The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-16

Edward +. Brown, who has been stump.
ing the State OF Virginia, writes Chairman
Babcock, under date of September -, az
follows:
Il have spoken at Pc taiontas and
Graham, in TaZewell county, Va, at
Radford in Montgomery. aud at Ninton Ia
Roanoke county. TaZewell is certainly
Republican by a large majority and VIII
so vote III November. in honest count
will he given. In Montgomery county we
shall ais. have an honest count InRranpke
county the machinery OF the election is IN
the hands of the democrats. aud they are
raising obstacles to prevent full rcEis'ra-
ton in many Instances. This l lave on
authority OF many gentlemen OF RoanGka.
In tie Ninth Congressional district Hon.
James a Walker il the Republican candi-
date and has every reason TO believe that
he will be successful. lie has the necessary
votes IN his district. and am sure that
there Will no: he any attempt in his district
to count him out.
As a general observation / wish to say
that / have never seen more enthusiasm
among Republicans than lind in this sec
uDu through which have Travelled. There
is expressed TO me on every hand the
opinion that Virginia is Republican hy at
least 10000 on an honest Count but that
on election day the thirty eastern counties.
known as the black counties, will give
such large ma ioIiIics to the Democrats as
Will DeuLra!ize all the Republican cliorts.
EX Gov Cameron of Virginia, gold
Democrat has spoken In this city. and has
declared II 10 he tile determination Of the
gold Democrats to see that there Is an
honest count.
Hon. J. Hampton HoEe is young man
Of great prominence. not over forty years
Df age, who was formerly d Democrat.
lie belongs to the old Virginia family and
knows everybody in the sixth Congress-
ionai district. In two instances in this
Campaign he has been notified tnat he
would not be permitted 10 speak in the
localities wiIer. advertised, but he has
spoken ana has in every Instance when
surrounded 10y difficulties acquitted him
SELF IN rplcnuiI fashion
a clerk in one OF the government depart
nents recently wrote To a friend, a we'll
known lawyer OF Canton. y. Y. to ascertain
the truth regarding newspaper report to
the effect that Bryan club, composed uf
rs Democrats and l25 Republicans. had
been organized in that town The lawyer
replied that the club referred to contained
only four or five Republicans, and some
OF these are sore heads and indictments.
Far from there being large Republican
defectiUns in Lawrence county, says the
writer, more Democrats will vote the Re
publican ticket this fall than has been the
case for twenty years
1t is announced by Secretary Edgerton
that Rev. DR.. Kent. pastor OF the Peoples
Church of this city. Will, in a faw days,
take the stump under the auspices OF the
Pnpuiist national committee. Most of
DR.. Kent's dates are for speeches in Mary
land, Virginia and New Jersey.
The demand for the services of noted
political orators OF all the parties is re-
ported to lie much greater than the best
efforts of these men can possibly supply.
The following letter coIBes to Republican
headquarters from Mr.. A. u. Grant OF st.
Louis
Things are looking brighter here day
by day, but il is to Re hoped that some
OF our great orators will be sent out here
to help us. This city is crazy to hear
Thomas b. Reed. Tonight we are to have
Bryan with us. The crowd will go, OF
course, a. they would to any OTHER circus,
but the undercurrent here is not for that
gentleman by any manner of means, and
his speech will cost him several thousand
votes. Tue State is all o. h. for Nc
KiDiey.'