The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-30
The Dining of Booker 7. Washington
Much Discussed.
ROOSEVELT NOT ENDORSED,
A Controversy Over an Alleged Saying Of
Senator Daniel Seemed About TO Result
ina Personal Difiiculty-Alontague's
Rejoinder Vas Splendid Effort.
He Declined to Waste More
Time On Opponent.
tsrccial pis,atch 10 The rimcs.>

Especial Disoatch 10 The Iimcs,)
tIIRISTIANSBuRG VA, October 29-
Tho two leading candidates for Governor
have at last met in a joint debate on the
political issues OF the day. Col. j.
HAMPTON HoEe this morning telesraphed
from Scvcn-Mie Ford TO Allen J. Hairless,
uI TINS pace, 70 cnauSnSc air. Montague
ior a joint discussion. The challenge was
sent Ly ]. Nm. Walkers. the aetns Re
publican County Chairman TO j. G. Guer-
rant, the Democratc chairman. Alter a
conference win the lcaulng Democrats
OF Montgomery county, the .hailenge was
accepted. lEe terms agreed upon were
iollews: Mr.. Montague to open IN a
speech ,t one ,iour, MIR. Hoge TO follow
Ia ;. speech OF ,ne hour and u half, and
then Mr. Montague TO close l.: thirty
iEInutcs.
a BIG CROWD.
There wee between 500 and 1,gV0 people
present, and ii is thought that the au-
oienca was nearly evenly divided, the Re-
politicians claiming the majority.
Hugh Cora aon lallltT, II iNort 'ik, was
billed for the Republicans, but tor some
cause unKn,wn o MS parry here he failed
10 put in an app aarallce, much to tiic dis
appein'ment OF the Republicans.
The Republicans mad engaged the court
house for Mr.. Miller and when it was
learned that he did not arrive on the
l.,orlins train there were many sad fac e
among the Republicans They Frightened
up Very much when the telegram was
received from Col. Hoge and things were
Very much lstir whan negotiations were
pending for the Joint debate, about which
SO much has been written. Congressman
Peter j. 0tey introduced Mr.. Montague
and c. Y. ]iermans. the Republican can
Jldate- for he lioUSy, of DplcgateS. intro
uuced Col. I1oge.
MONTAGUE OPENS.
Mr.. Montague Began by saying that he
did not discuss national issues, but it was
hard to get away from national affairs,
and over half of his first speech dealt
with national questions which were very
clever5y dovetailed with State issues.
He discussed the money affairs, saying
that the Republicans had coined at the
rate of a million dollars per month of sill
vcl' since they had gotten back in power,
which, with the very much increased out
put of gold, had fulfilled the theory Of
his party for more money. He denounced
Imperialism as contrary to our American
institutions.
He then went into State issues, claim
ing that his party had settled the State
debt had provided for the free schools
before the Underwood Constitution SAID
they should be inausurated, and III gen
crdi lauden the STATE loF us Spieiioiu
standing under its present management
by the Democratic party.
HOGE SPEAKS.
Then Colonel Hoge began amid much
applause. The speaking took place on
the Courthouse square on platform
which the Democrats had prepared for
Mr.. Montague,
Colonel Iioge began by answering some
questions which Montague had propound-
Il ri ia1, he
The first was: Colonel lioge was asked
. If he approved of the dining of Booker
Washington by President Roosevelt. Col
onel Hoge said that he did not: that he
believed In the races keeping separate;
that he believed in a. separate car, sepa-
rate schools separate dinings and sepa-
rate beds: that he believed in the Suprenl-
acy of the white race, but he was In for
giving equal and exact justice to all When
1t came TO civil rights.
Colonel Hoge then quoted from the
l.ynchburg News Of The invitation from
the gun club there to President RooSe-
welt TO come and hunt witt, them. ard
which Congressman OteN was to carry TO
The White House. and said If 80 Presi-
dent had dissraced himself by dining
with Booker Washington that Otey and
friends had not disgraced themselves with
associating With the President and should
hush up their hypocriucal talk ABOUT -
on the dinner business Coionei Hose
), further referred to Cleveland entertaining
1Trea Douglass and of other courtesies
shown i,v Democratic officials to negroes
BOTH FUNDERS.
In reply as to who settled inc Statc
,ra,,, Colonel Hoge said that he and Mon
1aEue were both funders when the Reao-
iusters were coping with that quesioA'
and that it was at Lynchpnrs, ai.ei d, ,a siie
massage of the Riddleberger bill. that
Democrats accepted i'll good faith the
terms OF that bill at a time when Johh
~. Daniel walked DOWN the stage VIII d
l,rly negro on either arm ana eSciaut1;eu
that when the best men of the TWO races
came together they We're bound TO WIN.
Colonel Hoge to further combat bie
claim of the Democrats that they had set
tied the State debt quoted the saying OF
Senator Daniel about setting fire 10 all
or tfa ol-horseS i'll the State rather
,han not pay every cent demG nded by the
bondholGers. ~
Al this place Mr.. Montague sald that
Major Daniel had never sad aaSthills ol
the kind and that he had often hearu eoi-
onei Hose deny 1t for Senator Daniel.
Here Colonel Hoge said that il was
false. that he had never said that Sena-
tor Daniel did not say il. and called upon
Mr. Montague to name the time ana
place Mr.. Montague never said anything
more. as it looked as though personal
difficulty was imminent.
ar Montague. n his opening speech,
referred 10 the industrial education in
Virginia, and cited the high wages of the
masses. which were occasioned by this
jndus;rial education TO which Virginia
was tending.
Mr. Hogc said that Mr. Montague had
sasd that girls in Massachusetts were
Getting FIVE dollars week and the yir-
..inia girls one dollar q week. and that of
itseM showed that Republican aiassachu-
sets was ahead Of Democratic Vir-
Einia.