The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-23
SPOKE AGAINST TINE.
DAvY CROckETr RICHIRDSON NOT
SJHE M ~ nIGHI,
hut Went Ahead All tnc Same-Mr. &. M.
Wallace, dr., Game N.rs Near bein-
Snu Out Entste,y.

The Central Bryan AND %rs~ah ana
Lamb Clue - che Quest siiNei NiuD OF '"'S
campaign. AZ WAS OIs.snl@cu al inc O'u
AiaIhc1 Iiall carry IA. tic campaign "
those steThng l0-to-l silvcfiees. h~e
Juueo tourney, .. IaNioi, StIaI'V"' ~
Parker. MIR. Dunn. and others.
Last nigat was 1nuIscay. ara "iOh-
WAN IL came the REGULAR mttuh- u
the club, tOscther with - dozen OF '"V
OF the fal.hIui. including Mr. Dunn MI
Silver Dick, MIR. ). Ia- ior. nsratioh.
JUcsc b tourney. ana MI. David CroehvN
RICHARDSON. Judge tIOufnoy Is the
president OF the club, bat as he was
absent when the Second Police station
chimes tolcd the hour OF eight-the hour
at wnlcn the meeting besins-Mis'er
Dunn skirmished around ana sOt the
people VINO we're present together ana
took charge OF the meeting himself.
In "a hcsitatine and unassuming manner
he said that as there was another meet
ing gong on IN another part Of the city,
ne thought it would be- good thing 10
adjourn and go down 10 the other meet
Ing and help swell the crowd. Many
Of YOU VINO are here assembled. ne
continued. want TO hear the distin-
guishcd speaker. OHero the forty-seVen
faithful ones lccbiy cheered) Il think
il would De a good thing TO adjourn, so
all who are IN favor OF adJournins, say
Ave
Mister Chairman" said Mr.. Stratton,
Il think the gentleman who has been
invited TO address US tonight should be
consulted in this matter before the ques-
ton is put"
BARKfS WAS WILLIN'.
Mister Chairman" said Mister David
Crockett Richardson, Il have come here
for the purpose of addressing You. in
accordance with your invitation. and l
am ready to proceed. but / believe the
majority OF Us here would rather hear
the other distinguished speaker. and so
! second the motion 10 adjourn
Judge FlOuTnoy came in al this point,
and in a most persuasive manner be-
sccched the meeting not TO adjourn.
but TO remain there and give Mr.. David
Crockett Richardson q chance.
MIR. Silver Dick seconded tho motion
10 adjourn, for he was very anxious 10
get some points from the speaker at
the other place.
\ vote was taken and Mister Silver
Dick was showed under and Mister Da-
yid Crockett Richardson given a chance.
He opened by saying that ne had voted
against sending Captain Curtis TO Staun-
ton as a delegate because he did not think
free and unlimited coinage was good for
this country unless there was interna-
tiOnal agreement. Then ne went on to
say that ne endorsed unequivocaIly the
Chicago platform and ticket. Then he
went into the history Of the currency.
going back to the time Of old Father
Abraham.
LOST HIS DATES.
He had consumed so much time I'm
explaining his position on the currency
question however. that when he reach
ed the year 1898 he let the history Of cur
rency slide and left his audience guess
ing what became OF the currency from
that year to the present time. The
speaker paid his respects to the Can
didate. and said he was "a man that
God had raised up in this crisis to save
the country from the Plutocrats. the
men who wallOw in wealth. who live in
year and in palaces in this country the
other half men who sell their daughters.
flesh Of their flesh to foreign noblemen
for gilded titles. We are not arraign-
ing the masses against the classes said
-. but the classes have been arraying
themselves against the masses so long
that the masses must now fight"
Then Mister Richardson placed Cover
nor O Ferrall IN the stocks and liter
ally peppered him with blank cartridges.
lie Just tore the Governors letters 10
the people. as printed i'm The Times. into
shreds and cast mis- arguments 10 the
winds OF Heaven When he came down
from his lofty height the speaker went
back 20 the beginning Of his speech and
started all over again. while Mr.. Charles
Makeaspeech Wallace was waiting pa
tiently 10 get in his say.
REVENGE rs SWEET.
The sneaker was very long-winded, and
was having his revenge upon those who
wanted to shut him off In the beginning.
He paid no attention TO the gentleman
on the front seat who kept looking al his
watch He was evidently speaking
against Senator Daniel and time. SIEVE
raj weary clubsters dozed off. and one
man I'm the rear Of the hal got to talk
ing I'm his sleep. which caused niue
furry OF excitement for the silVerltes
thought IL was blamed gold-bus hood
lum who was trying to break mp the
meeting. When Mister David Crockett
Richardson had started of on the third
round a weary listener got up and went
ont. this was a cue. for he was followed
bv fifteen others and when he realized
that the people had got enough, he CEN
tered his thoughts and advised them not
10 scratch the ticket but to vote for cap
tain Lamb for Congress.
few listeners who had remained.
realized that he was through and they
didn't let the grass grow under their
feet i'm getting out.
MAKEASPEFCH NALLACt-
please don't 90 vet. gentlemen sal'
Nf,s,or Dunn. we're having good time
here an Mr.. Wallace is ready and will
ing 20 address yot ,,.
q very few sat down. but Mr. wallace
- IL Good sense by simply say
ing few words. which he did In sreat
orstor,cal shane. He urged every man
IN go TO work at once and do eVerythinE
within his power TO elect captain LAM .,
.'The counties send YOU a challehse',
ia ne .Thev want TO see who VIII
give the biggest majority. 49,
Then tho audience chased each o'he'
down the stairs into the street