The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-23
VITUpERATl0N GALORE.
Mr. SILICON HUICHINs INDUL6ES
EhChLEss dBcSf.
Hon chauncoy VI. Depew lie Styled the
"smagsy-raccd Br'D'ng Agent "' the
,,,.dcrbiiss"-Ot"er Attacks.

~, ,ne O,d Market Hail last night. lie
.O,nioyca a large number Of words to
cxor.ss his political views. His Ian
,saee was quite voluminous. lie inter-
-pcrscd adJcctves. prououns. verbs, and
Intersections with considerable SKIN. and
did not forget TO throw IN some nouns
and propositions. just for instance.
Mr.. nutcnins was little late In ar
irving nt old Market HAN. though he
r.acned Richmond on the fast mail nj
80 @ clock In the afternoon. As early
AS @ Clock there were probably four
hundred people present. These repre-
scented all the walks in NE. some OK
those present were recognized by tho
reporter as SOW walkers. and others
have been seen 10 walk at all Only
,vitl great oiinculty.
on tho rostrum sat such well-known
frcc-siNer peOpio as Colonel A. ;. bu-
ford. Jackson Guy. James T.. Mchenny'
j. Leroy Sutherland. sob Stesei, Johh
A. Curtis. +. \. Bowory. b. IL. Berry,
and Mayor DICK Taylor. There were
also some gentlemen on the rostr"m
whom / oid not recoeulze. one OF them
was fat man. with red nech-"e'
JUST "A clAAN AArNA't Atttt+t 49,
tho end Of his nose.
SANG HIS LITTLE SONG.
There WAS also another fellow on the
rostrum. whose name / Was cold WAS
Gibson. lie sang a song about VIII
liam Jennings bryan. OF Nebraska
After each verse was large eNclana-
ton point. Mr. Gibson SANG his niue
song through. and me people cheered
him. lie smiled ana b.ushcu. lie hAd
announced that ne had poor voice.
This WAS one of tnc lew truths spoken
III the mccuuA.
Before the speaker OF the evening ar
rived. 8ir Henry Cohen VINO wears
badge with Committee on ii. moved
about and looked after the ice-water
pitcher and speakers table. Mr.. Mar
shall +. Ramos helped him. and stirred
around to make himself useful la a
hu~ine..-ik, way. as members OF COM
ittecs arc accustomed TO DO after the
crowd arrives.
Mr. Ramos has been for a while sec-
retarv Of the old Dominion Free-Stlvcr
club. that meets iu "a hall over Thon
hir-ro0n. He usually attends frce-sii-
var gatherings. and sometimes makes
speech in which words are a prominent
feature. Last NIGHT his voice Was a
little husky. ike Mt. Bryans when he
spoAe bob t4e dark iu Richmond and fur
uislcd no light. This vocal defect how
ever was not because OF the uiterance
of 500 much language on q grand trans
continental spoutug tour
HOW SWEET IT is,
Mr Ramos made speech voluntarily.
10 was one OF those unsolicited out
bursts OF language such as patent
medicine vendors and the merry-go-
round man employs when you 60 to the
iair. sir. Ramos said be was a Demo-
craft and it was sweet to feel that he
was one OF those original Democrats
WAC dii NOT bolt the party. bot "tol-
lowed her right along" 10 was sweet
to have his mother pat him on the head
ar -av to -im. NV bow I'm so glad
you're good boy. Well done. faithful
sui. 30 "as also sweet % know that
Dee bad always voted the straight ticket.
ANA That he was one of the genuine
ifee-siItcr men. Here Mr. Ramos
strairrfared himself un and declared
That nothing could make him desert the
ranks lie was a faithful member OF
The party III would vote for Mr.. Bryan.
How sweet 10 was TO know this
Several people screamed 10 take Mr..
Ramos down But the gentleman with
the Committee blue ribbon continued
10 tell how sweet everything was. lie
also said it was sweet 10 address so
large am audience. ana that he felt sure
That his mother would say 10 him that
BE- was sweet TO have a son who was
so faithful 70 the party. Mr. Ramos
told how sweet AN these things were.
tn9 number OF other things. and about
that time the band footed away faith
fully on a sweet lively strain to make
things merry.
SAM STERN AND HIS BADGE.
When The speaker arrived there was
much cheering. Mr.. jackson Guy was
Wit him. and Mr. Sam stern. the
pawnhroker. looked after M
Hutchins' overcoat. and then took a seat
in the front row on the rostrum Mr.
stern looked a little conspicuous. He
wore some side whiofcrs and q large
blue satin free silver badge frineed with
gold. and having on tho ton a gold band
In gold letters on this badge were the
words "Ciy Democratic Committee.
Richmond Va"
This large six-hv-two badge could no
seen an over the hail. 10 was attached
10 Mr. Stern's coat lancl with "a rose
Just about the color OF roi Nir Stern
also wore a large diamond shirt stud and
very large watch charm. Tie did NOT
make a sneoch but ne smiled annrovinglv
and stamped his feet I'm applause Tie
also took a chew OF tobacco during the
speech ~ Mr.. Hutchine
After everybody got settled au7 NJ.
Curtis iad crossed his logs Mr.. Roworv
introduced Mr.. Curtis who uncrosso1 his
legs and with pride swelling his bosom ut
the honor of Introducing M Hufchins.
gave that gentleman rather ornamental
'send-of' Mr.. Curtis said he was dc
lighted % introduce the visitor TO so
large an audience and for the noble DUR
pose ~ sneaking IN favor % Mr. Rrv-
ans election. or words 10 that effect.
Mr.. Curtis used quite number Of words
IN his Introduction
When the s0eakcr aDneared before mis-
audience IN The canscitv OF free silver
advocate the cheers were on the Fourth
of-Julv order and "a fellow with n large
cabinet-sized chrome 81 the Neh-aei,a
man who differs from Buffalo PHI I'm trc
fact that the latter hag 2 show Joined
Justify in tho chorus We had a hoarsc
voice. ard needed shave
Mr.. HUTCHINS AS \ ROAsTER.
As severe and all-round roaster. Mr..
Hutchins is a conspicuous success. IT..
pitched into everything an inch high
and whenever head popped up a 10
the Kilkenny irishman he hit b. Tic
roasted the gold standard men. sneerel
az the Republicans and sound-monev
Democrats attacked the trusts. syndi-
Gates. rich mon and an and poured hot
shot into everybody except the mat
who did not have anything ana owe.
some debts. lie also charged bribery.
trickerv. and purchased legislation 10
connection with what he called The pre-