Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-10-27
Hon. w. A. Jones and tho Life Saving
Boys.

Boys.
. Mr.. EDITOR:-tHe who steals my
purse steals trash, but he that filches
me of my good name robs me OF that
which enriches not himself but makes
me poor indeed"
The above quotation is aptly ap-
plid to the person who for reasons of
q political nature would try to rob
the good name, our present most ex-
cellent representative in Congress,
bears with our Life Saving boys, by
trying to impress upon their minds
that he was hostile to them dur
ing the last session Of Congress.
How anyone could so far forget
the lessons of truth and morality and
lower himself to such depth in the
minds of respectable humanity is
beyond our conception, unless igno-
rauce comprises the major portion of
his stock in trade or his conscience
has become SO scared by past offenses
that public exhibition of his false
character weighs not upon his sin
polluted soul.
The writer speaks from authority,
that not since the days of the con-
ception of the Life Saving Service
has there appeared in the arena a
greater champion for the boys who
tread the tickle sands of our sea-shore
than Hon. w. A. Jones.
During the 59nd Congress, with a
democratic majority, he stood up
manfully for their increased pay, got
out of a sick bed to vote for it and it
was then his hope and earnest effort
to make their pay SO, instead of sos,
per month. l have it from his pen
within the last week that he still
thinks they ought to be paid S75, and
that any statement to the contrary
or that he had anything, whatever,
to do with the decrease in their
monthly pay is a lie from whole cloth,
In the send Congress he gained the
appreciation of the surfmen an1 they
have since looked upon hI as a
great benefactor, and naturally wish
to show their appreciation by giving
him their votes and influence.
This willy enemy would have it
otherwise. however, and so afraid is
he of the friends of our noble Life
Savers that he seeks to embitter their
minds by falsehood too black to be
noticed were it not for the dual inter
est we feel in these self-sacrificing
and honest hearted men, and our
honorable representative.
What representative ever served
a constituency more faithfully than
he has done not only in this, but in
all other respects? Always at his post
of duty, faithful and true to his prom
ises as the needle to the pole-you can
not find an unbroken pledge in his
private or public career from boyhood
to the present; always consistent
and led by the same feeling of honor
you will find his every utterance
and vote thoroughly in accord with
his promises on the hastings, whether
it be on tariff, income tax, currency,
elections, pensions or anyother theme.
He believes in the pure democratic
doctrine, tariff for revenue, but is not
a free trader because he thinks that
impracticable. He favored the in
come tax that corporations and wealth
might bear their share and thus les
sen the poor mans load. He is in
favor of both gold and silver as circu-
Iating currency. He was opposed to
the surrounding our Southern ballot
boxes with federal bayonets and
voted to repeal the odios election
laws-and what representative ever
interested himself in an inland water
way from Chincoteague to Cape
Charles, that we might not only the
more easily ply our waters ourselves,
but that there might be created an
opposition by steamboats, to this
railroad that yearly grinds from our
pockets thousands of dollars that
should in all justice be saved to us ?
We have had q preliminary survey
of this route the past week through
his efforts and by returning him only
can we hope for continuance of his
good work. We challenge the world
TO produce record more to be envied
than this. We can i'll afford, now,
in these days of Inconsistencies to
permit Il man with record like he
has to be beaten, we don't believe
that the people of the first district of
Virginia will be forgetful of their
duty in the matter, and are willing
to rest our case in their hands feeling
that the faithful old flag of democ
racy will be borne to the front on the
9Th of November, the battle fought
and victory won, and WN. A. JONES
returned to his labors of love for bis
people.
JUSTICE.
Chincoteague, Va, Oct. 18th, 1894.