The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-22
REPUBLICAN SPEAKING.
j. H. Rives, i. b. Stovall and Harris
Hoge Make Mckinley Addresses.

| AlOSc MIMI 4hChiulcN AulIoSScS.
j. H. Rives, of Albemarle county made
n Republican speech at the City Hall last
night to Il very slim audience. The en-
thusiasm was on parity with the size of
the audience and compared with some
speeches made this year by the Republi-
can speakers, his speech was equally on n
parity with his audience and the enthu-
siasm manifested on the occasion. He
| abused the Democratic party and charged.
that in three and half years they had
increased the burdens of the government
to the extent of $500, 100000 while in
twenty years the Republicans lad
reduced the bonded indebtedess of the
country to the extent of $1,700,000 600
He also charged the Democratic party
with wanting to belong to England and
with wanting to burn all the school
houses. The latter statement was heart
lily concurred in by some of the colored
men in the audience.
He said that Roanoke owes its very eX-
istence to protection and the Norfolk and
Western railroad, and that the railroad
company became embarrassed owing to
the reduction of the tariff on coal by
Democratic Congress. If he lived in Roa-
noke he would vote for nything that
would help the Norfolk and Western
He then spoke of Tillman being Il
leader of the Democratic party and asked
his audience to contrast the records of
Tillman and Major Mckinley. He said
that the gold party stands for gold only
The Democratic party for silver only,
while the great Republican party stands
for gold, silver and paper money and
proposes to keep all mt the same value by
making all the silver and paper redeema-
BILE III gold.
frie l.; g
Chairman Everett Sproul introduced J.
b. Stovall, of Halifax, who warmed up
his audience by telling them Il few jokes
and getting them, what few of them were
still i'll the hall, iu a good humor. He
did not offer any argument.
Prof. p. G. Leary introduced S. Harris
Hoge, who made short speech in behalf
OF his party, wherein he asked the friends
of Col. j. Hampton Hoge to stand fast
and work with might and main for the
success of the Republican party, assur-
ing them that if they did so they would
be rewarded by seeing their ticket elected
on the third day of November. In regard
to the withdrawal of Col. Hoge from the
Congressional race, Mr.. Hoge said the
national Republican committee decided
that It would be best to have only one
sound money candidate In this district
and upon confcrrlng with the state com
mttee it was deemed advisable to ask
Col. IIogc to withdraw, to which he read
lily acquiesced, stating to them if his re-
manning on the ticket would cost McI[in-
ley IL single vote he would willingly step
down, and That the. district committee
which met in Roanoke to-day had carried
ont the views of the national and State
committees by securing Col. Hoge's
withdrawal
After listening to the trio of Republi-
can speeches at the Old Opera House The
Times reporter, on his way to The Times
office, ran into IL miscellaneous crowd of
people gathered on the pavement near
Paul Massie's He clbowed his way to
the centre of the throng and there saw
W. y. Glasgow making IL red hot Demo-
cratic argument with II. a. ellis as his
special subject The sidewalk and street
became so blockaded that Policeman
Eanes was compelled to dispense the
crowd just at the juncture where Mr.. Gill
lis admitted that sit was neither good
thing nor the right thing for the Re
publicana to demonetize silver in 1873.
Officer Eanes' action spoiled the pleasure
of a greatly interested and constantly in.
! crcasing audience.