Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-22
SPEECH BY Mr.. PAGE.
Ne SEVERELY cRITIclsEs THE &C
TON OF The CITY COMMITTEE
,yu, Nan M the "PeopIo's S"m''
n.e"-uepublican Nominations"
Nc.t Thursdays Election

Mr. Samuel NJ. Page addressed m audi
80 90 ona hundred or more people ae
powelrs Hall. on Church-hili avenue W.,
nirbt. nnd told why no though. no i.a'
heen euchered out of the nomination ioi
,hs Common Council from Jefferson "ara
bv the CITY Democratic Committee NO
ono introduced him TO the gathering.
ats.9o o'clock or d little afterwards ne
s,enpod mn near the stage and unoutton-
inq his coat and vest in his cnaracteriss, NV,
,~sv he commenced speaking, III III,
",'ssning romarks. which were OF a general
nature NE told MS bearers about the sancti-
90 Of contracts and concluded his perora-
ton by stating that the City committee
had violated their agreement with hlIh'
THE CLOTHES MUST FIT.
eff Won order a suit OF clothes from
t,,lor > said he. land when the garments
o,S completed YOU find that they are not
that they should be you tell tho sartorlai
artist that YOU will either have them
altered TO fit or will not pay for them.
the tailor tells you that 1t was not his fault,
Int tho lack OF skill on the part ot ms
EMPLOYEES, his answer IS not accepted as
an excuse. lie Is responsible TOR the de-
feet of his underlings, and so IN IKE man
ner the City Committee Is responsible Tor
fhe fraud of the Judges and election
clerks. yhev selected them without sug-
eestions from the people. and should now
bear or recufy their mlsdeeis."
Mr. Page then proceeded 10 censure the
committee in most sarcastic terms, and
being -kllful mimic and decidedly
humorous he frequently cOnvulsed his
audience with laughter. To use a slang ex-
preston, which is particularly applicable
TO this case, he roasted three OF the
Jefferson Ward members Of the City Demo
cratic Committee. The Christian name OF
one Of these gentlemen Is Napoleon. ana
upon this Mr.. Page harped with particular
emphasis. His illusions 10 the chairman
were also of a disaereeable nature. The
speaker ted his hearers TO believe that the
vote OF the bird precinct had been thrown
out bv tne committee because the resi-
dents Of this section were mechanics aud
WOrkingmeu who were underestlmated by
the West-End gentry.
The speaker told his audience that they
had been disfrauchi3ed by the action Of
the committee. and urged them at the
election next week 10 hurl back IN their
teeth their verdict"
None Of She gentlemen to whom be
alluded were present, and none OF thelT
frlendsf any We're present replied 70
ulIu Wa IA ne coAltittti MS ritcNh'
WITH THE PEOPLE.
Mr. Page was asked by n representative
OF the DIs2ATCa after tho meeting II he
intended TO run as an Independent can
didate for the council. lie replied by
saying that he was gong TO leave the
question Of his election 10 the people, and
that bee was her rightiul nominee and not
an independent candidate.
Republican aIcetias IN jackson Ward.
The colored Republicans Of Jackson
Ward held largely-atteudcd precinct meet
ings 40 O'Clock yesterday afternoon &c
elect delegate 10 a convention % place q
ticket IN the field. Inc convention me-
nt 10 O'Clock. and Ed. Cheatham Wa.
elected Chairman and Charles stewart
secretary. After "A session OF nearly thre'
hours the following nominations were
made.
Board Of Aldermen dong rm)-Johr
/ Mitchell, Jr.. James Bahen; short term
! Henry j. Moore.
Common Council-B Benjamin Jackson
| Roval White, j. 4. Griffin, William b
| smith. and Il. L. Page.
justices of the Peace s. b. Jones, Col
| Inns I. Valentine, and Thomas Miller.