The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-09
VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN
the sOUND-MONEY LEAGUE IN
NORFOLK mas 700 MEMBLRS,
A General Demand From All Parts of the
state for Honest Eie, lions Hon. X. A.
Barton on the Duty of Democrats.

$1,000 IA hichmond mat the removal Of
District-Attorney Lassiter was the result
VI "a concerted euOrt ON the part OF the
sOund-money Democrats In the interest e.
Of an honest election in November. III
Is generally conceded, says this CORES
ponuent that the wholesale stuhing Of
ballot-boxes at the last guUcrnatiOnal and
congressional election, ana especially th-
crookeduess IN the Third and Fourth
Congressional districts, where Il Wa
covorly proven that the Irregularities
were Of the most brazen sort, has OPEN
ed the eyes of the sOund-mOney people.
and that they have kept Oh the alert to
have removed from Office every respOn-
sible officer who does not take an activ-
stand against these Irregularities. The
contest of ThorD vs.. Mckenny brought
out the most fragrant cheating in cleo
tiOn, and yet practically nothing was done
10 punish the men who We're proved 10
have taken part in this. A similar state
of affairs was that which was exposed aL
Smithcrs precinct. in HenricO county.
The sound-mOncy Democrats have de-
tcrmined 10 get an honest count in the
November election, so far as is possible.
and the removal of Lassi.cr Is thought
TO be significant Of their plans in the
natter"
Additional force is given to this state
ment by the further fact tnat a,r. VIII
liam H. White who has been appointed
as Mr.. Lassiters successor has been Sc
lively identified with the sOuna-m )noy
movement in Norfolk and was president
OF the sound-money league OF THAI city.
Mr. White is one Of the most influential
lawyers IN Norfolk and man Of sroa-
courage. He can be depended upon 10
discharge his duty fcarless.y and if there
is any occasion for him to prosecute Of
Tenders against the election law he viii
do so without fear or favor.
HONESTY AT THE BALLOT-BON.
The Danvlle Register says: For the
past ten years AZ least there have been
fair elections in Danville and w ravs
no sort OF idea but that the election 70 be
held next month viii be strictly IN &C
cordanoe with law and in every sense
fair and honest.
But 70 is folly 10 deny that in some
parts of Virginia elections have not beer
fairly and honestly conducted. We III
know The history OF the tissue ballot
We know whose invention 10 was and
that o. was first used In the name %
patriotism. We know furthermore that
the time was when questionable methods
We're winked at under the plea Of self
defense.
II questionable methods We're ever jusu-
fable ON election day that time has now
happily passed. and the Register fas rot
been slow To condemn practices that csn
but bring the State under censure.
We approve the effort Of the soorG
money league OF the State 10 cal q
halt and these Efforts 10 insure an homes.
election and fair count an ovor .ir-
gnia. that shall Doe Just what u claims 10
De should. and we believe will. meet witt
the approval Of all honest men. 10 n ate
ter what party banner they train und,r.
SO FAR as this community is concerned
we believe the efforts that arc being made
20 secure q straight election viii meet
with hearty approval
A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CRACKERS
A Richmond newspaper recently printed
"a campaign story about merchant and =
hundred pounds OF crackers. The mer-
chant declared at he was To- free sil-
yer because when crackers were twenty
cents a pound hi profit cn io> Of such
goods was s. and now crackers have fan
EN- 50 low that his profit j., n0hlns
The Portsmouth Star axes the iCl-
lowing reply 10 that very interesting
story:
This story Of one hundred pounds %
crackers is true in SO FAR as IL sets forth
certain facts. But as ~ argument 10
favor Of the free and unlimitcd coinage
of silver does it not prove too much?
Let's see.
IL IS true. as many Of us have good
reason 10 know that twenty years ago
a pound of crackers sold a. retail iCr
twenty cents Then were the diT5 Ct a
deprecated currency. IL IS also true
that during these twenty years, just 't-
proportion to tAc settling OF he curr3I,y /
a.sf 90 ..a N
crs has steadily come down. un II 20 d. !
a pound of bread in the shape Of ctack- |
ors can boz bought for 1--WE cents. Tor |
people who eat crackers IS fhi5 an ll- /
desirable state Of affair?
But. the free and unlim ted coinage O. /
silver will upset an tnis u viii TO- /
ONLY put the price 0f crack - back t0 !
twenty cents a pound. 0It il wili enable /
the farmer 10 get war p-.ces 10" ,fe, I
thing he has 70 sell.
Ry laws inexorabie. infeXibic, 49, |
haser currency always and everywhere |
initiates prices But tlore ate people who /
have everything to ouy-the ,alfitL /
man, the mechanic the laboring 10 d /
How DO these take I'D the prospect /
ling twenty cents a. pound Tor crack /
.rs which can now D5 bought flr five |
cents? or with your salary y)nr ~ /
wage stationary. how much bnt'ef - |
Won eat with that article going np 90 /
sixty and seventv-fye cents the p0' No.
For men ,.rcumst.nced as YOU ate
these arc serious questions 90 'H' n-
that IL the free and Unlimited cola lt,s CT
su,-or can get itself enacted inio '4".
r.ul become hard GO Z 'rrs ~
HON. r. Il. PARTON - bDLl ~
,vritc~ in the Winchester Nt"a'
r.bor, we take 10 be Hon. 4. T. Bar
,or 10 writing a series Of interesting ar
t,cios on the politiccl situation. To ne
iast issue Of that paper, he quotes Can
d,dota rrvan's wen-kuown sentiments ON
The no,iosophy OF boiling, and adds.
Notc a great body of Democrats believe
~ the fr.. coinage IS undemOcratic'
,bot II is not fair ald honest ana thus
without any reflection upon those who
mink that II IS fair and honest, that II
q vastly worse than 2 high protective
tariff. while violating Ia greater desree
All the princlTi-- wllCl make that tAe-
ory odious. and that 10 would be ruinous
10 all the business and agricultural m
terests OF the country. In refusing.
therefore. to vote .or Mr. Bryan, they
are doing exactly what he has CONNIE nd
81 As the only course for n conscientious
man 10 pursue. although h IS guilty Of
the Inconsistency OF calling them
bad names for doing so. In some 81
his speeches he calls las boilers" In
others. "doserters." and traitors" and
I'm one speech he spoke OF men who
had property a. "hogs." into whose
noses he proposed to Put rings.
At first he called these revolving Dem
ocrats generals without privates." bit /
seeing the vast crowd who repudated the