The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-06
OUARTERMASTER FIELD
mn WAKES SOME PoPULIsTic RE-
u<pxsoy THE sILyER QUESTION.
s,.,..,sa the Hanovee ~manches-
hrrian ComPiime'ted-Ihe July "'"""
Jury-pea,h of Mrs. Barrett
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III i LUZ. Ficla' the popuiist es

.h,,,t aevcn.y-nvc people present 10 h'~'
.,..,c,,,oster speak. and some OF
-, wore Democrats. General Field OK
..,ess.a himself as opposed 20 the repeai
:, o.. sherman law. He could see no al
vantage. in such a movement. ACCORD
,,g IN mis- views. President Cleveland ana
,v.presldent Harrison were both response
,e 70 a great extent for the present
financial depression. Tie was opposed TO
the policy Of purchasing silver ouiiion
with gold coin. and held that 10 be
,DoVorful factor in bringing ABOUT 'ue
nresent strlngency Of the money market
lie charged that Mr. Cleveland was
uncanad when he declared mat the pres
ynt perilous condition WIN "n'S" -, W,
,0,,utrv is now confronted resulted from
r. e,ccution by the Executive OF inc
..,.eteo laws OF Congress. evidently re
fo,rine a. the act OF July, 1890. Genera
,yeid declared that neither Mr.. tleVcIahu
nor Mfr Harrison had executed tnlS law,
t,, on the contrary. had wiiiuHy ana
deliberately ignored the most important
sroyislops Of the law. and that the pres
ont financial embarrassment was d.
,rlbufahle % the failure OF Doth ildi
son and Cleveland to fully execute IT,
They executed that portion Wnlcn ~
ouired the purchase monthly OF 49o'VV
ounces ~ silver bullion. and issued the
certificates required. but wholly falled
10 carry out the third section OF the laW'
which required so much Of said bullion
10 be coined into money. with when 10
redeem the certificates or notes ElNeh
for the purchase Of the bullion. without
nnv authority of law. Mr. Harrison ana
Mr.. Cleveland distracted from the treas
urv sS 900 900 Of gold coin TO redeem these
certificates. which the law required should
be redeemed with money coined out OF
Tho silver bullion purchased under the
net As II is the duty Of the President
a. execute the laws of Congress as en-
noted. Mr. Harrison and Mr.. CLEVELAND
en- wilfully ignoring the third section OF
Tho act. were guilty Of an impeachable
offense. for which Mr.. Harrison should
have been. and Mr.. Cleveland should now
be impoached.
M. Cleveland. IN his proclamation
suppressed the fact that both he ana Mr.
Harrison have disregarded this third sec
Zion The presidential oath requires the
president 10 faithfully execute the laws.
not the portion Of n law, but all Of 1t.
There IS no security for the people or
our free institutions. II "a President IS 10
elect 10 enforce p part OF law ana
ignore the rest. The Constitution must
he obeved or we have no constitutional
Government.
General Field was the guest Of Mr.. J.
j. Watkins while at Midlothian. lie left
there for Richmond yesterday morning
and left Richmond for his home yesterday
afternoon.
MIR J. y. Watkins has a magnificent
fruit crop on his farm near Midlothian
this year. In his orchard are something
like $500 fruit trees heavily laden with
apples, peaches and pears. The fruit
crop I'm Chesterfield generally IS eXcep-
tionaly large this year. and the farmers
nre reaping a splendid harvest.
The Arlington baseball club OF Man
chester went over 10 Hanover county
Tuesday. and defeated the Hanover boys
in two games of ball, by score or 10 10
Z, ard y 70 0. The battery for the Ar
lingtons in the first game was Barrett
and Hobeck In the second game Binns
and Taylor did the battery work and the
Hanover bays were shut out.
Mr. j. S. DuNal formerly Of Chester
field. but now a practcing lawyer In
Memphis. Tenn, recently delivered In that
city an Grafton on the occasion Of the
Pythian memorial. which was published
I'm fun in the Memphis Commercial. and
was highly complimented by many OF the
three thousand persons ptecent.
Mr.. DuVal is a young man. and Is
rapidly coming 10 the front in Tennessee
He Is a brother Of Mrs. Benjamin Goode
OF Chesterfield. and Of the late Alphonso
DuVal. OF Swansboro. His friends here
predict for him great success.
II Is said that Mr.. John Il. Watkins, Of
Chesterfield, will be one Of the Populist
candidates for the Legislature this fall
Mr.. Watkins IS the chairman Of the
Populist party in Chesterfield
Mrs. A. $. Barrett, Of Swansboro. died
yesterday morning. She was the mother
Of Messrs. William Palmer and George
Barrett. of Manchester The funeral will
take place from the West-End Methodist
church this afternoon at o'clock.
The new collector Of customs Of Rich
mond. Mr. Charles NJ. Wallace. has
rendered the position OF janitor Of the
custom-house building TO Mr.. Anthony
KnOrr. Of Manchester.
The place pays forty-lve dollars
month, and there were numerous apph-
cants for H. Mr. KnOrr Will accept the
position
The Manchester City Council meets on
Friday night of next week. at which
time the body will be formally reorsan-
lied. \ president will have TO be Sc
lected and standing committees appointed
by the new presiding oficer. whoever he
may be. a member Of the body is TO be
elected 10 III the vacancy from the First
ward, occasioned by the removal OF Mr..
Starke. There is also a vacancy in the
school board that will have TO be filled.
Electric car No. %. on the Hull-strcet
line. ran over a very fine pointer dog be-
longing TO Mr.. j. S. Williams yesterday
afternoon at Eleventh and Hull streets.
The dog was so badly hurt that officer
MOies had 10 shoot the animal. which was
a very valuable one with a long pedigree
The delegates from Manchester TO the
Democratic State Convention will be Sc
lected as follows next Tuesday night: In
the First ward q Second ward. g. Third
ward, 3; Fourth ward. 8. Total. 10.
The grand jury OF the husungs court.
which will meet for the July term on the
nth instant, was drawn yesterday as fol-
lows: John Shanks. Charles v Green. c..
s. Reams. b. W. Nunnally. J. II. Perdue.
Jr., w. w. Pool, Simuel LOGAN (colored).
George \. Carr, +. A. Lamb, Frank Nell
son (colored) and John r.. Utz.
Mr.. c. NJ. Hazen is having the Acad-
envy building at Bon Air enlarged 10
meet the demand for the accommodation
of the pupils of this institution. 1t Will
be completed In time for the session,
which Will begin I'm September.
Rev. L. j. Phaup and family. OF Ron
Air, are visiting friends in Buckingham
county.
The annual Fourth Of July picnic at
tranlte was one of the most ENJOYABLE
ever held there. Dancing and other pleas
ures were INDUCED I'm. and about two
hundred and nifty people were present.
MI. n :. Furcron. OF Fauquier. for
merry Of Manchester. is here on visit.
Mrs @. Watt Taylor OF Chesterfield,
mother Of Mrs D. y. Hancock. is very
H. ana her death may be expected at
any time.