The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-16
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mary consideration. By way OF drufhiiiins
up some more people 10 hear an 'pou'
free silver. plenty OF money short houis'
the workingmans picnic. ana .he i'i
mer's realization OF his very hAppIcs'
dream. The man with the h'tie vi u'''
got in some fancy strokes tha' VIZ =, -
triAo eXdilirating. and the big morn 'ooe
all the breath from the perior'"o' VI
that instrument.
MR. WOOD SPEAKS.
Meantime the folks waited. deVoureu
pcauuts ana threw the shells on the
noor and got restless. by ana py 4 i,
calls were made for Mr.. WOOD u 49, 80, -
not learn his fun namc,, VINO ocout'.-
place on the rostrIm Then sehe'e','.'''
with white beard about two OF III,
inches lOng. took his place mex ~ -.
railing and commenced TO MAKE 81,
dress. He wore spectacles. MI w..
told about the railroads and tneH 80. 49,,
and stated that these corporations 49,
not afford to pay their employs "'''
they ought to get. -
IL was on account Of the enormous III
torest the railroads had 10 pay by Ieison
Of their watered stock. ana Nhea' anu
other grain could be carried TO England
from America as cheap as IL oouIu nc
carried from GOOchland to Rlcnmonu'
lnlS was inc case IN many
said. There had been statements TO the
effect that If Mr.. Bryan was elected 'here
would be no gold left in this country ana
vel the prosDccts of his election mad
sent from the foreign money markets
q great deal OF gold. Mr.. WOOD went on
TO tell about gold and silver in number
OF foreign countries, but he spoke rather
inGistinctly. and a lot Of people sciarnb-
ling around in the galleries ana elsewhere
to get seats near the front withih hearlhs
distance of the speakers stand, oroWHeu
the speakers voice 50 ! cculd not near
much that he said. Besides, there was
no Arrangement whatever for the repre-
sentatiyes Of the press. What the readers
of The Times see here was JOtted down
on the reporters knee. DO not knO"
who is responsible for having made 10
provisions FOR the press representatives..
Whoever had charge of this part OF the
proceedings certainly neglected MS duty,
and made a most bunglesOfne job oil what
ne ought 10 have done right. The news
paper men had a very hard time OF 10.
ami ID was uuGer much difficulty that they
could write an al.
was told by one or two free silveri:cs
that Mir wood made good speech
heard little Of IL myself. lie was APP
Whenever he said anything about having
more money Tor everybody therd was
general smile OF approval and some
cheers.
4 FREE SILVER CROWD.
While Mr.. Wood was predicting Mr.
Bryan's election had an opportunity Of
seeing something OF the crowd present
~ was Il typical frce silver crowd. In the
audience were 3D. number OF people who
swear by the silver doila. and many
members Of free silver clubs in Richmond
were noted. on the rOstrum sat sir
Jo Button. secretary Of the state
Free silver Committee; Mr.. T.. a.
Cstnn. ". .. SHELTON. George Med. Blake.
Cf gospel-frce-si lver-wacon nOtOriety.
Richard ~ Taylor. Mr. McNonney. Judge
FlCuinoy. Abe Cohen, Sam stern. Mar
shall T.. Ramos. Mr. Walthall. Roy. Dr.
\. f.. Dickinson. Sheriff Simon Solomon.
George Is. Taylor Jonn Lamb. Jr.. son
OF the aspirant 10 Congress; Mac Jones.
OF chalk-tall. fame. and various others.
gentleman sat on the right side Of the
sostrum. ana seemed 10 Dee the centre OF
attraction among those assembled around
him. I did not ascertain his name. lie
wore silk hat and a bland smile.
would judge that there were about
100 people I'm the audience. basing my
figures upon the estimates Of the crowds
that greeted Mr. Bryan ana ex-President
harrison. $500 and 4.JO respectively.
Nha1 the audience lacked I'm numbers
they made up in noise with mouth. foot
cane and umbrella they made plenty OF
noise and the small boy whistled 10 helm
keep up the racket. That is a character
istic Of his, especially at free silver meet
ines.
in the audience was a number Of ladies'.
most OF whom sat up I'm the galleries.
AIR. WALLACE TALKED
The audience kept calling for Mr.. Med
Blake. who did not speak. by The vav
Then they screamed for Judge Flournoy.
lie said ha had only 10 amour % that
Mr.. Grady. the orator Of the evening.
would he present in very few minutes.
This did not suit the crowd. apparently,
ana they cried for Mr.. Charles Wallace
VINO is known in political circles as
tDon' t-Scratch-C Charlie Wallace" lie
predicted Il great victory for Mr. Bryan
and said that he was 70 great representa-.
tive OF the great Democracy established
by Madison and Monroe. Mr.. Wallace
said the people We're on the verge Of n
great dramatic situation in politics. and
the great representative Of the great
p q
record that would be- greater than that
Of the greatest ana most sangune en-
thusiast. The common people were tho
proper ones 10 rule. They had right on
their side this time. and would win with
- whoop. They were Ike a herd Of buf-
faJo. who would trample down anybody
and everybody that got I'm their way.
Mr. Wallace spoke very loud and made
n great many emphatic gestures.
Somebody asked who Mr. Wallace was
and was tod that he was the free silver
clcctor for Virginia. His voice was clear
and loud. lie handled himself with a
good deal Of physical energy. He was
chCoipd cuthus'a sficqily throughout.
MIR. GRADY ARRIVES.
\ bout this time fhe hands OF the
clock pointed - o. and a. big shout aros,
as Senator Thomas +. Grady. of New
York. stepped upon the rostrum. HI
was accompanied by Colonel \. $ Bu
ford. Mr. Jackson Guy Chairman Ely
son. of the State Free-silver Committee
and others. The cheers lasted for som,
time and the band footed away on q
lively strain
After the band stopped playing Colone
Buford briefly addressed the audience
and said h. was glad 10 present TO a
Richmond gathering so distinguished q
gentleman from the Empire state OF tn,
Union. This gentleman stood with IN,
New York Democracy. a representative
of the grand old party said he. which
was the hope and refuge of the Amcri
can people
Colonel Buford gave the speaker quite
"scnd-oh.' referriug 10 him as a mar
VINO did not 90 into a convention 10 TAX,
chances and come out. Tie took no