The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-29
CAPT. c. N. BLACK FORD
SpEAGS ron SOUSD UoNIY AND
SOUND GOrERNMENT.
pe speaks to- Splendid Audience In the
city Where He i Known and Hon
orcd a. one Of Her Best Citizens.


The Sound-Money Democracy of Lynch
bure had tho pleasure tonight Of hearing
another h0nored citizen speak in defence
Of sound money ani sound government
and in opposition 20 ii deprecated cur
Icncy and "a dishonorod government
Captain Charles NJ. Biackford. who
has always been among the leaders in
The battles Of Democracy and ono oi
our leading citizens. and widely known
as an able lawyer was the speaker. Nol-
withstanding the fact that % meeting on
Silver club addressed ly one OF the
many orators Of the Free SilFef causo'
was held at The same time. ana lt ~
night Of church and lodge mf'ihta. ite
opera-house Was nucd hy large ana
enthusiastic audience compose on 49,
element of The city. The tau,ll M"a
packed with colorc0 people ana ihc ioN'r
floor was filled. aud ladies sfacea the
boxes.
CORDIAL RECEPTION
As Captain rlackford entered with the
committee lo was received with cnthHal-
astic applause lic needed mo- intIoonc.
tion 10 The people OF Iynchhure. D1t tn"t
act OF form8ilty was gracefully performed
by Afr. Vs. N. Wilson. Jr.. VINO IcIcrIed
briefly 90 tle disaster Drought ON thc
Democratic party three years ago Wnch
they declined 20 follow the advice or tne
only Democratic President since the war.
It was only the corpse of the Democratic
party that traded itself 10 the iOpulist
party 40 Chicago this summer.
Tho Sound Money Democratic party Of
INuchiurc declined % support the plat
form. Bee had done dll he could 10 con-
vince lis fCloW-citlzcns that Tree silver
would lc disastrous 20 tho country. Great
lie introduced Captain Blackford as
"olc who had never misled the people
OF Lynchbure ia anything.
CAME AS A CITIZEN.
Captain Blackford was much applauded
Rs he came forward lie commenced
his address hy saying that le did not
come as "a politician in any sense; he had
lived here for nifty years, and ne had
during that time labOrcd for what he
considered the best interest Of the city.
ltc was here gust as one or the plain
citizens AS 70 boy he had deemed the
preservation of the Union the greatest
OF al things and 10 was low as a man
= argued TO save the country from
danger iie had no harsh word ior any
one. The question before the people
divided Itself into TWO branches. The
first. could We support the Chicago plat
formt Second, suppose We cannot do
that which our cOnscicnces tell us is
wrOnL. what shall We do? Shall we
support that which We believe wrong?
Ills INST objection TO the Chicago plat
form WIS the free coinage PLANK. He
would swallow all for the unity of the
Democratic platform, but for that. which
in his opinion would be destructive 10 the
interests of the country.
lie then proceeded to briefly give tho
history OF coinage IN tho United States,
and showed how the country had suffered
!. ON @ q ocpfeci4tcd currency. and made
hy the Free Silvorites in the demoneti-
1ailon of silver Was grOundlcss and dc-
VOID of reason.
THE ALLEGED CRIME.
TIE ro-csiled crime WAS never heard
of w. d.
silver mile mich paid IT'S owners $lgUo5O-
tv- lhtn come the demand for the coin
age OF SILVER. not from the WOrkingman.
not from Lt NY handcd son of toll but
from o. C Gar West, from the silver miners
came tho cry OF the lreat crime 1t
Wa, laughed at Doe thc South and ridicGlod
81 the North. hc cry of the silver mine
owner as disBtl l.co by asking for more
money Tor The PEOPLE, and lobbyists vent
% work at Washington i'm The nails OF
tcreitss. The first time ha had noticed
int ciy ici more money Was four years
ago, when the POpuiists met here IN the
opera House ana Wore badges on which
More Money Wes printed. There Nas
no doubt about AN Of us wanting more
money Tie old. Iic showed how the Oil-
terence in periods influenced The nelI Tor
more currency. ln these days OF chccEs
ana ctaita 20 much currency Wds not
ueened as Affy years ago, but Of course.
currency should not be contracted. and
Dee showed that lt was not, and there
the people had suffered from 81 COntrac-
tlon in currency. when the per capita
Was double that of 1870. Times were hard
but this condition was not due 10 lack
ol currcr ty. There was now ln the
IynChburs banks N,0ul U0J. That was no
hloIg o. poverty.
AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.
lie showed why agriculture was de-
pressed and bad depressed business The
times We're hard. lie was not willing 10
..II Fr.. tIHI.
iIuuc the woods with their voices pro-
claiming that uncertain experiment AS
cure for duu times
The depression was caused by failure
So nN stardaro of value and money
could not Dee haC iOr lew enterprises until
81 Was. Enthusiastic applduse) COnll-
oence alone was needed. lie did not want
the politicians or boys to take charge OF
lls affairs tGlldt dppiause) The speak
a. then oisscctcd The free silver craze, ami
Showed the utter lmpOsslbiity OF its doing
amy good. but tlat lt would work out only
disaster 10 the people. IIe showed dol
lars ga silver dollar backed by the sold
Standard worth of silver which had
been made in the shape of a silver dollar.
and produced 10 in comparison with
silver dollar This brought out storm
az applause There were only two ways
OF getting money. one was by the use
ar crow bar ga dangerous way. and
the other ly hard work Great ap-
YiauscJ
TIE REAL COMPLAINER.
The hard working farmer VINO stayed
81 home and attended 90 his business
was NOT the c0mpiainer. ID was the farm
az who sat boz front of the country bar
IOom and talked free silver and more
money a nlty-cout dollar could not be
made ID one hundfed-cent dOlllr. 10 is inn
possible. Gould the workingmln AFFORD 70
work for one hundred-cent dollar and
le paid in nfty-cent dollar (Crles of
NO No. from the auuience) The speak
q read ,al extract from Bryan's Chicago
speech. in which Doe stated that money
would be cheaper whom there was more
OF u. THAT sentence" said Captain
Hlackford. lends the argument Nobody
wants a dollar that viii Dee Of so little
value that they wish 10 set rid of IT,"
1sreGt applauseJ
we want eood mouey-a dollar that will
be dollar C'les. ycs. yes. yelled the
audience. Save our honor. and Jet our
nations reputation for honesty remain
untarnished said the speaker in con-
THE HOODLUM WAS THERE.
There was an CffCrt made hy some noisy
Zee eiivcrites 10 break up the meeting
6v gathcrme in front of The Opera House
s1d yelling with the expectation Of the
sTi.erco leaving the house, bat it did not
x9rk Tbcv yelled until they were hoarsc.
ivf tre audience was not disturbed, and
p4vc the speaker The closest attention
ebowinp that there IS no waVering along
the lines oi the SOund-Money Democracy
Of the Iill City.