The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-06
THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN
JOINT DISCUSSION IN ALBIMAPLf
COUNTY ON SATURDAY LAST.
Cheering News From Charlottesville. King
william, aud the Ninth District--Newf
From the Tinh District Confirmed.

OF the sound money people anu was NV
appointment OF Messrs. John Hunter and
Barton II. Wise. OF Richmond But
as soon as the frce-silvcr people ascer-
tanned that these gentlemen would lie
present they sent TO Charlottesville for
lir. Wingncld and Major Woods. to meet
the soUnd-moncy speakers. PROPOSE
ton for joint discussion was made ana
readily accepted by Mcssrs Wise and
Hunter. Mr.. Wingfeld led of IN
speech Of forty minutes and was follow
oa by Mr.. Wise in speech Of the same
lerrth. Mr. Woods then spoke for an
hour and Mr.. Hunter closed the discus
sion. There were three or four hundred
people present and the crowd was about
evenly divided The cause OF sound
money did not suffer in the discussion
4 Richmond man. who has recently
been in King William. says that at least
onc-fourth Of all the Democrats In that
county are for sound money.
GOOD NEWS FROM CHARLOTTEs-
VILE.
A letter from Charlottesville from
perfectly reliable source says that
large proportion OF the Democrats Of
that city are for sound money.
Reports from the southwest continue
10 be OF the most encouraging character.
Judge Cole reports that on his first visit
10 Glade Spring. he found only four Dem
ocrats IN favor OF sound money. The
next time he went. the number had in
creased 70 forty. Mr. J. B. Richmond,
Of Gate City. reports that the sound
money cause is improving in his section
and that he believes that IL Will win in
the Ninth district lie proposes 10 give
all OF his time TO the cause until the
campaign closes. Mr.. r. \. Coifman,
who has been canvassing the Ninth dis
trict, reports that the silver men are
rapidly losing confidence.
A gentleman recently returned from
Pittsylvania and who is wen acquainted
in that county says that the reports
printed in The Times about the progress
OF sound money in Danvile, Pittsylvania
and the Fifth district are correct. lie
was amazed at the wonderful change OF
sentiment in that section In favor Of
the gold standard
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The Bristol Courier. a pronounced free
silver paper, Is not claiming everything.
but honestly confossos that the political
situation IS surrounded by such haze
Of doubt that n IS unable 10 give its
readers any SATISFACTORY ihltAdNA as ~
the result OF the November election.
The Alexandra Times apologies TO
Mr.. NJ G. Harlow. for having reported
him as voting for the resolution Of the
-Sowall-Rixoy Club censu~ilg Gov
ornor OFerral. MT. Harlaw IL sfys
did not vote for the resolution.
The souni-mcnev Democrats. OF Bris-
tol. are making great preparations for
big meeting NJ that place on the 18th
instant TO be addressed by Colonel Cam
cron.
AN HONEST REBUKE.
The Alexandria Gazette. free-siver
paper. has felt called upon 20 rebuke fits
brethren Of that city for disorleily con-
duct at a sound-money meeting. The
Gazette says.
"The treatment Mr.. Bryan received az
Yale and az another college i'm the North
and IN some OF the cities Of the West
is no excuse whatever for the disorderiy
behavior az the opera House last night.
which. instead Of helping the cause Of
ar. Bryan tended TO DO il much harm.
Free speech IS prcscriptive rieht In
Virginia. and error is never dangerous
when truth is left 70 combat it,
BAD ED-FELLOWS.
Here IS an interesting paragraph about
fusing with Populists. from the Norfolk
Landmark:
The fusion with tho ponuiists goes mer-
lilly on. II has been Effected in twenty
FIVE States and 30 is rumorcd that Nir-
ginia will be added % the list. The
forulsts ere m.eNfv bad political bed-
fellows They are ready 10 fuse with
any party that comes along 81 they think
lt their interest fO lO $50. lu North Caro-
lima It has not been long since these
uncertain gentlemen defeated che Demo-
cratic party 10y rusiug with tine kcpuD-
Leans. and now they are glad 10 turn
against their former allies. The rapidly
with which they turn around is the rec
markablc thing, however. This very Fam
st the State election in Alabama tie
Iopulists fused with the Republicans
against the Democrats. at the same time
holding ont the threat that they would
"refuse to fuse" with the Democrats AZ
the national election II they should re
beaten in the State. The threat meant
nothing practically. because II Is not nc
ing carried out; but IL IS chieny VAIN
able as showing what manner OF men
these Popuhsts are.
THEN AND NOW.
The Claremout Herald saws.
The Herald has a faint recollection or
a political meeting at Surry Courthouse
some two or three years ago, AT Whlch
Major Mann Page was speaker. Tic
was Kissed and otherwise lnsulteu by
number OF leading Democrats To-Day
the Major IS one Of the biggest kind OK
Democrats in the eyes Of those who for
merry Kissed him. yet le IS advocating
Just what he was then, Tree and unliml-
ted coinage at 10 10 ].
IS THIS POLISH?
The following from the Roanoke Times
report Of the speech Of the Hon. r. ".
Saunders seems 10 us bit contradictory:
"lIe referred 10 the Indianapolis aggre-
cation as a wart on the body polite. Mr..
Saunders is a polished speaker"
SOME BREEZES FROM NORFOLK.
The Berklcy Graphic. in reply 10 The
emerge that Governor c'Fcrrall has &C.
serted the Democratic party. says:
IL looks mere like OFcrrill is jIst
whore he was, and the party has de
serted him.
For the Same paper the following in
terss,ins i'ms are taken:
The Berkeley Free-SiVer Cub, with a
membership Of 40 CD, seems 10 have
been drowned in deluge of gold senti-
ment.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Nor
folk Landmark does not now have to
ask itself that famous question. "Wehre
am at?' II has taken decided stand
FOR gold. and is the only gold paper in
the city. The Pilot. News. and Ledger
are for free silver. the Nirginian is sup
porting Bryan. but does not have much
ia say on tho fr.prlrI cn,rf4,,