Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-28

10, ard hut who owed this to the great
noii,lcal marty OF which he had the dis
tlnrulshed honor OF being an humble rep
ressntatiye. lie declared that the Demo-
cratic party had been the birth OF every
noIitlcal party that this land mad seen.
aud had also been the death ofevery one
savo one uhe Republican, whose putre-
sying remains the Democrats wo"io coon
ha standing over and listening to the
rusIc OF the ciods from the hills OF Viz
ginla as they fall upon It's coflin. Gap
plause) o, cp,c-
The Governor stated that 1t came with
c,igbtv moor grace for n party to criticize
the democrats regarding the elections
which IN 1854 sat In Congress and turned
an, every Democrat possible who had
been fairly elected. $500 III,
o.ovornor O'Ferrall explained the SILL
ross OF the complaints concerning the
walton law. lie argued That IL was TOOL
fish to presume that there snou'a " "
constable from the Democratic party.
o.. .se,uhfjcan party. the Populist party.
49, probihi,ion party, the Belva Lock-
wood party. and other trifing parties.
NO RIGHT TO Do THIS.
There was an accusation, the Governor
eaid that the Democrats han TAKEN
away from the poor people inc pe"el,1
rroviouslv enjoyed by them. lie SAID
,hfs ,yaa not true. as the Repubiican party
~ previously given the Louisiana sugar
,,,o,,ors a bounty of cents upon every
n,und OF that product. TINS they "di
20 more right to do than they had 70
Give the growers Of wheat ana corn anu
80 and tobacco in Virginia bounty
Cpplause) a,, ,a,x abou, the
h I'd times. He was not prepared 10 say
mat these hard times were prousht
about by Federal legislation TINS was ,e-
o(,sarilv Republican legislation lie
.t,,,,bt bonesty WAS the best policy. lie
"a meyer been able to satisfy hiinselt
rat a liar upon the stump was any bet
,ar tbon n liar anywhere else. CAP
,Sa,eeI THESE hard times begun way
an IN \ little republic IN South Amefi-
"a and had spread like wild-ilre' ana
bad finally reached and swept across the
United States.
4 SLIM CHANCE.
Tho Governor passed along, taking up
,to eil,,or question. which he treated eld-
ho,otolv lie said he had just gotten BACK
-, ,ha Ninth District where James A.
walker. Republican, was running asaih9'
,ha democratic nominee, Judge Morlsoh'
Covcrnor OFerrall said that walker was
n free-silver man, and would so 10 I'm
=" a.. abou, the time that the Jews
ra,,,rn TO Jerusalem. Appiause) lie
a,o.od that silver received lis first DO"
80, II vas dcmonctized In 1873 by the
Republican party. He referred 10 tn-
,nfouitious sherman law, when pfo'iuru
Tor the purchase from the nh'iIe i''s
of the west Of 10000 ounces ol sliNef 4"
month. This was clearly measure III
The interest Of the silver-mihe o"H'Is'
and no other class ~ $3.50,
Covornor O'FcrraIl spoke at some length
ur.o, the tariff, taking the hat as th'
si,hiect OF an interesting ILLUSTRATION
,,,ad, nv him. He said that the tax OF
ef,v cents upon the foreign nav
won't down into the pocket Oh the GOV
o,.rment. and thas this sum 'oh lh'
domestic hat went into the pocket OF the
New England manufacturer. fioteC'l3i
was \ very seductive term. ana the ""ih-
ing people Of this section had been FEAR
fully deluded by 1t.
BLOW AT THE NATION.
The reduction of its strength or plf-
chasing power was a blow at the very
ne 81 tho nation. Governor O'Ferrall
went into a very amusing explanation Of
What the Mckinley bill did for the poor
uconle Of the land. II gave them ire
acorns. ashes. appetite. balnagideoh.
Leeswax. stuffed birds. charcoal, dande-
Hon roots. soap grcase. ice. JUNK ieecheS'
magnets. musk. olives, rags, sauerhraut'
sausage skins. skeletons. anu snai'S
0.auchter) This sam" h'll cont"-"'
the taking of the free list OF murialc ana
sulphuric acid. largely used ia iettlz'rs
and therefore, Of frequent use by farm
crs. and putting the same upon the duty
list. but the Senate saw that TINS wa
an uny,iee thing to DO and placed these
articles back upon the free list
The Governor then went into an eN-
haustive exposition Of the reductions made
by the now tariff bill. and pointed out
wherein there was n saving upon the ne
cessities Of life Of from % l-3 to % per
cent. There never had been free trade 10
the United States, and there never would
be-. 1t was a settled policy OF this gov
ernment to raise the necessary funds %
carry on the affairs of the nation ~ a
tariff. ,,,-
NOT A FREE-TRADE PARTY.
The Democratic party was not 4 free
trade party. but wanted to have tarif'