from the
New York Tribune, published in 1855,
which showed that hunger and destitu-'
tion were running ia mpant He showed
cheaper under Republican high tariff
than they had been under Democratic
low tariff.
The colonel took exceptions to Sena-
tor Daniels remarks on free silver and
said that what the people wanted was
currency where one dollar would be
worth one hundred cents. He spoke of
the policy OF the Republicans in put
ting the surplus which had been stored
In the Treasury Department in circula-
ton and said the orly reason Cleveland
did not do this was because no did not
know how to get it out He condemned
the railroad commission scheme and
spoke in the most flattering terms of
what the Norfolk and Western bad
done for the development Of this State.
Col. Hartwell was heartily applauded
when he arose to speak. but he said he
would not make a sIeech, as tho gentle
men who had spoken had fully gone
over the ground. He reiterated the
assertion made in his address that he
was for free books and an amendment
to the mechanics lien law, and prom
Used that If he should be elected he
wou1d faithfully servo TIM iptarasts re