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Rh time elected in 1898. As a delegate-at-large to the Democratic national convention, he seconded the nomination of Hancock for the presidency in 1880, and of Thurnian for vice-president in 1888. In 1896 he served as temporary chairman of the convention. Again a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Kansas City, he was a member of its Platform Committee, and urged the recognition of the gold standard as accomplished ; and at the St. Louis Democratic national convention of 1904 he supported Parker and his gold telegram, insisting that the issue had been determined by the people.

Senator Daniel's fine powers as an orator have long been recognized, and he has been honored by being chosen as the orator at the unveiling of the Robert E. Lee statue at Lexington, Virginia, in 1883; at the dedication of the Washington monument, by invitation of congress in 1885; at the memorial exercises on the death of Jefferson Davis, by invitation of the legislature of Virginia, in 1890; at the celebration of the Northwest Ordinance at Marietta, in 1888, and of the finishing of the Capitol at Washington in 1900. At the request of the city government of Worcester, Massachusetts, he recently delivered an address on the character and services of Senator Hoar. He is the advocate of peace and good will, and he delivered an address in Brooklyn, New York, upon the invitation of Grant Post and the Union League, on "The Return of the Flags" to the South. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the Washington and Lee university in 1883, and by the University of Michigan in 1887. He is the author of two law books of importance: "Attachments Under the Code of Virginia," and "Negotiable Instruments." The latter has passed through five editions and has been largely quoted in English and American courts.

He diligently keeps up his law practice, and often appears in important cases in the Superior and Appellate courts.