Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-01

"A beautiful Flag. "A Merchant An.
'isns. More Sick Soldiers.
Other Local Matters.
lion. William y. Young, the Demo
cratic candidate for for mis-
tthe Second district. made his initial
appearance. of the campaign in Hamp-
.oh iast night. addressing a mass meet
ing m me courthouse. Hon. f. f. Mon
taEue. also addressed the meeting.
mayo James Barron Hope presided
and presented the speakers. in the an
sence of County Chairman Segar Whit
ING. who is detained at home by in,]is-
position. ". ~
Mr.. Montague was the first speaker.
There had not been. said he, !; time
when 1t was more incumbent on Demo-
Gratis 10 DO their full duty than now. He
hoped to see the great wrong done by
to the Hon. w. a. Young
clghted by the people. In a passing ref
erence to the silver issue. Mr.. Montague
paid a tribute to Hon. William, J. Bryan.
which ELECTED warm applause.
Ihe speaker characterized the late
Spanish-Ameiican war as a just and
9lshteous one and commended the
Democrats for their action in aiding 10
declare it. But. said he. with emphasis.
the Democratic party was not respon-
slbie for the conduct of that war and
the abuse in the way Of exorbitant
charges. from which the government
suffered. Nor was the party respon-
slble for the appointment Of worthless
FOR the hardships suffered by our brave
soldiers as d consequence Of such APP
poIntrnents. 4N "I#"
Mr.. Montague paid 4 pretty tribute
To Mr.. Young and made a strong appeal
to the people to support him, even
though he had no patronage to distrib.
ute. He defended the legality and fair
hess Of the election laws of Virginia and
rebuked Congress for overturning the
will Of the people.
Mi. Montague closed to make a for
Mr.. Young. who was hen presented by
Mayor Hope in a very felicitous man
ner. ..... h.. .#.M..
Mr.. Young, with a complimentary ref
erence to Mr. Montague, took up the
ocratic party had no great issues on
which to go before the people. The Re
publicans Of this district, We're repre-
Sented by two candidates, each of whom
devoted their speeches to arguing that
he was the regular. legitimate Repub-
lean candidate. Both of them had for
merly been Democrats, but as they
Sodlu Ilppc u III reward IN Inelr own
party they had deserted it and gone to
the Republican party. The Democracy
had nothing to do With their fight: let
them fight on n swallow each other.
The candidate then defined and con-
tested the time-hOnored tenets and fun
damental principles of the Democratic
n Republican parties. and commended
the financial policy of the Democracy.
The mar who tells. you the currency
question, &c a an n f3oo.. -, r., ~,;c1ooa $50
he knows it. The great battle Of the
standards in 1896 was but the first bat
tie for a greater currency: another and
a greater would be waged In 1900. The
question was a pre-eminent and a pre-
dominant one in the last national cam
paign and though waged upon the cur
n issue alone. the Republican party
at the succeeding session OF Congress
smother the attempts of the Demo-
cratic party to enact currency legisla-
ton for the relief Of the people, and In
stead added to their burden by enact!ng
a new tariff law. although the tariff had
not been an issue in the campaign. The
oni of binlctalism by international
agreement was but a subterfuge. This
country alone can and should restore
the old ratio between gold and silver
without foreign aid.
Continuing. the speaker argued the
injurious consequences of a contracted
currency. and made a strong presenta-
ton of the money question from the
Democratic standpoint. I'VE stand
where we stood in 1896. when our plat
form was made at Chicago said the
speaker.
Referring to the war, the speaker said
he was proud of this ountry and of it's
nag; he rejoiced in it's glorious victories.
put ne had no part, o had the Demo-
cratic party in the death of thousands
or young patriots by starvation and dis
ease. The Democratic party had long
favored the recognition Of the Cuhans
and. had It been permitted to SO legis-
late. he Cubans would have won their
own independence without all the she'd
ding of American blood that has result
60. owing, however. to the influence OF
the Rothchilds and Mr.. P%ierrepont Nor
gan. who were interested financially in
S~panlsh-Guban bonds. the Republican
party refused to interfere to end Span-
ish tyranny. and had not the nation
been aroused by the Maine tragedy, thai
party would not then have intarferretf
in Cuba. The speaker warned his hear
ers nat it was the intention of the RE
publican administration to buy Cuba
or the Philippines for the benefit of the
mlllionalres interested in Spanish bonds
II successful in the elections, the Re-
publican Congress would, the spea ker
oeiieNsu' puy the tar away Philippine
Islands and launch upon it a policy az
territorial expansion. In answer to a
Question, the candidate declared him
SELF opposed to expansion of territory.
Inc republican party was arraigned
as the party Of trusts. and it was from
these that the party a gathered it's
great corruption fun to defeat Bryan
IN 1876. The speaker charged the Re
publican party with frauds in Ohio and
Kentucky in that election, criticized the
wa taxation and the bono issue. He
declared for an income tax and criti-
clsed the Supreme o decision. which
declared 1t unconstitutional predicting
that the law would be r~e-enacted and
sustained by the Supreme Court.
referring to the action of Congress
In unseating him, Mr.. Young stated that
he claimed to be the true and lawful
representative of the Second district,
that the seat to which he was elected
was stolen and that the committee OF