The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-13
OPPOSE JOINT DEBATES.
DEMoCRA rs SHOULD NOT FURNISH
AUDIENCES FOR OPPONENTS,
Il. What Leaders at Washington Think
The seh,mes OF Some OF the '"P""A'
C.pva.sers- Interested Now
T,ars / uRrAU, RAPLEY BUILpiNo.
W1saINGToS. october II. 1924.

as adopted for years In the Secohu us
trict should prevail all over the state
and that the democrats should stop FUR
nishing audiences for the dissmulauoh'
the sophistry. and the cheap buHoone'y
OF some of the speakers who are ehsastl
in the general warfare against the Demo
cratic party and the best interests oil 'ne
State OF course, every man mas Iisn'
10 go TO hear whoever spedhS thae '
prefers, and IL Is often wise 70 me- i a.
sides Of any question, nut II 1"I"s
fair to a large Democratic duulcHNe ''''S
their Comgrossmcn or other Speoh,'S
should solicit their attCndahte upon "
public servant. and then be coinptitd 10
listen for hours at time 20 me sense
less tWHddIc and crude JeatS Oh some
narrowiy-aNert, c ,6 VINO soSI Ii nv
the plaudlts Of tattered ana hoWilng
colored constituency.
This. of course, does not Apply 10 an
Of the Republican and other antdgonistic
orators. who are simply being dignihed
bv being acknowledged In Joint debate,
but as a general thing the Democrat
comes with hi- crowd Of representative
men the Republican, or what not, comes
with his naui-iull or neelers ana JOINT
debate. so-calcd, is requested the Repub-
llcan speaks, tells few jokes and then
his gang invariably leaves the assembly,
by order beforehand, and the Democrat
talks % his original crowd. having digni-
fed the opposition by audience, and wi,h-
out opportunity to convince any of the
few hearers who came with II.
SCHEMES OF THE POPS.
Another scheme is now being worked by
some of the Pops 10 get in a little po-
ltical work All kinds II meetings are
being called. for all sorts of purposes.
ranging from the W. G. T. t. societies
the best methods of storing stock food
After a short debate on the subject, the
question of politics looms up, ana then
the game grows interesting. a story IL
Illustrating this Is going the rounds Some
weeks ago man IN one of the upper
counties I'm the ''"'e died, and his funeral
drew together quite a number Of voters
from the surrounding country The Of
fciating parsou had known the deceased,
who In life was rather shameless wight
and therefore, after reading a chapter
of the Bible. ne nOdcstly stated that II
any one present felt like saying anything
good OF the deceased, he would be glad
10 have him speak. A silence Of several
minutes eDsued, when an old, but en-
thuslaSuc Pop arose. and with great |
dignity, said: "Gentlemen. ! am glad TO
see 50 many of you together on this oc- |
cdslon, and with the permission of this |
good man of God, and without dSrCspeCt !
70 me presence of the ambassador Of |
the Lord, N none Of you have anything |
20 say, ! should Ike 10 submit a few re |
marks on the sub-trcasury."
MAHoNt's RECONSTRUCTION.
behcrdl William Malone Is at least |
temporarily ont of the real estate bust !
ness, and now is devotlng some Httle |
time 10 demonstrating that five districts |
IA virginia would return Republican mem
.sTs IN Congress. The startling prophesy |
That i've ~ his disconnected ana scattered |
cohorts are To Doc led into the blooming |
Clover ueldS Of congressional lie and |
i've IuWhle and deserving Democrats |
turned ont 10 Craze upon the thorn thick
.i5 and underhrush Of civil pursuits has
been Nariously construed. but one thing
Ia certain a few weeks ago, when the
printing office lot was beiua. gIOyiuElV
described 20 the Democrats members of
the house. he was advising no Rapubl-
IJan nominations in the state but the
1aNdI idIIur" of his lot scheme seems to
nay, prepared him to hail with some
SATISFACTION the return O. an entire Re
Pg.H'dH majority 10 the next Congress
'LertssmdH elisha +. Meredith spent
low hours in the city this morning
coming I'm from Louloun county. where
ne h'a spent tie entire week. beginning
az ''''paiT on Monday aud closing yes
i,IuaI WIN speeches at Hamilton and
Hound HI In speaking of hi, canvass
At .ItIelul said that all Of The reports
OF Democratic diSanerti1u vrr. r,,rug !
