Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-09
THE CLAY-wARD ACTIvEs MEET
Captain John Lamb Makes n strong
S1.ecT before the Club.

The Clay Ward Actives held a well at
tended meeting last night, at which they
transacted considerable business Of i'm
portance 70 the club. and then were re-
called with a highly interesting and in
structive speech by Captain John Lamb,
the Democratic standard-bearer in this
district.
When the meeting was called to order
President Snead announced the following
Advisory Board: John s. Harw6od, o. A.
Hawkins, A. c. Hartman, r. l.. Winston,
and ]. II. Dickerson.
Colonel Harwood then reported Tor this
board the following standing committees:
Finance-R. NJ Taylor, w e. Taylor
j. p. Pettis, w. p. Smith. and Hill Mon
tague.
Statistics-R. L. Montague. L. c. Wal
thall. C. E. Hill. Irving Wharton, and
NJ r. Pace.
New Members-H. Calder. c. 1. Phillips.
p. ii. Bowls, II. j. Tremer, and ]. II.
Kracke.
The club discussed the question of
changing it's place of meeting from Bel
videre Hail to some hall In Clay Ward,
but decided TO continue for another year
its present lease. The Advisory Board
was instructed to arrange for mass
meeting some time during the latter part
OF this month, and it is understood that
Hon. A. j. Montague will be asked to ad-
aress the meeting.
CAPTAIN LAMB SPEAKS.
The business Of the evening being con-
cluded: Captain Lamb was introduced by
President Snead, and was received with
applause. He made a strong speech, set
ting forth the issues that now confront
the people. He said in the outset that
there was great apathy in this city. es-
poc!ally among the Democratic voters,
and he hoped to be able to awaken some
enthusiasm among them. Captain Lamb
passed over. with word or two the
issue between bimetallsm and monome-
tallism, and spoke earnestly Of the neces-
vity for having Democratic control of the
Fifth-sixth Congress- in order that the
sffort upon the part Of the Republicans
10 pass a pernicious banking law may be
thwarted. The wrongful acts of the Re-
publican Congress and the sins OF omls-
sion committed by Republicans I'm the
Fifth-f1fth Congress were treated of at
some length by the speaker, and he
peverely arragned his opponents in this
Congress for the time which, he said.
was wasted by them In their discussion
OF the Dlngley bill He riddled this bill.
saying Il was simply legislation for the
purpose of taking the tax from the Shout
ders OF those best able to bear 1t, and
placing Il as a burden on those who could
not support II. The war tax. too. he
characterized as Infamous. and he then
asserted that until the financial issues
pre gotten rid OF. the tariff question will
rease TO be one of division between the
two parties.
BATTLE OF THE STANDARDS.
at will be a battle OF the standards
which will be Joined in 1900" he said. and
he predicted that silver would prove su-
preme The recent bond issue was at
tackled by Captain Lamb. and then he
passed TO a discussion OF low prices He
said low prices brought poverty, poverty
brought ignorance. ignorance brought
crime and crime led TO that place where
the worms die not and the fire quencheth
not
Captain Lamb read an editorial from
the Richmond Times of yesterday, COM
mentlng on the free-sliver issue, saying
that free silver was merely a stepping
stone 10 iatism. Captain Lamb said he
didn't suppose the editorial would influ-
ence any one. as very few people read
the Times. but he expressed the hope that
OF some early day the other papers of
the city would again attack the T1mes's
editorial policy. The editorial referred to
bimetallism as an experiment but on
this point Camp-Map Lamb took issue. as
serting positively. and with emphasis.
that monometailism was an experiment.
and a costly and disastrous one. The re-
suit OF recommendation, the speaker said,
was 70 keep investors from putting their
money into circulation. The result can
be seen here In this city In the Eearth OF
staple manufactures He Thought we
should have great many more manufac-
turing enterprises than we have
Captain Lamb discussed briefly the law
OF economies. and told how, when the
South, without q dollar. immediately AZ
ter the war, began By this lay. as unfail-
ing an that Of sravity to draw its Der
eenita across the Potomac lie concluded