The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-12
HOW MIR. TAYLOR FEELS
If He Should Shuttle OFF a coIored Man
Would Be Mayor Of Richmond.
TELEGRAPH LIHEAEH ON A STRIKE
The sound Money Men want to Meet
the Free snvcrItes-Dr. CarnlchaeI
ON Wnr and What Scripture snys
of It-Death OF Two Prominent.
Citizens. and other Notes.

RICHMOND. Va, May LIT has
been arranged to have Joint DISCUS
sion OF the currency question here next
Thursday night. Each side Is expected
TO furnish not less than two speakers
MT. G. V. Meredith has accepted as one
or the representatives of the sound
money element, but his mother in-law
is III In Baltimore, and he may not be
able to attend. The silver people are
trying to secure the services of Senator
Daniel. They have no orators In Rich
nond who are willing to speak on this
occasion. In the event of Mr.. Mere.
diths inability to appear Mr. w. l..
royal may represent the sound money
ties.
About onefourth of the State has
elected delegates to the State Demo.
cratic Convention, and fully nine-tenths
Oh these are for free silver 1t Is con-
ceoeo by nearly everybody that the sill
yer people will have large majority
host OF the valley counties and several
~, Al tue southwest are expected to send
representatives of sound money
..
Ihe frst of the half dozen excursions
TO be run into Richmond this week
arrived this morning from Goldsboro
r., ~. =. IL brought only 109 people. and the
reason was that the advertisements bv
misprint stated that the excursions
would be run tomorrow Tomorrow
iuHoreus OF people will be disappointed
10 learn that the excursion was run
oI,', op,uay; Big crowds are coming to the
CITY this week from South Boston-
F'armville. Charlottesville old poir,,
and Scottsville ''
fev. Dr. Hartley Carmichael. rector OF
u rauIs Church. preached the l03d
Light Infantry Blues last nirht Ha
LOOK the ground that while wars ara
,'a uau tninss, they are sometimes absoIute-s
~ necessary. He did not sympatbiza
win those who contend that war is
ty on'Iary 10 the teachings OF the Scrip
.ures. The Bible is full or military Ian
guage and Christ did not condemn SOL
uiers. ~ DR.. Carmichael said he was NOT
III III iaVor OF going to war without cause
ou, whenever there was anything to
@isnt @ Tor the warriors could find Scrin-
lure to Justify them in firhtjnp ~
fensive war is always absoluteiv r,sht
ana often tas 1t would be in the cass
VI an attack on Turkey is ofYenaive
war excusable.
tn Rev. ]. W. Madison. coyonas
carpenter i'm Jackson Ward, wo,,ld ha !.
the next Mayor of Richmond .if Hon
~. M. Iaylor should die before election
Gay, May 2s. This It one of the nec,IIiar =
reatures at or the Walton-Parker law.
which requires all candidates IN am
nounce themselves twenty davs basana
eiectaon. Should Mr.. Taylor take q M.
tion TO shuttle off the mortal coil there
- no way IN which the Democrats could
pace any other name on the ticket
r., 10y Madison' no doubt, saw the flaw
IN the law when he came out as an as.
parant. The Mayor Is very .healthv
ana strong. but he Is a little nervous
Ior tear some one might be SO mean as
10 attempt to assassinate him.
In the work of stringing wires for fhe'
STANDARD Telephone Company went ont
on strike this morning. They demand )
ed an Increase from $15O to s2O0 per
day, and being refused DIT declined to 90
10 work. Men were gotten to take their
places. The strikers resorted to no dis
order. They remained quietly On the ,
sidewalks watching the new men at
work.
Councilman John S. Trower. one 4,
the most prominent leaders of organic
ed labor In this city, died this morning
from Bright's disease. He was about AZ
years old and single.
Mr.. John c. Robertson. who hos q
charter to run an electric railway from
Richmond TO Petersburg, says he will
begin wok on it in a very short time.
lie Is now surveying the route. Mr..
Robertson is president Of the telephone
coiHpdHy WHICH Is JUST beginning opera
tions here.
General Peyton Wise, chairman of the
General Committee on Arrangements
for the Reunion to be held in this city
the last of June, at a conference tonight
with the ladies of several memorial asso-
Citations of this city. decided to tender an
entertainment, on large scale, to the
| veterans who will be here on that occa-
| sion The details of the entertainment,
which will be in the nature OF a concert,
at which old war songs will be sung, have
not yet been arranged.
| The affair is to be a complimentary
entertainment, not only to the veterans,
| but to the fair sponsors who Will rep
Eesen; their respective States at the re-
| union.
| Matthews, Louisa, Botetourt, Henry,
Caroline and Campbell elected delegates
to-day and instructed for free silver.
Louisa and Botetourt' declared for the
unit rule. Wythe electeu and voted
| down free silver resolutions Nanse-
| mond did not instruct. The Nottoway
| delegation elected Saturday is divided
Senator nani.l heads the Campbell dele
gaton. Northampton md GniGpbsii
| also adopted silver question, the latter
also endorsing the unit ralc.