Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-12
THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN.
Efforts to Get Prominent Democrats to
Make Speeches.
The Managers Are After Bourke Cock
Fighting Hard-Reforms Promised,
espondence Of The Evening Star.

OAANSPopoeuce VI Inc ESeulnr star.
RICHMOND, Va, October u, 1899.
Now that the bill repeating the federal
election laws has been disposed of by the
House Of Representatives, Virginia will be
invaded by small army of political ora
tors, both democrats and populists, who. in
ADDITION to the already long list of speak
ers now In the state. will make the cam
paign a red-hot field of contest
The state committees OF both parties
nave secured the promises Of a large num-
Der Of Congressman from all over the
country to come down here and whoop I'D
things for their respective parties. The
man whom the democrats are most anxious
to get for this purpose is Mr.. Bourke Cock
ran Of New York. and it is said that he
has made a partial promise to make one
speech in Richmond.
If the great Tammany orator decides
definitely to come the democratic managers
will make the occasion one of the grandest
rallies In the history Of Virginia politics.
Another interesting feature in this con-
nectton is a movement said to be on foot to
induce Senator Hill to lend his voice In be-
half OF the democratic cause in at least one
speech Hui has quite number of adj
mirers in Virginia. 1t is believed though,
that the New York Senator and Col O'Fer-
rail- are not on the most cordial terms.
ms grows out of the speech made in the
house by the democratic candidate for
governor in the Rockwell Noyes contested
election case. in which he criticised Mr..
Hill. Despite the strange relations between
these two gentlemen. some Of the demo-
cratic managers would be glad to have the
senior New York Senator come down here
and make q speech. No outside speaker
who could be introduced would do so much
to arouse enthusiasm among the free silver
democrats in Virginia as he Il is not
likely, though, that Col O'Ferrall will ex-
tend any such invitation to Senator HILL
Hill and Daniel, IL they would speak
from the same stump would be greeted by
larger crowds than have ever attended any
political gathering in this state for the past
dozen years. Daniel is popular with all
classes in Virginia, and the New York Sem
ator has following eoualed only by that
Of Mr.. Cleveland himself.
1t will be remembered that Virginia sent
half OF her delegation to Chicago in '92 in
the interest Of the New York Senator for
the presidential nomination. Then, too,
Senator Daniel is a warm personal friend
Of HILL and that the gifted Daniel is a ia
vorite in the Old Dominion goes without
fiuence that the New York statesman made
such a good showing before the democratic
convention.
Hill or Cochran would draw an immense
crowd In Virginia, and would, no doubt,
help the democratic cause considerably.
The POpulfst Side.
The populists are making lively fight in
the state and are leaving no stone unturned
to elect their ticket. 1t is conceded that
they are well supplied with funds to carry
on the fight, and with the assistance Of
several populist leaders of other states are
effectins organizations throughout the state.
Serious lack of organization has been the
great drawback to the populists and was
the primeval cause Of their poor showing in
Virginia a year ago. The leaders, however,
are profiting by this palpable defeat in the
Presidential election last fall They are
sending men and money into every county
in the state, especially in tidewater and the
southwest, ard organizing county and dis
trict committees. This move will have its
effect In the election on the 9TH Of next
month.
The populists claim that their organiza-
ton Is a thorough one. and boast Of the
heavy vote they will poll with their farmer
candidate for the governorship. Their whole
campaign is being conducted on the silver
plank of their platform, and all their
speakers dwell upon this question and say
that the democrats are with them, or rather
that they are the Jeffersonian democrats
and that the present democratic party has
left them. Some of them even go so far as
to call themselves Andrew Jackson-Jeffer-
sonian democrats.
A gentleman Of this city was today asked
the nomination for the position of member Of
the house OF delegates. but said he had to
decline the honor, as he had participated in
the democratic primary recently held in
this city.
A short time ago IT was reported by one of
Mahone's henchmen that the general would
have a republican ticket in the field five
weeks before the election. The election is
just four weeks of and no such ticket has
yet made its appearance. The leading
populsts claim a large part of the white
republican vote, but the democrats claim
that they will counterfeit this by a large
gain in the colored vote.
Reforms in the Air.
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