The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-11
THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR.
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INDICATIONS POINT TO A SUCCESS.
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Tickets Have teen Reduced.

My Fellow Domocrats.-f twenty-five
years l have had your confidence ana
esteem. In every campaign you have
honored me with Invitations 70 address
you. You have always received me Watih-
ly. given me large audiences, ana HP-
plaudcd my uttcrdnccs. 10 Wherever inc
battle Wascu the hottest You nave caAtd
me. ana A have never famed 10 lcSppiiu
/ have CInNasStd MN ,ty-ihice OF the
one hundred counties OF virginia, near
all of them repeatedly, auu nave Tdiacu
my voice time and again IN every city
and almost every town and ndinlct from
ti5cwatCr 10 the mountains. nave
been elected "a member OF the bchti"l
Assembly. judge of tho County Court OF
my county. "a representative IN Congress
for six Consecutive terms, ana Indily
Governor OF the commonwealth.
Thus have l served my party ana thus
have 4 been endorsed and hOnOred by H.
with PRIDE / recall the approving let
tiers | nave received from my fellow
Democrats Of au classes ana sccuOhs,
and the innumtIahlc CoAInthdatoiN NO
tees which have appc area nom year 10
year In the Democratic press OF the
State.
But within the last month change
has como IN the tone OF some OF the
journals 10 which / have referred ana
in the temper OF some Of the gentlemen
To whom 4 have alluded. ana instead OF
friendly words. Vials or wrath arc being
opened upon my head
transformation Why arc anathemas
being hurried al me and the vocabulary
exhausted IN the draIt upon II Tor epl-
thets?
and devoted 10 my principles, honest IN
my convictions and nrm IN my Demo
cratic faith, / have declined 10 endorse me
platform. ana support the nominees OF
the late Chicago Convention. mis- ur-
termination was reached not Mlihnsi4
but reluctantly; not hastily but maturely'
and 1 propose 10 give you nay reasons
and ask you TO calmly ana sJncrly con-
slider them. and then pass judgment be
tween me and my CcusOrs 4 sAah du-
dress you ia plain ana direct words, but
IN temperate language.
As the Governor OF this Commonwealth
IL would be unbccOming IN me, lhueeo'
and as a gentleman 4 would not desire
TO descend 10 the level OF some OF my
critics They can bear ia lsus sise
with case and return it with pleasure.
Tut TO me ~ Is unusual 10 near IL ana
disagrceaule 10 speak II.
| have never east my ballot Tor any man
who was not a. democrat Tor any Office
from the highest 20 the hu;nDlcst.
could not b, Republican, because
regard the PRINCIPLES of the Republican
party as inimical 10 the Interests of this
country. and besides, the record OF south
ern wrongs inflicted by TINS party Is TOO
deeply written in my memory to DC
erased. / could not De iOpLNst, be-
cause 1 believe Populistic doctrines are
the most dangerous heresles thdt nave
ever been advanced in this iand.
In 49,. 1888. and 1894 denounced win
all the earnestness of my nature the
Ocala and Omaha platforms Of the POpu-
list party. and 50 old every other Demo
crat VINO was Oh the husunes, ana you,
my fellow DemOcrdts, by your voices AT
the time and your votes AT the polls. ell
dorsed every uttorancc and condemned
every GOpulistiC doctrine. Ia 1915 you
supported me in my nerce sttugsie win
the POpulist-k epublcan combination, ana
elected me 10 my present hlSh position.
No language was TOO severe, no words
were too bltter for you in your dcnunCla-
ton of HOpuism. j am the same Democrat
now i was then. am standing where
4 stood then. i have not plugged an
inch. What | concerned then l con-
denim now. IOpulsm rs no more accept
able to me now than IL was then. But
my critics have changed 'front.' ana are
hugglng TO their bOrOMs that which they
then shrank from ass they would from
the most nONiOgs thing. Recall the dis
cussiOns to which you listened Tour. three,
and even one year ago between Demo
cratic and FOpuhst speakers. and tell me
Il you could have imagined Tor a moment
that some Of these Democratic speakers
would in few months be ia Fopulist
truckle-bed Recall the "cathing eoi-
torials of Democratic newspapers and tell
Inc If IL ever entered your mind that
l,Ysa4uN nliyic Tie summer OF 1876 had
passed some Of them would be commend
ing fOpliistic principles.
But, as Impossible as you had no doubt
supposed these things 10 be, they have
come 10 pas. ana some OF these same
gentlemen and journal, are now FAR more
intOlerant and prOscuptiVe towards anti
POpulists than they ever were towards
Populists. In fact. during 10 period of
my life have 1 seen the spirit of unbridled
zealCuy more manifest IMAM in TINS cam
paign. Lifelong Democrats, men VINO
nave grown gray in the service or their
party. who have devoted their time ana
talent TO the promotion of Democratic
principles, ana raised their sons up IN
Democratic faith, are dcridcd and Jcered
by some Who have fOrsakeu tAc lag OF
Democracy ana enlisted under the Popu-
list banner. but upon which they have
inscribed the glorious word. Demo
cratic" Freedom OF opinion is not tOlc-
rated and freedom Of speech Is prescribed,
even in liberty loving Virginia"
But let me proceed TO discuss the Chicago
platform ana present some Of the features
that are obnoxious To me as citizen
Of this republic and as "A member OF the
Democratic party. IL IS the irst platform
ever promulgated by the accredited rep
resentauves Of the party which 1 could |
not endorse.
First. II condemns the President for |
sending Federal troops TO Chicago TO /
suppress riot. ana when "A mob was /
not only burning property plundcrins |
houses. and numbering citizens. but I
threatening the destruction OF the United /
States mails This was. IN the opinion /
of the convention arbitrary Federal !
Interference with local affairs. no cam |
did man viii risk his reputation by de-
nying that this D. "a proper construction J
Of this plank In the platform.
Is this BemOCratcr II so, 10 IL not the /
Kind OF Democracy I have been taught.
Is this Democratic? II SO. 10 Is contrary
10 the resolution offered by Senator
Daniel IN the United States Senate en-
iorsing the Presidents course and COM
nending him for his prompt acuon, and
which resolution passed both houses of
congress without a dissenting voice.
The President Is bound under his oath
II Office 10 maintain the laws OF the
United states and protect the mails and
property Of the Government anywhere In
his land. But this plank STANDS as "A
hedge that II the nominee for President
4 the Chicago Convention eholld be
Elected he viii permit the mob TO destroy
he mails and property OF the United
states AZ Will rather than intervene !
promptly with the arm Of the military. I
Z stands an announcement to the
awless and eyii-disposed TO break Fed
raj law and destroy Federal property
With impunity. 50 far as Federal author
~ is concerned. The nominee himself
: on record az saving that If elected ne
will never order Federal troops into a
state until they are called for by the
Executive Of the state. This means.
hat he viii not protect his own and that
10 his Keeping under the Con-
titutiOn and laws. unless ASKED TO do so
" the Governor OF the state, that In the
execution or his high trust and constitu-
ioral prerogativc. he viii subordinate
Iis authority to the Will OF another ana !
viii wait until the State Executive calls
or troops. II the call never comes. ne
vii allow Anarchy TO raise its red flag
nd reign supreme
Second. IL proposes TO reform or reduce
r Increase the membership of the SUI
rene Court OF the United States so as
Q secure a partlzan decision upon con-