The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-10-04
WEAVER.FIELD ANDLEASE
THE TRIO CENTER UPON RICH
MOND AND CONCENTRATE
FORCES.
Weayerss j O kes--Field.s RraVery-Mrs.
Lease's SarcasnE-ChecTs for
Cleveland.


By Telegraph to State Chronicle.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 3.-Oid Market
hall was filled to the doors tonight with
an audience who came 70 listen to the
third party candidates, General Weaver
and exattorney general of Virginia
Field, and Mrs. Lease, who has been
making circuit of the country with
them.
The meeting was called to order 10y
c. Il. Pierson, of the Virginia Sun, who
introduced Major Mann Page as the
president of the meeting. This gentle
man after few remarks, in
was received with much applause. He
was very prolific in anecdotes and scrip
tural quotations, and little bits of Blarney
for all sorts and conditions of men, which
seemed to please them greatly. There
was the usual contingent of third party
leaders, who has been prominent at these
meetings lately, and on the platform was
Walter E. Grant, the third party candi-
date for Congress. The gallery was filled
with negroes. There was much shutfling
of feet and whispering, and the chairman
and Gen. Weaver had to ask for quiet
several times. Gen. Weaver said he was
| glad to exchange ideas with the citl
zens Of Richmond. Twenty five years
have brought new thoughts and new re-
sources and ideas, and old thoughts
must take their seat in the past. He
went on claiming that the people have
the right TO abolish parties when they
become oppressive and destructive of
liberty Touching the silver question
he rehearsed the well known third party
views. He declared the constitution at
present a dead letter and said that it was
abandoned and neither party dared take
it up and enforce it as our fathers did.
The speaker got great round of ap-
plause by asking the audience what
brought him here, and what was taking
him all over the country and answered il
himself by saying: "Put your hand in your
pocket and you will see it is money
He then drew a narrowing picture of the
poverty and squalor he had seen in the
twenty States he had been over. He
closed with complimentary illusions to
the ''magnificent" audience, claiming
that the movement was white mans
movement, and too strong to be ar
gued, ridiculed or voted down.
Major Page then introduced Genera
Field, as a Virginian and a Southern
man whom the party were not afraid t(
place on their ticket Gen. Field thank
ed the audience for their reception anC
said that paper in Richmond had sale
that he would not dare to come here will
Gen. Weaver and he wanted to show tn,
Richmond Times that he would dare t,
come here with Gen. Weaver and not b.
afraid or ashamed Of it.
Gen. Field went on briefly to extoi
the next orator. Mrs. Lease, and intro
duced the lady who spoke in deep
clear voice that filled the hall She de
livered herself of a great deal of senti
f ment and illusions to her Irish nativity
+ with flatterv for the old Dominion S,h
= paid her respects to the press and declal
ed they misrepresented everything an
? depended on passion and prejudice.
Here there were loud cries and cheer
for Cleveland and Stevenson, whic
I were given with will, followed b
counter cheers for Weaver and Field
At the close of Mrs. Leases remarks tn
+ band played, the crowd passed out an
/ the meeting was at an end.