Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-01-12
WISE AND MASSEY.

ing as martyr, is interviewed 10y
tho New York Commercial Adver-
tiser as follows:
"What about that Virginia Sena
torship-how was it titzhugh Lee
was defeated, and who is Martin who
beat him 2"
"Really,' said John S. Wise, 81
don't know much about Virginia now
1 am out of politics and practicin,.
law, but it looks like another case OF
Act;eon eaten by his own dogs. F;tz
was the coming man when l was in
politics aud | was the going man.
Now Martin is the coming man aud
Fitz is the going mar. i hope Fi,z
will not find it us lonesome us | did. ;"
"Then your sympathies are with
Gen. Lee T.
''Yes, rather; although 1 don't
know why they should be- He knows
no drew my salary as Governor TO,
four years and never offered TO pay
it back, bat | forgive him. lie and
his associates were tho cause of my
coming to New York, and therein
they did me an everlasting kindness,
however unintentional.'
"Why was he beaten He seemed
to be q great favorite"
"He is II great favorito. Without
much force, Ito is II very atti active
fellow. His family is, of course, of
great advantage to him, but i'll utldi
ton TO that Fitz Lee was II dashing
officer and is n man who, by his good
fellowship and attractive ways, has
many friends even nay own family
are fond of him, and like the fellow.
He was beaten by the very methods
he employed against his own adver-
saries. ANY man who deliberately
sets in motion corrupt influences for
his own advancement must expect TO
SEQ them, in time, turned upon HIM.
self. at first, when tho Martin peo
ple worked for the Lee crowd, it was
all satisfactory, but the work was
done most too thoroughly. Then
the Maj tins, doubtless, reasoned that
If their methods were so eflectual for
alice why would they not be cffeclu
al,for Martin against Lee, and
we~see the result. foresaw it, and
predicted it long ago. " hen men
deliberately build up system of
fraud they deserve little sympathy
when they arc crushed by it, When
Fitzhugh Leo ran for Governor he
had rascally deserter on the ticket
with him for lieutenant governor and
an unknown pick up for attorney
general. [ rdiculed the ticket and
Iikened it to back country team,
with broken down thoroughbred in
the lead, piebnld steer in the shafts
and yaller dorg trotting under the
wagon. However, the way it was
driven it ran over me and mashed me
pretty fiat. Now the Virginia Bour
bons seem to have butchsred tho
steer and arc making the thorough
bred do the pulling, while tho 'yaller
dorg' is riding
"Is Martin the 'yaller dorg' yari
ETY. ."
81 do not really know. Intellectu,
ally, 1 presume, Martin is less unfit
for Senator than Lee. have heard
him spoken OF as good lawyer, but
do not rember having seen him but
once. Ho is an odd looking fish,
looks like al Al5inO. An old school
mate told me he was at college with
us, but if i've was, 1 don't remember
him. L know nothing of his social
position, and do not know who his
people are. 1t is not good time
Tor the James river low ground folks
or the Episcopalians in Virginia. The
Ridge folks and Baptists are on top
there now. You may not understand
this expression. but Virginian will"
But how did Martin undermine
Lee?'
Martin was @ railroad ATTORNEY.
He befriended candidates before cleo.
ton. When after the election Fitz
began to run Martin was already
elected. Do you sees Fitz said to
them: 1T is Senate or poorhouse for
me- They said to Fitz: 1T was poor
house for us or Senate for Martin
and poorhouse for you. AS one of
us had to go, and as we had to dc.
clare which, y' all have to co. But,
OF course. Grover will not let him 60.
Still it is no easy task for Grover.
fitz is too poor to go to Italy and
too decent for Honolulu. He's like
many another broken down thor
oughbred. No good for work, ex.
pensive to keep, and too valuable to
kill Seriously, nm NOT onlv sor,,
Tor Eitz Lee and hope he'll get
something, but my heart bleeds to
SEQ old Virginin's plight. 1t all comes
from corruption in election methods
winked at and condoned too long by
her best elements. A few brave fei.
lows are making fight for reform
May they win, but doubt if they
will. The Richmond Times is lead
ing that Gght."
"Has not an investigation been or
dered by the Legislature? 2"