The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-26

diction. not half a dozen men In Congress
knew that bill had been passed.
AFTER NIX. MALLS.
Il have seen 1t stated In the columns
OF a paper published In this city, mat
the president of a rai.roat VINO was
speaking ali over the country IN the IN
terests OF the workingmen, as ne terms
1t, said that the man VINO cehounSc"
that act as a crime was either hiih'c
or fool. | have heard that some us
tingushed man did not know now 10
draw an Indictment against the wfioic
people and yet the rrerident or tit
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad states '"ae
nearly the whole people OF this country
are either fools or knaves.' The sseak-
CT then read a lot OF extracts from va
rious sources alleging that they substah-
tiated his claim that not half Dozen
people knew anything about the passage
of the bill. He continued:
"And yet ingalls, has the audacity and
effrontery to say to the American peo-
pie what he wouldn't dare say To you
or to me-" loud cheers.)
These extracts were so well received
BIZ the audience that ne read some more
They thought the extracts were better
than the original remarks of the speak
er. and, Like poor little oliver Twist. they
wanted more. SO. into his scrap-book the
Congressman went. and out came more
extracts OF by-gone days. THE money or
our fathers" he said, but some one in the
audience near me remarked that we nave
outgrown the times Of our fathrs, We no
longer rode in canal boats. nor by stages
nor did We want to go back TO that mode
of travel any ntore than we wanted.
free coinage of silver.
MIR. Palmer, General John NJ. Palmer
the candidates of that self-styled Demo
cratic party" he sneered, and then ne
read some more extracts that were IN
tended 10 show that Senator Palmer
had said something or other at soma
period Of his life favorable TO bimetaI-
ism.
The speaker here went into the history
el etaoin etaoin etaoi e etao etaoi etann
Of the rise and fall Of the Bland bill,
the Sherman purchasing clause, ana
kindred measures that had been tri'H
and found wanting. and brought out some
extracts showing how certain congress-
men and senators voted on those ques-
lions, all of which was essential Tor the
position he was defending. How ala
O'Ferrdll vote. sdlu SOhicOcNS Az 49,
audience.
I'D rather not go into that. We nave
always been friends and hope we shan
always be. But I'll say this, we are as
far apart as the poles l am with the
people. but believe he has THROWN him
self among the plutocats and the mon
eyed men"
A little later on In his argument, when
ia
and many OF them were leaving the hail,
lie referred TO zone of those two mum
mirs who have been nominated on 4
national ticket
LOVELY MEXICO.
This very disrespectful language, the
use Of which was entirely unnecessary,
awoke tho listless energies OF the au-
d'enec. and they primed themselves Tor
something sayory and salacious, but they
were disavpointsd, for he brought out
more extracts: this time a big illustrated
article from one Of the magazines writ
ten by somebody who had made plea
sure trir through Mexico. AS the speaker
read the delightfully."- written account or
that country. everybody In the audiences
wished he was there at that moment, TO
enjoy some of the excellent not
tomales" that are honest products or
that country. Mr.. Jones acknowledged
that the Mexican dollar was worth about
ffty cents OF American money, and. then
went On in a rambling way TO try 70
explain why It was.
''Thev say the Mexican standard Is low
but wish this country could come dowa
10 Il. 1--WE have our Altgeld and TIL
man. they tell us, but they need not as
sociate with them. But II just as leave
go along the silver road with Tillman az
climb the golden stair with Herr Most
Then he read some more extracts.
The audience were yearning for home,
and Captain Lamb who was anxious 10
make a little speech on his own account
began to squirm around restlessly IN his
chair Some young fellow near the
door shouted "Hurrah for Mckinley
which awoke the rest Of the audience.
and they managed 70 keep their eyes
open until the meeting closed.
II want 10 say" said Mr.. Jones, that