Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-17
THE FLAG IS RAISED.
cHURCu-HILL DEMOCRATS HAVE
AN ENTHUSIASTIC CELEBRATION.
COLONEL RAW MAKES Tue ADDRESS
His speech Is an Excellent One, and
Is Appiauded by Large Audience.
pnign Gossip.

A Democratic wave of enthusiasm
swept over Church Hill last right. ana
the neighborhood OF Twenty-fifth street
and Church-IIill avenue resounded with
the cheers of a great crowd Of supporters
of Bryan, while the strains Of the First
Regiment Band foated out on the air
and kept the big gathering in a lively
humor. Skyrockets took their flight above
the house tops. frecrackers exploded on
the ground. and above the sparks from
this pyrotechnical display "Old Glory
shook her folds TO the wind. and the
Stars and Stripes foated high in the air
above the heads Of the throng.
The occasion was the nag-raising which
took place on the vacant lot at the inter
section of Church-Hill avenue and
Twenty-ffth street, under the auspices
OF the Bryan-Sewall Club of the Third
Precinct, Marshall Ward. Colonel +. 4.
Faw, of Bristol. Tenn, who has been
stumping the State for several weeks,
had been invited to be present and make
a speech on the issues OF the day, and
he was on hand promptly to the minute
The large United States flag which was
furled at the top of a thirty-foot pole
was given TO the breeze without any
ceremonies. Just as MIR. f. a. Bowry,
president OF the Union Democratic Club,
introduced the speaker, Mr. H. c. Hicks
pulled the cord that released old Glory,
while the band played Dixie"
COLONEL FAW SPEAKS.
When the cheers Of the crowd had SUBJ
sided, Colonel Faw addressed his audience
from the stand which had been erected
for the occasion, and which was beauti-
fully decorated and Illuminated
The speaker, in his opening remarks,
paid a tribute to Virginia and her IL
lustrious son, Thomas Jefferson. Colonel
Faw then touched upon the present finan-
cial condition of the country. "There
is one thing" he said. I'VE. know about
at this time. and that is the absence of
money. We have not got it. And If
there is anything upon the face Of the
earth that will teach a man a lesson, 1t
Is a hungry stomach and an empty
pocket-boOk. Now, my fellow-citizens,
silver and gold is the money of our Con-
sti ution and you are right now upon
the eve of an election, the paramount is
sue of which Is the metallic money OF
our country, and remember that IL ls
your government, your country, and
that you in times of war have to do it's
fighting, in times of peace you have to
pay its debts, because the other fellows
nave clearly demonstrated that they will
not, and that they do not pay any part
of It. Now, it has become necessary for
you to study this question, and as / have
already said, the people have shown
disposition TO study the question, and
there is nothing that will give US any
more enlightenment upon the question
than our past experiences In finance"
KIND WORDS FOR THE DISPATCH.
During his remarks. the speaker took
occasion to say that the Dispatch was
doing more than any other paper I'm the
State to down Botocratism. i saw
statement in that paper he said ito
the effect that since the demonetiZatlon
Of silver, that the State of Virginia alone
had lost 100000 on three products
wheat, oats, and corn"
The speakers prediction that Bryan
would carry the country, was received
with the widest enthusiasm.
At the conclusion of Colonel Faw's
speech Mr.. Mmetree Folkes and Mr.
Charles NJ. Wallace, Jr, made short
addresses.
Colonel Faw, who is the editor of the
Bristol Times, is a most entertaining
speaker. He left this morning for Keys
vile where he speaks to-day.