The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-28
GREAT OVATION
FOR. GOVERNOR J ! I: R ! ]. |:
Montague Opens Cam.
paiqn Here Before a
Packed House.
HUNDREDS NOT
ABLE TO GET IN.
Discussed Senator Martins Pub
lie Record and Creates Great
Enthusiasm ointment Peo-
pie Of All Glasses Fill the
Stage-Mr. Meredith
Introduces Speaker.

Before an audience composed OF Dem.
! ocrats coming from every walk Of bfc
and filling every available space IN the
Academy OF Music. Governor Montague
opened his campaign for United States
senator here last night in a bril- liant and 40
powerful address OF more than two hou II .
There were many aides present and nc ~
n the boxes and loges were filled Will. la
dies and gentlemen. On the stage were
about three hundred Democrats OF all
classes and professions, and these, VIII =
the vast audience confronting; the speaker.
cheercd and encouraged him time and
again In the most flattcring manner
Perhaps more than five hundred voters
applied for admission to the Academy
and were turned away because there
were no vacant seats. The meeting wa
successful beyond # the Il most sanguine
hopes 81 the Governors supporters and
the waves OF enthusiasm which frequently
II rolled II over the audience plainl Y told pr
the popularity OF the speakers candida cy
X in this city. $ II 4ss "
tain before the curtain rose. and then
3@8 the applause started and was kept up
for some moments. Colonel Archer a NJ
dersonS called the meeting 70 order. az
about S:A5 and presented Hon. Charles
Nv. Meredith. who In an eloquent speech
Ssaof twenty minutes introduced the Gov
ernor. 81
Prolonged Cheering.
When the latter came forward and
commenced his speech there was pro-
longed Cheering The Governor bowed his
VI hanks and was about to begin his re-;
marks when the enthusiasm broke out
afresh. He was chcered time and again
a n ycf N
toward the end OF his speech he looked
& at his wa tel, A MS I'll to- stop there We're
cries or 90 on ;shto-morroW& lis Sunday.
mingled with tre,nen nd Gus che ring
ES$ The overnor poke for over 4 Wo hours
8 and no one left or seemed at all restless
+ His speech was ion ans lofty plnne lie
as serators9
~ cnssed HIS pu hereford III 1l tQed
respectfnl mann He 81 deflh thasssJ5tf.
PUBLIC iscpss pnot e
was time to snuff out the candle and so
home in darkness. The speech was full
of brilliant periods, all OF which were
roundly cheered. but the magnificent
tribute paid by I he Governor to the late
$@ General Fitzhugh Lee pro yoked the loud
est and longest applause of the evening
No political meeting held in Richmond
a in many years has been more successful
n from every viewpoint. But few have
e4ualed 1t in the matter OF numbers and
enthusiasm. Dyery single chair was
4 taken on the stage and men we're stand
ing around the sides 1t was a represent,
alive audience. and as many OF the gem
tlemen whose names were printed as
8vice-presidents were on the stage MS
could find room. The Governor and his
supporters are greatly pleased as a result
of the meeting. and they feel that his,
stock has advanced several points In
Il Richmond.
Colonel Archer Anderson called the
II meeting to. order at $3.50 O'Clock and in
e troduced Hon. CharlesY. Meredith. who
i presided and introduced the Governor.
q amid perfect storm OF applause. Mr..
Meredth's remarks in part, were as fol-
H. lows: 4.
Fellow citizens, occasional flashes OF
silence are desirable. but "A decade Of
y Edumbness Is depressing,
Many OF those who advocate such a
3 choice wish us to believe that the holding
81 OF positive views upon governmental ques-s
lions and the ability and courage to open
~ and ably advocate them nre SNOWY but
not solid qualities for n statesman. We
are asked to believe that real worth In,
public man Is to be measured by those
weightier virtues OF addition division.
and silence-by the addition OF what has
been enthusiastically called the figures
OF appropriation; by the division Of those
appropriations among the few Interest,"
4. ed therein; by silence. so long, 80 in-t
tense and SO unusual MS to be suggestive
r OF lack OF interest In governmental.
principles or Of self-suppresslon.
4 .But this magnificent audience and the
enthusiastic receptions which our Ecandi-.
rs date has received wherever he has been,
are pleasing combinations that the great
body of people do not believe that such
characteristics mark the highest quail
V ties OF stntesmanshp, We have ii not
reached that state OF mind where We re-
gard an earnest appeal for right or a
courageous protest against wrong. Is to
proposed legislation or ms to the admin
4 istratlon OF the laws, as mere figures OF
speech Nor have we yet reac he'd that
state OF mind where we Will be satisfied
that the representatives from Virginia
~ shall be lacking In those qualities which
mark the ability OF the representatives
from other States. Our love for the old
Il State forbid us. 7
Fellow citizens 1t Ia folly to hold that
Il proposed Legislation in g representatiy I've
government should mot be discussed by
men OF ability and OF firm convictions rs
4 to the rights OF the people. What We
read In every mornings paper that en-
Z. shaved Russia Is struggling for In the face
p OF imprisopment. Punishment and even
death, let free America never think Of
ii abandoning q is4g f8 ~ n 81
fR,' iBut, fellow citizens. we may safely
believa that the great body OF the people
d OF Virginia exercising for the first time
h since the foundation Of the government
the privilege of Il naming their United
States Senator, Will for him who
Al helped actively. openly and ably to give
them this rightSand this power, inste d
for one whose utmost assistance never
K & exceeded a tardy, not ~ reluctant.
HEspeclslly may me so bel ieye when We
81 know that he, 81 In whose dYocacy we
n meet here tonight, will IN easu re,su UP 80
fully to their the Virginia people) de-
III sires, Even his opponents concede that