Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-12

II MIR. Ingalls, was possessed OF the
knowledge which justified his charge. as
made night before last. why was his
accusation withheld until nowr If he
knew OF election frauds In past years.
why did he not speak out them How
was Il that he discovered that the masses
OF our people are repudiationists and
that our elections are fraudulent. Mt the
same time? 1t must be that Mr.. ingalls,
has turned upon us. and thus assails us,
because We have refused to so with him
into the Republican party. Yes; II must
be so. We have committed no other OIL
fence against him or his road.
But lately AFR. ingalls, was proclaim
ing himself Democrat. Now we ma
him addressing a meeting composed IN
large part of the employees OF has com
pany (nany of them brought here at the
company's expense), and Richmond Re-
pubiicans. To be sure. some hundreos
of good. worthy Democrats. some OF them
boilers and some not. were drawn 10 the
meeting by interest or curiosity; but the
general political character OF the gamer
ing was shown by the appearance there
OF Republican Chairman William Lamb,
Republican Secretary r. +. Walker.
and Colonel John r. Popham. ex-Juoge
l.. L. Lewis. Otis II. Russell, Edgar
Allan, Jr.. etc. Is 1t supposable that
those Republicans would have been pres
ent at a Democratic meeting? Is 1t sup
nosable that there would have been
gallery full of negroes at Democratic
meeting?
Whenever the public has doubt as 10
which OF two claimants is the Demo-
cratic party. it may safely leave the de-
cision of the question to the Republicans.
The men that the Republicans fight are
the real Democrats. The men that the
Republicans hug and make much OF are
the bogus Democrats. However, we must
do President ingalls, the justice TO say
that he does not claim to be anything
but a McKinleyite.
What is il TO him that Mckinley was
with Sheridan when Sheridan made war
unon the women and children of the
Shenandoah Valley? What is it to Presi-
dent ingalls, that Mckinley voted and
smoke for the force bill all through his
last term in Congress? What is 1t to
President ingalls, that Mckinley stands
for a high protective tariff? What is
il TO President ingalls, that we VIZ
g;nians have had to form line and lock
arms to resist negro domination in viz
GINA? What to him are the golden
memories that bind brother-Virginians 10
one another and to the Democratic party;
memories which make us rather trust
ourselves to that party, erring, as 1t may
sometimes be, than link our fortunes
with a party which has done nothing
but fight us; done nothing but blacken
us and tax US? What is it TO President
ingalls, that we Democrats Of Virginia
wish 10 keep our organization intact for
next years State election? He would
have us divide now. though that division
might hand US over TO the enemy for all
time
All. no matter how much we might have
objected to the Chicago platform.
we would not consent to dissolve
the Democratic party OF Virginia or 10
play into the hands OF the enemy. This
party of ours represents 50 per cent. OF
the white men Of Virginia; and, powerful
as Mr.. ingalls, is, rich as are the IN
terests ne represents. we will not break
ranks at his bidding We know our
power and our strength, and we are
not TO be put to flight by any doings or
his We know that he Is the backbone
of the opposition 10 the Democratic party
in Virginia.; but there are perhaps other
backbones stronger than his. We firm
ly believe that the people are with US.
And the people are outraged at the war
that the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company is making upon the Democratic
party of Virginia. The people are burn
ing with Indignation at the means en-
ployed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Com
pany to get up public meetings, secure
pledges from employees, etc.
More than all. the Virginia people are
incensed that President ingalls, should
come down here and make charges about
our elections. AS a railroad man, 1t
would have been better that he should
not have spoken as he did AS northern
man. it would have been better that he
should have given his attention to cleo
tion abuses and corruption in high places
IN the North, and let Virginia alone.
We want no nagging from him.
President ingalls, may boast of his 5000
employees in Virginia, but we tell him
that the majority of these men are true
virginians and will not endorse what he
has said about our elections. nor consent
to abandon the party of their fathers to
go with strange men into a strange camp.