The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

Yes. | am" answered standlsh;, And
Tin IN gong to to- bolt right now before
Of it-tho lrregularlty Of IL! You'll be
branded Is b9lter ana
cit will do" responded Stnndish. II
have it all planned. II we walk out
Of this convention now, we are going
l believe that the independents VIII in
publicans viii indorse US; .if we take Sc
thousands Of Democrats who think
more Of tho state than they do OF any
one man or any one party They have
bolt, and I'm going out there now
and tell these people why 7 <, do 2 It."
stratea N ooK LASt that s'a mighty near as
Irregular as the boiling itself, going
out there and making q speech No
candidates. ever supposed t9 s sGw ms
don't you? Then, after the nomination
he comes, out either to accept IT or TO
You'll bust tho party traditions all to
avery nv Mac1iae too cy s al f ASK
f't tel YOU s5ia my nina is made up. This
convention has been q mockcry.
farce. You know how, many voters
With U.S. an ene tmes c ona
in this state to draw up. a new Declara-
ton Of independence. And, right now,
I'm g Sd';fn + t. be the man to start the
aBut, hold H orr began Anscl;; Give
did not hear. Brushing past the lanls
manager. he walked ont Ct sfoa the room ON
platform. Karl, mutterlng perpleNedly,
followed him.
As the young candidates tall figure re-
emerged from the wnsa de pnI
on the floor below, for, as Ansel had
said, such an advent at such time
was without precedent. but mere ~ Wa ,',:a
nor cheers from the corner where the
survivors Of the standish hope p, }, sat t.
The delegates were too astonlshed 10
Straight across the stage Standlsh
strobe. shevlln, hurryng out from n
1 Conover's room, made as though. to to
the others greater bulk, and Ned to
tell the Railroader what was afoot.
with Ansel still behind HIM st q e +
beside which the chairman sat. Al his
coming; Bourke jumped nerV 'e'l %
,Hey! This amt regular",.he be be-
''The nomination's just goin'4 to begin,
az But no could get no further; stand
chairman as completely as II he were
one OF the battered stage properties,
Dropping ono hand !, upon the h ape:
alert with tense nervous force. A low
lnurmur like q groundswe!l, ran from
row to row Of seats, and found Its
echo in the galleries wher s,,a hun thar
selves to hear the nominating speeches,
and to witness, with varying emotions.
the browning victory Of Caleb Con-
IN the midst OF silence in which
the fall Of the .proyerbial pin would
have sounded like the early morning
most unusual speech that Mountain
State convention had ever heard
"My friends---''
from shevlin's rooters came volley
speedily snuelched. From the galleries
and from the back Of the stage where here
sprang up "a roa- of protest. 80 menac-
ing in its tone that the hall
B thugs cheer-leaders deemed # the bet
Shells and remain thereafter. mute, !.
powerful voice ccholng from floor to
somebody freed the white brother. For
years this State has gronned under the
tribute OF q relentless Whc1'i!l'' lily,
tho rule OF railroad that was all
stomach and no conscience, all bowels
and no heart, all greed and no gener-
osity. Our party-and with shame |
say it-has been turned into vest
pocket asset OF this vile corporation
For months past, and more especially
to-day, you have seen what Its power
is. as opposed to the power OF the more
honest citizens of our. party won
to-day, 1t won yesterday. and It won
tho day before. It always has won. It
rests with us here to-day. now and In
this hour. to decide whether. a new
proclamation Of emancipation Is to be
issued or whether the great Dcmocrntic
party in the Mountain State shall CON
tinuc to be the chattcl, the credulous,
hopeless, helpless victim Of the greed :
lest. most corrupt railroad thnt ever
trailcd its steel shncklcs across inc
face of tho earth Whether or not the
BOSS guided Machine shall beat Us 80 t
earth and hold us there forever. We
have tried reforming the marty from
the inside, and we have failed. Has
the time come to reform 1T from the
outside?"
From the Conovnr hosts went un
shout Of "Nn! No" mingled with Mss
nn1 lrroon Rut instantly. from Il Ereat