The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-30
The Areument


A suggestion from the defense that the
case be submitted without argument did
not meet with much favor at the hands
~ the prosecutors and after recess OF
five minutes the committee settled down
for the concluding work. The speaking
began about o'clock and continued
until o'clock, one hour being allowed
to each side.
No effort Is made to so IN hn9"'se
elaborate]y into the details OF the argu-
ment. Mr. O'Flaherty opened WIN
half-hour speech, dealing m ~. pus', oasa
like and mastery way with the case
40 # presented itself at the conclusion
or the testimony. He made an eloquent
onneol for pure elections and the en-
forcement of the Barksdale law as a sa1e-
.m,rd 70 Virginia liberty and civilization
ond pleaded for the Withholding or the
certificate of nomination from man
who had so flagrantly violated pom tne
| Barksdale law and the county pan iis
declared further that Mr. tarauer , ,,au
convicted himself out of his own noun
| r. was n violation OF the law. he SAID
- e,,,a the man Green So for an "assess-
went. It was a violation to treat voters
mnder the gusc of n socially Inclined
tr,and He charged that the Treasurer
Md e,ven Green 80 to get him out OF
richmond on tho day when ne was 10
he heard before the commluee. nv
further charged that the Story o'
change" was simply CLOAK LOT ~ W.
| lawful transaction between brauel ,"''u
Mann at shumaker's. He called atten-
lion 70 the fact that Chldress wouldn't
n.or, without money, and that Brauer
vet went after him, g.,
~, Meredith followed In powerful
speech, running through nearly an nour,
with mastery, ability he drew liu, ..,n
uo,n the manoeuvres or the pIpseeu,'u.
~ make something out of nothing; the'l
sa,,nra Ia prove certain OF the charges
thew had brought. He declared that me
,ronsactions with Green were strictly le
aal. that the alleged Mnnn-Brauer crook
cdness was ridiculous; that the case OF
tho defense as a whole was flmsy MS I'M
air They were left with, nothing but tlie
admitted fact that Mr.. Braner trea'eo M
friends If they removed MN on accoui'
of that they might as well apphsn 'h'
office OF treasurer and stand up 70 p'
laughed at by the state. The custom o.
drinking and of enjoying a social half
hour over a glass with friend was tof
hoary 10 be legislated away even ny th'
Barksdale law The prosecution pleaue'
for pure elections and for the upholdiht
az the T3arksdale law; they were glVint
this very law a fatal blow II they Woui'
make of 1t an absurdity that endeaVore'
IA cstop n man from drinking with MI
friends One of the strongest and mos
effective portions of Mr.. Meredith
speech was that in which he reiterated
his argument against the application o
; the Barksdale law and against the pro
ceedlng instituted by the committee IN II
name.
/ Mr., FuI'on's Great Speech.
! 1t is no reflection upon the gentlemen
: that preceded him to state that the fines
7 speech of the day, or the week or tn
y month, for that matter, came last, Wit
the closing address OF Mr.. Fulton, rep
e resenting the prosecution. TO man
. within the room, Mr.. Fulton, who ha
g but recently come TO Richmond, was
;, stranger: before he had concluded he ha