The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-12

at the opportune moment md yelled to
the tune Of Here, one more. am forty
i've" Needless to say. no saved the day
for the workers. and the motion to hd-
jOurn was lost Il second time.
Mr.. Williams then arose and made q
stolng plea in favor of adjournment till
$500 o'clock this morning. Colonel Hnr-.
wood opposed him, and when the vote
was taken. both speakers being tellers.
the motion was quashed for third time
with a vote Of So to so.
Finally, Mr. Sale made the motion anew.
ard Mr.. Williams pattod him on the back.
literally and In fact. The motion pass
cd with but little opposition. and the
convention adjourned to meet this morn
Ing at half after eight o'clock
To-days Work.
Tho real tug Of war comes to-day
when Greek Ii to meet Greek on the field
OF battle In tho election of officers and
Of the seventeen delegates to the national
convention. There are prospects OF fierce
combat, and tho winning candidate Will
have won his plum by good, strenuous
work.
This afternoon tho delegates will be.
driven to the Broad Street Park, where
they will be under the cterishlng care OF
the Richmond Post A. They will do some
writes and will, no doubt add spice to
the game of ball for all spectators,
Banquet Last Night.
Fully three hundred persons, grip hnnd-8
| lers and others, gathered around the
three long banquctlng boards IN Mnrphy's
annex last night. 1t was one OF tho DIE
gest affairs Of the kind the city ever saw.
1 Fl The menu was of the best, and the
reloquence of the speakers put the. cream
on an evening Of unalloyed pleasure, MI.
Polk Miller. described by President e. =.
Cooke In tho introduction. ns the fore
most humorst OF America, was inc
toustmaster, and the four speakers were
tup to the marls They were OK Governor
| Andrew jackson Montague Mr.. John
Stewart Bryan. Colonel John s.. HAYWOOD
and Mayor Carlton Mccarthy, 1hey gave
The #. p, AIS all they desired In the way va
of intellectual entertainment, and Mr.
Miller butted In occasionally,6n opportll-
Unity offered, with some Of his unparalleled
| inj,os fold in his own inimitabe way
lf'iIn introducing the first speaker MI.
Miller paid aEligh tribute TO tho young
Iabusiness men of tho country, rcrnarklns
\ thnt 4 oyernor Montague was q case Of q
Young man elevated by his merit to tho
highest office In the commonwealth.
'i,yYhcn We come to look around for a
mnn OF parts. u man. OF timber, "a man
| Of presidential timber, we&can furnish
| 10 the country In the person OF Andrew
jackson Montaguc," said the toast
| master,
Amid great applause, Governor Mon
tague arose and spoke on "rhe u. =. A,
ms Citizen" lIe declared that the
!, travelling people had become the most
powerful of the land, and that they
had done much to upbuild the country.
lie said that the muck rake gentlemen
of the II. II, A. should not lay aside
their rakes till tho muck was gotten out
or the pathway, but that they should
as long as there was need, keep up tho
struggle for the right.
Mr.. Miller's Kind Words.
Mr. John Stewart Bryan was next IN
troduced by Mr., Miller, Of whom he
spoke as being tho head OF the pap,er
hn had been reading since he was eight
years old, and of which he thought as
did the old fellow who said he liked the
New York sun because he always felt ne
Vas reading the fact when no read ~
pages,
Mi. Bryan spoke on the subject, me
~. r. A. as an Educator he maze q
strong talk OH the part that the travel
er had played In the history Of the world,
specInlly mentioning tho career OF Rlch-
ara Golden as being typical OF the good
that n man of travel could do the COM
munity. IL.
spond to the toast, "Woman--Our sweet
hearts. Wives and Alothegs,'' ana MS