The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-29

A fairly large showing of Republicans.
Win Il good sprinIing OF Democrats
turned out to hear Judge Lewis and
80. x4eogse Reveicomb IN Manchester
..,>s i ssh,. 4 few negroes were also pres.
The Republican candidate
K for Governor. /
smith opened the meeting,
ana insrpuucetl Mr. c. S. Wells, the Sc
publican candidate for the lower House,
who presiaed over the meeting and IN
troduccd the speakers of the evenings.
Mr. Wells made q short address. IN
which he outlined his position as cam
didate FOR public hnnors, and gave
brief exposition Of the Republican plat
form.
He introduced Mr.. Revercomb, who, in
a lengthy hnrangle. used 3 good deal OK
!nvective against the Democratic party,
and attempted TO establish the claims OF
the Republican party as the one that
should be installed in the new regime OF
State government. He attacked the Dem
ocratlc administration of 1892, and what
be termed It's failure to establish good
system of government as conuasted
with tho administration OF Roosevelt. He
u
he said, the Democrats had failed to
perfect and incidentally made animad-
versions against the State Board OF Ed
sucation, and attempted to show that the
Democratic party had not done what It
should In regard to the country schools.
Il After M attack on the Constitution re-
Gently promulgated he adverted to his
elaims as candidate for attorney general!
Z of the State.
Democratic keynote.
Mr. Revercomb was followed By Judge
Z l.. r. Lewis, who in the outset said that
he had started and would continue his
campaign on hgn pain, INDUCING in
no personalities or abuse OF any oppo-
,,ent nor would he go beyond the pro-.
pretics OF the occasion. He referred to
q reported speech of the opposing can
Il aidate in which the latter had said that
the time was over for cn.ng Judge
lewis a ycnueman, and chat the cam-
q pairl must he conducted by abuse OF
HIN (Lcwis) This he said Is the key
no.c OF the campaign rs conducted by
4 t!ie Democratic party: but tnai, for him.
lie would always conduct il on the high.
est plain possible. entered into dis
cnes.on OF the honest elections plank in.
the Republican platform, and said that
never vet had ii oecn spoken of by any
weaker Of the opposite party. This led
10 a reference to the recent election
frauds in the Democratic primary, which,
he argued made the question or honest
elections a burning issue.
AS the time was growing short, ne
went on rapidly, and adverted TO the
& attacks which had been made on him IN
reference to sending troops TO Petersburg
u. ~ {lE,>- In .NCf al llf
Tits position by saying that he had EVIL
dence mountain high that troops were
j needed, and that, IL 1t were not for their
presence The election would be rotten
With fraud. Proof of this he said, ). >SyN
be obtained In an examination of the
congressional records Of that time.
Damnable Lie
He struck the keynote OF his speech
when he turned his attention to the
charges recently n1ndo against him that
he had favored miscegenatlon
What do you think of this dawnable
lie, that 7 advocated nlsccgenat!on r. he
asked. What must an honorable man
think or do. when such n damna bic lie
Is lodged against his character? Before
God. It's LEA damnable lie. 1t Is
charged that in a certain speech made
In Chesterfieli Court house ] was opposed
to bill pEahi!dtlng 'intermarrlagc. There
was no such bill pending. for misccgenn-
ton had been made crime generations
before was born"
He said that the very premises on which
the statement had been based had vanish
ed into thin air He said that the
charge, when first made against him, had
utterly dazed him, for he could not re-
member ever having referred to such a
statement in a debate with Judge Humid
& ley, though. being a lawyer, he should
have remembered that no such bill was
pending at the time when he was accused
OF having stated himself as opposed to
1t He wanted to know why the charge
had never before been preferred against