Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-08-23
FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. 20. 1895
THE FREE SILVER CONFERENCE
AT WASHINGTON

THE FREE SILVER CONFERENCE
AT WASHINGTON.
The conference of Democratic friends of
free silver, called at Washington last week,
has met. resolved, and passed away. the
oratory OF the occasion being illumined
here and there by such lurid denunciation
of Cleveland and his administration as to
give it the appearance of Populist in
stesd of a Democratic conference. Mr..
Harry Hill of Missouri, seems to have de-
termined to make himself recollected by
his confrerss as the author Of the follow
ing: .sGrover Cleveland and John G. Car
Isle will 90 down the ages, hand in hahd.
amid the excavations Of mankind, as two OF
the most stupendous frauds of the CEN
tury."
The leading free silver men among the
eighty-three who were present, out OF the
twelve million voters OF the United States
were Senators Harris, Jones and Turple-
that is to say they were the men who dld
the work of the conference. The Virginia
representatives present as published were
s.Senator John W. Daniel, ?. G. Otey, E,
L. Washington, j. S. Duflie, J. r. Wing
field, J. B. McCabe, Dr.. Randolph Meade,
d. Conrad, Jr., Frank Hume, T. R. Muck
oils, J. Pennybaker, T. ]. Ramedell, Il. T.
Lee. Marshall Mccormick and John +.
Sewers"
The conference adopted an address to the
people declaring that the National Demo
cratic convention should demand the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1; that it should oppose the sur
rendering to the holders of the obligations
of the United States, the right of demand
ing the redemption of them in either silver
OF gold coin, and that it should declare it,
opposition to the issuing Of interest bear
ing bonds in time of peace.
The plan adopted was to form in eacf
State State committee of free silver Dem
ocrats, and in each county and election
precinct club of free silver Democrats
The last speech OF the conference wa:
made by Senator Daniel, who said 81
will only say that am a Democrat, an(
being Democrat could not help being fol
the solid, honest gold and silver money o.
the party. The party of the people mus
stand for the money OF the people, ant
whom God hath joined together plutocracy
shall not put asunder.'
And so here we are in Virginia, with al
organization within an organization! TIT
last time that was tried in Virginia thu
Democracy went down, and MI. Daniel
in the lead, went down with it. A gloom,
remembrance.
THE NEW Law PROFESSOR At THI
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
MI. Walter D. Dabney. the new Profes
sor of Law, elected last Friday by The
Board of Visitors of The University Of
Virginia. to take the place of the late JOIN
B. Minor. is at present Solicitor in the
Department of State at Washington. HI
is the son of a wealthy farmer of Albemarle
county and is in the prime of life, being
about forty years of age. He was for SLY
years member Of the Virginia House OF
Delegates from Albemarle, and while there
held the important positions of chairman
Of the Committee on Railroads and Inter
nal Improvements, and chairman of the
Committee on Finance. In this latter
position he was member of the Commits
sion which settled the State debt. It was
while chairman of the committee on Rail
roads and as the author of work on the
control Of railroads by the State, that he
attracted the notice of Judge Cooley who
when he organized the Interstate Com,
merce Commission five years ago, offered
Mr.. Dabney position on the legal staff OF
that body. He removed from Charlottes
vile to Washington to attend to the duties
of the new place. In the course of those
duties he had to appear before the q. s.
Circuit Court at Chicago, and SO strongly
impressed Judge Gresham the Judge of the
circuit, that when, later, Judge Gresham
was appointed Secretary of State by Mr..
Cleveland, he rendered him the position of
Solicitor of the State Department with the
title of Third Assistant Secretary of State
the place henow fills. Both of these gov.
eminent positions were rendered to Mr.
Dabney and were unsought by him. He
will begin in the position of Professor OF
Law at the University at the commence
ment OF the next session, and after settling
I'D the law matters he is now in charpe of
for the State Department.
The Board Of Visitors on the day they
elected MI. Dabney, appointed commit
tee consisting of Senator Thomas S. Mar
tin (ehairman), the Hons. Marshall Nc
Cormick, Camm Patteson, A. c. Gordon
and Judge Leigh r. Watts, to consider the
advisability of reorganizing the law school.
The committee is to report to meeting to
be called by the rector, probably early in
October.