The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-01
lions was that of the Roanoke Times.

! lions was that OF the RoahoNe Ai"eS'
| ffcc-siINer paper. 49, ,oct that
| this Was 40 longer any guesSon' % -,
| tofvre, OF Democrat asaihs. i'epu'''',.',
| or, white man against nceio uoHii' 80
| uut An lsuc ON "a purely business p''S' ,
| Public opinion mas clearly sus ',''',, -
| press ia Insisting on nVhest ci 'o' y. -,
| This sentiment has grown 30 sto"7 -
| ina certain counties the reeObhl@eu 49,.
| era OF me silver party nave come ou.
| Openly and endorsed the movement Va 49,.
| honest count in tnls election anu =" 30 m
| specific cases nave gone % i"i a honrst
| deriakc TO look aIter securing %"
| election this time. t,,,id he
| IN this connection mention sho, ia
made of q series OF spiehulu 49, ,5rit-
| behalf OF SOUND money, Whie" -, "
| fen for the Winchester News Ny hoi -. -
| ~ ,,or,on 'rno sound Money DeinVcId'9
| of bristol hired a column In tho bflslo'
| Courier and hey, too, ala spiehuiu ~. 80
| vice for the cause OF SOUND AhoheS ""N
| honest elections. ,,, c.>r
! LEADING FLATl kiaS VI 80"
VASS.
The first movement ot the SCUM SCUM, srnrn
| men which raised great outciS t,o'''
| no free-s,lver leaders and from the iIcg-
silver press, was tie employ mem "a 49,.
ing lawyers all over the STAT .,,,cr
| sound-money leagues TO take a,',,,ro
| steps were necessary IN advance " nr,',o-
All -
reut that the protest against the snllrDs
ment OF lawyers by the sound-Ihoi'o'
Leagues for this purpose Was 4o1 20 -.
| tanned by public opinion ana hehcc ~
silver leaders ana sll'ei pieS' 'OO
ned this question. ....
In this connection one OF the Creates
features of the later campaign was q
| quiet, unOstentatious lpeeuhs IN 49,,
| mond of a large convention Oh cvits" n.'.
| renresenting various sound-money leasuc5
| in tho state This convention oIkdHtznv,n
! a permanent state League unueT liie 49,
! OF "Sound-Money and Hohest 80, -
| League Of Virginia. AMoNS o 90, -
| uo..s ao declared IN its CoisutnllOh oiI'
&c t,s ti,lc indicates. was that 20 secure
Honest elections. not only ~ .ho ',is.'. -
olection on the 30 Of November. put a.
all times hereafter in the S'a'e VI 80,
ginia one Of the prominent oDJc-.s. - 49,,
this State League VIII uhuer sa"e, g. tho
| TO secure proper evidence OF lIaui III -
| nending elections. in case fraud De Coll
mitted on which evidence futufe prose-
tion may be based This league u pel
manent association. ana aDle IA ~ ~
have been retained 10 represent IL IN al
sections If frauds are committed some
body will no doubt 20 10 the pemts
if this strong league. ana INC id"y -
representing it, with the assisiah,T %
over thirty subordinate leagues In an OF
he important cities and towns OF the
State can accomplish If. Very little pro-
minencs has yet been given 10 this new
organization but IL will 10 doubt he found
hat II Is one Of the strongest powers or
factors in the situation with whi.n tAe
silver crowd now controlling the eilclioh
machine must sooner or later reckon.
IT'S PERSONNEL.
Tho sound-monev Democracy points
with pride to the personnel Of IT'S organi-
cation. 1t were an impossible task 10 give
q list of the prominent men In the Statc
who have refused 70 he -" away ~ INC
vagaries Of the Chicago platform. Suffice
II TO saw that the list is headed by Gov
ernor Charles T. OFerrall and Judge
James Keith. president OF the Court 81
Appeals and includes prominent cllzehs
in all parts Of the Commonwealth, 10 say
nothing of the thousands OF sturdy Demo
Gratis in the ranks. They constitute the
backbone OF Democracy ana through
them and their organization the great
Democratic party Of Virginia is 10 ne
saved from Populsm and preserved in Its
integrity as founded by Jefferson.
WHY THE HEATHEN RACED.
The feature Of the canvass Of all others
which has attracted the greatest attcn-
ZION from the silver party has been the
adoption and issuance By the executive
committee of q little pamphlet, entitled
instructions. DC. This paper was pre-
pared by the attorneys OF the Sound
Money League. and passed upon, sentence
y sentence and word by word. at con-
ference of lawyers representing that
league at q special conference held Iol
the purpose in the city of Richmond, ana
after being so examined and passed upon
by said lawyers. IL was again crlucally
examined before adoption. sentence "
sentence and word by word, at meeting
OF the State Executive Committee, large
number OF the lawyers being also MEM
bers OF that committee. This pamphlet
following a similar pamphlet OF lnstruc-
tons previously issued by the k.pubi-
cans. has prcciptated the controversy
over the tally sheets and raised the ques-
ton by the silver press that the device
or scheme of tally-shcet and aindaVlt
means coercion of corporation employees.
so far the sentiment of the state Is clear
IN I'm favor OF this. insisting upon the tally
sheet as one OF the surest means OF ulil-
matey beating the machine. The ma
chine knows this, and hence the clamor
and the threats that the tally Keepers
will be arrested. But the light Is on. ana
the question. and the main question, IN
this election is whether the ballot boH
shall be the medium through Whlch the
will Of the people may be expressed or
shall be so manipulated as 20 transfer the
body Of the Virginia voters by chcanery
and trickery from the candidates Tor
whom they shall have voted TO th-e
against whom their ballots have been
cast.
II does look as II the tally sheet plan,
II carried out as indicated in this pamph-
let. must inevitably smash the machine.
Therefore. il is not strange that the ma
chine kicks.
AND IT HAS WON.
What Of the result? IL Is the confident
belief of those at the helm who have been
guiding this movement along that they
will preserve the organization or
the true Democratic party IN Virginia
and that through the work begun and
continued. and ended on November 30.
the State of Virginia will repudiate the
spurious Democracy set up at Chicago.
Silver Wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. A ID. jenkins celebrated