Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-10

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J ence Of the delegates for General Lee.
but not instrucsing the nominee. The re-
solution was not published In the pro-
| ceedings, and Of course 1 never saw IT.
/ i went through the campaign advocating
the free coinage OF silver and pronounced
a bimetallist; my people endorsed my
| position, and / told them I would not
| vote Tor any man for United States seDa-
| tor not IN thorough accord with Hon.
' John w. Daniel and Hon. William A.
/ Jones I made 10 my people this promise,
| and have tried TO keep H. Only one
person asked me 10 vote for General Lee.
| before came TO Richmond, and he did
80 through letter. When / came 20 Rich
| mond did not tell any man how ! would
| vote, nor did / give Mr. Shepperd any
reason why he should put my name on MS
| list. ] have voted what / think Is TO the
| best interest OF Virginia and my people.
Daniel and Martin will be In close touch
| on the great financial question, which II
carried out as Senator Daniel proposes
/ will rebound TO the best interests OF
| Virginia.
Gibson Was for Hunto,..
| Colonel Gibson. when his attention was
called 10 what Captain Shepperd had said
| about him, remarked: mo one had
right TO be sure Of me, Captain shep-
| perd is the keeper Of neither my con,
! science nor my vote. | was ins,rieteu
| to vote for General Hunton, and ala So
! never had any confidential converse
! ton with Captain Shepperd.
J Mr.. Csben Makes Statement.
Richmond being one Of General Lees
4 strongholds considerable surprise was e.
pressed at the course OF Mr.. J. ASTON
Cabell In voting against the Ex-Governor
No surprise was expressed at the vote
/ r Martin.
as Il was generally understood that ne
would so cas-; II. In connection with this
matter the state OF yesterday afternoon
printed the following paragraph:
Here IN Richmond the supporters or
the General are critlclsng severely Mr..
Caben for his vote for Mr. Martin. They
say they never had much hope OF SIR.
Ryrne and did not oppose his nominal
ton because they recognized The iact
that at least one representative OF the
labor element should be on the ucKeL
and he was the only workingman as
plring for the honor. But az to Mr.. CaDeli
they say he told them all along that ne
would vote for the person Whom II"
believed 90 be the choice OF the ma
tortv Of his constituents, and this they
thought. was sufficient evidence thul he
would support Lee"
When MIR. Cabell was shown this para
graph by Dispatch reporter ana asker
If he had anything to say In answer TO H.
he was busily engaged in preparing the
uapers I'm n law case in which ne Is 10
appear i'm court tomorrow. He, however,
readily consented to talk. and made the
following statement;
I was announced as a candidate for the
Legislature by some Of my friends while
! was absent from the city. had inn
portant business 10 attend to and gave
the matter no consideration. When dld
consider it, determined that / could not
spare the time for a canvass for the nomi-
nation, and determined not to he a candl-
date. Ny friends insisted upon keeping
me out. and assured me that there would
be an early conyention-in July-before i
expected TO leave for tho North. With
this understanding ! agreed TO allow my
name to re used AS soon as ii was under
stood that ] would be a candidate one
Of General Lees most active workers-a
particular friend Of mine-came to my Of
fee and asked me il l would promise to
support General Lee.
MADE NO PROMISE.
/ told him / would make no promises.
and il / went 10 the Legislature | must
be entirely free TO do what l believed 10
be best. lie then asked me if l would
promise not to vote for Mr.. Martin, and
1 distinctly refused 10 make any such
promise. ! told him that both General
Lee and Mr.. Martin were friends OF mine
and l thought very highly of both OF
them. l told him at other times
ana l told others that / would try TO
carry out the wishes of the party II they
were expressed TO me, and when the
convention instructed or endorsed some
one for senator and judge OF the Court
of Appeals l would carry out their wishes
or decline the nomination and let them
nominate some one else All / ever SAID
about THE choice OF the people was
when IL was understood there would be
convention. l never heard that the
convention was TO be held in the interest
of any particular aspirant until Mr.. Pat
teson made his attack upon It. left the
city in July, before this controversy was
settled. l returned just after the State
Convention had adjourned, and remained
In the city about two days. During that
time | was busy in my Office and saw few
people. Neither Lees nor Martins name
was mentioned 10 me. The gubernatorial
nomination absorbed everything else.
went TO Chicago, and from there TO the
White Sulphur Springs. and did not return
to Richmond until short time BEFORE
the election. saw enough TO convince
me that the sentiment of the city was d.
Vided OH the senatorial question. General
IIunton had very respectable following,
and MIR. Martin had large following
from different classes of people, many or
whom were my warmest supporters. 1
seriously thought OF voting for General
Hunton.
VOTED AS HE THOUGHT BEST.
The primary had been agreed upon in
my absence, and l announced TO every
one who approached me, and in every
political club In the city where ! spoke,
that l would go to the Legislature en-
tlrely uncommitted or not ct all, and the
promise l made, and the promise | have
kept, was that ! would vote for the
man who | believed would be best for
the interests OF the city. The people who
say [ made any other promises are con-
founding what occurred when II was the
belief that there would be a convention,
and II would instruct or endorse The
statement you show me Is unjust, UNI
generous, and untrue. and ! have a good
enough opinion Of the people of Richmond
10 believe that any who say II now, when
their anger Is over, will be manly enough
TO admit 1t. At the election very con-
siderable number of Lee men voted
against me for the sole reason that
would not commit myself TO General Lee.
was told that some OF General Lee
friends held an informal meeting the night
before the election, and they determined
TO scratch Mr.. Brype end myself, and
number told me that Hey were told 10
vote against me becau/e would not COM
NIT myself 10 General Lee. Ii is impossible
that / could have been counted by GEN
eral Lees managers as any more than
doubtful for since the election, certainly
once or twice week. they have seen me
and argued with me on the subject. a
great many men have been sent by them
TO see me, and TO none of them have
ever implied that would vote for General
Lee.
WOULD NOT GO AGAIN.
For some time past l had held over
my head the terrible threat that II | did
not vote for Lee l should not 40 TO the
Legislature any more. and TO all Of these
men / have answered that II would let
any sort of threat divert me from what
thought 1t was my duty to
do. would then be unworthy 10
represent them. Most of the men who
saw mel mean Lee men-after hearing
my position, said they were for Lee,
but said they would have voted for me
anyhow, and they were satisfied l would
do what believed 10 be best, and that
would satisfy them have done that
after a patient careful study and In l..