The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-30
REGARDING o'FERnA1L.
The State Press on rIts Recent Dc.
lection.

rail- has gone. He has deliberately LEFT
the party which has for many years sup
ported him. From the day Democrat;
lelccted him County Clerk 10 the day
they elected him Governor there have
been but few years that he has not been
! the incumbent OF some Office into which
ne was put by Democratic votes. He
has. ii Is said. sometimes bolttd the
party. Whether this be true or not. he
has been the recipient of more Offices at
| the hands of the Democracy than any
| other man in the State.
He has been nominated and elected
| ny the men who are supporting Bryan
ana for MI OFerrall ut this day to uu-
dcrtake 10 read out OF the party those
men. the people. the bone and sincw of
the State. would be laughablc if II were
not so hasely unRrateful.
1t is Idle for Governor O'Frr.all to
swell out his chest. ruille up his haiy and
proclaim in deep chest notes: 81 am II
Democrat" David Bennett i'm had a
patent ON that. which recently expired
| The STAR has always been most friend
! ly 10 Governor O'I'cryall, hut in this
fight H. tha; is not FOR us * against us
and we feel that
All should unite to punish the migrate
full
"Ingratitude is treason in mankind
The plain people OF Virginia viii not
Tail To consider Governor O'I'erra!l. who
has for SO long been their beneficiary,
as ungrateful. and the Democracy OF this
|
| Never more be officer of mine"
! Bedford Democrats The Governors
chair of Virginia is recognized as the
graveyard Of politicians, The men who
| once occupy ii are forever afterwards
dead No political prercrmcn;. and Gov
ernor O'Ferrall will be no exception to
| the iu!e. However, j: matters ll.tlc
| If he did refuse the use of cannon to
salute w. j. Bryan. the mex; President
OF the United States. 1t matters little
If he has joined the IL publican Aid So
cicty, as i; is but the kicking of Il corpse.
anyway. lie paraded himself UP and
| down the state when Il candidate for
Governor. and boosted of haVir: voted
eight times for thu free coinage of sill
YER. but change has come over the
spirit of his dreams, aud he now am
lnounces his purpose no vote for the decoy
Ticket.
| WytheviIle Enterprise: The Governor
| of this State. Colonel Charles II. OFFER
rail. has at last concluded that he cannot
vote for Bryan and free silver
| Mr. OFcriall reaches this conclusion
af;er studying. as he says, the silver
ques. lion for Il year from last spring.
He admits then that he never studied
| the question at all when in Congress
| FOR term after term, ana voting for free
| SilNer--a representative i'll Congress, in
deed. Here he places himself in she
| light and position Of spending year af-
| ter year in Congress in the capacity OF a
.
| voting for legislation time ana again
which he knew nothing about. did moi;
| investigate or study al all until he had
left Congress, and ceased to be a repre-
sentative OF the people in that body.
We gods ana little fishes"
While Mr.. O'Feuall was running foy
| Governor, the office TO which he was
elected by the party he now bolts but
| which Office he VIII never resign, If
every voter in the state who voted for
In inn tsHatFf Il
| mis- section how many times he had
voted frof rec silver in Congress IAN
| ignorant vote. rhouGm: he had voted
for the ratios Of II 20 !. II to |, Is to !.
|? To one. and on up 10 - to !, IL we mis-
take not.
But. then our" 90 Governor didn't
know what he was doing. and. from
| III" results. neither did the people of the
seventh District. when they sent him to
Congress 10 represent them. ana tn.
people OF tn" state. when they made
him Governor.
So all ihc voters. a. well as AIR. O'Fer-
rail-. We're all ignorant. Governor O'Fcr-
rail- didn't know himself ana neith-
er did the people.
Hui. we expect the Governor would
have boon longer getting his peep
cEs open, or this money question. If
Johnny Daniel hadn't knocked him
out OF water for the Uai;ed states
Senate.
charlottesville Progress: Col. O'Fcr-
rail- has been dreaming dreams and see
ING visions. ana when man begins that
sort of thing he is IN a frame of mind
ana conscience tu make any sort uf
thunder. He has been dreaming of Mai
lDanicls Senatorial toga. ana seeing Wis
ions of Charles II. o'Fcrrau wrunued
IN il ana astonishing the nation win
the extent Of his learning. the wisInn
or mis- craftsmanship. and the power of
MS leadership of mem. The Governor
has been hearing significant sounds
which tel! of the great uprising in Vir-
| "inia for ailVcr-ih. tramp of n great
multitude mar5halied under a leader
whom no man can supp!ani. though
heretofore ii had been his dream thai
lie could displacc him. and that leader
| h" knows is John Warwick Daniel
i The men behind Daniel cannot be ca
iolcd into becoming the men behind
IOFcrrall. 1t is bootlcss to measure
strength with him. If he would be :,
leader he must lead elsewhere. ana ga
h" turns with unsatisiicd ambition ia
Joe lirvau's SueriiluS. and is by them
received with outstrctchcd arms. be-
cause any accession to their ranks rs
an event. In his character as dreamc.
lie hears the reclamation, Hail. Coy
orncr Of Virginia. and Senator that shal,
| be-
i O'Ferralls dream is vain one. The
!, visions he has been seeing like Tho
visions of the night. which vanish with
daN dawn. VIII appear in all their airy
unrealitv in the bright day which shall
follow the struggle of November 3d-a
struggle of forces Differed ana led nv