Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-17
JOINT MEETING AT HANOVER.
Lamb, McIIwainc, md Wallace Meet
Tenny and Blackwell I'm Debate.

HANOVER COURTHOUSE, VA, Sep
TENDER 16.-(Special)-Q large
crowd assembled at Hanover Courthouse
to-day. where, after the business OF the
court was finished. there was a joint dis
cussion upon the political issues. Cap
tain John Lamb. Mr.. w. =. McIlwaine.
ard Mr. Charles NJ. Wallace. Jr., who
were on hand to represent the Democra-
cy. had secured the use Of the court
room.
A proposition was submitted TO them
to divide time with the combined forces
of boilers and Republicans. in the per-
sons of Professor Blackwell. of Randolph
Macon College, and Judge Tenney, OF
New York, and the offer was promptly
accepted. Mr.. W. T.. Shelton. county
chairman, presided, and announced that
each speaker would have forty-fiye min
utes.
The debate was opened by Mr.. Charles
NJ. Wallace, Jr., the Democratic elector
for this district, who made a mastery
presentment Of the currency issue. He
devoted considerable of his time TO the
question OF overproduction. and directly
challenged his opponents to refute his
argument on that line. He made "A fine
impression by his familiarity with the
Professor Blackwell. who followed for
the boilers, and accepted fifteen minutes
Of Judge Tenney's time. did not attempt
TO touch his opponents argument on
overproduction, but devoted his time to
a discussion of the alleged causes for
the prevailing low prices. He attacked
Mr.. Wallace for saying that the gold
standard men denied the cumulative
theory of money, and then proceeded TO
deny II himself by arguing that the
prices of 1873 and previously were war
prices, and that the prevailing low prices
are a result OF long-contnued peace.
CAPTAIN LAMBS RESPECTS.
Captain Lamb, who followed. paid his
respects to the Professor, who was one
of the delegates to Staunton. He then
entered into an exhaustive discussion OF
the unit of account, which. he said, Pro-
lessor Blackwell had carefully avoided.
Captain Lamb closed with an eloquent
appeal to the older citizens, who, he said,
would not themselves long survive to
taste the woes which are being fastened
upon us. but would leave children TO In
herit that load of distress.
Judge Tenny, who is humorous in his
style of speaking, paid both Captain
Lamb and Mr.. Wallace high compliment
i'm opening. He then proceeded to de-
vote his time 10 the discussion of the
protective tariff, the amending OF which
by the Democrats, he claimed, is the
cause of our present hard times. He
asked number Of questions, defying
Mr.. McIlwane to answer them. In par
ticular he attacked Mr.. Wallace's state
ment that prices had fallen by quoting
figures to show that the prices OF labor
had gone up.
MIR MILWAINE'S CLOSE.
Mr.. McIlwaine, who closed the debate,
took up the questions asked by both
speakers on the other side and in the
most good-natured and humorous way in
the world, answered every one of them
TO the satisfaction of the audience. In
particular. he said that wages of me-
chanics had risen because of labor or
PLANTATIONS, but that organized labor had
at last found itself powerless, and was
now losing ground day by day. He also
pointed out that the Judge had excepted
expressly farm laborers who were now
getting next to nothing.
He then said: Have / answered your
questions, gentlemen The gentlemen
sat silent and said nothing, whereupon
the audience broke into a mighty cheer.
He next said that having answered as
best he might all questions made In ar
gument, he was now prepared to answer
any further questions which the gentle
men might wish to put TO him. Again
they sat silent. and again the crowd
cheered enthusiastically.
The utmost good feeling and enthusiasm
prevailed the whole time, and many
compliments were showered upon the
Democratic orators az the close, who
came off with flying colors from the
encounter.