The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-14
ECHOES OF THE CONVENTION
Remarkable Publication Of a Speech
Which Was Not Spoken.
JONES HAD The BETTER OF DANIEL.
The Senator Greatly Disappointed His
Friends in the Primary RESOLUTION
Debaie-Tbe New Attitude OF
the Populists.


mittoe ON Resolutions in regard TO the
proposed change i'm the election Of United
states Senators, Captain Camm Pdtteson,
of Buckingham. occupied a seat among
| the delegates from the Tenth COngresslOn-
al District in the gallery. Ho desired 10
offer resolution with reference TO the
| imposing OF duties for the protection OF
| the farmers. There was az once some op-
| position raised, but IL was finally agreed
| that Mr. PattesOn reduce his resolution
| 60 writing and speak on the same not
longer than fifteen minutes.
! DROWNED HIS SPEECH
| Mr.. pattes0n at once came On the stage
| ana addressed the convention, but never
handed in his resolution. lie talked untl
| his time was up. but no one could under
stand what he had to say. on account OF
| tho great noise that prevailed during inc
| delivery Of his speech.
! After the Adjournment Of the convention
! Mr.. Patteson called at the Office OF the
| Roanoke Times and complained that he
| had been treated improperly.
! This statement, which appeared IN yes
| terday's Roanoke Times under the head
| line Splendid Common Sense OF senator
| n. y. Flood. Formed the Centre or Dis
| cussiOn Among the Delegates Who SUI
| Remain in Roanoke. Yesterday Morning
| The article in question, which YVES very
| eagerly read by all, was as follows:
| MR.. PATTESON'S RESOLUTION
! cant. Camm PattesOn offered the fol-
I lowing resolution before the convention
| and stated that 1t expressed true, sound
| Democratic doctrine 1t was as follows:
| Resolved, That lnasmuch as IL ad-
| mitte1 hy an political economists that
| the chief part Of the revenue OF tho fede-
| raj Government s. and Will always be OBJ
| tanned by a proper duty on imports
| therefore both common sense ana true
| Democracy means that tne Del.ooi s't5
| must have tariif 30 as 10 give lhr
| strongest possible incidental protection 10
| American Industries. That true Democla- .
| CIV desires not the destruction but the'
| protection OF American Industries, ana
| il takes this occasion 10 uthouhco tl'
| School Master Wilson bill IN language
| that Captain Camm PattesOn declines 10
| use feeling. as he does, that IN thc pres
| ent condition OF English htefatQlt, even
| by the help OF the Century Dictionary,
| there are as vet no words that could
| properly denOunce this infamous 'Hi
| Captain Patteson places the iohoWihs as
| true Democratic doctrine.
| " ResOIVd. That the DemOcrallc p"i tyf
| favoring the protection ana not lhe oc-
| struction Of American industries lays II
! down as a principle OF Democracy lha'
| all raw material such as nay, topaD,oi
| corn. wheat, wool, lumber ana fdlioao
| ties should not be permitted 10 DE intro
| duced into this country unless theIe Wa@
| q tariff OF more than % per cent. 9d VIZ
| loren placed upon them; uat the btll
| cratic party abhOTs tho odlous luia-
| nous abnormal and unlustihable pfotec-
| tion given TO New England manuIaclutet7
| by the attorneys of those corpoi tioH0'
| who happened unfortunately, =" pr "a fot,,
| Cleveland. the Buffalo sheriff, ana J"ihi
| q carlisle the Confederate traitor, VINO
| was horn and reared on southern aoiL
| hut was too great coward 10 hbht on
| either side, aud VINO, Wneh oloe'eu Pr oe
| or of the Democratic Congress. was OF
| nered two Oaths and stated thdt ne pre-
| ferred 10 take the iron-clad oatn' ahd ulu
| take IL. stating that he never had' tlth-
| or directly or indirectly, any sympathy
| with the South or it's cause or any meIn1
| her thereof.
| ''AIr. Saunders, the permanent chalI maui
| threw every possible obstacle lhdt "o
| could I'm the way Of Captain tamm allr-
| son i'm offering this resolution ana 10y nis
| TYRANNY suppressed it. Ihen IL was luat
| II ID Flood. living I'm the same olslIlct
! with Mr.. Patteson, turned TO MN an"
say T am glad. Captain, that yoR are not
| allowed 10 discuss the question.
