The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-22
SENATOR MARTIN UPoN THE Nus


before them. The Times very cordially
urged him 10 curb his ambition and trust
TO Inck for another election rather than
10 the converts he would make in his new
part. The Times has given Senator
Martin a great deal Of good advice since
some unaccOuntable turn in the wheel OF
fortune informed the astonished people
Of Virginia that he was their Senator.
but offered as our advice has been. with
out charge. and wise and discreet as IL
was. the Senator has neglected it, and
consequently has gone right along from
bad to worse until he finds himself in his
present plight. The story Of that plight
is told I'm the announcement made that
after Industrious advertising for some
weeks that United States Senator would
address the people at Front Royal last
Monday, the people RETAINED from COM
ing out TO hear the Senator. and beg
carly account OF empty benches" was the
audience he had the honor OF instructins
in the duties Of citizenship.
But Notifying as the number in at
tendance was to the Senator. his mortifa-
cation was nothing as compared with
that caused to the singlc-standard gold
men, ana most worthy and conservative
citizens who took part i'm making him
United States Senator for the people Of
Virginia, upon the assurance to those
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most conservative Senator and sound
money one when put 10 the actual test.
We don't know that there were many
citizens Of this sort outside OF Richmond.
most OF the Senator's supporters away
from Richmond were Of that class Of gem
tlemen TO whom gratitude is a lively eX-
pectation OF favors 10 come But We do
know that quite number of Richmond's
worthest and most conservative single
standard gold citizens were strong advo-
Gates of the election Of Mr. Martin and
that they were induced TO support him
by their belief, caused from intimate as
ISOLATION with him. that he was single
standard gold man like themselves and n
determined foe 10 anything whatever that
had the fainteSt suggestion Of a defiance
of authority or a disobedience of law
These gentlemen were certainly very
much mortified when they read In the acc
count of the Senator's speech that ne was
in fun sympathy with the principles pro-
mulgated by the Roanoke Convention.
for. apart from the other Objectionable
doctrines announced by that BODY. they
recolect that il declared its fun sympathy
with the clause in the Chicago platform
which denounces Federal interference in
local anairs. and they know very well
that the inspiration Of that clause is re-
sentiment Of and a protest against the
action OF the Federal administration in
suppressing the Chicago mob that was
threatening the destruction Of human
life and OF many millions Of dollars worth
Of property. Senator Martin may. Of
course say that he did not understand
the clause in the Chicago platform TO
mean this but the conservative citizens OF
Richmond that we have been speaking Of
would reply TO him that il he did not so
understand IL there were not more than
one or two other persons in the United
States that failed 10 so understand IT,
and if they had known him to be so DUH
of understanding. he never would have
got their support for the place Of Sena-
tor.
The zeal Of a new convert Is proverbial,
and we were therefore prepared 20 hear
a very strong endorsement of the popular
delusion regarding free silver from sena-
cor Martin. hut we are free 20 confess
that his newborn enthusiasm carried MIN
a bow shot beyond anything that we
looked for.
According 10 our report OF his speech
ne told the people that the crime Of '73'
had deprived them OF onc-half of the
money they had had. We can understand
Senator Martin falling into this error
only because Of the fact that he has
! not yet been training with his new COM
rados long enough 70 learn the manual
What he calls the ''crme Of 70" is the
act Of Congress OF that year which forbids
our minis to coin any longer 81 Ia grains
Of silver into dollar pieces. But that
act did not demonetize a single silver
dollar at that time in existence. and every
silver coin the people OF the United states
! then had. they now have. How can it be
/ said then that the act caused the people
a loss Of one-half Of their money? II is
true that the German empire has melted
up about 100000 OF its silver coin
since then. but We have coined nearly
| SJoo.Oo0O0O Of silver in the meantime.
/ Mexico and the other South American
countries. and India and China have
coined great deal and there has been
coined since then about $leooOOOo 900 OF
gold. Where has the loss OF money come
IN? The Senator ought not TO have swap
ped sides until he learned his new lesson.
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