The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-20
h'ghly numerous address that put the body
Ia good humor. lie spoke as follows:

h'ghly numerous address that put the body
III Eooh homOr. lie spoke as follows:
TYLER.
MI Chairman and Gentlemen OF the Demo-
cratic Party OF Virginia,
suppose II there Is n man in Nlrglnln tnat
nas right to have grudgc against our De-
loNed Governor Phil Mckinney 1t ~ my
seii Three years ago | came down mere
WIN speech prepared and expected TO make
II. but he wouldn't let me. He made the
same kind Of speech that ! had expected to
make. and 10 and behold he mas preceded me
by lust "A few moments ana has mace the
same KIND Of speech on this occasion that
lad intended 10 make.
didn't expect TO take any part in this Con-
Venuon, but. fearing that there might posi-
bly oo discord, and, not being partisan ior
any man had trusted and hoped II the op-
portunity presented itself that ! might 10
able TO pour oil on the troubled waters ana
to harmonic the scenes, but when ! cnne
and found everything so lovely felt very
much like the good old woman who belong
ell 90 the Salvation Army. taxing
her seat on tho train by the side OF gentle
man. she looked at him and inspected HIM.
After sho threw her specs up on her forehead
she said. Sir. are you = hOrsethief No,
maam." Are you pick-pOcket:' No
ma'am.n Are you gambler NO. rnaam.
What kind OF a rascal are you;' lie SAID;
"Maam. am minister OF the Gospel. try
ing 10 10 my duty oh she said: / am
so sorry wanted to have the opportunity to
convert you
| am awfully sorry you are oil so harmo-
NOUS. | wanted 10 have the opportunity 10
convert you.
NEITHER HILL NOR CLEVELAND.
II any of you think 7 am Hill man or a
Cleveland man you arc mistaken. They both
remind me OF little fellow VINO was hopping
around on his little foot crying. Somebody
asked him what was the matter. and he said
he had kicked q tiy with a splinter in bis tail.
l think they both kicked a fly with splinter
IN his tail.
heard once of an old darky deacon in the
church who took his seat on the step while
the preacher was preaching. lie was IN the
habit OF going 90 sleep and bOwlng hls head
over in that way. There was a billy goat
standing T. one side. lle saw this perform
ance. and the billy goat took 1t for granted IL
WAS a banter. There was another billy goat
on the other side that took II as banter, too,
and these billy goats backed long way ana
finally came together. the Oldham throwing ms
face back just enough TO let the goats heads hit.
About that time the preacher had ended
sentence IN his sermon and WAS going 20 com
nence another sentence with the expression
Put again" The negro, seeing the TWO
billy goats on the ground, said. Lord God,
Marster. don't make them goats butt no
brains out now. 70 God, they done nearly
butt mine out. too
THE BILLY GOATS.
These two billy goats have nearly butt
their brains out and nearly butt the brains
out Of the Democratic party. / am not fOr
tins kind Of billy goats.
/ have another fellow I am advocating.
The fellow / advocate Is named Joe Demo
crat lie is like mule heard of by that
eli L.. 4 J. Il I4fl
Joe Democrat lie was bucKing mule aud
one of his tricks was to sit down. ON one Oc-
casion this fellow was riding Joe Democrat
Democratic Joe | believe he called MN.
Re was riding with one OF those tnglish
swells. hunter who mad q magnificent horse.
This fellow took fancy 10 the horse and
| thought be would conceive plan Tor making
r. trade. He says TO tie Englshman: This
/ is the finest mule in the word. lie eau DO
ANYTHING YOU tell him Just about that time
/ the feAl0s law a hare in the road, and he
reached "A tert back and kicked the mule ID
! the TANKS and The mule sat down.
The Enghshman said What IS your mule
/ doing now ~
The reply was: This is setter mule. lie
is setting that old hare over there.
They went q little further. and the fellow
saw flock of quail. lie touched the mule
! behind and the mule sat down. lie said:
! What Is he doing now ~
The fellow became perfectly crazy. lie
would have that mule and gave his horse and
/ $50 20 boot. The fellow got on She horse
/ aud they role on together. After while
/ tbev came TO a creek. about half way up the
horses legs The Elgli- Imam raised has feet
up 10 keep them out of the water and touched
tho mule ia the tanks and down lie sat.
What's he doing now asked the English
man. "Oh. ~ lie says. he is setting sucker:
he ia lust rs good on sucker as he IS on
quail"
GOOD or A SUCKER.
Now. gentlemen, my mule is lust as good
on q sucker as lie is on quail. He Is Just tho
best Democratic hunting mule You ever SAW.
lie can set more candidates for the presidency
ti au any mule you ever saw. If you are not
sat sled with blr. Cleveland OF with Mr.. Hlll.
he is ready t. reach out I'm the Commonwealth
OF Pennsylvania and point YOU "a SILLY Pattec-
son II you want him. or reach over TO Ken
lucky and set YOU a Carlisle. 1 tell YOU,
trust Democratic Joe and don't you follow
this wild spirit that seems TO have blinded 50
many vi our noble Democrats Ia Virginia to-
day.
OH. / plead for the harmony Of this party
jim whose destiny is wrapped up the Liberties
OF the people o., America. and ! trust. my
friends. that tine truest spirit of noble har-
m0ny and generosity Will pervade TINS Con-
yeutiOn and characterize your actions.
THANH YOU most heartily Tor this cOmpli-
meut that YOU have paid NE.
PERMANENT OEGAsIZATION.
The committee on permanent organization
thon presented its report. which recommend
a. the election o. the following Office s. John
Bell bigger and James f. Ilsher secretaries
A. s. Christian aud William H. Mann, assist
AMI secretaries, Thomas Ki0ligham, sergeant
alarms
lce-pres.dents. First district James Fl.
Fletcher. Jr.. of Accomac. Second district, 4.
F.. Boykin of Isle Of Wight third district.
"a. g. james OF OOocllaud. Fourth strict.
Captain w.. b. Fares. of Petersburg. Fifth
district d. il. Moore. ~ Patric-, sixth dis
trl.t. IAOuas T. Stearns. of LyrchDurg:
Seventh district r. T. Barton. of Winchester;
I-Atn district. Richard BOOtOn, OF Orange:
Ninth district W. ). Hamilton. of Bristol;
Ieu,1 district. IL. II. Wright, of Augusta
FLECrOKs- tT-LARGT.
The Convention then went into tho election
of TWO electors-at-large, the speakers taking
Ito stand ia turn So that they could be heard
by the audience.
Mr. Marshall Mccormick. of Clarke county.
put in nomination Major Holmes Conrad and
backed II up with IA strong appeal for this
raa,rpftfon of mis- ability and earVipa in rba