BFCOAHNG Personal
| The Captain instantly replleu'
| II coneratulate you. Senator, upon your
| e,tendfd Judgment OF course, it you al
| lowed discussion Of this question ll Us
| highly robable that although YOU nave
| hardly discarded diapers your name mere
| after will live i'm an oblivion SO lhic X Una,
| il could he cut with "A ralload tl'.
| will not say. Senatur because IL is lhpo-
| lite and unparliament41y, that 10 use lnJJ
language Of Hudlhras NgHeI yer, >,,,r,or u,1
| of the law As great as yodr aegrava-
| tion has been. / decline TO use tnls IAN
| euage of Hudibras about either the per
| manent chairman or yourself ! am NOT
nfhtng man; have not shot a pistol lh
| TWENTY-FIVE years. Still, / recognize the
| fqct that YOU gentlemen may have some
| demand to make upon me lf so, nope
| will be ready To meet the ISSUE but /
| cannot conclude this paper without com com
| pHmenting YOU upon your splehdld JuuE-
| ment i'm declining a discussion with me.
| Perhaps If you had shown that good
| Judgment in your recent c,unp"tsh lot
| Congtess instead Of having been beat ny
| Jake Yost by about a million. you would
| probably have been elected. care no.
| Thing for YOU. Senator Flood. because
| YOU are small potatoes ana ieW ln lhe
| hill. and never received any recognition,
| so far as I know. except from hepunll-
| cans who as long as they could be elected
| by negro votes will remain Republicans,
and afterwards. from the most selfish con-
| siderations, turn Democrats.
| SENATOR DANIEL CRITICISED.
| "I congratulate you upon such bed-fel-
| lows and supporters. hut an Flood lne
| pathetic part of the thing is that John w.
| Daniel who wore the same uniform that
| / did. followed the loved and lost cause IN
| 1S6i-'G2, when its banners hoated high IN
| tho air, and I'm 1868 Ga when the Grand
| Army Of the COnfederacy performed such
| noble work that there are now more than
93. 000 Northern pensioners upon the roll.
| / rec0llect, Major Daniel when YOU COM
| maaded the Louisiana brigade and made
| a charge that will live in the Pantheon of
| history forever. | remember when there
| you got your manned and broken form.
| remember with pride and glory how that
! brigade gave YOU pair OF golden spurs
| to commemorate your action, which was
| as gallant as that charge of Marshal
| Iamnae when he crossed the bridge at
| Lodi. When / saw you to-day so against
| all the principles that you have hitherto
| honored. when l saw You advocate the
| election Of United States Senators hy close
| cOrporations: when j saw you. that the
| neople have looked upon as their tribune,
| advocating the doctrine Of trusts and cor
| porations. / had no anim0sity; but / felt
| the time had come that If John Daniel
| stood bv trusts and corporations there
| was a mighty and terrible duty imposed
| uDon the Anglo Norman people Of Amer
| lea 10 preserve their liberties. True De
| mocracv means liberty. With an its sor-
| rows and troubles and not desiring the
| responsibility Of being Democratic lead
| err though / am hfty-seven years old, !
| think that / am yet young enough 20
| prove 10 the world that the spirit Of lib
| ertv stin lives I'm Virginia and viii have
hold defenders for American Institutions,
| regardless eitler Of the permanent chair
man or OF the two United States Senators.
| or pOor little Flood, the Senator from Ap-
|, pomattcx. whose residence ON that battle
field occurs TO me as being extremely
Every one who read the article was
! nositiye I'm his declaration that Mr. patte-
son was mistaken in his statement and
| that no such proceedings had taken plare
| Ca3ta Patteson said Yesterday that
no would retract the statement by per-