The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-06
AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF
VIRGINIA BY PRESIDENT
HARRISON.
PATRIOTISM HIS THEME.
SENTIMENT HEARTILY APPLAUDED
IN THE HOME OF THE LATE
CONFEDERACY.
HIS AUDIENCE SLIGHTLY uNRuLY.
Police Compelled to Make Several
Arrests Before Complete Quiet
Was Obtained.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct 5.-Ex-Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison spoke to about
5000 people tonight. The meeting was
held in the Auditorium building at the
exposition grounds, where Mr.. Bryan
addressed from $4,000 to 18 900 people
few weeks ago. Not quite half the
seats were taken. On the stage were
many of the leading Republicans and
gold Democrats and also sprinkling
of silver Democrats. Gen. Harrison's
wife was, present. She was accom-
panied by several Richmond ladies'
The ex-president was loudly applauded
when he made his appearance on the
stage. City Chairman N. J. Young
called the gathering to order and in
troduced Hon. L. L. Lewis, Republican
nominee for congress, to preside. Judge
Lewis made no speech, but in a few
words presented Gen. Harrison. The
speaker was in good voice. The rival
applause for Mckinley and Bryan in
terrupted him several times. There
were few disorderly persons present.
and the police arrested some of these
and pulled them out of the building.
Once the lights went out and the
building was in darkness five minutes
during which time Gen. Harrison sus-
pended his remarks. AS the general
proceeded and warmed up, he received
close attention. His complimentary
references to Virginia and the South
were all most literally applauded. Gen.
Harrison in beginning his address said:
will thank you to be as quiet as pos
sible, as ! desire to speak to you in q quiet,
o;spasslonate way of some things that are
OF great interest to me and ! hope Of in
terest to you. have come here at the re-
guest of Virginia friends to speak on Ques-
tions now agitating us all. Virginia is not
the enemy's country to me. (Cheers.) 1t is
my ancestral home, and its citizens are my
fellow citizens. (Cheers.) do believe that
good men under ground as any state out.
have never said that she had no good men
above ground. (Cheers and disorder.)
There was time when the North and.
South were arrayed against each other in
battle line. That time is now only a mem
ory. We all are again one united, loyal peo-
PIE: PIE. This great state and all those states
sworn allegiance to the flag and constitution
and Virginia stands firmly and unitedly
for their defense as any state in the federal
union. Applause) More than that, not only
do her citizens, but the Confederate SOL
diers, stand now for the old flag at Wash
ington. (Applause.)
If it shall be the sad fate of this country
to be involved in war, If any foreign nation
attempts to trample on our flag, Indiana and
Virg ma win charge together and what shall
stay that onslaught? The memory Of GettYs-
~
burg and of Appomattex will force not to
stop until we are on the inside of the
breastworks of the enemy.
We are here tonight under one Union. We
are here to claim for our safes those rights
which the federal constitution gave them.
We are here to say that the consti. utional
powers of our national government shall not
be trampled upon. / regret to notice the re-
cent assault upon our just constitutional
powers. The incident | refer to Is the
great Chicago riot Men in defiance of law,
in great organized bodies, went through the
streets with fire and sword destroying prop
erty, blocking the mails and preventing COM
merce. These acts had their origin in rail-
road strikes and were the work of men under
the red nag of anarchy. Mr.. Cleveland felt
1t his duty. as commander of the army and
navy, to restore traffic and the movement of
trains. The courts were appealed to and
writ of Injunction granted to enforce the
laws. Violation of the order of the court
resulted In contempt proceedings and pun
ishment of the offenders, which was right.
Those cour.s proceeded on line that was
legal, that was upheld by the constitution.
and yet the president and the supreme court
are denounced in the Chicago platform.
(Bryan cheers.)
The speaker here referred to Senator
Daniel and scol ed h m for being a party
to the Chicago platform when he had
in the senate fathered a resolution in
dcrsing President Cleveland for send
ing troops to Chicago. He held that
the upholdfng Of the constitution and
the law was the most important of all
duties Of citizenship. He argued that
the Chicago platform meant to change
the supreme court body so as to accom-
plish the ends of anarchy. He said that
Virginians had just as much at stake
in the preservation of the law as the
people of any other state, and urged
them to vote to prevent 1t from being
despoiled.
The second question that Gen. Rarri-
son discussed, was the money question.
He had exhausted over half of his time
In speaking of the Importance of main
tanning law and order. His arguments
against free silver were along the line
of those he has used in other speeches.
In closing he advocated protection to
American Industries. Protection would
be great boon to the South, he said.
He mentioned Mckinley only once and
that was in his final appeal for claw
and order, sound money, protection and
Mckinley" At the close, the general
was vociferously applauded and MANY
people rushed forward to shake his
hand. The ex-president and Mrs. Har-
rison left Immediately for Charleston.
w. Va. Murat Halsted is with them.