The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-10
Father OF his County in that notable
document the farewell address, W re
In he conJurcs his countrylnen to lie

Father Of his County, n that Notable n, ! able
In he centuries his cou 'l. yrr'. to Pc Pc
the ,me nsys S,S Se'e 6ot to
ins1 "a ss
and ndestructa abe state, In o glorious e'it'
He said that the contest now raging
between distinguished Democrats In this
State :, had been productive OF GOOD !. n
d tia Of I'm Observation-Disclosures OF the Demo-
cratic party in Eour State affairs.
Alleged Graft
alleged ! thefts Of fnor,te,y 10y from the treas
easRs Matns that te
IN eRqs nH rs eas "apf look
+! il, He. also referred to the action Of the
late Gonsstutiona =, & Gonve mt in pre-
milling # e m people doy t6sIr : rat
pledge contained a. the Act Of Assembly g, 9ly
$1''ISut fariworse than this" he said, Gig
\ the provision in the schedule ATTACHED
Of Of the he state within a gwen fflme 70 lake
an oath to support the constitution, or
in default thereof. to- vacate their olrlces.
gay IT Se ws Ret s
probably be carried Into the courts '..s5...t
Of Tie he Democratic p party IN regard 1 t.
This Is = question" he saia q, t! which Il
o ehs people q the state are yltaly inter-
Saa ''sIs vas re a i eHs Ran
mon school, SYST system lie pointed ou. tic
fact that not more than one-hnlf Of the
children OF school age are enrolled no I
more than oneth,rd IN astenaanen r. re-
Indifferent, and that the sessions did mot
average more than Ave and q half months
in the year, IL Wa (; q \;
The Election Laws.
He also criticised the Democratic party
ginia, under which the commi sslon Of
eGme Is hp %ae frayd, M
recent primary In Richmond, and con-
thulng, said: 8gs .5fs 5ssj f.5 Is
which a a moral issue could be made BY
certain ministers of the Gospel and other
good people belonging to certain churches,
S'0 sx df the na quoS s9Ss aen
: He declared that far moro crimes have
6 6dfs III hs etS %sn}g
years than could be traced TO the sale
q liquor In twice that time. liz. said
the mRaintenance v Of our Republican form
,of government, and that there was no
ayesVton Of more lmportansce TO the people
elections. In re-. regard to the question OF
granting or refusing license for tho sale
Of lIauoir he said The true !, !. policy was
boded pRro Tie co Re0 Of i$ 7 me iaW
rendered His Resignation.
5%age Lsys hso ,S @ss
during the convention. He said that he
c0ncslyed i to bo h!s duty not e ascspt
without resignng this commission rs an
officer OF the United States, and that he
had accordingly, since reaohings Roanoke,
ton as United States District Attorney.
. This came as a surprise to almost every
body, and the effect upon the delegates
was electrical. hundreds g. Of them :, rising
and hnndkerch!efs, !.
Judge Lewis commended In the strong
est terms tho principle embodied N the
sa, aek{h hat 4, the Repubioans saeeeeded
N the coming election n carrying t me
subject would meet the fate which over
took the. pledge Of the Democrntlo party
n regard to submitting thae work OF the
CONSTITUTIONAL Convention .to tho peope.
Jorlt!es which tho ticket would receive
west Of the Blue Ridge Mountains. coupled
cratic party, and the bad record Of that y
party there was abundant reason TO
hope, for Victory In November, and sug-
gested that when delegates returned TO
nthciY homes the work begin.
4 Judge Lewis concluded IN an eloquent
peroration of thanks. promising to 40
At the conclusion of Judge, Lewis speech
OF acceptance there was loud and pro;
longed cheering. aud hundreds pressed
forward to shake his hand and promise
the henrttest support,
Ovation to Lewis.
Lewis was tho victim OF q wonderfully |
hearty Ovation The, people Growded to
hand and shock i vigorously The bal,
as rapidly as possible. !, =, Z,
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