The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-27
Spirited JOintDisC
in Nelson Between
Flood and ReverCOmb
CAPTAIN OPlE NOT
ALLOWED TODISCUSSS
Governor Montague Spoke to a
Large Audience in Orange.
Congressman Rixey and
General Hunton Dis A e
cuss the Issues in a
Warrenton. s5
fstaff CORE espondence.1

(staff Correspondence 3;
LovINGsTON. VA, September 26Ths {
most spirited and interesting joint dls-SS5s
.cussion heard in Nelson county since Il
the days when Harry Tucker and ] okeS,
Y ostS used to go cunning for each othcr552 "
on the stump. took place llere to-day with s
Congressman II. .. Flood and his Re-
publican opponent. State Senator George
a.. Revercomb, Of Allegheny, as the NJ
leading figures. 81
n: It was the real opening OF the cams
paIgn in the Tenth District. and an equal
division OF time was agreed upon early Il
In the day. ssgs$:
Senator Revercomb opened and CLOSED, ,ass5
and Mr.. ". Ilinkle lef Allen, the Democratic
selector for the district. took thirty 1llin-
5utes or NJ + lood s hour and a half !Thsg
occasion was al, d-time Virginia politi-Ss
cal meeting and the two cand Ida tes, both
and OF commanding appearance y
and fine speakers kept the great audit
el,ce cheering at frequent intervals dur--SSS
Ing the entire three hours. during which
the Judge yielded the courthouse.
Captain John N Opie. Of Staunt on, who II
is running as an independent candidate,
was present. but the Democratic man
ayers declined "a to 1let s6hllnA into the dc-E
bate, though $the Republicans were will.t
ing. The captain Threatened to have Its
.tltsmeeting Of his own. FOL lowing the one X
In the courthouse, but when Mr.. Reves:-as
comb had concluded his second X speech,iSs5 III
fu fes.s
bega Il to scatter and leave for home.
y Captain Opie wore a very large Pnrkers
button, and shook hands with many a
quaintances. IS sS2as llsS5Ss
a Great Outpouring. s
i. have rarely seen such an outpouring
or the people at any Virginia courthouse
and the two candidates for Cong ress went
after one another's party without gloYesi&E
and were cheered bySt the throng that fills5}is
ed tho quaint old room, whose walls llaveAs
resounded In the past with The eloquence
of tho fuckers, tho Daniels, the RtvesesSS
and other great ora tors.
4 The men were both apparently at $their$s
best and each seemed to real lie that he ii
was engaged with a foeman worthy 81 olEs s3s
his steel. The weather could not have! Il!
been moro beautiful. and the farmers 81
poured In on horseback and in all kinds q
OF conveyances from every portion OF the ~
county. s55 .3gai s85 I&j
A1essrs. Flood and Roverconb ston-5a
ped at the same hotel. and they both 81
came in early and mixed freely with ~ ~
the voters until they entered the arena 81
about IL O'Clock. sgS
Besides farmers, lawyers and others
ols,hand. there were many prominent Leads
ers of both parties present. and n all Nj
seemed deeply interested. Judge John De-
Horsley, of Lynchburg, atmember OF the saA
Democratic State Executive Committee
and s. Brown Allen, tho Republican boss N
OF the district, We're among the latter s5s
Typical Republican.
L. II. Wood. postmaster$at Oak Rldge.-,st
who runs the Republican machine IN this W
presented Senator Reverconb.s
and Chairman S. 3. Whitehead performed
n like service for Mr.. Flood. 81 MI. Wood d
removed his coat while speaking and
grow vigorous in his remarks. Flo dc ,85
clarcd that the "deestrick'' needed q 8s
new representatives in Congress.
Z Mr.. Revercon,b spoke with considera BILE III
animation, ana he arraigned the Demos
cratic party for many things he alleged III
1t had either dono Or failed to do. lie s
the Dlngley tariff and flnan-
clal policy OF his party, and declared that E&
It was opening tho mines and factories Us
instead OF the mints OF the country. This
speaker said only tho wisdom Of God gE
could explain how the Democrats had ..S
iappened to win IN 1882, and then he ~
paid his respects to Bryan, Cleveland anu
other Of their leaders. sS
Mr.. Allen, who Is a most pleasing young s$
speaker, came next, and lie Went after r
the public record OF Roosevelt In q most v
Irorous fashion. He was frequently
cheered as had been Mr., Revercomb. but 4
the ovation of the day came when Cons
Flood arose, and the. cheering
was loud and long continued, 8s
He took up Mr.. Revercomb' s charges, "a
one nv one, and scored hit after Int N
IN replHnE to them and his telling points
seemed to find "A warm response In = he AZ
hearts OF the audience, which was 5eyt-
IDENTIFY largely In his favor. fle spokSo III
DC how he had labored In Congress 70 set
some modification OF the tobacco schel-ssh
ules Of tho Dingley tariff hill, and re Oh
traced his record on other nuhllc ma,s
ters, saying that he was all The While #
iahoring earnestly for tho well,heinG sof
his constituents. All
The Peoples Power. s.
Mr. Revercomb had credited the prosperl-
ty In the country to the men ana meas ga,
,res az his party, but Mr.. Flood took
the other view and said prosperity was #
moi dependent upon the Republican par
~. hut upon the brains and energies OF
IN. people, 1t did not depend on Roose- NJ
velt. hut on Almighty God. and the Re-.
pubiicans knew this when they made the
claim. lt. 4---. Z, !, ID ;s5
4 But the discussion was clean and high,
and In no wise personal, and the tHo M
candidates seemed To be on very frieAdly
erms.. The man In black was conspicu- .
few white Republicans In this section OF
~. d,striot II Ia estimated by men here III