Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-03
In OUR SISTER CITY.
GREAT INTEREST FELT THERE IN
THE ELECTION TODAY.
TIE DEMOCRATS ARE CONFIDENT.
They Expect to Garry the city by
n Good Hajorify-Rev. Mr.. Lenr's
sermon en- Tempcrnnce--Other
News Items.
News Items.

The sound of Democratic hammers
could be heard in Manchester all day |
long yesterday. and their tinkling, joyful |
music made brave hearts rejoice and |
the faint ones look up and smile. Every !
effort has been made 10 eliminate all cor
ruptiou and insure a thoroughly honest
expression OF popular sentiment, and an
may go to the polls and cast their vote
and be accountable to no man, and fear
no intimidation from man or devil
The Democrats have made an earn
est fight. and shown, a devotion ana
fidelity to that which they believe to be
right worthy OF the highest commenda-
tion and appreciation from all lovers OF
sincerity of purpose and devotion TO
truth The campaign has brought with
it some evils and many blessings. The
Democratic people Of this city are nearer
to each other than ever before in mind
and heart
ARRANGE THE FINAL DETAILS.
The city Central Committee had rs
final campaign meeting last night. and
heard reports and perfected arrange
ments for this day, in anticipation OF
which they have worked so long and
faithfully. The reports submitted were
interesting, and showed where our people
stand and what they will do with their
vote to-day. Everything was quiet last
night, and our people 90 not anticipate
any trouble. but are fully prepared TO
see that every man votes as his con-
science dictates. Everything f. very
hopeful. and everybody is in the best
humOr
An old darby, who had been in the
spiritual state of existence usually known
as seeking" came to town Saturday.
went around to headquarters. and got full
Of Republican whiskey. Saturday night
ne let himself down at his home near
Centralia and exclaimed that he had
had a vision, In which the Lord had
shown him that Bryan would be elected,
and calling for q dry-gools box, treated
the crowd quickly gathering around him
to an "out-of-sight campaign speech for
free silver and Bryan.
The "Sound-Money" Club Of SwansborO'
Saturday night hauled down fits colors,
and to-day will vote almost unanimously
for Bryan. They had been considering
the matter. saw their former folly, and
when some fellow quoted, Better
late than never" down came the flag.
and It sulies free-siiver atmosphere no
/
to-day for Bryan.
The voting precincts are located as fol-
| lows: First Ward, Fisher sNbarber-shop.
Hull street between Sixth and Seventh;
! Second Ward. Courthouse Square, Third
Ward, HOO south Hull street between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets: Fourth
Ward Thirteenth between Hull and
cambridge streets.
SERMON ON TEMPERANCE.
Rev. W. w. Lear, pastor Of Central
| Methodist church, preached a special
| temperance sermon on Sunday before the
/ Womans Christian Temperance Union
on the subject. Woes Of People Who DO
Not Drink" Mr.. Lear took his text from
| Joshua XIII -: And that man shall
/ perish not alone In his iniquity." After
| reciting briefly the story OF Achan
/ and the disastrous results of his action
on his family and upon all Israel, the
| speaker said: what was true then is
always true No man falls without drag
glng others with him" Applying this
| principle 10 the drunkard, he said: 1--WE
| hear great deal about the woes OF the
drunkard, but / want to talk 90 you
about the woes Of those who do not
| drink" Here nc pictured the career of
! young man who contracts the habit OF
| drunkenness, and described the effects Of
I q
and later upon wife ana children, and also
upon the community at large. yet they
say, If you let liquor alone IL viii let you
| alone The devil never invented bigger
lie than that. A public speaker declared
| This is a free country and If a man wants
to get drunk he has right to get drunk
! and take the consequences But no man
can take to himself all the consequences
| of MS own acts He said that there are
two millions and a half of hard drinkers
! in tho United States; that for every
| drunkard there are at least four others
who are bound to him by ties that cam
not be broken except by death, and that
no human tongue could tell the woes OF
these ten millions. I'VE are so busy
he said. thinking about money, and read
| ing about money, and talking about
| money, and voting about money, that we
! have no time TO devote 10 cOnsideratiO Ton
| OF these things, and yet (other woes
! aside) there Is nothing on top Of the
| globe to-day that brings so much poverty,
wastes so much money and Is so prolific
Of hard times as this drink evil" Speak
| ing of the vast sum spent for liquor
| every year. he said that IL was enough
| 10 bankrupt any nation on earth.
In closing the preacher said: "What
blights the brain ana brutalizes the in
stincts and blasts the moral sense of two
millions and a half of our population,
making them unreliable in business, un-
productive in labor, vicious In practice
and false IN every relation Of life. cannot
fail to be disastrous TO all the rest
Every liquor saloon" he declared. SIS a
standing menace to the best interest Of
society"
OTHER CHURCH SERVICES.
Rev. DR.. L. II. ThOrnhill preached a
strong sermon at BainOridge-Street
Baptist church Sunday night on Church
Members IN Relation to Secret Orders and
Politics" He advocated church members
belonging TO secret orders ana taking an
interest in politics. but clearly showed
that the church holds a higher position
than any other organization, and that no
man could be saved through secret or
ders. In reference TO the political side he
said: 1T is a God-gven freedom for
every man to vote as he pleases. L in
tend TO go early and cast my vote and
be responsible only 10 God"
Rev. Benjamin Dennis, rector OF Meade
Memorial church, preached a powerful
and convincing sermon Sunday morning
on 'scepticism II had grown, he said,
TO be nothing more than n fad, polete
though common. and was being affected
| particularly by young people. IL one
| accents the tenets Of the sceptic, he
must give up all hope, the tender asso-
Citations of youth, and the literary works
Of the immortal poets, and the greatest
scholars that the world has ever known.
Hope, he continued, is the only thing
worth having. Without IL there can be no
progress. for hope Is but belief in the
fulflment Of promise. Take Cod out or
the world, and we are in state or
repatriation. In the long run right will