The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-27

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controversy. but his statement was
In direct conflict with that Of Mr..
Blair
Looking around and asking Is Mr..
Blair PRESENT." and receiving no re-
Spouse, though Mr.. Blair was in the
crowd before him, he declared that he
felt called upon to make statement
lin view Of Mr.. Biair's general denial
| Of all OF Mr.. Saunders's answer.
| part of which was his (Harmans)
letter. Il ca;s say truthfuliy' ne "ent
| on, that every word in that letter is
/ absolutely true. II Mr.. Blair meant
Ito deny my statement specifically he
1 should have done SO In plain terms.
In view of his general denial. this is
all feel called upon to say"
Mr. Blair made no reply, and thus
! the incident closed for the time being
at least, and Senator Harmon went
on reviewing his legislative record,
and asking his friends to return him
to the Senate.
Old-Fnshioned Sort.
The meeting was one OF those old
| fashioned Democratic rallies. which
!. success" The small boy was IN evil,
Edence. and contributed much to the
lhilarity of the occasion. PAIRING the
fiery speech Of Mr.. Blar ana ie,. t me
! Hartman, the meetiAT was quite harmo-
nious, and the candidates seemed to
4 be dwelling together In brotherly
love. The crowd was vas g9 Ss neat ers
Il were given humorous salutations.
Come on, Peyton; you are the boy.
!. yelled some one. as this gentleman
arose to plead his cause, and Give We. II
handed Mr.. Folkes.
I'm: going to vote for YOU said a
tall man when Mt; Minor came FOR
4 clared eloquently for improvements in
the public school system, some cue
yelled, THANK you, Brother Blake.
said a big mar with a big voice, as
the sailor candidate was growing elo-
quent How about Reddy, with . the
/ Curtis but no one understood who
Reddy was except the speaker and
his questioner.
one of Mr.. CLIENTS friends. while he
was speaking. and the law-maker. who
lis seeking another term. got closer
to his hearers by telling them that
when a boy he lived on Fulton Hin
: and often drove his little Shetland
r pony to cart through that section,
According to Schedule.
. All the candidates spoke, and they
Q all got good attention and friendl,
e There were fourteen Of them. and
;, one long, train passed over the Chesa
peake and Ohio tracks hard by while
each was addressing the crowd. This
lis pretty regular schedules" said Mr.
!, Glenn in winding up. Il hear my
& train coming, so guess l had better
lstop,"
: against a steam whistle whose blast
n was loud and long, but he finally outdiC
II lit and the whistle surrendered.
$ Senator Hartman in opening his lpeecl
!. created amusement by saying: Mr.
: lChairman, ladies, fellow-citizens anC
= the dear little children"
s. Although Messrs. Pollard, Fuller ant
d / Wingo came late, Lney were given Close
,f attention, as We're all the predecessors
" Messrs Puller,, Cox and Massie hayt
NEthough they reiterated their views con
servatvely on the subject.
Mr., Hill Montagues declaration
It |against double taxation seemed t
"a catch the crowd. and he was liberall,
i Iapplauled
i The meeting was a SUCCESS In ever,
e respect. The grand wind-up will be Il
II the Town Hall at Paramount tonight
J. Reply of MIR. Saunders.
The reply of Mr.. Saunders to tn