Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-09-30
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
TALKED FOR THE DEMOCRATS COURT
DAY-THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND CYCLONE JIM'-ARGU-
MENT, ELoQUENCE AND WIT
The campaign opened last Monday
with speeches from two staunch DEM
ocrats, Attorney General w. A. All.
derson and Hon. J. w. Marshall. The
crowd in Stannton, for court day. was
not largo, and the audience while very
attentive could not stand three hours
on the cold bricks, and huctuated |
from a small to large audience dur
ing the time and from quiet attention
TO Gproarions laughter and applause.
Maj Anderson was Handsomely intro
duced by Hon. Joseph A. Glasgow,
county Chairman, and spoke nearly |
two hours presenting strong argu-
ment which seemed really nnanswera-
BILE as he addressed from time to time
some leading Republicans, both white
and colored, who stood in front of him.
He quoted largely from Mckinley s |
famous BnffalO speech delivered Short
ly before he was assassinated, and in
which he advocated liberal revision
of the Republican tariff policy and
broad and liberal reciprocal legislation
with foreign nations. What is recip-
rocity but free trade? The Democrat
ic party advocates fair trade rather
than free trade. The tariff had been
successful because no foreign nation
wished to engage IN war Of reprisals
with us, but the situation was chang
Ing, and now England threatens us
with tariff on -four and grain, and
Germany with a retaliatory tax on
meats and agricultural products, and
can shut us out Of their markets by
dealing with Canada, New Iceland, Ar
gentlne and Australia. If Chamber
laine succeeds with his English tariff
policy the Republican party will be
swept out of existence.
After showing the fallacy of the po-
sition of Republicans on trusts, which
they claimed to condemn but i'm reality
favoerd and fattened upon, he refused
to the president as an honest man at
heart, but no eccentric, self operative
and dictatOrial that he was today, the
mOet 6anUarOus man in A u,or;oo
Roosevelt is an intensesectional Pres
ldent. with not single Southern man
in his cabinet, and no first class foreign
appointment had come from the South
We want President who will place
Virginia on equal terms with Penn
sylvania, and such a man is Alton b.
Parker, who he declared to be safe,
courageous, conservative, judicial. At
the close of the Attorney Generals
speech, he was applauded and con-
graduated and Commonwealth At
tOrney r. S. Ker arose and in very
complimentary words introduced Hon.
James w. Marshall, of Craig, as
favorite son of Augusta. a doughty
general who had never failed to rout
General Apathy whenever he met him.
Mr.. Marshall was welcomed with loud
applause and proceeded Immediately
to make just such a happy pointed and
humorous speech as his hearers were
expecting and enthused his audience
from start to finish. We will not make
the vain attempt to reproduce it. The
voice, gesture and elOquence of the
man are bis own. He must be seen
and heard and an Augusta audience
never tires of seeing and hearing him.
A few quotations must suffice. In a
scathing reference to Mr.. Roosevelt
he said ."he was little too thick with
some people who we are just now rath
er nervous about. We are willing to
feed them but not to dine them" Re
ferring to the difficult proposition the
Democrats had in beating the truth
into Republican heads he said ''it was
like feeding soft butter to a wild cat
with a hot awl." This sally elected
peals of laughter and brought discom-
future to loquacious Republican in
the audience, who permitted in inter-
ruptlng the speaker. He finally squelch
ed him by looking quizically at him
and saying in melodramatic style.
1--WE willplant the daisies on your tomb
in the sweet bye and bye"
The speaker soon dismissed his au.
dience as he had to hurry to get ready
for long ride to Messy Creek where
he had an appointment the following
day, but he was dismissed with loud
and prolonged cheering and many
vowed that they would follow him to
Messy Creek.
The next day he spoke at the Messy
Greek Park to a very appreciative au-
dience. Space prevents our giving a |
full account of the meeting there.