Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-22
THE DAY IN POLITICS.
pusY SCENES, nut FEW VISITORS
At STATE HEADQUARTERS.
uR. INGALLS, IN THE CITY AGAIN.
,v~ and Mr.. Vanderbilt Here To-
v~snrr--some Suggesftvr street
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potfical parties. Inc fteitch ioiS''
hard at work SEEDING out campaign
literature. and the secretaries ana their
stenographers had their hands iuii WIN
accumulated correspondence. There were
few visitors at any OF the rooms. Among
,hose who called at the apartments OF
the boilers was Mr.. Duval Radford. OF
bedford, the nominee for Congress In
The Sixth District. There has been
good deal OF talk about Colonel J. Hamp-
ton Hoge. the Republican nominee In
the Sixth. Withdrawing in favor of Mr..
Radford.
The fun forces were on duty at nearly
ali the headquarters. Secretary Button.
OF the Democratic State Committee. had
returned from a hurried visit 10 his home,
IN Appomattox. and Chairman Lamb, OF
the Republican Committee was back
from Norfolk. with him, or on another
train arriving about the same time. came
encouragement Bowden and Mr.. Carney,
who attended the weekly meeting Of the
Campaign Committee, which lasted late
into the afternoon.
SOME INTERESTING CONFERENCES.
President NJ. f. Ingalls,. OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company, who
is making speeches In Virginia in behalf
Of Mckinley. was in the city yesterday.
He arrived Sunday morning. In company
with Mr.. William X. Vanderbilt, who Is
largely interested In the railroad OF
which Mr.. ingalls, is president, and the
two took long drive over the city. MI
Vanderbilt left the city Sunday evening,
A.,4
Jefferson. He speaks I'm Norfolk to-day.
Mr.. Decatur Axtell vice-president of
the Chesapeake and Ohio, was yesterday
seen i'm earnest conversation on the street
with MIR. Harvey l.. Wilson. secre-
tary of the boilers State Committee, and
Judge Edmund Waddill, Jr, treasurer OF
Hanna's Virginia campaign fund. Later
in the day Mr. Axtell was seen In con-
ference with Mr.. Edgar Allan, chairman
Of the Republican City Committee. and
one OF the leaders of his party in Virginia.
The meeting OF these gentlemen attract
cd a good deal OF attention on the part
of persons who saw them in passing.
REPUBLICAN MEETING A FAILURE.
About 100 small boys and negroes.
twenty-five white men. and a brass band
were present at the Republican meeting
held in the field near Cary and
Randolph streets last night. 1T had been
announced that Judge A. w. Tenney OF
New York, would speak. but at $3.50
O'Clock he had not put in an appearance.
Tho band played several pieces 10
while away the time. and Judge l.. l..
Lewis made a short address. when finally
the speaker of the evening arrived.
accompanied by ex-Postmaster Otis II.
Russell. Judge Tenney Informed the
chairman of the meeting that he could
nj mn n hut
appoint the crowd he would say a few
words. After being introduced he pro-
ceeded to make his apologies, and stated
that he had 100 engagements before him.
He begged the audience TO excuse him.
as his throat was very sore. and the air
was chilly. The speaker stated that he
had felt the pulse OF the people in Viz
ginia. and he believed that on the Sd
OF next November twelve electoral votes
would go for Mckinley. Hobart. and
prosperity. After speaking in all aboVt
five minutes. during which time he was
constantly interrupted by the crowd.
who were anything but orderly.
Judge Tenney concluded, and five minutes
later was on car going back TO
his hotel. The band played next, and Mr..
Russell sought in vain TO secure the at
tention OF the audience for about fifteen
minutes.
Messrs. George Med. Blake and w.
Mac. Jones had in the mean time secured
two barrels. which served as a
speakers stand, and placed them Just
under the electric-light about fifty yards
from the Republican stand. Mr.. Blake
started on the free-silver issue, and be-
fore he had been speaking ten minutes
the entire Republican gathering had adj
Journed, and with several hundred Demo-
Gratis. stood listening TO the speaker on the
barrel Following Mr. Russell over at the
Republican meeting came several local
speakers, who sought in vain TO again
gather the crowd which had flown to
the impromptu Democratic meeting, but
neither their vocal organs nor the shrll
notes from the Grassland of seven pieces
could accomplish this. so the Republicans
adjourned in disgust.
over the Democratic speaking the
crowd continued TO grow. and before Mr..
Blake concluded his speech quite n
throng was present Mr.. Blake addressed
the now enthusiastic audience from
his temporary perch for about an hour
and received much applause and the
closest attention from even the disorder
ly Republicans Of few minutes before.
Mr. Jones followed Mr.. Blake and from
his barrel he delivered a silver speech
some twenty minutes In length. The
political demonstration then broke up
amid cheers.
DEMOCRATS IN GOOD SHAPE.
Senator Thomas N. Williams of Meek
lenburg. was in the city yesterday. Speak
ing of the political situation in his dis
trict MIR. Williams said: Il never saw
Mecklenburg people so enthused as in
the canvass. and / don't believe that
the boiling Democrats will cast ten votes
I'm the county. / ON satisfied that the
Democratic vote will be larger, not only
In this county, but In my senatorial dis
trict. than II has been since the war.
while the Popu.ists have candidate
in the field who Is a popular man. yet
j have heard some OF his heretofore
warmest supporters say that they had
no idea OF throwing away their votes by
casting them Tor him. and TO that extent
aiding the election OF Mckinley. one Pc
culiar feature of this canvass I'm my
county Is that the Republican leaders
who two years ago voted for and work.
ed enthusiastically for Thorpe. who then
earnestly advocated the cause OF free
silver. are now equally ardent In his
behalf as a gold standard man. These
people are consistent only In that they
are always insincere."
Colonel John Bell Bigger has returned
from a weeks stay at the Cold Sulphur
Springs. He Is looking exceedingly wen.
and reports the political outlook In Rock
bridge as most encouraging.
WILL DYER COME DOWN?
The squabble as 10 whether or not Dyer
shall withdraw In the Second District
has not been settled. though there is no
doubt that he will eventually bow to the
mandate OF the National Committee. The
Norfolk yirgInian OF Sunday quotes Coll