Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-21
A BIG DAY IN HANOVER.

| IN DOdy with the meUpe OF tne Nolih-
fation Committee and the candidates to
Madison-Square Garden.
A BIG DAY IN HANOVER
Congressman Patterson-He Follows Gen.
Field-Capt. wisc's Speech.
Richmond and Manchester we're well
| represented at the 1nass-meeting at Han
| over Courthouse Yesterday. A great many
went out on the morning train and some
| drove out in buggies. Henrico also sent
large delegation. and altogether there
| were three hundred persons on the
| grounds when the speaking commenced.
Among the most prominent or those
| present, embracing members OF all par
| ties, were Hon. George ID. Wise, Judge
| Patterson of Tennessee. Hon. X. Ii. Card
well, Colonel William X. Aylett OF King
| William county. Colonel Robert Beverley
of FauQuier, Hon. Henry L. Wickham, &.
II. PIerson. j. W. Southwark. J. j. Silyey,
General }. G. Field, j. Brad. Beverley.
| John Phillips, J. Walker Wilson, Dancy
Jones, Joseph NJ. Shelton, j. A. Duke Of
Manchester, C. A. Jones OF Manchester.
| G.. ID. Corbus of Manchester, John l..
| Dlggs of Louisa county, Colonel John
Page, DR.. Lumpkin, David Is. Jones OF
| Richmond. John Murphy of Richmond, b..
| W. Binford, J. w. Penick, II. AdOlph Null
| Ter, W. T.. Grant. Major Mann Page (pres-
| dent of the Farmers Alliance Of Virginia..
| Julian Rufin chairman of the District
| Alliance Committee), and others.
CANDIDATE ALONG.
General Field. the nominee for Vice
President of the Peoples party, occupied
a seat On the train that went out from
Richmond. and while IN r0uie TO Hanover
and even after he reached that point he
| received the congratulations Of bis fol-
| lowers.
The old courthouse grounds presented
quite al interesting study all the forenoon.
Little groups assembled here and there
| and discussed politics and their varied
| phases.
On last Thursday, when the big Alliance
meeting was held there. a sort trans
| formation scene occurred. The session
was called by Dr. Winston, president of
| the Hanover Alliance. for the purpose OF
| organizing mutual loan association
among the farmers. About five hundred
persons were present, embracing men,
women, and children from Hanover, hing
| William, New Kent, HenrcO, and other
counties. The lawn presented an unusually
pretty scene when II was covered with
| plc-nickers enjoying the contents Of hugo
| baskets Of tempting food. until little 20
! litlcal venom began 10 drift through the
| crowd. The object OF the meeting was a
failure, and instead Of the organization OF
! the loan ASSOCIATION a political powwow
| ensued. tho story Of which has already
| been published.
DEMOCRATS IN THE MAJORITY.
Yesterday three hundred farmers and
! politicians assembled upon the same green
sward, and though no exact canvass of the
prevailing sentiment was made prOml-
4 ,,,I ttrar rauffapt az HnnnNar
county assured DIsPATcH reporter that
| only about one third of this number were
Third partyites. and that among these
were men who had always given the Dem
| Ocratic party trouble and had been among
a dlsgruntled set for years.
The day was characterized by a number
of peculiar incidents. While the district
convention hasnotY yet been held II was ap-
parent from a careful observation of the
situation that the friends of Julian Rufin.
one OF the leaders of the disgruntled fac
tion, were urging hls name IN connection
with the congressional contest ". f..
Grant, a hustler from Henrico, was doing
all he could TO aid the campaign fund by
selling Third party badges at twenty-five
cents apiece. On one side Of these little
metal pieces We're the words. People 3
Party Convention, Omaha, July 4, 1882,
and on the other was this inscription :
Industrial Conference, February, y,
1892"
NEGRO on TRIAL.
One of the features of the day was the
trial, which was going on IN the court
house of Llttletun Walker (colOred) for
felonlOus assault upon an 1l-year-Old girl
of his own race. 1t was especially iu-
teresting to the farmrrs. as the jury was
composed entirely of negroes-an almost
Unprecedented thing IN Virginia.
According 10 a previous arrangement the
Third d-party people held their mass-meet-
ing in the courthouse first, though nearly
all present attended both the speakings.
At II o'clock the Weaver-fleld meeting
was called 10 order by Chairman Julian
Rufiin, who made a few remarks. He as
serted that the great issues of the day had
nothing TO do with the struggle of 1S5l]b5,
and concluded by introducing General
James q. Field, candidate fof the wee
presidency on the People's-party ticket.
GENERAL YIELDS SPEECH.
General Field opened his address by saw
ING that he appeared before those present
10 submi. calmly. fraternally, and patrlOti-
cally the great issues before the people of
the United States demanding solution, and
that he was there IN somewhat of Il new
role. He referred to the fact that he had
for more than twenty-five years been on
the stump III the State maintaining the
principles of what he conceived to be right,
but this was the first time he had ever
taken the stand 10 advocate mis- own can
dldacy. He assured those present that he
was not there 20 ask persons 20 vote for
him, but to vote for their country, and for
their children. and for generations to
come This" he remarked. d" is one OF
the greatest revolutions ever known in the
history of our own country He said that
by and by when the defeat OF the enemy
was accomplished they could not say that
we the Third party did 1t. for they have
said that we amOHnt 10 nothing.
POLITICAL REyoLUT o..
General Field referred to the presence Of
a political revolution, which, he said, was
always the result of some great necessity
felt deep down in the human heart the
result OF some great strain upon the hu-
man mind lie stated that the Democratic
and Republican parties had been tried tor
thirty years in this struggle and without
relief. The day of your grace is over"
continued the speaker, "and you are sum-
moned to the bar of the people TO suffer
for the deeds that you have committed
TRULY IT WAS WONDERFUL.
General Field referred to the Omaha
convention as a great political phenome-
non. II assembled, the speaker remarked.
/ 200 miles III the heart OF the country ana
was composed of / 500 delegates, and in all
that vast concourse of people there was
not a dead-head or man who went there
on q free pass or IN his private car, had an
axe to grind, or a single person who was an
office-holder. nor, bless God, an Office
seeker. And, indeed" said General
Field, "some of the railroads did not even
give them rates"
The Vice President candidate took up
the platform of the Third party and dweit
at length upon the planks touching the
financial condition Of the country.
THINKS 1T A STAND OPP.
"They say that General Weaver has
abused the South said the speaker, but
| can't ralse any objection to him on that
ground. for if did not abuse the North |
don't know who did. They say General
Weaver fought against the South. What
if he did? If did not fight against the
North with all my strength aud vigor
don't know who did"
General Field made further excuses for
the national candidates of the Peoples
party. and continued by saying " They
saw we are the tail Of the Republican kite.
but we are going 10 try 10 fiy the kite.