Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-04
Another "Card."

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ton some OF the 'many stroni
gold men OF this section" wh'
were coming over to Bryan. He nance
one a gentleman who has, to my
| knowledge. been Bryan man all along
\ and, as your correspondents Information
seemed to end with this gentleman, | TEL
confirmed In the opinion expressed In my
| card.
| The president Of the Dispatch Company
| seeing that his correspondents statement
| needed a foundation, came here to builo
one, an interesting reversal Of the usua
process. He did not undertake the same
office for a recent Special OF this same
correspondent, to the effect that gen.
tleman here had discovered a silver mine
and was waiting for Bryan's aid to de-
velop IT, Had his able efforts come TO the
aid Of this Special" also. We might have
| all come over" in view of 80 per cent
rise after Bryan's election.
without further investigation, for which
I have not the time, l shall state few
facts regarding this ex post-facto founda-
ton.
| Perhaps, 1t is unimportant that the card
| from Hillsboro' Precinct states only that
the alleged deserters Of the sound-money
cause have expressed their intention 10
vote for Bryan, or perhaps II
is not so unimportant as 1t looks
But how this statement, signed py
only eight OF the alleged many" (and
| the president Of the Dispatch Company
was here more than one day., proves any
| thing more than that these eight gentle
mon have at various times heard such
| expressions of intention, IL is hard u
see. How II proves that these supposed
many" did not swallow Bryan whole as
| soon as he was nominated II Is nara 10
see. How It proves that many were
! Coming OVER about August 18th, as the
| correspondent Of the Dispatch stated, 1t
Is hard to see; for their intention may
have been expressed" daily, Sundays
| included, from Bryan's nomination TIL
now. and repetitions Of intentions formed
in July might easily in a country village
have been construed as indicative of adj
ditons 10 the free-silver ranks i'm August.
or these eight signers, one has been
Bryan man from the word go; another
was a sound -moncy man on the "a OF
August, and a third said. In my presence
on the Goth OF May that he did not under
stand the silver question, and from ms
remarks 7 gathered that he would sup
port a free-silver candidate blindly. There
were originally nine names TO this i'm
posing paper. RumOr says that the ninth
gentleman was asked If he was Bryan
man, and upon his giving an affirmative
reply his name was attached to the paper,
whether BY himself or not Il is not said.
However. when he ascertained the tenor
OF the paper. he had his name removed.
No doubt he having been, as / know, a
Bryan man since Bryan's nomination,
saw that his signing the paper would con-
vey a wrong impression.
The president of the Dispatch company
tells MS that only FIVE took part in the
meeting 10 elect delegates to the Rich
mond convention. lie fails 10 tell US that
only six took part IN the meeting which
sent delegates to the Stanton convention,
and only four in that which sent dele
gates 10 the Winchester convention.
Furthermore. owing TO the shortness or
the time this last meeting was called
only the day before It was held, and sew
eral gentlemen were prevented from at
tending only by previous arrangements.
OF the other meetings, several wees
notice was given.
This is small matter in itself. and our
little mountain community is immensely
fattered by the attention Of the micro
scopic eye OF the Dispatch Company.
VIM. DINWIDDIE,
An "Unterrihed" Democrat.
Mr.. Dinwlddie has taken much space 70
prove nothing. In his first card he said
that this statement (of our Greenwood
correspondent. is absolutely without
foundation" Under their own signatures,
seven respectable citizens Of Hillsboro
Precinct, have declared that Dnwddie's
statement is without foundation" Here
is their statement:
"Hillsboro' Precinct
"AlbAmarle county Va, August o. 1896
eve, the undersigned. state that prior
to the 18th day Of August, 1896. and since
that time, many Of the sound-money
Democrats OF this community have ex-
pressed their intention TO vote for Bryan
and SewdIl.
al. HALL.
"W. T. REA.
~. w SHIRLEY.
ar. a YANCEY.
JAMES APPERSON,
JOHN Z. YANCEY,
"W. II. ROGERS,
"W. p. LEAK"
This settles this question. 1t is need
less to enter into further discussion. Mr.
Dinwiddie makes mean fling" and
false assertion, when he says that the
president Of the Dispatch Company, "see-
ing that his correspondents statement
needed a foundation, came here to build
one" c. OBJ COWARDlN'
President the Dispatch Company.