The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-25


York. who was. he said. the most blowing
MuaSfunp OF them all lie sald nc ndl
Just seen in an afternoon paper that
Roosevelt had Just come Out IOr rom
Reed for the presidency because Reed
had nothing TO excuse or explain. SEN
ator Daniel devoted some httie tliie 10 a
discussion Of Roosevelt MuhWunpe'y
before rcsumng his line OF ar .hihtn,
The next measure of the Repubhcan
party he said WAS the Mckinley tarln
nin and al iis uoor ne iaia eHectiy the
hard times which have visited TINS coun-
thy. The financial panic began. lie SAID,
I'm the middle OF Benjamin HarrsOn's
administration. and while there were
some hard times for which no party was
responsible. yet he had no doupt that
they had been greatly aggravated by he-
publican legislation. during ihe year or
the panic the sherman silver bill and
the Mckinley tariff Law We're both enact
cd, and yet some people heil the bthIO-
Gratis responsible for the hard times.
The Democratic party Is lne garry OF
low taxes. the Republican party the party
az Inc end Of the Democratic admin
fsfration. iu 1883" said the speaker
surplus or SlOO,00,0] was LETT IN the
treasury. and when. I'm 1872. the Demo
Gratis again came into power all was
ruin and dcsOlatiOn, ard where the sur
plus had been was hole IN the GROUND
Ike the crater OF an eNinSt Nolcaho.
They had chewed the bones ana HcKed
Alter a reference TO the sherman bill
ana its workings, Senator Daniel went
on 10 say that the country was now I'D
Il better condition than u was last year
every furnace on the line Of the Chesa-
poake and Ohio was IN luI blast ana
from the mountains OF Lee county 10
mo Aflantic.-washed shores Of Lancaster,
the mum Of Industry was heard. Two
hundred and twentynine furnaces were
i'm operation this sar against ~ last
wear. the price OF cotton had doubled,
and all raw material had gone up in
uricc. Men were again finding employ
mont. and everything was In better con-
dition under Democratic RUE
mar n 30 tt. IONr.
For the first time IN thirty years. he
said. the tariff had been reformed and
low taxes imposed. The necessities OF IRE
are cheaper and more Of the earnings oi
tho laborcr are left IN his pocket
Democracy was seeing that there We're
equal rights 20 all men and special
favOrs % none"
NtiroN rLrCf1oV LAW.
"Our enemies in Virginia" said the
Senator, are going AROUND t.dAlns aDcut o,,i.
honest elections The Republicans don't
want 10 talk about anything else tnan the
Walton Election law, because there IS
nothing else which they can rake up
against the Democrats. lhcy remind ne
of tho fellow who came home one night
about . o'clock As he was stumbling
up the steps, his Wife looked over the
halusters and said: Harry what 90
YOU mean by coming home az otIock lH
tho morning." TO DO him justice, MS
reply was extremely candid. His reply
was: Il come home cause every tnlns else
is shut up" That As the way with the
Republicans They attack us on tho
Walton law, because every other point IS
any other matter.
Senator Daniel spoke at some length
upon the Walton law. and contrasted the
present plan with the old viva Noce sys-
tenn when every man knew how every
other man vOted.The law had, ne said,
both good and bad features
When a man voted secretly be had 80
trust some one else TO count his vote,
hence it was that at every election the
defeated side brought charges of fraud.
The Walton law. he said. had some
virtues. II enables a secret ballot: IL
tends 20 an orderly election, and does
away TO a great extent with compton I'm
elections for when a man purchases
vote. he has no means of telling whether
IN is delivered, ana many are thereby
deferred from buying votes ON the other
hand. he said. those who cannot read or
write are at a disadvantage. as one
constable has TO prepare the ballote for
them. An election law 10 be- perfect. he
said, should be not only honest. but
like Ceasar's wife. above susniclon. II he
were I'm the legislature he said. he would
have the law amended I'm several particu-
lars but he thought the Honest Election
party was making mountain Of
molc-hill IN forming a separate organi-
z7tion Just because Of defective cleo
ton law.
ION FREE SCHOOLS.
Senator Daniel said tnai the Demo-
crduc party was "a Iuenu OF public Tree
education. Durng the past year the
state, under Democratic control. had
spent nearly a million dollars Tor free
schools. over &5,oD 1Or asyIllIs, ana mad
made nhe penitentlary self-suppOrting.
For himself. ne sall, ne was now. and
had always been, the friend OF free pub
hc education. All this large expenditure,
he SAID. had been made with low rate
OF taNes-iOrty cents Oh the 500. There
We're now more boys and girls being edu-
Gated than ever before. While the State
could boast such institutions of learning
as Blackshurg tae Virginia Military
Institute. and the University Of Virginia.
TrN PR mi TAX.
Senator Daniel said that while the
Democratic party had succeeded I'm eras-
ing from the statute books OF the country
many obnoxious laws, one remained
which xe would give his best cnOr- TO
have blOtted Out-the DO per cent. tax on
state banks II was. he said an effete
relic Of Republican legislation. which
which they We're entitled under the Con-
siitutiOn. Senator Daniel devoted some
considerable time Go the discussion Of
this tax. and strongly expressed his op-
position 10 IL.
Senator Daniel then took up the subject
of silver. which he discussed FOR some
time. contending that "a silver dollar was
just as valuable as gold or paper dollar
In closing he urged the voters Of the
sixteenth district 90 30 their duty n0bly
and to sustain their gallant state chair
man. They should take for their motto
De said. the shortest dispatch ever writ
ten. II was at Shelhyvlle he said that
General Forrest received word from one
of his captains that the enemy was APP
preaching him from all sides and asking
what he should do The old soldier
scralled OF the back ~ the dispatch
"Ftum."
let that he your watchword." said the
speaker; Eight 'em. He wins who oounds
the hardest and lonrest-tho means hv
which the Duke Of Wellington won the
battle Of Waterloo stick On vorr uartv
Vote for Parrish. Wood. and Davis
Senator Daniel closed his fine address
havin~ sroken two and "a half hours
and his able effort was wariniv nnplaud-
Cd. He leaves thia morning FOR Newport
News. where he will sneak tonight.
DRAWING no A CLOSE.