The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-03
GLASS AND SEARS
WARMED THEM Up
Splendid Appeals Made
to the Church Hill
Voters.
HARD BLOWS FOR
THE REPUBLICANS.
Mr.. Glass Handles the Opposing
Party Candidates Without
Gloves - Judge Lewis
Might Have Fought
But Did
Not.

Congressman Carter Glass. of Lynch-
sourg, and Senator j. Boyd Sears. OF
Mathews, made ringing speeches for the
Democrats al Corcoran Hall last night,
and their efforts provoked great enthus-.
X iasn. Iardclla's band made music anu
lion. J. Taylor Ellyson, Hon. D. Q. Eg
Sleston and other prominent party lead-
ers were on the stage
Former Alderman J. Harry l1awder
presided and the speakers We're presented
~ Mr.. Jefferson Wallace. Both these
gentlemen made brief addresses.
mr class vas presented first and he
was given Il rotising reception as ne came
Il forward. and his speech provoked louu
r.heering at frequent intervals
IN onening the Lynchburg Congress.
nan Maid A fin. tributcto Richmond ands
her people. and then. he took OF ms
rloyes,, and went after Judge Lewis
and the Republican party IN q speeci,S p,
~ over AN i,our. which fairy priseicl
With fnc nvcctive and brilliant thrus.4s. ~
After Judge Lewis.
.Thc claim that Judge Lewis sho''ln 'il
he elected Governor OF Virginia because because
& ,,e is q gentleman and q man Of respect
"-.Ht'
inrGand nnIauc ! Is the most singular
,,Iea. the most extraordinary appeai Z OF
nublIc support that have ever Known known
e a r.utleman and d man OF trespcctaDlil
Well what OF it2 The fact that man ma !.
was born and reared a gen tleman may ne
considered n great good forvlne. DIV py
no means a virtue. The prodisal son was Wa.
born and reared gentleman, On. ..,l... ~.
n a,dience knows that he left his satheri >
mansion and found companionI.tp among
stS ,i,o suine With, no disposition to dls-T
@ -. r,,rc Judge Lewis personally, ad1udse
.1,im politically d Irodigal son. lie ieit ms ms
" STATE a nd people in the period of recon n \
U fstr1lctioa and found party cotnpanlonship
among aliens ard the oppressors OF z :, MS s
race And. unlike the prodigal OF the
parable, he has not; cgengiinto thls oa!,
reuented OF his folly: but he continues MS
. fi,1iatIon and expresses satisfaction AZ
his participation in the Incidents of that
shameful era. There Tl be no new gar
1nent for him in Virginia, nor fatted esaii
nor feast nor music az any KIND. y gen 4
s1leman he may bt. indeed; a gentleman n G
81. h,,t mt the kind thai Virginia is look
inr for 10 be Governor Of tho Common
+ wealth. 81
Whip Him Again.
"1,drc Lewis Is reported as having said
~ his Rocky Mount speech that we
.,now., have Il white mans party, Win
the accent on the nov.
| ~ answer, we have the same sort OF
RenublicanS party In Virginia which ex-
listed before the negro was eliminated.
ave whipped them thenand We VIII whlp
them worse without their negro allies,
.'Oh. but they say 1t is new party. party.
NV friends. At is the same old Re-
,,Ibrcan party minus the dehorned
darky."
Here Mr.. Glass paid his respects TO
Mr.. G.. Bascom Slemp. Republican State
chairman, for trying to intimldate Demo-
cratic postmasters and keep them from
participating lD politics.
and this advice" he said, comes
from the chairman of a party who has
on the stump only Federal officeho!oers
and those who hope to be.
IS Think ofea new party. with Pat Nc
Caull, assistant postmaster and Lew
C;leayes, deputy collector, and Lee Moore,
district attorney, and Harris Hoge, post
master. and other Federal officers, the
chief campaigners. @
'.-rhe whole business ought 10 pc,
4 booted out, and II the administrator q.
washington had the proper regard 1or
the civil service, every mothers son Of
them would go.
cts a white mans party, Is II! VINO
made 1t so? The Republican convention
at Norfolk denounced the call for the
Constitutional Convention. and said the
patriotic Republicans of the State would
resist It If necessary with arms.
AS to Party Fraud.
Judge Lewis talks about the Demo-
cratic party being q party Of fraud. and
says If he get an honest count he Will
be- the next Governor Of Virginia. tell
him we are going to give him q free
ballot and fair count and that We
viii bury him and his whole tribe be-
meath 10000 majority of honest ballots,
rast by the honest white Democrats Of
this State.'
..They talk about fair elections when
U their party is the only one that ever stole
the Presidency once and bought IT twice
while Judge Lewis was talking about,
n fraud In Virginia his party n Ph'ladei-
mia had a family quarrel and struck
from the registration books more dead
men than there are live Republicans IN.
"They have been unable 10 put the
nnger on only ono little defalcation In
all these years of Democratic rule
"Where Is the poor fellow who was
guilty OF itP He is where many Of these
Republicans themselves ought to he. s
Democratic Work.
Mr.. Glass took up and reviewed In a
n,c;4t interesting manner the is1rAdes
made BY the Democratic party during
lis long lncumbency in power in the
state and when he came to discuss the
now pententlary he provoked great laug.
Ter and applause by saying: Here IN
Your city we have built a splendid now
prison mainly for the Incarceration Of
former allies of the Republican party In
Virginia. NJ
Mr, Glass read an Interesting colnpari-
son OF tho taxes collected from corpora
@ lions under Republican and Democratic
rule. and he showed q difference OF $l,-
a7a0rD in favor OF the latter
IA discussing the public school system
and the claim thar the Republicans es--
- rfcanilnued ON Third PaEe.l