Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-05
" THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS"

power. Against these two thrr4f.rf..
forces Il is the sacred duty OF Che T..-
cratic party-represent.ng the gr.. r..',
people OF this country-to impose tr.. ID. '
huonce. Against this tendency 4. ...
tralization stand the platforms ANA ii
ciarations OF the party You rerra ... 4,
this floor. I beg you to stand f5 v.-.
guns this fall, as you stood iu Tie r.-.,|
rable contest Of 1896, and aa Sou v.pI
stand with renewed earneslness and Il.
thusiasm in 1900. Let not the a.. H-.I
you cannot by any possibility. eur-- HI
feat I'm your own district. prey... Il
from rendering moral support ana .,.
Couragement 20 my colleagues r r,|
ether districts OF this State for D u.r,
TO meet a solid delegation from VIre..,|
In the Fifty-siXth Congress. and s.a .,
two young and gallant genuomcr. MAJ.
were unseated BY a defiant and og.rfl-,.
ing majority OF the Fifty-hfth Cnn.r. /,
returned TO represent the loyal AMI ii.
triotic citizens Of the Second and r.rr.,.
districts We have an abiding car...-.,
that the unterrlhed Democracy 90 r,'
Southwest viii overcome the 100 uaf-.t, .
that General James A. Walker 0I...r.l
in 1896. and that the Tenth VIII find MOI,
than 1F crring brethren anxious OBJ return
20 the home Of their fathers: white f,
First. FIFTH, Sixth. Seventh. aud Essb
districts are as safe as your own.
OUR PLACE AMONG STATES.
Now. my friends, let tine memories a,
tho past. the perils of the pr u. ana
tho hopes Of the future stir you with rs.
triotic fervOr i'm the cause OF GOOD r...
ernment. Eternal vigilance Is the rr.r,
OF liberty" No appeal 90 patra m. no
call TO duty, no claim OF humanity fs
even been set aside or ignored up .f
Virginia people. DesOl1tCd by war. t..
dened and crushed by rcc0ustrrtsr.
afflicted with enfranchiscd ignorance. as-
pressed by falling prices. she has borne
much. suffered long. and batrai u0A-
for the victory. When the true u.mH.
racy is once again enthroned i0 power.
when just and equal laws are placed ~
the statute books. when fuller ogrCuu.
nifty Is given for the development OF f.s
resources. and her euterprising C.tls
learn, as they will. 10 foster and develop
their industries, she will again take Dr..
place In the sisterhood of State .s u8
equal Of most IN material as she nov IS
IF all in moral and intellectual progress
Tho eventful year 1896 witnessed Gu QUITE
pouring Of the masses IN this e0anry
such as was never seen before That
campaign will live in history and traf.
ton. We stand midway between Dc and
another, the most momentous yof tn Do
fought. The year 1890 will witness "a
struggle between concentrated capital and
the rights OF the masses; between mo
advocates OF special privilege Tor the
few and the champions OF equal 0pp1r.
tunity for the many; between the aJas-
rents of Capitalization on the one hand
and the advocates Of local self-g0yCn.
ment on the other. The issue viii likely
determine whether we snail have lmFs-
ralism and foreign complications Win
an immense army and navy and burden
some taxation. or by the triumph o,
Democratic principles, government ~
the people, by the people, and Tor nc
people" with no doubt as 20 Virginia ad
tho south We turn our eyes anNnIV
to the great and mighty West, ana conl'
IDENTIFY predict that she Will rise an her
might and give the decisive blow llr
popular rights. We are assured 10y fF
In Congress that she w.
do better in 1900 than she did iu 1896 Then
will begin new era I'm this country 6.l
in the world: and our grand republic, ua
exemplar Of freedom and tho hope OF Due
manity, will have fair promise OF accom-
plishing its manifest destiny. When. Eu.
der the providence Of God, in the fu.n.'
Of time. this boon shan come 10 bless
mankind. the historian will make record
that Virginia save the statesman 20
America whose political philosophy SHAPED
the course OF events and laid solid ana
deep the foundations upon which rests
the grandest structure Of human govern
ment that ever arose 20 bless mankind
PROMPT ADJOURNMENT
Throughout Captain Lambs speech
there were frequent outbursts or ap-
olause, and this was very great when 10
concluded
Secretary Gordon moved an adjourn
ment as soon as the convention was
luiet. and az 3:05 o'clock the body adj
burned. just three hours 20 a minute
ifter having been first called 10 order