Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-16
LARGE AS EXPECTED.
The Attendance at The Washington
Silver Conference Satisfactory.
SENATOR DANIELS PROMINENCE.
lie Makes u speech Which Delights
the Convention-Iic Is Mentioned
ms the Man for Democratic Vice.
President.
President.

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In point OF numbers. Senator Daniel and
others say tina; ii was as large as they
expected IL to be. and IL was not a con-
vention. as many people insisted had been
called. and then they attempted TO ridicule
the movement because there were not
more delegates present.
Senator Daniel had great deal OF hard
work TO do. He was on the committee
which prepared the address. and while
the paper was the Joint work of several
yet he had d hand in the wording Of the
document.
Major Otey, OF Lynchburg. was selected
to-day by the Virginians as the member
Of the National Silver Committee. He
talks as IL his heart was in the work.
and proposes 10 do all in his power for
the spread. ne says. Of the silver senti-
Ient in the State.
Ex-senator Jarvis. Mr.. Josephus Dan
tels, and Congressman-elect Lockhart.
who represented North Carolina In the
conference. had talk together just after
the adjournment. and they said 10 the
Dispatch correspondent that number
of meetings will be held in North Carolina
during the next few months 10 thorough
ly discuss the silver question. II Is under
stood that the first meeting will be held
at Charlotte. Senator Daniel and other
prominent advocates OF silver viii be
invited 10 address the meeting. and in
addition 10 the outsiders some Of the
leading silver advocates IN North Caro-
lima will make speeches. Then IL Is pro-
S.Hf xxi.h
others. and TO work hard in the cause Of
silver from now on until the delegates
10 the next national Democratic conven-
ton are elected. Ex-senator Jarvis will
take an active part in the campaign
about TO b. inaugurated.
PECULIAR EXPERIENCES.
Mr.. Daniels had some peculiar expert
ences while attending the conference. For
instance. Congressman Cox. Of Tennessee.
did not know that the North Carolina
editor had resigned his position as Chief
Clerk Of the Interior Department and re-
turned TO Raleigh 10 devote oil HIS time 10
editing the News and Observer. SO his
first greeting was. Hello. young man.
what are you doing in a silver con-
ference? / thought you were gold-bug.
and pretty close TO Secretary Hoke
Smith"
When Mr.. Daniels Informed him that he
had long since gotten out Of office. and
that he was now. and had been for years.
a firm believer in free coinage. Mr.. Cox
seemed very much gratified TO hear IL.
Some others were also very shy Of
Mr. Daniels. and they could not be made
20 believe at first that he was not an
enemy in the camp. though II they had
thought a moment they might have
known that he would not have been
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menr
Mr. Daniels went TO Baltimore this af-
ternoon. and tomorrow he will start for
home.
Mr.. Johnson. the banker, OF Birming-
pam, Ala, who attended the conference.
Is native Of MecklenbGrg county. North
Carolina. He was the candidate for Gov
ernor Of Alabama in the Democratic
party against Colonel Oates. but was
defeated II IL said that Mr. Johnson will
also be invited to address the Charlotte
meeting
CONGRESSMAN JONES
Representative Jones. Of V.rginia. made
a short speech in the conferences this morn
ing by special request OF the leading men
present. He fully endorsed the address
prepared. and said he regarded it as con-
ssrvative In tone. and well calculated 70
do good In the cause Of silver He said he
was glad 10 be present and he was as
earnestly for silver as ever. H. advised
a fight within party lines, ant said Re
would continue 70 battle FOR silver and
II he was whipped he would accept defeat
and silll b as good a Democrat as ever.
Like the tariff. the silver question had 10
be settled In the Democratic party. but he
hoped and believed that better results
would Re secured for silver than were OBJ
aimed for tasiI.
The brief remarks Of Nj Jones were ap-
olauded literally. H. left this evening :or
acrae.
Senator Daniel is very well pleased with
the work Of the conference. and so Is ex-
Senator Jarvis. They say that the address
speaks for Itself. and there IS 10 conceal
Inent Of the meaning Of the conference
As Democrats those who gathered here
were In earnest. and they Will endeavor
within party lines, TO secure for silver its
proper place in the monetary system OF
the country.
Several Of the Virginia and North Caro-
Ina delegates said to-day that the press
~ Washington yesterday treated The con-
ference as II Il were only hack load Of
men. and worthy OF but little notice. The
papers. however, with but one exception.
in Washington. changed their tactics. and
the Post this morning did ample justice 70
the gathering. and admitted That Il was
composed OF representative men as rule.
and that the movement could not be
made high, Of.
RYAN AND MCABE.
Speaker John r. Ryan. q Louioun
county came over this morning and look
81 In on the conference He is a believer
in the free coinage Of silver. and Judge
McCabe Of the same county. who was
also here. says that Loudoun is domi-
mated by the silver people beyond any
doubt.
Congressman Tom Settle Of North Caro-
Ina. Is in the city. lie says he has re-
Gently been over almost the entire State.
and II Is his firm opinion that the RepubN-
cans down there are pretty solid for Reed.
az Maine. for President He doesn', care
VIVA, Senator Prichard may say for Nc
Ksniey. the North CAROLINA Republicans
do not want the Ohio Governor as their
candidate. Most people here who know
anything about the situation have con-
tended for some time that Settle had more
influence IN the State than Pritchard.
In the last Congress Mr. Settle generally
cast Ills votes in faycr OF the free coinage
81 silver. but he now says that North
Carolina Republicans will not be for free
silver II the national platform is against
the white metal lie claims. too. that the
Republicans IN North Carolina far out
number The Populists. and hat they will
cot Re dictated 10 BY Marion BuIlers
crowd.
vIRGiNIA'S SPRINGS.
Mr.. John r. Chamberlln. the well-known
hotel proprietor. who has returned from
the Hot springs % Virginia. In an inter
view here today says that he does not,
zee why Americans want 10 80 10 Carts
bad or any otaer foreign water!ng-p places
for the cure Of ailments when they can
ind q better place IN Virginia. A feeble
irsn- Mr. Csrrr herlln c0ntencs can got