Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-13

| the hall he was greeted by ROUNDS or ap-
| plause. He was accompanied by q. X.
Macon. II. l.. French, - Butler. and
! James Holladav, a delegation from the
City Central Committee, appointed to
| escort the speaker 10 the meeting;
! On the rostrum were seated Judge John
! II. Ingram, Augustine Royal. DR.. Law
! renee ingram, Colonel B. o. James, George
/ T.. Gary, John w. Arlington, DR.. Thomas
p Mathews. George Jewett, Of MIDLOTHIAN,
| Ben. Z. Owen, Jr., W. ID. LIthgOw, W. ID.
Craig, William Whitworth, and Joseph
| Blanton.
MAJOR coNGAD's sPEEcn.
Mr.. Macon, chairman Of the City Com
mittee. called the meeting to order. and in
few complimentary words presented to
| the audience Major Conrad. who was re-
| ceived with enthusiastic cheers.
| The speaker expressed his qualification
| at seeing such q large assemblGge, which.
! he said. was the manifestation of interest
| in the great cause which was commanding
! their attention Just at this time. He had
never before seen such deep sollcltude IN
| the Democratic party.
| He spoke of the encouraging outlook
! for a Democratic victory next month and
( referred in beautiful language to the
| nomination of Cleveland at Chicago. He
mentioned the circumstances under which
| Cleveland was chosen, notably the hostile
representation sent from his own State,
! and IN spite of this and tho expressions
of opposition by leading politicians
throughout the United States, the voice
! of the people was listened to: they de-
| manded that Grover Cleveland alone
should represent the people, as he con-
ceutrated IN himself al efforts Of popular
success.
Another ground upon which the De-
mocracy might base success was, he sald.
| IL Il - a H. - "a
! licanism of many leading politicians VINO
| had heretofore known nothing else but the
! Republican creed. He mentioned Judge
Gresham and other Republicans, who, he
said. claimed that party allegiance was
nothing in comparison with loyalty to
country.
THE THIRD PARTY.
Tie speaker, in paying his respects TO
the Third-party movement, SAID that there
had arisen III our mllst band OF men who
were true southern men, true, honest,
and patriotic citizens, who have organized
! "A third party. which they called the Fe0-
pies party. He had tried to find out their
| grounds for their action and their mea-
sures of relief which they propose. One
| thing that they complained OF was an un-
| equal distribution of wealth, while another
was On unequal distribution of currency.
They also claim that the people IN the
South are not enjoying the same pros
perIty III the accumulation of fortunes as
those who live IN the North, and tnat the
Democratic party has never done any
thing To relieve them from the present
| condition of affairs.
There has never been time, he said, for
| the past thirty years when the Democratic
party could strike from the statute-book
any law, however obnoxious, or enact any,
let IL be never so beneficial.
10 y not al
fliate with the Democrats because. they
claim. the Democrats have never done
anything for the betterment of their con-
| dItion. How, he asked, could the Demo
Gratis do anything when they never had
power 10 enact or repeal any law
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
Major Conrad went into a discussion of
their first complalnt-that Is, the currency
question. He said that their platform
! provided for a large increase of silver cur
rency. Everywhere people had allowed
themselves to be worked up about the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
There were S40D,000,000 in bullion II the
! United States Treasury. which the Third
partyltes claimed ought 20 be distributed
among the people. and they con-
sldered il a great outrage that this was
not coined and put into circulation.
Every dollar Of that silver is IN circula-
tiOn In this country this moment. con
| tinued the speaker. There Is q silver note
which has been issued by the government
forevery dollar of the silver now remain
| ing in the vaults az Washington.
He stated further, in connection With
his subject. that if all the silver produced
on the continent was coined there would
not be FIVE men IN every thousand who
would know il thirty days after It had been
SO coined.
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION.
The speaker took up the theory OF " Un-
equal distribution Of wealth" he said the
cry from the Third party was that pro-
ducers were receiving an inadequate sum
for their labor.
In his discussion Of this subject be said
that his,was.due to the governments beng
administered by the Republican party and
trying 20 violate a law of nature. The
destruction of one Of such laws meant suf-
ferlng.
Every man. he declared, should be at
liberty 10 sell his productions in the high
est markets aud bus III the lowest markets
he could find. But this was prohibited in
this country, a. the tariff laws put "a re-
s;rlctIon upon this freedom. At no time
he said, had England ever gone so deer
INTO the collection of tariff revenue as the
United States Major Conrad illustrated
his contention by referring TO the duty of
Ssl94.77 on 800 worth of castor-oll brought
into this country. He then declared that
no people ought to be taxed more than
necessary TO pay the ordinary expenses OF
the government. and added that that was
Democratic doctrine.
The Republicans say, he added. that
manufacturers must be protected and not
the worklnPmen. They claim that m order
10 protect the manufacturers they Will Pot q
tariff on the article, but the consumer pays
o hn
tinued. being made TO pay any where be-
tween so ana 150 per cent. over the rea
cost of an article To protect monopollsts'
POINTED QUESTION.
He asked if any man In the audience who
worked for wages mad received an increase
of pay since the Mckinley tariff law had
been III operation. Before the war scarcely
any one was seen who was worth more thar
81 900 .O0G, but today he continued, mar
worth only this amount Is almost looked
OF ia New York as pauper. This he at,
tributcd to the legislation of the Federal
Government. When Mr.. Cleveland retired
from the presidency, resumed the speaker
he left a surplus III the Treasury o.
500, 900. 900 for which there was no appro-
priation. 8&,
Where is the hundred millions nowr hC
asked Not one dollar remains, and th'
United States Government Is IN bank
rupt condition.
1t isnitthe workingman who is benefited
bv the tariff. he declared, but the manu-
facturer. who compensates the Republican
party during the campaign.
The speaker declared that the Repnbll
cam party intenoed TO destroy the right 9
suffrage among free people by the enact
ment u the force bill. the object and In
eyitable effect OF which would be the pro
hibition of the right of free ballot. ID
presented striking analysis OF the foro
! bill and appealed to his hearers to stan'
up and fight 1t and on the sth OF Novembe
go to the polls and defeat the measure b.
supporting the peoples candidates, Grove
Cleveland and AdlaI Stevenson.
; His address was one OF great force. ii
spoke for more than an hour, durin
which time the best decorum prevailed
He was greatly applauded by the larg
| ratherinr md Ieft "A snlendid imprassiol