Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-11
Mr.. GRADY Is COMING
NEW YoRK's GREAT SPEAKER
WILL DE HERE THURSDAY.
ARBITRATION PLANK.
Grand d-Chief-of-Eng gineers Arthur's
Position Being Criticised by Menu
bers of the Observation-Disclosures to
Run Ahead of McKinley.

Senator Thomas f. Grady. OF New
York, one Of the ablest exponents Of De-
mocracy in this country, and one of Tam
many's most influential leaders. has
accepted an invitation to speak here,
and will talk to Richmonders next Thurs
day evening.
Senator Grady notified the Democrats
State Committee yesterday that he wouls
be here Thursday. and the Business
Mems Bryan and Sewall Club. OF which
Colonel A. s. Buford is president, have
been asked to take charge OF the arrange
ments for the meeting. They have
not decided yet where he will speak.
but the most available hall In the city
will be secured for him. Senator Grady
is said to be a magnetic speaker, and
his meeting will no doubt BE one Of the
biggest held in this city since Mr.. Bryan
was here.
CHIEF ARTHUR INCONSISTENT.
The locomotive engineers in Virginia
are somewhat disappointed over the ac-
ton of GraDd-Chief Arthur In declaring
for Mckinley. They are mindful Of the
fact that at the last convention or en-
gineers, Mr.. Arthur spoke warmly in ad-
vocacy of arbitration between railways
and their employees. and II was largely
through the instrumentality Of the engl-
neers that the Democrats at Chicago
placed in their platform the following
plank. I'VE are in favor Of the arbitra-'
ton of differences between employers
engaged in interstate commerce, and
their employees, and recommend such
legislation as Is necessary to carry ou:
this principle"
Many OF the members OF the brother
ho are inclined to think that Chief
Arthur has not done exactly the right
thing in boiling a platform that stands
for the interests of the army he COM
niands, and as the Republican platform,
which Mr. Arthur now supports, con-
talns no provision for arbitration legis-
lation. they feel constrained to vote for
the interests Of their order, 'notwith
standing that I'm so doing they vote
against their chief.
AN UNIQUE ORDER
Some one has gotten out for distrIbu-
ton a most ingenious fac smile of 4
telegraphic train order, the yerbiage CT
which is as follows:
Run special extra from Lincoln 10
Washington-speed, first-class. Run ahead
OF Mckinley and Hobart from Canton
TO Washington. Disregard decoy train
Palmer and Buckner. running Wild be-
tween Indianapolis and Louisville. Meet
and pass bribe train Mark Hanna be-
tween Wall street and Cleveland Keep
sharp lookout for train wreckers-Cieve-
land and Carlisle--between Chicago and
New York. j. X. JONES.
Conductor, Bryan; Engineman, Sewall;
John w. Daniel, Operator.
CAMPAIGN GOSSIP.
A grand rail- Of Democrats have been
arranged to be nci0 8t Providence Forge.
on the Chesapeake and Ohio road.
Thursday next at IL A. NJ, and speeches
on the burning questions Of the hour viii
be made by Captain John Lamb. Cap
tain r. F. Frayser, Nr. C. N. Wallace.
and Mr.. John A. Lamb.
Mr.. j. B. Stoval, a member OF the
House OF Delegates from Halifax county.
has resigned his seat Mr. StovalI is one
Of the Republican presidential electors,
and he has taken the step as pre-
cautionary one. and so that nothing may
stand in his way Of acting in that capa-
city.
The presidents OF all tho Democratic
clubs in the city will have a conference
with the Executive Committee OF the
City Committee at the Powhatan Club on
tomorrow afternoon at 6 O'clock.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth Law
less will not say until election day how
the bolters' electoral tickets will be in
dicated on the official ballot-whether as
the National Democratic Party" or the
Sound Money Party OF Virginia.. Nor
will the opinion Of the Attorney-General
on this point be given out.