The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-02

that was blasting every nope. NY lu"s-
ment led me 10 my conclusion ana my
conscience dictated my course. nave no
~ogrets have no apologies 10 make.
NJ marty has greatly honored me. ana
ave served Il in season and out OF season,
,or moro than quarter OF century
,,,,h real and fidelity. When ~ returns
40 us faith and discards Populism ana MI
its dangerous fallacies ] VIII serve ~
again with equal zeal and hdeilty. uh.n
then I shall preserve my cohs's'snes, a.
here To my principles. ana keep ln',oias~
my faith by casting my ballot for DEM
ocrat who has never strayed INTO nc
ponuIist or Republican camp or tolio~ec
folse teachings. IL ] cannot 90 TINS
will refrain from voting. .,,o.
Then II the next National 'ohvsnu""
should renominate Bryan on sisaaS ,,
platform to that OF 1885 you ""u'" "e"'"
refuse 10 support himY
Certainly" IL,
And the fact that a convention mieh.
adopt a certain kind OF PLATFORM "ou''
have no influence with your
WHAT HE WOULD NOT VOTE FOX.
Not II the convention should depart
from Democratic lines, as IL ala az NIn
cago. / shall never give my. support
10 "A monetary system which beieNe
would bring wreck and ruin 10 the bus
mess interests Of this country, unsetli9
values, drive out capital, stab labor anu
injure beyond measure tho aer,cui,utls,..
l will never support tarin plank may
does not declare for revenue only or IN
terms deny the right to tax the people
Tor protection purposes. To do SO would
be TO stutify myself before the people or
my State I Will never by my NolS, -.
vote indorse the attack upon President
Cleveland for sending troops 10 chicago.
and neither will I sanction the assault
made upon him personally by the convex
ton. cannot suow hlyson 10 nc AZ
for the Southern people IN the fecosni'loh
of their eminent men, In Netolne ult u'-
pondent nensiOn bill in the face o violent
opposition from the north, IN hitecu.k
the return of Confederate nags, aud III
his eNertions for the repeal or the feu~
eral election laws. ] Will never vote, l
might add to degrade the supreme Court
OF the United states 10 the lever OF
partisan board appointed 10 register the
will OF a political party ! FAVOR prop
err income tax. but ] would rather see
a thousand decisions against its costilu,
tionality than 10 see the highest Legal
tribunal I'm this land required 10 record
the will OF a party rather thah the res
ana untrammeled judgment OF the court
or make this august body the toothau
OF partisan strife. Now, l reckon ihelc
il no doubt where l stand and Governor
O'Ferrall brought his INST down win a
resembling blow on the arm Of his chair
But the gold Democrats In virginia
| remarked. as the overnor paused, are
Numerically weak-a couple of thousand.
Forty thousand at least was The In
"Tbev cast only about 20o0 votes
"Oh. yes. there were only about that
many votes for Palmer and Buckner,
said the Governor, but let us see ap3ut
the strength OF tho Gold Democrats. DO
Won know that Bryan would have come
,orv near losing the electoral vote or
Virginia II he had relied upon the DEM
ocrats alone?'
NO"
I'll is n fact. His vote under ordinary
conditions. counting the average increase
over the Cleveland vote OF -FOUR years
previous, ought To have been hiWV u
was $4,000 out OF this latter nhmn"i,
however You must subtract lppul,rl
vote OF at least 5000. mat hrinsS , W.
Democratic vote down 10 10000; so that
over 1000 Democrats did not vote Tor
BRYAN The latter's majority was lHo''.
Deduct the POpulst vote from TINS anu
the actual majority Of Democrats Young
for BRYAN was less than apm. ms SHOWS
bis great strength" added Governor
O'Ferran. sarcastically. I'm virginia Mt
Cleveland received majority OF Oha'
and in his 5000 there WIS not "a single
.5rhe logical conclusion would be that
II Bryan was nominated again. ana the
Populists did not support him' Virgin"
would 20 Republican
1T would be very probable
"Where was his lossY
"In the white counties and In the cities.
The thirteen counties and cities Of the
valley including Roanoke, gave 'l'N,-
land 900 majority ana Bryan ~ "a
though tho latter had M least lne ~, ."
votes which were cast for Weaver ~ lrl
10 helm him. I'm the eighteen counties or
the Southwest. excepting ROANOKE. irN'-
land got f.N2 majority, ana M'Nlhi'f /"
net mai0ritv was aNl fei I'D lho1. 't,', a..
; Ties Rrvan had o as Weaver votes 10 mem
/ him. Cleveland carried sixteen out or
| the eighteen counties. Bryan Only SIX, III
the Piedmont section cleNelanh : IA ~" ~,
itv was no. 39l Hryans was hNi' WIN i.1l-
Weaver votes included Tn AleNandilA
CIV Cleveland's majority Of 1S2l Was cut
! down bv BRYAN 90 $50 and in lynchpuft'
when gave cleveland 06i how much ma
jorty do YOU think Bryan gotF
81 do not know"
GAINED ONLY IN NEGRO COUNTIES.
Governor OFerrau lftcd up both hands
and stretched out his fngcrcs 'Jusl IN" !
many" he said. Just ten 10 ld't
added tho Governor who hnd been i9H-
ing of these figures with the ease or a
sr6ooi pirl reclting poetry. "ot the one
hundred counties and eighteen clhfs III
the state. Bryan made Democratic gun
iu lust eighteen counties. IN "i ,nN
raef his vote was less than tleNelinn >.
with the exception OF 'ulptptr Wh,i'
there WIS pride due 10 the fact that hl,
father was born there and Dickinson anu
Princess Anne. these gains We're maae
i'm counties Ike Dinwiddie, GrecnVllle'
Iunenburg. Mecklenhurg MddleseN
prince Edward. Sussex and YORK, Wnete
| Inc black population is equal In plumbers
Ia or largely in excess OF the white ac-
cordlnp TO last census. In pracucally
au tho white counties Bryan WAS weaker
| thsn his party 10 was In me counties
! with large negro votes that the returns
gave him gains .-.., -,
Governor O'Ferrall thcn smoke most en-
| couraelngly Of Nirginia's future refer
afcd his well known views against lynch
ING. pronounced the Maryland ana VIZ.
| einia oyster trouble practically seltien
and concluded as follows.
Looking over the entire state, j can
see no clouds upon our horizon. shai
| gladly turn over my work 20 my success
| sor. and J shall tell him that the worst
feature of the GOyornOrshlp - having
| 10 decide upon the appeals TOT PARDON
| could sit here all night and tell you tragic
| stories Of weeping wives and mothers and
uravinQ children al my knees. II haa
/ been "a hard struggle between sympathy
ana duty and II / have erred az au "
| has been on the side Of too much mercy
Rut hOppS said Governor, ofer.
rail- softly 80 the twilight fell. that
| some OF these days the mercy ! have
shown 20 others raay be shown 70 me