The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-06

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ooh, NO came up to sec vaudeville
show
Trusts and the Tariff.
Il Tannany TIdll is making the trusts
and the tariff tho chief issues In the
national campaign. ind ks putting the
two forward In the order named. NJ
noon to- dry dropped in at a meeting
ut the headauarters Of the co mn,
travellers League. Tho big hall WAS
filled with five hundred or more voters,
incu,Iing a sprnkling or CLERKS and em-
pyuyers and sevefnl hundred commercial
travellers. ass u
rherc were several short speeches,
ana each speaker ,lwelts upon the ms
quities Of the trusts. ;cspcciallN outtho
fact that they were put ting the drums iI
mers out OF work WHY kceo n drum :
mers on the load?" twas sud, w ''l,''
the trade: 6in Il particular limo IS scoa-
trolled by one combination. The. retail
dealer cannot buy without buying from
the trust. lie may think lie is purchase
ing from affirm not in the trust, hut me
money all goes Tito one TIL at last.
was deeply impressed With the .clnsa
attention the crowd paid the speakers,
and when the two hours meeting &ende 81
there were more people present "a man nan
when 1t began. It was a significant TACT
that two of tho four speakers have mere
,toforcs voted the Republican ticket 9{5
The niid-day meetings will soon be,
conc a feature Of tho. downtown dlst
trict. They have been tried led IN previous
camnaigns by tho Dcmorratsa,w III the.
most gratifying success, The CONNER
cial Travellers Leagle is composed o. !
of drunln1cIss Who traNci out
, Of New York into nearly all the states.
Their Intelligent advocacy OF Democrats
principles has amarked erect upon the
vote Of tho country. Ferdinand Iicscl,
n veteran COMMERCIAL man, IS the pres
I5dent az Tic league. Tile organization
homo is ii, n big halN cn the ground
floor. Men arc in'chargc OF piles OF cam
paicn documents stacked on the thpies
near the door. The demand for the III
eraturc is said to be greater this year
, than ever before. tx
Virginians in the Campaign. ;a
BY the way, Judge CT Moore, former
" of Virginia, butEnow'Sin charge nsof
tI,e legal department OF the West Virginia
paper and Pulp Company, and located;
n this city, IS prominently Identified
With the work OF the Commercial Travel.
ers. League and makes frequent address
| es at its headquarters and elsewhere IN IN
| the city under the auspices Of sT Ia
| Hall. He will be one OF the speaK cEs az
IL big meeting to pc held ~
| morrow night.
Lindsay Gordon another aVlginian, who.
has gained distinction in the Metropolis
as an ora tor. will also speak at the TO
bokcn meeting Still another son OF the
Old Dominion who Is taking an active
mart In the campaign.,1is Mr..fMalter NC ~
Corkle, of Rockbridg &c county. Nv 10 with
his younger brother. III enry M CorgkIe,i rs $,
engaged iii the practice Of the la " IN
New York. .S
Tammany gives to tho country and to
both political parties a valuable, q Won
| 'derful lesson IN organizatlon.{lt& either
party were as well organized throughout
! tho, country as are the Tamnany Demo-
| Gratis, In New York, 1T could never pc
driven from power. Thirty men, controlled
/ by one man, dictate the politics Of y cl9y
Of over three million souls. Each borough
IS ruled by one man, each ward ny oHf
man, each district by ono man, lie DEM Dem
Icr. tie voters, ut zach prccinct arc coii-
trolled by one man as absolutely as
! company OF negro regulars4by It's captalll.
| IN tho precinct, the voters are told toti
| into SQUADS and O. certain man Is made
| responsible for tho voters OF his squad
Not only does every member OF II mnany
Hall have his work iii Ills own party CUT
out for him by those over him. PIT to
| every member or the ORGANIZATION - ~
| signed missionary work. Every voter ~
the city is listed at Headquarters EVERY
Republican Is put In charge Of ;tsl3 Demo
! crut as far as possible. OF course the
Republican docs not know that q Demo 1s,rn! /
Graf has been made responsible Tor The
| performance Of tho task OF making ann
| q Democrat. but the fast remains.
Politics in Bunting.
Tammany has not yet really got to
4 work. The organization has a few pan 2!
4 ncrs flung to the breeze. but up TO the
A present, the Roosevelt and FAIRBANKS
banners outnumber the Parker and DAVIS
4 emblems two to ono. Ina weeks itime y
. viii be different. and Tammany WI
have the city pretty well swathleu ~
i Democratic buntings. /,
There is one lone banner lying IN W "
Street Over the street Mt the lower emu M
an enormous flag probably fltty py INV Inn
ty feet. is suspended s. And on y - II = =
picture Of Theodore Roosevelt. \,
Roosevelt is tho oyerwhelHlln 1nvorl.e
In Wall Street. ! have been at 1,a,ns y
4 find out There Is no doubt OF ~
4 broker who is a Democrat thls year,
I nut who voted for Mckinley IN 1870 a O. =
again in 1900, told me to-day that possaiply
i three n,,t OF a dozen OF the flnancin! men