and that Jhe Eighth district woIld aoair
PIE Up one OF her Oli-time ma ilTifi.s
T." N'4heI OIL congress from any State
~ 'Ae mon worked harder last wear for
ms constituents than did Mr. Meredith
ana ne lile reports that Elr Patrick
Mo'ati would defeat him erquafe only
lIon IlFlI,us Eepub lean sour as. for
D. I'D 2
hVe Republican congressmen. d,rs mai
''"..''' the election Of Mr. McCauI
"R. r.ULrNu's DENIAL.
Sel ai"r Faulkner. WHO was a, the holm,
AT Demo raIc lie do arters This mon no
U'i''. t'at nus recent visit 10 New YORK !
N"S 10 procure funIs 10 carry en- tho
work OF the committee or that 49,,
tNitiencl Of the committee l. being I'm.
paired lyaL .i I9G the lack Of the sinews Of
war We never contemplated at mo
outset carrying on a Doodle carrnai-y,SS
SAID Sc reiay Gard ner, "and layi nov,r
n@a any US for large sums ol money
o "T n my. hld no 'gh, however 10 pay
cur pilAtefs bi U.s. and 70 pay Tho ash |
Tor what We needed. 1 do not know tu,,.
,,ic report thdt we were hammered for IN. !
l4,h OF luhd' or giuate :, 10 was never !
given out 10y ms, ana YOU can juSt 'ea,, ~, /
met" promptly
senator Ro,hi, General Wad. uamctop
and the clerk of tie House Of jt"Irc on an
tduves were among the callers at M
quarters IN morning Thes. gsntIapc,
an an had favorable news Tor Chairm,n
49,, 'o"' t, VINO rs very much gratined al
try. V''' Tue 'o"h-
There rs still a great demand fr Dono-
Cfdtc campaign literature and tie ,yorI
o ot i t,s distribution by the committee l.
Minister Smythe whose leave Of an
schCc mas ABOUT expired, viii urpbabIy be |
na%,o,u an extension by the State De
~ W tiilent, IN ORDER 10 allow him 10 com
pIele certain important BIS ness Arrange.
ments before his return 10 Hahn
Minister SmYthc Is held iu birL ,,to.
by the ofhcialS Of the State DeugrItnc"t
mere, ana unless uuiOUkcd-fDr r,r,y,lj,.,
tons arise his application for an ryts1-
SION or his leave until after Tho I5tL 80
November viii be readily granted vi
Colonel William Lamb Of Norf,IR who
was expected 10 address the R.rubiinars
Of Fredericksburg on the night ar a."
nth, VIII not be able 10 do so on account
Of previous engagements hN the goufb.
western part OF the State.
MOTHS
Mossrs John w. Cringan. J,bn T.
Wheat. B. Is. Jones, and T. L. Wilson
of Richmond, are in the city,
Messrs. Walter r. Huffard and wife. Of
Nytheville, and j. A. Huffard. of Pu-
ask, are AZ the Howard i
Messrs. j. n. Justice and wife Of Wins q
on y. c.; G. II. Fowler John r. New !
on and John NJ Mcconnell, Of Virginia. /
ire at the ST. James.
Colonel w. Il. Bradley. of the Fred
Free Lance, is In the city on
business connected with his paper q
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General {
Maxwell left for his home this afternoon,
o be absent for several days. n
mere were no appointments Of fourth /
lass postmasters to-day for North Caro- a
Ina. The Virginia appointments were -.
" W "odrun, at Davis. RockhriGgc coun- =
y, vice G. G. Dull; Mrs. Lucy D How Q
eu, az Dixie. Matthews county, vice c. i
, Blake resigned, and Jessie Bailey at Q
annie Iazeweu county vice G. T..
resigned II. l.. W. ,