The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-10
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Harmony the Keynote ut $; as
Banquet Tered the NJ NJ i--ssF3 q
Il 5Ss slority Lcgisla Ss9
SENATOR NOE 1 ON NEGRO
A Btlrdei1s the Parity Could SN w,
Bear Jtttg,e evils Urged ssg.
5for$ Governor 58s 9$s| isS

Tho banquet rendered the tWei tS mi.$
t1ority members nf tho General Assembly
E,of Virginia at Nlurphyfs Hotel last night
\ by their political and personal friends Of
Richmond and Petersburg was love.
feast OF Rcpubllcanisn,. III which enLl,u-5
slasm prevailed to an unusual extent
There we're among the fifty orginora per-
sons present representatives both OF the
organization and the reorganization clc-
mcnt, and the keynote was harmony In
the campaign Or 1904 and IN that of 1905
/ District "a ltorncy u /. Lewis Of this
I city, the candidate Of the 5recr ganizat ions
faction for temporary cha lrman of the
Norfolk Sco,lvcntio last week ,yns toast
master, and among other Republicans
present were General 81 lth Boiling and
/ Captain Asa Rogers, Of Petersburg; Mr.
|tSherwoodL A a lawyer Of Indiana: Morgnn3
Treat, Joseph q. Brady. and others u ls-f
ElrictS Attorney Lewis made p ~ ringing
speech in introduction OF the toasts and
made u plea for united effort. Judge
Lewis was given a great ora ton 8 q nd nd
was nominated amid Wild applause for
Governor III 1905 by Senator Reverconh5
and Delegate G. a.. Herman The toast
list was us. follows: sSt 4 83ss IA
@ THE TToAsTs AND sPEAKElaS. ij ii
The Legislature, Zion. q. a. 1severco lnb..
|,of Alleghaiy. ~ ID u h, Ia Il.
ID. n a.. Heerlnana. y sa Ii S,
Tho. Republican stronghold of virginia.
IIo n. j. c. Noe, {of Lee. '&i
Republicanism and the Young Men, by
Royal u. y cabell y Of Richmond. ii 35
n Eastern Virginia; It's Trials and "a PES
General stith Boiling. OF Petersburg.
Mrs. CaboIl. olcctor for the Third s y! 81
l5trtct, swept tile audience By his elo-3
auance and neda the hit OF the evening.
All the speeches were Tlarke d by Y strn ~
Of llopefnlness for he future from the.
Republ can standpoint, and Sem tor Noel,
Of Lee county, II expressed the hope t ~
the eliminate ton of the negro az "a poiti-
cal issue would be4tl means q Supbuill
ing in Virginia 4 strong Republican
party. 4, :, Z, !, I,
Mr.. Greenr, In his response 10 ne toas !,
THE President Of the l]nitsa S.a 1ies..,.
spoke Ia excellent taste, md was very
happy in his raraphrase OF Shake spesai y re
| when Sl,e spok @ OF tho wounds received ~
l5Norfok dc dumb mouths tina would ne
opened to plead the cause OF inilttant
|Borgan izntion inSthe State, = cosln y ~
toasted the present Prcslden ard mad
"a hit with the aud ience z y 81 = ia
SSs Senator LItt f.i
humorous thrusts atsthe Genera s-AsF EN- Il
/ bly,, of which ie was q neniher, u y ~
! Ina course Of his address s tated f$t hat
tic present body had a Mt least furnished
I soma excellent campaign material ls5tor
1.-The r Republicans. lIo predict ted {. q large
increase In the Republican. mem bcrsh MP
in that body next time, s. \,
PREDICTS REPU ELlCAS1 A''Si ~ ~ 4 y
Delegate C, a. IIeernans painted q
rosy picture OF the polite outlook ifo IN
\ Virginia, predicting Republican control .os
j2theInext Leg stature and arrat5ntrg5 the
| Democratic record lie declared in oPe 2 n
Ling his address tintfshe had been shot
| for what he believed was right, but ne
was still standing up for what nc con-
| ceived to be right 5 .3s55
Mr. Rovau ., cabell, Of this city,
/ made polished address. in which he
pronounced his sealtY to the principles
/ OF Republication, and painted q sle,flhs
4 picture OF what It had done for the Scoiln-
try and what 4 would do for the Sta te
spt Virginia. y y53 e. s,
General Boiling spoke of the trials o.
Republicans In eastern Virgl Mo. and SO,
some humorous and interesting remirTs-
cences OF an old canlpaigner. when polls
jEtical prejudice high In he state
He referred. TO the growth and dominance
/ OF the Republican party in the southwest
4 as q great aynlar che sweeplng down
i from the tains to the seas prd, a nu
| declared that the Rcpubl Leans OF eastern
Virginia would be ready TO he'll y along one
ACCEPTS NEW CoND1TIoNs.
\ Senator N1el, a OF Lee, declared thal
nepubllcanism was rapidly becoming q
potent factor III! Virginia. He pictured y
40 tho party ot progress md went {; int g
! brIef#h!story 10 + Its groWt III tAe SOU y
/ west and. indeed, attributed tho renla rl-
able development Of that section 80 g Re-.
4 publicanisnl, TIe was elogg IN pic gu r.
4 Ing the prosperity ard the resources 81
i the section from hich he comes MN
The most significant @portl ton. of MS
speech was his reference u 70 f, the 9 ~
i REIMBURSEMENT OF the pagro spea " ng
Of eastern Virginia Republicans, he said I
4 ss.."They have been ham cred ard hand.
capped with a burden they could not
4 beair-the vicious. ignorant negro vote,--ns
4 weight we have never had to bear to g
very great exlent That burden y now now
4 removed, and only such negroes as show
4 themselves worthy by reason Of irtelli-
4 genres WILL hereafter be l'ft4Syalttcd y TO
d vote .