The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-06
.O'FERRALL IN GRAYS0N.
GOVERNORS EARNEST OFFENCE or
TIE WALTON LAW
VI. Place. tho Responsibility for tho hA'o
Times on the Repub %" trusts
rao.i,cd Under Mckinley Law

81 INDEPENDENCE. VA. oct b-Spe-
~ ola, "Wednesday was a rcd-lctter day Tor
81 the Democracy Of Grayson' Governor
IA charles r. O.Fcrrall addressed large
s. nudicp,c M Grayson county's intelligent
sons lie smoke for more than two hours
~ delivering one OF his characteristic
spccchcs. holding his hearers in bated
81 brcatb an the while He answered the
81 objections Of the Republicans to the Wal
Ton election law in an able and effective
manner. lie said that while the bin was
M crude and ambiguous In some respects
III was right In principle that heretofore l"e
III initcratc voter was at the mercy OF IN
81 scrupulous persons In many instances
while under this bin his ballot Is pre-
& pared by sworn officer which secures
10 him his right Of suffrage. lie s''u
that the Republicans were IN BAD tI'tte
IS 10 condemn the election laws, "heh ~
81 1863 7o00 Of them marched up TO the
n polls and voted 20 disfrauchiSe 'h2se
q who had worn the gray; Whch 1"nn
81 Davenport had arrested tngus ,6n,n T ~,
their way 20 the polls locked theh up
until u,Nt morning. when they we're as
charged without trial. simply 10 Htep
81 thrm from voting the Democratic ticket.
"A lie said that The Ility-trSt CONGRESS
~ turned out Democratic members Without
q go rr reason but Simply TO swell their
q m1ioritv iu order to enable them 20 pass
q the 81, kulry law. as Wen as other us
n graceful acts
1H SILVER QUESTION.
He discussed the silver question In gen
4 oral terms. and declared that he was In
4 favor of both silver and gold, bat wanted
Il such LEGISLATION as would keep the two
. metals at % parity, and showed that the
T.pglIrau party was opposed to the
free coinage Of silver; that two life
long E,yulliCaEs-Vi2 Senators stewart
aud Jones Of Ncvada-had recently left
that party because II was opposed TO
silver and had linked their fortune with
the Peoples party. lie next met the he,
puhicans on the cry OF hard times,
lie said that the Democrats were not re-
spousihlc for hard timcs that he was
more liberal than the Republicans; that
~ didn't claim that the hard times were
the result Of legislation but II they were
the result OF legislation, II was Rcpdhn-
can legislation. for they had been IN
power FOR thirty years, ana every ia|
affecting the finances OF our country had
been placed on the statute books by ut
Republican party. .,,
The Democrats never passed a law unln
the 18th day Of August ana aIrtauS lnt
y measure CFhe Senate amended bhUi lnat
fthe Democratic party was the party on
the people. for the people, ana uy VIZ
peop'e because I'm this bill the TAX on
fhe luNuries OF lie had been increased
while IL had been coTesponiugIE Tee
duced on the necessities OF life .,,
He said that cleveland, on going oul
of office his first term. delivered over 10
the Harrison Administration luH lItaa-
ury, and that Harrison aIleI LOU 800
of Republican mi-Tule ana van s,laIll ~
Ilvered back To him depleted treasury
etc.
HAND TIME. U>pRU uARmooS.
lie showed that the hard times com
mcnccd under Harrison admlhlst raI IeSl
IN 1880 there were IJ',. Anu ~. l,s,o,d m
der Harris0us administration. but our
ing CIcyciaud's present term more than
,u per cent Of them have opened tHel
doors and resumed business; mat duilu5
IaTrIs0u's term markets were desu"S "a
and people burned their corn In the Noiyu-
west he mot the free sugar cry 10y
reading the testimony OF e have'TrT ,Sy, g.
president Of the American Sugar trust
before the senatorial committee, a com
mittee appointed hy the Senate 10 invest
gate the Trust ana that ne theh @u
years 10000 p, and II could not nave re-
ceived 10 except by the Mckinney id"
that the Trust would continue 10 IettNS
IL as long a. ,he Mckinney blH eAlsteu,
and that because the Democrats hdl |
taken away this bounty the sugar pant
ers Of Louisiana had bOlted The beHo-
cratic party. lie further showed that me !
amount received by the Sugar Trust was |
much more than Mr.. HaVemeyer aus
united. that the average consumption Oh
sugar for the last three years has been |
$50 600 pounds, and that the tariff on |
II at threc-eighths Of cent a pouuu |
amounted to Sli&D.Op annually, or VI
10000 during the three years which the |
Mckinley bin had been in force rms |
was in addition, of course, 10 the I'M
meuse bounty OF SpWlWJ per year 10 |
the Sugar Trust. He defended the Demo
Gratis for putting wool on the Tree Hsl'
Wool UECLNTU.
He referred to the TACT that under high
tariff wool declined, while under low
tari0 IL had increased In price; that free
wool enables the manufactures To manu-
facture az a lower price, and thereby the
people buy cheaper clothing. lie showed
that the present administration had re-
ducad the expenditures of the Govern
ment 81 90 900, and that the expenses OF
the departments had been reduced {lOU,-
UtU.
He showed that the articles admitted
free under the Mckinley bill were of no
benefit 10 the laboriug people that the
capitalist was not taxed but the work
ingmen were heavily taxed on all the
necessaries ~ life; that the new bill cor
rected this grave injustice.
THE ETvECT oF THE sPRrCH
Governor O'Ferrall was introduced by
the Hon. Robert G. Jackson I'm short
but pointed speech. Governor q Ferralrs |
speech made a fine impression here. He
soWed seed which Will spring up ana
bring forth an abundant crop OF Demo |
cratic voters TO the polls on the 9Th day |
OF November. Governor OFerTan made
decidedly the best speech we have ever
~! ~ ,ttHeu 10 IN lne county OF Grayson. |
rms county will give the Hon. c. a. |
swanson large majority, notWithstand- |
ing this Is the home Of Cornett, the Re
publican nominee. The latter addressed
a small crowd at the courthouse; also,
ms law partner, Captain Crockett, made
q few remarks Last but not least Hale
the Populist candidate for Congress. spoke |
from the same stump as Judge Cornett |
VINO introduced him. and while thev are |
nomlnally opponents one could plainlv
see that they are sailing under the same |
Has. or using the same quill.