Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-23
TALKING TO VlRGlNIANS
Candidates Campaigning in the Eighth
District
Meredith and NcCnuI on the Stump
The Nertiags ut Orange
and WarrsntOn-
Correspondence Of IN" Evening Star.
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OEANGE COURT HpiSE va
October -. 1894.
Two Of the three. political parties, the
democrats and populiets held public meet
frcs here today Thel da- was cloudy and
threl .e..ac. AMI a part Of he time dis
acraeabI,. mist was falling. and this fact
10 doubt tended to Keep away many who
wCu.I Otherwise have been present. Today
was cOurt day. and MT until nearly >
. O'Clccis iii court adjourn, and then the
political sIeaking ccEmen Ell. Sena 'or
Hurfgr was the fr.t speaker benz. intr,-
dured h. AR. ShacllleforI lie dweit at
lcugtn upon the advantages to be gained
By democratic legislation, ard was atten-
tlv7I, h-tt..cd 20 a..d freely applauded He
was followed by Judge McCabe of Lou
doun county md Walter Moore Of Fairfax
county.
White the democratic speakers were eN-
pounding their doctrine iu The court room
the POpJIist candidate. Mr.. J. :. Mason,
was delivering an address to a small crowd
from the portico OF the same building. in
which address ne attempted TO show that
the tariff bill was not by any Means the
poiHt - issue. bat just "a game of shuttle
: COCN aud hatt,cd"re. TO fUo! the people.
lie dwell at iensih upon the popUlistic IDEAS
,; free silver. Gen. J. q. fields followed
Mr.. Mason
/, When asked what vote he thought his
party wOult poll in the dis riot. Gen. Fields
tFiit-.A A-HAN a "aS AaAtl''@Sib4C ~ tCll at
this day.
The Meeting at warrenton
NAI;RENION, Va, Osto5er -, 1884,.
-Co-rssi.-i,lrr,e Of The Ey,uiu; star.
2 Representative r. r. Meredith and As
sistart Controller Of the Treasury Mansur
for ,he democrats. and p II. AIcCauI for
the republicans delivered political speeches
here tolay. The weather was not The best.
but the crowd was immense. Mr. Mere
din opened his speech IN the court house,
but the building proving entirely made
. qUdte for tie crowd, he proceeded to the
town hall. where. 10. an hour and hall.
, he addressed his constituents. \ clever
C..mI aign scheme being used in this dis
triet. and especially by Mr.. Meredith, $
an illustrated chart, showing how the
working man rises in The morning and
s washes III d basin with the tarln reduced
So many per cent, eats his breakfast from
plates Reduced So much, and 50 on through
lis who're list Of daily necessities. Until at
night he lies down under blankets greatly
IT iuCti Ia price. and dreams OF buying his
wife a dress at a still greater reduction.
Mr. Mansur followed Mr.. Meredith and
spoke for over two hours.
Air. ncCaul spoke for nearly three hours
in tine lower hJOT OI the court house.
b Mr.. McCaul dNelt largely upon the sugar
syhe,iul-, ami took occasion to show that
ne was more o. less chagrined that the
ntimating that they were afraid Of meeting
him squaraIy. He said that IN ~ had NOV
a. from the court house. because afraid he
-NICt 'aul-wuuid fr w the democratic crowd
sway from Meredith.
This fail. To- the first tina, the new nal
lot law ill 20 into effect. and both pOpu-
lists AMI republicans say II viii Ireiy affect
the result. Some republicans openly de-
clare It viii lie Us-d Icy the democrats as a
means Of fraud. BY the new law the
VctSr enters the small square election booth
and while there privately prepares his own
ballot. The man who cannot read or write
must neressi.rily call upon the one con-
stable in charge to TX his ticket for him.
AMI il is ls~e that the republicans say they
viii be Ch,afsd-thdt the constable, If a
democrat. vii fix the ticket 10 suit his
party. OF Will XIII time UuJil the two min
utes allowed each voter has expired. but
this j. eTiiently Il game ct which more
than one can play Said Mr. McCaul. IN
response lu 2 query. NO living nan can
tell what thl result will be under the new
ballot law ard Gen Fields Of the DOpu-
lists exUr hirns elf in similar terms.
The r~pIniic-ns have commenced a CAM
IttsH OF education and aIc circulating
small circular. the size of an ordinary cleo
ton ballot On it ere printed in fun the
names & the three candidates, and at tbs
top j. I.ote calling attention 70 the pc
oG!,Sr!ttes Of the name II IcCaUl as com
Jared win that OF the other candidates. so
that the iiLtsJat- voter could quickly be
taught 20 tell the difference between Nc
test any attempted tTickery on the part Of
the cOnst bic The democrats boot at any
Flea Of unfair play, and say that there viii
be 70 such attempt made. This Will no
doubt, be the most notify contested election
for years IN this district At present how
ever The democrats seem confident of sue
cess An estimate made by democrats most
conservative in their figures. places Mere
dith'S mP iDrities by counties as fellows.
Fairfax. go; LoUioUn. 4up: Prince William
CIereiith's county,. go; FaUquier, 800: Cul-
peTsr tNlfauls county. leo; Orange, 30.
and Alexandria city and county, 30. while
LCEaul VIII carry Stafford by 3D. Louise
by - and King George by go.