The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-01

as IT were. The county was. perhaps
thing apart II had an imaginary nue
between 1t and Richmond, where eSc,.e-
rent was rampant. None of TINS eHci.e
nent and disorder of course, coliid no"
over this line. Did the sheriff not kno"
that a stone wall would not stop mop
mo CHI less an imaginary line2 he shouio
have known. But he kept serenely IN MS
course, and when the Judge of the county
asked him to call out troops; when tile
officials of the Passenger and Fo"@
Company did the same; when the very
Governor of Virginia, who knew Things
that Solomon didn't know, but shouio
have known, ventured respecttuli! "
suggest that It might be well 20 SEM
troops into the county; when all tnea mes
things happened Solomon, the sheriff,
vet continued In his blind course, and said:
mo; l refused"
Took Up for Workingmen.
MIR. Bryan rdiculeti the statement OF
he sheriff that to call Oh. troops would
e 10 wave red nag IN tne w" ~ uai IL
hull-the workingman. Tho speaker saiu
he had once himself been Il laborer ana
that no man was more than he In sym
pathv with the workinSnen. lie re-
scented the suggestion that the WORKING.
men would object to the prasarva i,n CT
law and order He agree that the thhSs.
rootpods and nssassns would be inccnsed
At the presence OF the military hut he
had no sympathy with these people. and
lid not care whether they were inccnsed
ar not.
He thought tho sheriff had made
crave mistake and that he should ne
made to stand the consequences OF TINS
mistake. He had allowed armed su'.rus
an the cars when lie knew that 1t was
wful and that he should have put
h,s own men there, as he had promised
to do. ~, 40,
there had never before been such case
as This. He asked OF the jury that they
make of the first offender salutary
ox,,nnla that would act as warning ~
other men,
Mr., Smiths Argument.
Mr.. Smith arose to speak He said ne
regretted that after the many laoorious
DAYS the jury had spent IN the case nc
must add still further to their fatigue by
addressing them upon the merits OF the
case He felt that the Jury were as
con1petent as the lawyers to weigh the
evidence In the case. Since. however
there was to be discussion. discussion
there must be, and he, like his friend.
Mr.. Bryan. proposed at once to get IN
medals res
II appeared, said Mr.. Smith that the
prosecution was not by ne passenger
and Power Company at all. Mr.. 81
ding was not In court: Mr.. HUH was nor
In court: Mr. Buchanan was not in court;
there were not in court other gentlemen
connected with the operation Of the cars
The prosecution was not by these men.
# was by the legal and tho medical de-
nartments of the Passenger and power
Company.
"A combination OF lawyers and doc
tors" suggested Mr.. Carter.
eyes, and when lawyers and doctors
combine and disagree what are we 60
Ing to do?'' replied Mr.. Smith
Criticised Mr.. Bryan.
Then Mr.. Smith went on to refer to
some Of the other arguments made by
Mr. Bryan, and among other things he
touched upon the remark OF the Common
wealth representative that men should
and must trust men, else society would
fall to pieces. In this statement Mr..
Smith agreed. and he declared that tho
Henrico people should trust their sworn
oflcers-Solomon. the sheriff; Lewis, tho
magistrate; Ratcliffe, the chief OF police;
Sands, the Commemorative attorney
men who had for years served the county
and who had never failed in the perform
ance of their duty. The people OF the
county should trust these men. Then
the speaker referred to Mr.. Bryan HIM
self, and attempted to show that his posi-
ton was an anomalous one Mr. Bryan
had been asked by Mr.. Sands to serve
| for him. He agreed, and straightwny
came into court, prosecuted The sheriff
| and criticised him for doing thing
| which Mr.. Sands had told the sheriff to
do. Eyes, let us trust men," said Mr..
Smith sarcastically.
| Proceeding. Mr.. Smith declared that he
would not go into details in this discus
SION of the alleged disorders existing IN
the county. In ths first place. he de-
| clined to believe that such condition
| did actually exist, but admitting that
stone was thrown at each car as It went
along, this was no reason for demand
1 for military protection. He ridicIlcd the
seriousness of these reported disorders,
which were brought to light long after
this alleged occurrence; Of which nobody
knew anything: of which IN but one soil.
tury instance was a report made by the
company to the sheriff. In which instance
the sheriff promptly investigated and
put down such disorder rs there was
he rdiculed these alleged disorders and
attacked Mr.. Bryan's definition cf rio'.
He had, he said, left out the most I'M
portant element necessary to constitute
a riot 1t Is true that three persons
might be a mob and cause riot, but
on the other hand, three persons might
act in concert and yet not De NOR
and cause riot A riot was a tun!ultu-
GUS assemblage. tending to create pup
lie terror. Were the three men who tried
to persuade an employe Of the Passenger
and Power Company to leave that COM
pany n riot? Were certain other pety
disorders, said to have existed, of the
nature of riots? Did they create public
: terror? Mr.. Smith laughed al this Idea
Mr.. Bryan. he declared, had Ia. the cal
> nut of tho bag when he said certain o.
tho prosecution witnesses We're out &c
} see the fun" when they encountered trou
bile. They We're out. said the speaker
3 not to be killed, to be stoned, to D
: cursed, but ITO see the fun" II was fun
i, not tumult. these little things
4 These things explained the position
4 the sheriff--a position which comparef
: more than favorably with that Of Mayo
I Taylor and the authorities of Richmond
! The Mayor of Richmond did not do a
# Mr.. Bryan wanted the sheriff to do &C
d upon his fears and apprehensions OF wha
" might by combination of circumstance
y occur. and call for the troops at the Yer
d inception of the trouble He did not nc