The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-05
BIG DEMOCRATIC DAY.
THE THIRD P<RrY MAN NOT INIT.
MANY Good Speeches and Plenty Of Barbe-
cued Meat at Cold Hsrbor-The Scout"
were Right on Hand.


few weeks. The uniformed scouts OF
fhe Union Democratic Club and goou
many members of that club assembled ~
Powelrs Hall soon after o'clock IN the
morning. and at 7:3O a. VI. they started
In large busscs. headed by the HowitHer'
band. which entertained the travellers Oh
their way with lively tunes ho
II was about II o'clock WLeh w
crowd assembled around the oid h'cin
nj Cold Harbor 10 listen to TIE rSi' '1,, ~
80 be made by some OF the D's' hID"
speakers. Among those present H.
Ix-Trcasurcr Horn, OF hah"HVI' ~
Marlborough. Colonel Meade Hasklns, OOi-
orel Thomas Whitehead. I'd. j. I. ocot'
= Loo Moore. John r. Grimes, Joseph
" Carter. VI. Lakewood. Juhan hei'~'
~ ~ Cnllingworth. j. -. Welsh. j.. =
Carr;soo Jobn Sullivan. John Oooue
Jobo VaIIev. Peter West, W. StohoT'
me meeting was called 10 order Dy MI
Allie billiard. the chairman OF 'nT P'C
cinct. who introduced MT. "a H.
Soft 2s president Of the meetihg, Nj
SD in = few appropriate remarks III
trodvced Colonel Whitehead as the hfSl
sneaker. Colonel Whitehead SPOKE 'DI
ater an boar Oh the various issues Delorc
thc neonle. He BEGAN by saying that ne
IN IN Ptoln at Cold Earbor III 1867 and III
1S.4 He came then because ne Cu
tbo peoplc to be imperiicd ana the otatr
thrcstencd This time hc had come again
FOR like reason, for the Issues III PuVo
tion had disturbed the people OF tue co"iie
try. There had been some olh -
on,nion i'm the Democratic ranks Oul ~
was entirely unnecessary ana no D'n0H'
TO the party could grow out OF H.
HIGH Tariff.
Mr.. Whitehead explained the, pecu-
Iarities of the high tarlii, Wmch Vac
directly against the interests OF Inv
farmer. who had been ia far more pros
nero,s condition from 1916 10 lSoO, Whch
"A low tariff was IN operation. Ai'oi
showing up the niquities OF the inteFh"t
rsveullc tax. the speaker paid his respects
10 the Force bill. which was ohiy dH'V'"
red by the enemies Of Virginia. lie eau,
tioued his hearers that if Harrison shou.1
be elected President the Iorce Di"
would certainly become a law. 49,.
The balance Of the address was take"
nm bv discussion of the currency qucs-
lion and silver circulation in their various
nbases as advocated by the dlhofeh'
parties ...,.l,.ood
Colonel Meade Haskins was introduced
as the next speaker He announced mat
n representative Of the Third party WIS
in attendance, who later III the DAY Woulu
address the assemblage, and Who' ne
boped. would receive all the cOHf'gSP3
extended 10 the other speakers. OOio1'i
Haskins then paid his attention 10 tnG
Third party at some lcnGih, ana stu'vu
that il was TO be found OUTSIDE Oh ."e
breast-works of the two national parties
Of to-doy. The platforms of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties contained
oil The principles which needed discussion
The Third party had repudlated De
mocracy and Kepublcanlsm, ana was
seeking relief in some new doctrine
which practically meant nothing else thah
10 get in some Office somewhere.
However, he did not mean to say th"I
this was true of all who would vote Tor
the Third party ticket 1t had only re-
ference to the leaders, WhiIe the rdhA
and file had been m'sled, not only by
Ignorance. but also by Misrepresentation
on the stump.
He had repeatedly told this to members
of that party face to face. Among me
things which their leaders told on the
stump was that the Democratic party
was responsible for the present state OF
affairs. Every intelligent man, however,
knew that the Democratic party Tor
some time had been endeavOrlng To rene
DIV the existing evils but had been ul-
Since the war it had been impossible
for the Democrats to pass any Kind Of
law, for At no one time had they been
in possession of the two houses OF Con
gress and the presidency.
AN UNJUST ACCUSATION.
The Democratic party had also been
arralgned by the Third party advocates
for not giving the country free silver.
This was an unjust accusation, Tor thr
representatives of the South IN Congress
had voted for free silver, with one or
two exceptions, while in the West the
opinions among Democrats on the sub
ject had been divided. The bill was
passed by the Senate, but the House
did not do so; il it had been the case,
the bill would certainly have been vetoed
by President Harrison. The Third party
men insisted upon the assertion chat
the Democratic party had not done any
thing worth mentioning since The war,
but they did not seem 10 be opposed to
RepubHcanism in their policy.
AT this juncture the ram began TO come
CoM.n in torrents and it was dee med best
70 take recess The doors Of the old
dc serted tavern were opened and tie
q wd was invited indoors to a sub
stantial lunch, consisting Of well-seasoned
beef, pork. etc, the rest 1t of the bar
lttut pItIdlfH ny iH' 'NIhIlA'lNN. 81 ~ /
IN iitelmission of about an hour the
storm had passed away and the speaking
was resumed.
Colonel Haskins continued his address
and spoke on the tariff with great force.
He told his hearers that the Republicans
alone were responsible for the existing
high tariff, and that the leaders of the
Third party never expected to see their
headers elected. He did not believe that
one honest, intelligent Third party man
actually believed that their presidential
candidate would receive a single electoral
yO.c.
HIS IGNORANCE.
Mr.. Julian Ruffn, the well-known
Third party man of Hanover county, here
interrupted the speaker and said that n
had that belief IF you believe this, -
retOrted Mr.. Haskins. God help yOur
ignorance" The speaker then showed
his hearers that the Farmers Alliance
men were not identified with the Third
party, although the latter had been en-
deav0ring 10 capture them. The FIST
principle Of the Farmers Alliance was Ia
be nOn-partisan, and according 10 its rules
q candidate who was TO be initiated in
that organization firmly believed that he
retained his religious and political free
dom.
The Alliance was enc thing and the
Third party another The speaker next
briefly dwelled on the character Of Gen
eral James y. Weaver, and closed bis ad-
dress with a few remarks on the Force
bill.