The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-26

IA 81 iSilSt luttl tSllOll Was III uCSOIu-
ance with party usage.
II. / charged that in 1892 The opposed
the unst rule in the Richmond State
Convention when leading Il minority and
demanded 1T in 1896 in the S.taunton
State Convention when leading q ma
jolity.
He admits 1t, and says that 1 have
reversed my position OH that question,
which Is 81 mistake, as shall show later
in this letter.
10. I charged that the Federal Interior
ence plank of the Chicago platform as
construed by all the people except Sen
a,t1r Daniel, was pernicous and bad.
The Senator admits this charge, but
says it was improperly construed. More
OF this further on.
16. l charged that the income tax de-
cision plank as construed by everybody
except Senator Daniel would sap the
foundation of our Jurisprudence.
The Senator admits the charge, but in
slsts that all the people were wrong In
their construction. More of this before
I conclude.
II. charged that more than 10000
Democrats in Virginia last fall declined
to support MIR. Bryan and his platform,
and gave figures to substanti;ute my
statement.
The Senator after scanning my figures,
admits their correctness by his silence,
and seems no longer to regard gold
| Democrats" as myths, and does not de-
| nounce them as in his former letters as
| outside enemies"
| is. charged that the Senator had
never been an ardent reformer.
He declined TO answer the charge di-
| rectly, and contented himself with a ref
erence Ito his record for years"
10, Charged that Senator Mills had
| denounced the Chicago tariff plank as
un-Democr1sic and that Senator Vest
had declared that if he had understood
=, "he would have not touched it any
mere than ne would have laid his hand
on q live rattlcsnake a hundred miles
| from whiskey, and that If it he Dem
! ocratic doctrine, God save us from the
new evangel."
Senator Daniel by his silence admits
the charge.
20. ! stated that the Senator as re-
ported by the papers, said ut Roanoke
THAT there was too much in the Chicago
platform; it would have been better if
some of 1t had been left out" / asked
him what planks The thought ought to
have been eXpunged? I have looked in
vain for an answer in his letter.
81 1 stated that it was said that the
Senator WAS changing his mind on the
! Senatorial primary proposition which
| he opposed in the Roanoke Convention
To this the Senator made no response,
so we conclude that he is swinging to
the windward side.
90. suggested in my ether letter that
| II Senator Daniel had not felt secure in
| his reelection. the Chicago platform
| would not have been reanirmcd at the
| Roanoke Convention. I suggested that,
feeling secure. he determined with power
! III his hand TO carry out Br. Bryan'S
| threat in his Richmond speech that no
! gold Democrat should ever receive re-
ccEnitnn except upon Bonded knees.
stultifying and humiliating himself. So
| forcefu were my suggestions that the
| Senator held his peace and spalle not a
word.
With all these twenty+two admissions
grouped. the people can see at n glance
| the result so far OF my encounter with
| Nirginias senior Senator. 1t has become
so fashionable OF late TO attack me, that
the Senator concluded he would try his
hand
Self preservation. tho first law Of ma
lure. rchellcd against this unprovoked
attack, and in my humble way I ven
tured TO defend myself with the weapons
at hand, and I find that 7 am still un-
harmed, and ready and willing TO con-
hinua the combat. should it be the de-
sire OF this supposed mighty gladiator
So say. clay on" and defeated Is he
who first cries, hold, enough"
TARIFF.
| The Senator asserts that I did moi
study the platform OF my parry on the
tariff until after my interview on THE
lSt instant. ! am not surprised al this
for he has cared nothing for tariff re-
duction, and has given the subject so
little thought that he could not imagine
how / could he so we'll informed as TO
Tho D11nlSc
platform. The fact is. my recital OF
the various tariff planks waG taken
from notes in my campaign OF 1883 and
1892.
SILVER
| still harD!n.g on my daughter" Is dhn
Senator. He rolls as Il sweet morscl un-
der his tongue what he terms nv incon-
Sistcncy on the silver question Oh, what
n precious bit that is to him Ut is nee
tar to his taste and an anodyne to his
disturbed soul. No child ever had =
Eew-S'lw that he priced so much as does
the Senator his charge against mo Of in
consistency in voting for free silver and
| now opposing tt. He holds me I'M to
scorn; he seeks to cruelty me. net upon
q. cross of gold" but upon the cibhat Of
public opinion. Is there no escape for
me? Has he no compassion no milk of
human kindness? May no. plead ey
tcnuGting circumstances, something to
avert his wrath?
I / committed a mistake, and II has had
It's l'etributton. ] voted for free silver
that is for the ratios-and l have sur
frred the pangs of regret for Il. and n
few days since there came to me an in
cidcnt that intensified my regret. 7 was
travclinG on n train. An old farmer
bronZcd and gray, sat in front Of mo.
Ian -itNfr :.