The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-18

The Senator and Major Otev Address IA
Large Crowd of Voters.

| RADFORD. VA, Sept. 7.-Special.-By
| announcement Senator John w. Daniel
| and Major Peter J. Otey. Democratic can
| didate for Congress from the Sixth dis
| trict spoke Friday evening TO large
| and enthusiastic audience I'm the Opera
House here The audience was a rep
| resentatiVe one, comnOSed or me pest III
tercsts and the intelligence OF thiS section,
and IN ladies' turned out en- maSse 10
| hear the eloquent Senator, whose EFFORT
| was a masterpiece of rhetoric, logic and
truth. which delighted and enchained as
IL bv magic his hearers for two hours,
in his inimitabie style and grace.
Major Otey was first to speak. He was
Introduced by Colonel Tyler the chairman
Of the Democratic executive committee
of this city. in a neat and appropriate
speech Major Otey began by saying:
Whilst ! am profoundly grateful, fell
low-ctlzens, for the honor conferred on
me by the Democratic party Of the Sixth
district. In electlnS me as It's candidate
10 represent the people IN the Congress
Of the United states. yet ! appear before
OF JOY but as one with the calm ana
resolute determination of him who goes
INTO battle, recognizing that 70 win a
Victory without d struggle Is TO win It
without merit, and that exultation has no
place TN victory Is achieved. The Sixth
district Is one that any man may be-
proud to represent. Its great interests
and resources educational, manufacture
ing. mining, mercantile and AGRICULTURAL
are all well worthy of the most diligent
and devoted service. It's people are pro-
be congratulated that the rich divcrsities
Of their interests and their fortunate
situation as centre Of transportation,
afford them great opportunities for sue
cessful development.
Major Qtey rehearscd the wild schemes
Of the POpulsts and the schemes of
Senator PETER. and showed how barren
the were Of true principles of govern
ment and craftsmanship. Major Otey IS
prominently fact talker, who deals
in common sense. and he made a fine
impression.
SENATOR DANIEL.
After his conclusion, Mr.. W r. Whar-
ton introduced Senator Daniel who arose
before before an an aPpla99dhng audience Senator
mat he was proud to claim the friend
ship of the. great people Of the sixth
congressional district OF Virginia. Il
have endeavOred TO merit your friendship
When the Democratic party went into
power we were confronted with strikes
riots. lock-outs, financial paralysis. ana
Gratis have passed their tarin legislation
and other remedial measures. the spnsms
81 tion the patients have ceased. and condi-
duced. Or. Draper. the historian. has
said that since he fall Of the Roman en- ai9'9
plre no such problems had ever been
or harmonizing the heterogeneous condi.
IONS OF the American people The d.
Versihed climates soils occupations ana
races invoked every element Of wise and
Democrats have effected y peacefII rav ,'1,
l4u9n without drawing a sword or the
dealt with questions Witch ''J IN nv
T TSa 6aye famed t%r1 nto c fiiil'{ War
ne wonder Is. not that Democracy has |
not done better under CIRCUMSTANCES as |
deep-seated differences and such yvide'
~ p 80 desperation; but that IL has done
S,a ~.Jen ana so well. In ISIS when Mr.. |
,HleVeland stepped out one hundred nil
iiohs or dollars OF the peoples money Inv
az IN, ne treasury monument to Demo
The Democratic House nossol tho MN.
i III reducins taxation and entirely ahoI-
isn.ns the TAX upon tobacco CLEVELAND
Sane PACK IN 1892. The surplus had been
Taxat5o1 ba dde, h had taken its place.
the Mckinley bill. and our Ana nciaI s,, "S
tenn shocked by the sherman law Our
t henetues hnn decreased from over four
hundred millions of dollars to less nan
three hundred millions of dollars CON- CON-
merclal failures were Increasing bv thou-
SANDS IN number and millions ia LIABILITY.
anu anu . pPahiKrruptcy stared alike the people
ana the Treasury In the face In single
year OF legislation Democracy has re-
versed all this The Treasury has hon
made solvent, public revenues have ben
t seo,s.,d commercial failures were
decInlng IN number, and liabilities and
outbreaks have totally ceased: confidence
was fesuming its steady SWAY and octi,i /
y ana nope were supplanting idleness apd
despair; II prosperity had not come. its
SEEDS mad been planted If the sky was
stu overhung with clouds there were
rllts OF purple and gold among them. If
a single year OF Democratic legislation
had undone thirty-two years of Rep bill
can misrule, what healthy processes had
Deen set 10 work. and they would accom-
pilsh benign results just as rapidly as
Ihey could mature.
| am not here IN onpaal IN, - r.c,,.
reason ills better fight for the good Than
TO rail at the evil" 1t is reason by which
man dominates the brutes of the held and
turns the earth to his uses and il is only
BY following It's sober and steady light
mat we can find truth and wisdom.
lhat age mas not passed when the Ameri-
an people were too much imbued In its
spirit TO return TO Repubicanism with |
I'll Its expressions and disastrous roll
les. or to follow the will o. the WISH of
ne iopulists into weird vageries. they
ay ,he Democrats are too slow Tney
lad beaten the last Republican record in /
'wiftness by more than two months
head OF time that the Republicans pa ssed
he Mckinley bill. Some said the Demo
rats had reduced the tariff bin TOO
much; some not enough,
wHAI DEMOCRACY HAS DONE.
Lea us see what the Democratic PARTY
as done. IL has economical expenditures ,
D.Wo,uo' abolished 600 offices at a saw NJ
! h,a nearly million OF dollars; It has
hree years $4,000 has been taken
rom the peoples pockets IL has reduced ,
ne price OF refined sugar Il. per cent; 1t ,
lements. binding twne. cotton ties salt !
nd many other articles. ava mas rope lied
ederal election laws and restored home !
aie II has levied an income tax which :
q" take >"'""'"V OF tax from labor and ,