Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-27
SIXTEEN TO ONE.
DECIDEDLY uNIaUE DEMOCRATIC
DENOMINATION AT STANTON.
SENATOR DANIEL TUE ORATOR.
A street Parade. Great Gathering 1"
coIumbinn Hall. and 'rnh"
..rbc Canvass throughout
the state.

STANTON. VA. october B.-lSpe-
c,si1-uere. where Senator John w.
PANEL always receives ovations. to-day
stanton and Augusta county broke a"
past records In the volume ana VoiuOni0S
OF its welcome TO him. II was court
day. and carly in the morning the roaos
10 town were crowded with people oeh'
on herring the orator. County-Chairman
Edward Fchols and the Free-silver kaliy
Committee with Kenneth Mccoy CHAIR
mani and Messrs. J. II. Powell, Thomas
]. Crowder. Roger Il. Atkinson Dennis
Brown. Henry w. Holt j. l. Bumgara-
ner. J. NJ. Perry. G. W. Blackiey' ana
William A. Pratt, had widely advertised
and made provision for the biggest poll
teal meeting In the clty's history.
A GRAND PARADE.
AT IL O'Clock a grand parade was
formed. which wendell its way through
crowded streets. hundreds OF sightseers
looking down from the windows. Inc
order of procession was: Marshall Hugh
Sproul and aides, and the Stonewall bil-
gade Band, and then came Senator Dan
iel. In a carriage drawn by sixteen White
horsesand a 2JO-pouud pony beplumed win
with yellow bunting, typifying the l6-to-l
idea. Later in the splendid procession
were several county bands, and a long
line OF silverites from city and county
on foot, and others mounted or IN car
riages Everywhere Bryan buttons anu
badges were in evidence. Here ana there
some fellow with fowery fancy Wouiu
speak for silver in lapel wreathed While
with sixteen white and one yellow chry-
santhemum.
A GRAND AUDIENCE.
The speech was delivered in Columbian
Han. where the Democratic State Con-
veption met last June. The auditorium,
seating 400 people, was packed, men
even squatting down on the floor Of the
aisles Many ladies were present. A
choir of 100 voices. under the leadership
OF Miss Clemence Cook and Mrs. Nanny
Green Grant, sung the bryan Marseh-
laise" Chairman Edward Echols, with
8 handsome eulogy Of Bryan, Daniel,
and the cause they represented. intro
duced Senator Daniel. Hats then went
UP In the air, and yells rang through the
rafters Of the great hall.
DANIELS SPEECH.
Major Daniel said he was especially
glad 10 speak in this spot-"the scene Of
the nativity Of the renewed Democracy
OF Virginia" HI paid his respects In
courteous, though caustic, terms TO the
Boltocrats. When the speaker men,
toned Clevelands name Kisses were
heard whereupon Daniel said. deprecat-
iugly. Don't DO that, my friends: don't
hiss anybody; that is not Democratic"
He showed how the silver men had al
ways spoken out I'm clear. unmistakable
terms. and demonstrated by sharp con-
trast the double-faced evasion of the OPP
position lie said there was consolation
I'm the fact that the defeat Of 1894 was
not due TO the legislation Of the silver
men. Bryan and silver have made the
straddlers come out and stop beating
around the bush. II Il was reckness for
Bryan 10 propose free coinage without
international agreement, how about the
recklessness Of Mckinley. who would
sign a tariff bill without any information
al agreement.
NO SUDDEN BOON.
The speaker said free silver was not
expected 10 bring a sudden boon. but
change from winter 20 spring and then
a blossomng into a Democratic summer
OF prosperity Major Daniel spoke near
~ three hours, and was accorded the
greatest attention. receiving round after
round Of applause as he preached the
silver faith. He spoke Of Hon. II. ID.
Flood as an able trustworthy. and splen-
did candidate. and appealed 10 Staunton
and Augusta 10 give him the handsome
majority he deserved.
Major Daniels speech Is the talk Of
the town tonight His friends are i'm
mensely proud Of his work here to-day.
The McKinleyites. n small crowd. were
addressed on Court-H House Square by Col
onel j. Hampton Hoge and Hon. Jacob
Yost. who are speaking again tonight
at Odd-Fellows' Hall
Daniel leaves here tomorrow for I.acy's
Spring, in Rockingham. where he speaks
that day.