The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-13

perfected anything in my life that I did
not have to sit down in the midnight
hour and get all the books that I could
get ana then consult with the wise men
around me and learn what they had to
say ABOUT It. II my friend will allow
me, will say to him in the most nm.
erected sincerity, with the highest ad.
mlration and respect and sincere love for
MIN as worthy comrade, and as a noble
comrade OF our Old Dominion as ever we
mad In Congress, If he wants lis to have a
perfect primary sy stem. why didn't he
get one or those perfect primary systems
that are laying around in South Carolina
and IN Nebraska, that we, like himself,
over it? My friend says that all that Is
the matter with him is that he is bleeding
tor the poor people. Gentlemen, al, that
have cot to say for the poor people is
That both OF the Senator'S in the United
States Senate from Virginia have been all
the time and arc now just in line with
the wisdom of my distinguished friend
from tho Northern Neck
Jones-"I would like to ask the Sena
tor if when the junior Senator two years
ago voted against the resolution to coin
silver mt the ratio of 10 to he voted with
the Senator or with me? And 1 would
like to ask another question. whether
when he voted few days ago TO put
tax OF 50 thousand on white pine he
voted with the Senator or with ne?''
Daniel-"If you have got n double bar
rel gun l..wnnt to know it. want my
friends to holler for Jones quick, be
cause I am going to say for him that nv
friend Martin, when he was :. very young
man in the Senate, he had just gotten
there, he was very much the same as my
friend was about four years ago when he
| WAS trying to have us all sing the song.
| -Four more years of Grover, then we will
be in clover want to ask him if that
is the clover patch he wants to bring us
to. | want to say about my friend Mar.
tin that he is like Jones; he is a young
and progressive Democrat, and he is get
ting light daily. AS far rs the question
| OF white pine is concerned, do not think
the whole subject would pay for the
scratch OF match TO give us n little light
on the subject, and it locks to me like
Jones is after Tom Martin more than he
Is about for bleeding the people--per.,
haps ought not to say that now.'
Jones-"The convention will observe
one thing. | know that you want to be
fair when Senator Daniel asked me if l
could name an instance when Senator
Martin had voted different from himself
and from me, not the Democrats of Geor-
gia. but from him and myself said |
could name two instances, and | did
name them, and the Senator answers me
by saying that he voted with the people
In Georgia; the question propounded was
whether he voted with you and me-
Now, as to Grover Cleveland 80
Daniel-"Oh. we'll, yon- IRE right, Bro
Their Jones Qoud and continuous chcering);
there is no principle in the Democratic
platform that requires Mr.. Martin to
vote one way or the other Tor white pine"
Jones-''I did not charge him with do.
ing anything wrong.'
Daniel-"I have no feeling about this
question, except to say this, that it is
serious innovation upon long established
policy of the Democratic party, the con-
servative party of the country. want
to say TO you all that l am getting along
very we'll this year and don't want to
be practiced on. 1 am content to believe
that the honorable legislature OF Virginia
gave me an honest title to my office.
Under this method the Democratic peo.
pie would be confined to one or two To-
cal candidates who may not be known,
and may have such Il reputation that it
were better that he were never known
beyond the confines of his little hill,
upon which he was born, and in which
the primary was taken. Now, / ask my
friend ii that is not his proposition?'
Jones-''l will say that my proposition
|
that the vote shall be taken over again if
no one of the aspirants get majority,
and that mt the second primary only the
two highest shall be voted for, but that
| if you know any better plan than that
name it. and we will accept the amend
ment"
Daniel-'I have two answers to make
| to that: have not studied this cues
ton; it was flung into the consideration
of this convention without a single
county, city or township in the State
having called it to my attention. In the
second place, if I had undertaken to in.
vestigate it l would have waited to pres
ent it until had studied the system in
Nebraska, South Carolina, and that per-
feet system in Georgia. / say, gentle
men, that the law we have mad for over
| 100 years is infinitely better, and no
change ought to be adopted, and until ne
does know the thing that he is called
upon to do, pause and let the native hue
be Swallowed over with the pale cast of
thought"
At the close of Major Daniels eloquent
address the convention proceeded to vote
on the question of adopting in the plat
form the primary plank which reads as
follows
Recognizing the right of both the in.
| dividual voter to express directly his
choice for United States Senator, and the
Importance to our country and our party
OF providing in the best manner practical
bile for the exercise..of such right, and be-
lieying that for the present the best means
to that end is to be found in properly d-
rected primary elections, we now declare
that the Democracy OF Virginia favor and
adopt rs our party policy that method OF
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