The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-31
Memorial and Decoration Day Ohssred WIN.
Great Deal Of Pride and Love.
DANIEL AND THE VICE PRESIDENCY, ].
The Reunion Committee Hard az
Work Making Arrangements FOR
'he large Crowd Expccied-FaIk
OF ihe Free silver Men Making b
Fight for Congress-Other Notes.


Memorial and Decoration Day was OBJ
served as holiday here only BY tina
fede'al. State and municipal office-hoid
era and the bankers. The usual num-
Der or people had a half days holiday
me attendance at the morning game OF
pan was not over five or six hundred.
oe.ng about the smallest of the season.
AZ o'clock Phil. Kearney Post, G. A.
H., Edgar Allan Post, Sons of G. A.
H. Veterans, and the Woman's Relief
corps OF Phil. Kearney Post, went down
20 Ue flrst National Cematery, where
the graves were decofated and exercises
heil' u1ere were music and recitat tons
ana an address by Congressman Thom.
as. OF Illinois. This afternoon Holiys
WOOD memorial exercises were held at
me cemetery. The two veteran camps.
lhe sons OF Veterans. and nearly ell til,e,
iocai ,., military joined In the parade. An
immense ciowd gathered around the
stand on Gettysburg H.ll. In Hollywood.
kew. DR.. Tudor Cstered prayer q chorus
choir, led by Capt. Frank Cunningham. 4
SANG, and then Capt W. Gordon Nc.
Cabe delivered an eloquent address.
"aion concluded the ceremonies.
The local committees IN charge OF ltna
arrangements for the Confederatei re-
union are trying 20 get everybody whof
VIII consent to do so to take boardersf
during the three days the big crowd viii
''N' - 80 DelIeNtu sUaI ul9TG VIII
De more strangers IN the city on June
Soth and July 1st and I'd than were ever
mere at one time before. How thew ARE
10 be all cared for IL a problem trhrtts
Is yet to be solved The licte.s wll be
overrun with people during the reunion,
week and all the boarding houses viii
be quickly crowded. Many people
are predicting that there Will be 2oooGo
strangers he:e on the day tie corn er-S
stone of the Davis monuments is ia.d
Should the State Democratic Cyonyen- 4
ton AT Staunton next week endorse Sem.
ator Daniel for Yce-Pre:!dent and In.
struct Tor him. as may be done the Sem
a.or VIII, as matter of course. not
mead the delegation to Chicago. as otner-s
wise he VIII do. Congressman Otey ana
Jones are almost certain TO be two OF (
me delegates at large, and Capt. Camm
Patteson !E also talked OF for The s,onos
Ohe th:ng IS certain. and that IL that
C1e convention VIII do IN all things as
Senator Daniel wishes. II he IS not en-
dorsed Tor V!ce-President 1t VIII be be-
cause he has some good reason for not
Ihere VIII be contest in the Third
District Convention over the election.
Seferal persons are willing to take the
nonpr. Among those talked Of are
MesSrs. Meade Haskins, and Cha.les M.
o''' va n. hlauDtnLte
or Henrico; Isaac Diggs, of King WI
nam, and f.. NJ Parrish of Goochland.
MI. wallace VIII get all the free silver
votes from Richmond
There is talk of the free silver men
making fight to have an outright sii-S
yer man nominated for Congress by
tne t Democrats of this district Messrs
Eiiett ana Wise, who are already In the
ie'd' are ciassed as sound noneyites. 4
though each. one has many supporters
among the silver element But the more
radical Of the advocates OF the white
metal want to put up a dyed-in-the-wool B
siVerite. Just at present 1t looks as if1i
me- NEE is most interesting contest
General Manager w. NJ Hubliston. OF
me traction Company, said to-day he )
expected to start his Broad street line
IN operation next week. e
me new assessment Of property be-
longing to the municipality shows ans
increase from s6,200.OO0 to s7,644,772.4s' ~
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