Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-06
ADDRESS TO THE CITY VOTERS.
Chairman Wallace Urges Them 10
DO Their Duty on Tuesday.

Chairman Jefferson WALLACE, who is put
ting forth every effort to arouse the Dem
ocratic voters of Richmond TO a sense OF
their duty in the coming election, issued
the following address last night:
Headquarters
CITY Democratic Committee.
Richmond, Va, November 6, 1898
To the Democratic Voters of Richmond;
On the eve of the election, when the
voters Of Richmond city are TO decide
Mhether they wish 10 be represented in
congress by Democrat or Republican
II rs incumbent upon me to say few
words 10 my elOw-citizens-mOre par
ucularly to my Democratic felloW-citi-
zens-and urge upon them that they ex-
press their convictions at the polls
The most solemn duty that the citizen
IS called upon 10 perform is to exercise
the right or suffrage, for il is i'm the
pallot-boX that all men find that equality
which is the foundation of republican
government, and upon which the safety
and happiness Of the people depends
That man who stands aloof, crying that
all elections are humbugs and all poll
ucians corrupt and insincere. is lacking
In patriotism and does not properly es-
TEEN the priceless boon of freedom
Those who in wilfulness or in careless
ness refrain from taking part in the cleo
ton, who fail 10 discharge this duty, may
reproach no one but themselves If the
government of the country falls into the
hands OF bad men and force and fraud
prevail over wisdom and patriotism. Let
us remember that the guardian of the
country's safety is the individual citi-
zen: so let none Of US shrk his duty next
Tuesday but let each one of us 20 10
the polls and vote according TO his own
convtctions-not as feeling sways US, but
as belief directs us.
WITH COURAGE AND HOPE.
h.
election with renewed hope with all its
olc-time courage. and with that devotion
10 the cause OF the common people which
has always characterized It. In 1894 it
reached its lowest ebb. when IL secured
only lQ members OF the House Of Repre-
sentatives. In the succeeding election,
in 1886. although its candidates for the
presidency and yice-presidency were de-
feated as the result of the reckless and
shameless use Of money i'm the pivotal
States. IL made a gain OF over fifty mem
bers. This year II viii again increase its
strength in the House, and Will look for
ward with confident eyes TO a greater
victory in 1900
The Republican party, after eighteen
months Of maladministratiCn and mis-
rule. has the audacity TO ask for the
continued support Of the people whom IL
has betrayed, but with a voice that is
feeble and discordant. In this district
and this state, as All over the Union, II
a
ken front. It's champions among the
press have mainly deserted IT, its active
workers. gorged with the spOils OF office
are impassive and inactive; its orators
a:e dishearteued by the knowledge IF
promises broken and confidence hctray-
ed, and its few disinterested adherents
are falling away from IL IN apathy and
disgust. Afraid TO remind the restless
wage-earners that prosperity" was pro-
missed two years 400. departing CT win
ming the House OF Representatives by
recurring to the old shibboleth Of conf
dence-to- be-restored." this miserable
party comes before the American people
on the single issue OF a puny war that
Picketts Division would have finished
in thirty days, and-like a superannuated
belle, whose fostering and feculent ugli-
ness the cracked enamel no longer hides
stands before us shiyering In alarmed,
but shameless, indecency
THE OLD ENEMY UNCHANGED.
Feilow-citzens. the Republican party
that in Virginia poses as a decent and |
respectable party. IL the same party that |
every North CarOlinian with white blood |
IN his veins In now ldsking for with a |
shotgun and rope. IL we do not fear
negro rule In Virginia now. n Is only !
because we settled that question ten or
twelve years ago, The party of McKin-
ley Is the party Of Lincoln and the party |
OF Hamilton. IL has not changed It's
heart; II has not even changed it's skin.
IL ID the constant and watchfui enemy OF /