The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-22

iascendcd. At the opening Of the meeting
the hat had been passed around to buy
some srnoko for It, but the sum received
war not sufficient, and the Initiation wns
not sufficient.
The individual In question gave Il nick-
Ell (nll he had. he said), and he now arose
to mako d plea. with tears In his voice,
IL mot In his eyes, he declared that all true
citizens, with the flame OF Democracy
floating In their hearts, should contribute
to put the flame Of gasoline III that ball
loon, which was rapidly getting wobbly
and deimoralIzed The hat was passed
around agnln, and q few more nickels
were deposited. The balloon went UP sud-
denly. just MS one Of the speeches was
being brought to close. and the meet
ing shortly afterwa rds broke up.
The Speaking.
The speaking began about 0 o'clock
and continued for two or three hours.
First some OF the magistrates spoke
Mr.. Wyatt then the commissioner Of the
revenue Mr.. c.. w. Childrcy.
MIR. Samuel r.. Waddll. candidate for
re-clec ton to the county clerkship, was
there and made speech, In which he
rnade the contention that his oftlct was
the one retained under tho now Consti-
tuition and no. that OF his opponent.
-
recognized the fact that the question
raised was altogether secondary one J;
that the office belonged to neither OF the
candidates., but to the people, and tina I
It was for the people to say who was TO
get 1t. Still. he thought It unfair ana un-
Just that his opponent should DO spread p'
Ing broadcast the report that ne was try-
ing 70 GUST him from office while the
very contrary was the cdse. He pro-
duccd the letter written by Mr.. Broaddus 3
Is the county committee, declaring that
he / (Broaddus) was a candidate for the
office Of county clerk, the position now
filled by Waddi1l. Mr.. Broaddus was was
not in the hall during the speech, put put
came in shortly before the II meeting :,
closed. "a q. 4.
The three candidates for treasurer were
present and all made speeches. Mr.. TODD
was received with great applaus re
Jumped into Mr.. Brauer replied TO GER
tain statements made by that gentleman.
and added some OF his own. he faulea suL !,
up the Taylor defalcation matter ana s,ilu al
that no man who would leave his ONCE
u.ith l1ts hooks lying about to be handled
~ ANYBODY should be elected treasurer.
Ia MADE a rather severe attack on Mr.
Era,,er and was frequently ouoiv
cheered Mr.. Brauer himself arose 70
,a,neak. amid mingled cheers ana misses; M !:
He replied to Mr.. Todd at length. any any
for one thing said that no man man was y.
aan+icmanGwho would go into another
man s house TO use telephone ana .tnI.. ne.
report what he saw there, particularly y
ir his reports were untrue. All 5thls M ~. :,
Brauer says Mr. Todd has done done VIII VIII :
reference to him. ... - :, .
- Candidates for the Legislature came
next. and Mr.. Rosenegk spoke IN his chaI- sl1,
ncteristic manner. He scored 7 his 1E1el.u; 'l;
Tom Gardner, and was In turn scored
when the latter took the pla torn. once
3svhen Mr. Gardner was speaking ne arose
and asked imp-esstvely that the gentie- gem l
nan try fer once to tell the 4trutn ~ M 7: :.
Rn.aaeek admitted that he was against
the Mann bill. because It was class ,iegis.
| iation, Mr. Gardner plainly declared tna1 'a
Mr.s Roseregk, was representlng the "a g.
loon interest, and himself wanted to pc J
! class legislator, and would never have
run if he Gardner had voted against ens '
Mr.. James r. Russell was the last
SNEAKER. and he was received with 5loutl ~,
cheers. He jumped on Gardner, declarins
that hist rIend was all right III his place, place.
ut2that TINS place was not the House 9!
delegates. He r>noked a continued 3rouno
OF laughter. He averred that MT. Garone. > n.
nm sanxious to do what was r1ght, y ous .'
that he did not know what right was.
And then the balloon. at last suthclene- ~ { {
! 5lv smoked, !, a scended heavenWard. 81