Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-10
RALLY OF CLUB MEN.
ENTHUSIASTIC M,ss-MEETING IN
Jefferson WARD LAST NIGHT.
MANY FIERY SPEECHES MADE.
oId-MarI>et Han Crowded With I'm
terrified Voters, who Are RegnIcd
with Criticisms Of the Good-GoV-
eminent League.

The Democrats Of jefferson Ward held
q large mass-meeting at old-Market Han
last night and an OF the candidates for
municipal Offices. as well ma aspirants for
..a,s iu the Council from this ward.
rsdc speeches.
Tho meeting was held under the aus
r.ls OF the Old Dominion Democratic
club. and In point OF numbers IN attend
.rce was one OF the largest rallies yet
held ln this campaign. The ward candi-
dates an repudiated the Good Govern
mont League. and asserted that they
would not accept endorsement from that
8-..rlzaton. The feature Of the meeting
MIS- "a long speech made by MIR. J.. O.
r,nacnburc I'm which he severely ar
-..sncd the league and attacked its rep
-...ntativos on their conduct Of the city's
affairs during the past two years.
I.e Citizens Band was in attendance
anon the meeting, and discOursed excel
I..t music between the speeches. The
l.st of order was preserved during the
u..,.ug. ard the speakers were accorded
on. most respectful attention.
Nl,. WENDENBURGS SPEECH.
President Wood called the meeting to
order ana introduced Mr.. Wendenburg,
who was received with loud applause.
Ll Ntudcnburg made "A speech along the
same lines as those he had previously
made iu This campaign. He attacked the
Good Government League in a vigorous
manner. stgmatizing IL in the outset as
being uudCmoCrauC, and maintaining
...t its members should be excluded
r.u the Democratic municipal primary.
..f.rriug 10 the work of the gold men
F. the last national campaign, he said
...t the same so-Called Democratic bank
rr.sialuts who had assisted in putting
Republican President in Office were now
t.Ugayorlug TO place the municipal ma
ueyy i'm their control.
lIr Wendenburg read the wage plat
form Of the league as promulgated two
years ago. and assorted that not a clause
u. o. bad been lived up TO. The people, he
said. had been fooled by the league. and
they permitted themselves TO be IOOle,,
.- tu they would be like a man who,
after buying a gold brick, bought an
other with a view 20 getting even. The
charges Of false economy alleged to have
been practiced by the leagues represen-
,iyes. which Mr.. Wendenburg had pre-
y0gsly made, were repeated with empha-
Sis. and numerous allegations of misman-
-gmeut OF the various departments
were made. Much stress was laid by the
speaker upon the condition Of the streets
.f the city. and the responsibility for
-lair tlthy and uneven condition was
charged 10 the league The leagues fnan-
.al exhibit OF the city's earnings was
attacked by Mr.. Wendenburg, and he
made IL apparent TO his auditors that the
decrease i'm the floating debt had been
made by a financial trick which did not
benefit the city one whit. In other words,
ra said they had borrowed from Peter
rY pay Paul, and while they had adver-
rsad the payment 10 Paul, they had con-
cealed the fact that a loan had been
made by Peter.
DEMOCRACYS PLUTOCRACY.
The fight between the clubs and the
league the speaker said was one OF
Democracy against plutocracy, and then
singing out Messrs. Newton, Elicit and
Purcell, he asserted that they were Re
specifying that they had voted
boz 1896 for Mckinley. Mr.. Catlin then
came I'm for q share OF the speakers sar-
rasm. after which the leagues Council
ticket was reviewed and criticised. After
to Major +. r. d. Myers, who
he alleged, had an axe TO grind IN gong
TO the Council, and discussing the other
he spoke Of Mr.. Camp, who,
AS a box manufacturer, he said, would be
the most valuable man on their uckeJ'
for after next Tuesday he could make
collins i'm which TO bury his associates
on the league ticket. The conhdehial let
Ter addressed by the league to certain
candidates endorsed by it, was read by
MIR Weudenburg. who asserted that the
rstter was written i'm confidence because
The league was doing shady work In
concluding his address Mr.. Wendenburg
rsked the club 10 ask each candidate Tor
rfce II he was I'm sympathy with the
league and its work.
THE CANDIDATES TALK.
Tho candidates for the Board of Alder
moi, we're next introduced in Alphabetical
~rser and the aspirants for the lowef'
branch of the city's legislative body tol-
lowed. Each speaker was asked MS
rr4rforn and each condemned the
.sar1ie those who had been endorsed by
trat organization repudiating the en-
rrresrnen+ Mr.. Turpn said, concerning
the endorsement given him, that II was
more Of q surprise TO him than was the
explosion OF the Maine TO its crew. lie
said he wanted no endorsement from the
raIlue. and using the language OF Horace
Greedy. said: Oh man who Is mor~
FOR me than 1 am for myself
STR. John NJ. King declared himself as
malterably opposed to the Good Gov
eminent League. He was ioloWed py
Dr. +. vs.. Stin, who, among other innings
said: 81 rcpudiate the endorsement OF 'he
Good Government League, and shall stand
before the people on my own merits
AIR Adam Diacont said, as the league
had planted its. foot on his neck two
wears ago. he hardly expected It's en-
dareoment now, and didn't want IT,
The aspirants for seats in the Council
were introduced. Mr.. Sol l.. Bloom
berg was the first to talk. He read the
card he had published in the Dispatch
Yesterday. declining TO accept the en-
dorsement Of the league. Messrs. H.
Carreras. John +. Donleavy A. ;. Dunk
ley. r. II. Hardesty and ID. II. Hardy
followed in the order named. ana each
Of them briefly asserted that he was not
I1 sympathy with the league. Mr.. Nor
gan Il. Mills said he would under no
accept the endorsement
of the league. and Me1srs. James L.
Neale. Phil. Shea, r. h. Williams ana
Albert Witte expressed themselves as
being opposed 10 the principles OF the
league. and several Of the speakers as
srrte5 that their opposition TO the organ
lzatIon lay chiefly in their opposition to-
contract labor.
The last Of the ward candidates to
speak was Mr.. William II. Mullen. who
severely arralgned the Good Government
League. attacking its principles, ana
charging that II was a Republican or
sanitation. In conclusion, he asserted
that the league. so far as its work was
concerned, was dead, and that the only
tts.. q. 4. .. a. cffclr which met