Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-25
SENATOR DANIEL AT STAUNTON.
An Eloquent Address Which Was Enthusi-
astiCully Received.

STANTON. VA. September 2i-Cspe-
cial)-Major John W. Daniel did not
reach here until o'clock this after
neon. Though programmed to speak at
nccn. a great crowd Of country people
stayed over 10 hear the lame lion from
Lyncnburg, ana sat spellbound for two
and thTee-qulrter hours while the gifted
Segator spoke. lie touched every qucs-
tior at issue. successfully refuted the
charge that the Democratic Congress had
been dilatOry in its adjustment of the
tariff showing how passage OF the Demo
cratic tariff act had broken the record
u time of speed. regard being had 10 the
multiciplicity OF interests at stake. The
shameful record of the billion-dollar Re
publican Congress and the pension ex
tayacance were exposed with courteous
causucity. The orators references To Mr..
Cleveland were exceedingly hand. ONE,
and awakened tho hills with the applause
received Mr.. Daniel spoke two and
tir,e-Quarter hours and devoted special
attention TO the free coinage Of silver
AID the removal Of the prohibitoIy 10
per c.lt. tax on State banks.
SOUNDLY SCORED.
Tho Populsts and the Prohibitionists
%ere sJunIly and roundly scored in the
speech. Men OF all parties were in the
audience. and it is being said tonight
by friend and foe alike that the orator
made a great hit Mr. Daniels admirers
an, almost a unit In the opinion that
this IS the greatest speech Of his life:
'ic Chairman. my Friends and Fellow
citizens Of Augusta County and StauntOn,-
Man proposes; God disposes Twice re-
Gently my appointments to speak to you
.fsk Hs... g
death. \ month ago our youngest born
was taken from us in the bud and joy
of early youth, and on saturday night.
when l reached hone, | found that his
aged great t-grandmother. In the fulness
OF years. lay in tn cold embrace Of
death.
As YOU may we'll conceive. | would have
preferred the. retir ment OF my own home
under these athicting dispensatOns. but
recalled TO mind the example Of my
brave commander, who. when Major Har-
man. of Augusta, was called 10 the bed
side of his dying children. reminded him
that even death should not deter US
from the path OF duty. and wound up with
that memorable and noble sentiment.
What is life without honor? DishOnOr is
worse than death
WORTHY TO STAND.
VI
t. speak 10 You In behalf of a great
cause. and in behalf Of a candidate who
has proved himself worthy to stand for
It, and To represent il.
In speaking Of the disordered conditions
Of the country ne said that the people Of
Virginia and her beautiful Valley had
perhaps suffered less than any other por-
tion Of the South. lie refutcd the charge
that the Democratic party had brought
hard times. "the hard times brought
Democracy. and the election Of Grover
Cleveland In 1892 took place midst lock-
outs and strikes" He also explained
that notwithstanding the high taxation Of
McKinleyism. the Democratic party found
that the revenues under the Mckinley
bin were on the decrease rather than on
the increase. In 1871 the revenues OF the
government from all sources amounted
to 100000. but in 1898 after the passage
Of the Mckinley bill they had decreased
60 only $25G.00JCD. For thirty years the
Republican party had dominated the coun-
try. Trusts, corporations, and combines,
with capital measured by millions ana
tens of millions. controlled alike our
TRANSPORTATION and commerce; the pay
nlrnt Of the sugar bounty. which amount
"a in the last three years TO SZS,HDWU,
the reckless administration Of pensions
and the multiplication Of Offices, with rat
salaries 10 Republican ofiiceholders. had
done it's work. and the last administration
Of tn Republican party had marked an
epoch I'm our national history for unlarai-
leled extravaganza and genuine misrule.
The magnificent surplus Of $lc0D,VO,
which had been accumulated in the
Treasury under the prior economic admin
istration of President Cleveland had not
only been squandered in places where II
would do the most good, bat II had been
converted into a gaping deficiency, ana
the close Of the Harrison Administration
was made significant by the declaration
Of his trusted lieutenant OF finances
(Secretary Foster that there would not
be- enough money in the Treasury 10 pay
the necessary expenses OF the govern
mrut.
IN Speaking of silver, the Senator stated
that there WAS plenty Of everything except
money, and tnat in some OF the counties
Of the State the people had +, sorted 10
actual barter and trade, owing TO the
absence OF the circulating medium. This
stringency was not 50 much felt in the
citiys, where trade settlements were made
by striking bank balances.