Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-22
ECHoLgs HOME IN STANTON.

ECHOLS'S HOME IN STAUNTON.
I before 1t was hot stuff all the way
through.
Among the prominent speakers who
were i'm the fight for Echols were Buck
Klgore, the Texas congressman who
kicked down one OF the doors Of the
House when he was in Congress; Con-
gresham Andrew Jackson Hunter, or
Illinois; Congressman Ii. st. George
Tucker, Cyclone jim Marshall. a. c..
Braxton. Hon. Thomas Whitehead, and
Hon. John L. Massey
Messrs. Jones and Massie opened the
canvass court-day with joint discus
sion, and the two parsons flew at each
other like game cocks The pit was
filled with feathers, and at the conclu-
sion each debaters friends claimed the
victory. A few days later. at Mt. Solon
Sam Small and Mr.. Massey met in joint
debate, when Mr. Massey made severe
structures on Small. Small was terribly
netued. and there are many here VINO
believe that the Massey-Pilot inbroglio
had it's beginning in this spirited spat
at 1t. Scion. In this contest, as in all
his candidates., Senator Echols was sue
cessfully elected.
During the canvass that year 1t was
one of the unique features that the Pro-
hibitionists were opposing in Echols a
mar who has never tasted liquor in his
life.
Few men are more extensively travelled
than the candidate for Lieutenant-Gover-
nor. He knows the value of travel, and
has gone about it in a systematic way.
First, he has gone all over his own State;
then he toured the United States from
Atlantic to Pacific, and after Seeing his
own country he sailed the ocean blue to
see the Old World. Three times has he
been abroad, the last time in 1895, when
with his bride, nee Miss Margaret Joynes
Young. a Petersburg girl he spent four
months in Europe on his wedding journey.
Though a man of ample means, the
DemOcracys candidate for Lieutenant
Governor is characterized by simple,
homely tastes. There is nothing studied
or dramatic in his manner. Eminently
kind in thought, word, and deed, he at
tracts men by the inherent qualities he is
known 70 possess rather than by studied
pose or Theatre mannerism. Above all
things, Senator Echols believes things;
he has convictions. and no hews to the
line, let the chips fly where they may.
Up here at his home OF a lifetime
there is no more popular man. 1t is a
popularity which is not circumscrbed by
creed condition, or color for the
negroes, too, highly regard him for his
courtesy and kindness to them. Senator
Echols is loyer OF the horse and
always has good one. l see
him almost every day astrde his Ken
lucky saddle horse. the gift OF his father,
General Echols. Outdoor sports are at
tractive to the stanton candidate. In
the stubble-held he is a clever shot.
when the covies rise. Each winter, zoo,
he goes to the mountains on an annual
deer hunt, which he greatly enjoys. At
his handsome home, "Oakdene." on west
Beverly street there IS dispensed a warm
hospitality. Senator Daniel, Joe But
ton, Edwin Hubbard. Hal. Flood, George
Morris, and other rrominent figures
in State politics are ire. Ient and well
come guests at "Oakdene," and l have
more than once seen Senator Daniel there
the cynosure of an admiring group Of
guests.
Mr. Echols tells me that he Will make
a very active canvass when it opens. and
that his physical strength-he is strong
man-Will alone be his limit.