The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-05
HOGE TRIES TO EXPLAIN 1T.
a Lengthy and Fiery Speech
Last Night
Delivered by the Recent Convert to Re
publicanism-He Produced Letters TO
Show That He Had Been Misrepre-
sented-rhe Democratic Party Scored
venced.

Inc via opera House was crowded
last night by an enthusiastic gathering
of Republicans who seemingly We'd with
each other in demonstration OF their ap.
prevail of the Congressional candidacy
of Col. j. Hampton Hoge.
The entrance of Colonel Roge upon
the stage was loudly greeted with
cheers. After the noise had subsidized
DR.. G. B. Vogel called the meeting to
order and explained that, before any at.
tempt would be made to enter upon a
discussion Of the issues of the day, the
question of doubt raised by Mr. G. A.
Heermans as to the right OF Colonel
Hoge to the nomination would be cleared
away.
DR.. vogel then presented Hon. John
Nj. O'Brien, chairman of the recent
carefully prepared reply to Mr.. Heer-
mans recent letter attacking his rul.
ings as presiding officer. Mr.. O'Brien
denied Heerman's charges in toto, pre-
senting statement Of facts in support
OF his assertions.
Rev. Mr.. Fitzwater, Of Montgomery
| county, who was one of Mr.. Heermane'
staunoh supporters, and who presented
the latter's name before the convention,
followed Mr.. O'Brien. He presented
complete denial of the charge that
Col. Hoge was not honestly nominated,
and explained that while he was firm
in support Of Mr.. Heermans, he was
ready to acknowledge that the true
nominee had been named.
DR.. Vogel followed in an arraignment
OF Grover Cleveland in particular and
the Democratic party in general.
Colonel Hoge was introduced by DR..
Vogel in several we'll rounded periods
OF mplimentary nature. AS the gen-
tleman advanced to the footlights nearly
every personiin the audience arose and
cheered him n royal welcome.
The candidate opened by saying that
he had been a long time leaving the
mourners' bench, and related several
witty stories that produced roars OF
laughter. and at once put him in touch
with his heaters. He asserted that he
would have scorned TO make a canvas il
he did not know 1t to be ON indispu table
fact that he had honestly obtained the
nomination Of his party.
Colonel Hoge appealed to his hearers
to give him an impartial hearing, free
from prejudice, tho same as If they sat
as jurors to adjudicato judicial tangle.
he rebuked Attorney General Olney
and his reputed connection with trusts
and combines, and referred to Mr..
Cleveland as the "being who carried a
bill in his pocket ten days in order that
the cargoes of raw sugar OF 100 ships
could be landed before the bill became
law in order that $1,000, 600 could be
saved the sugar trust and $4,000, 900
saved the whiskey trust by permitting
them to take their goods out of bond.
Borrower Is the Democratic whale and
the party is the Jonah that has got to
lie in the belly for three more years, un-
able even TO squirm."
He ridiculed Paul G. Edmunds; paid
tribute to the personal high characters
borne by both of his com petitors; refer
red in no complimentary terms to the
rooster of Bnzzard's Bay" and then
spoke Of himself.
~ never would have failed to have
submitted to public arraignment upon
the false newspaper charges of miscon-
duct had 1 have thought I would have
been accorded proper hearing and q
just trial." no said.
"When I returned from Washington
/ asked the President for a hearing,
but he denied me. / bore letter from
man in San Francisco, Judge James
V. Cofey, man purer than Grover
Cleveland could be made to be were no
pushed into a burning cauldron and
there his impurities be made to simmer
for eternity showing the falsity Of the
charges of intoxication. This and
other letters left with Mr.. Gresham,
who, the next day, refused to return
them
"Grover Cleveland told me that nv
recall was made upon letter written
by Gov. l.. G. Hughes, of Arizona, who,
upon statement by his wife, had in.
formed tho President that I had mis-
behaved. Cleveland also told me that
he had statements to show that from
New Orleans to Ell Paso | had been OBJ
noxious and had fought with all the
conductors.
"Thera's lie somewhere"
Colonel Hoge then read letter from
Mr. l. G. Hughes, governor of Arizona,
denying that he had ever written such
letter, and deiying Gny person to find
1T on file in any department of tho Gov
eminent.
The speaker also presented a letter
from p. Huntington, president Of the
Southern Pacific railroad, asserting that
careful inquiry among all his conduc-
tors failed to discover scintilla Of evil.
dence that could tend to show that
Colonel Hoge had conducted himself
any other than a gentleman while riding
on the trains operated by his company.
The Marshall s. Wendell piano and
Mr.. Leo Wheat are in perfect sympa-
thy, so you may expect something great
from them at the Friday night concert.
The Big Four.
HOBBIE MUSIC COMPANY represent tho