Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-05-13
O'Fcrrall for Governor.

=. RICHMOND, Va, May THE fol
lowing address, signed by Judge j.
Frank East, chairman, and E. L. Z.
Scott, of Hanover. secretary, which
was issued here yesterday, explains
itself:
cat a. conference of the friends of
Charles T. O'Ferrall, at which there
were present representatives from
every congressional district in the
State, held in Richmond, May a,
Judge j. Frank East, of the city of
Norfolk, was called to the chair, and
E. l.. G. Scott, of Hanover, was
elected secretary.
Upon q full interchange of views
as to the most practical means OF
furthering the object of the confer
ence, it was decided unanimously
that state 'O'Ferrall Campaign or
ganization' be formed, with a chair
man and secretary for the entire
State, and one member in each city
and county, who shall have power to
to call other friends to his aid. The
decision of the conference was that
the following announcement Of Col
onel Ferrall's candidacy be made to
his democratic fellow:cltizens:
Colonel O'Ferrallis a native Vir
gilman, of Frederick county, where
he was born in 1910. He served gal
lantly in the Confederate army, en-
tering the famous Ashby Cavalry as
q private at the beginning OF the
war. In 1862 he was made captain
and rose from rank to rank until he
reached that of colonel Of the TWEEN
ty-third Virginia Regiment, which
he commanded with distinction to
the end of the struggle. His regi-
ment under his command held the
last line, fired the last shot and cap
turcd the last prisoner on Virginia
soil. AS badges of his heroism and
of his patriotic devotion to the cause
Of his State he bears upon his body
the marks of five gunshot and three
sabre wounds. When Colonel OFFER
rail- came out of the army he was
without means and accepted the first
business engagement offered him.
Having secured the necessary money
to pay for completing his education
he entered Washington College in
1868 and was graduated in law in
1869 under Gen. Robert e. Lee. He
began the practice of his profession
at Harrisonburg, his present home.
In 1871 he was elected to the House
Of Delegates from Rockingham, and
since that time his career is part of
the history OF the old Commonwealth.
He entered Congress from the
seventh district in 1882, after serving
as county judge of Rockingham for
six years In the national Legisla
f,,ra &c rnnnrI ic Drn Of nNncnin,,N,C
ability and of fervid devotion to
democratic principles. The people
of his party in Virginia cannot for
get his gallant fight in the Reed Con-
gress against the unholy efforts of a
republican majority to thrust the no.
torious Langston into the seat to
which the Hon. E. c. Venable had
been elected, nor his heroic resis
lance to the enactment OF the infa-
nous force bill. Neither can they
forget that from 1880 down to the
present time he has held aloft the
banner OF democracy in every cam
paign throughout the State and
with his clarion voice eloquently and
effectively advocated the principles
which that banner represents. He
has made more political speeches and
and visited g greater number of
counties i'll the interest OF his party
than any other public man. With
this brief summary of his services to
the State his name is presented to
the party not as the representative
Of any class or geographical section.
but as e man and {; Democrat who. if
elected will shed lustre upon the
entire Commonwealth"