Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-29


for the nomination Of a candidate Tor 'he
Senate. | told him | was opposed 10
those resolutions. The matter Of elecunB
senators by popular vote, under a con-
stltutional amendment making provision
therefor. has never been a subject or DIS
cussion between Mr.. Jones and myself 1
shall vote for such an amendment 10 the
Constitution.
note that Mr.. Jones charges that I'm
the recommendations / made for auper-
visors Of the census l undertook TO pun
ish the Democrats of the First Congress
s0nal District because OF his opposition
TO me- The facts about this matter are
as follows: The Director Of the Census,
under instructions from the President,
determined 10 appoint Democratic super
visors Of the Census In one-half OF the
congressional districts I'm Virginia. Sena-
tor Daniel and myself were requested TO
make recommendations for these appoint
ments We were not permitted to select
the five districts allotted 10 the Demo-
cratic party. In talking over the question
as to which OF the districts should nave
Democratic supervisors and when snouIu
have Republican, Senator Daniel ana
myself earnestly requested that the flrsI
District should be one Of the 'distrlcts
allotted TO the Democratic party. IL
Mr.. William A. Jones for this appoint
ment as supervisor of the census for the
First Congressional District, though d
stranger to me, was well-known 10 Sena-
tor Daniel and was his warm friend.
Senator Daniel Informed me OF that fact'
and asked me IL il would be agree
able 10 me 20 stand with him in trying
20 secure the First Congressional DIS
trict as one Of those 10 be allotted 10
] 81. IN 70
TO II. and we made an earnest EFFORT 10
secure the appointment Of the man re-
commended by Mr. William A. Jones'
After the districts had been divided up
and we had been informed as 10 the
districts allotted 20 US. Senator Daniel
and myself, I'm our desire 10 secure thls
appointment for Mr.. Jones's district,
offered to exchange for the First DlstrlcI
one of the other districts which had been
assigned 10 US ard earnestly insisted on
IN but our wishes Were not respected
and a Republican was selected for the
First Confessional District against our
appeals. III
| will be disposed 90 criticise me because
| Of any efforts / have made 90 secure APP
! pointments for Nirginians II nave
recommended unworthy men for pubic
positions. let the cases be specihed. III
| |
mics. when they came 10 competition let
auv honorable and true Nirglnlih say
whether [ could have done otherwise. II
| I have Disseminated against any oHe'
! through a spirit Of revenge, let the -
he speciied. l defy mortal man 70 shO"
That | have. in the exercise OF my oi
! cial duties. failed 20 serve as earhesus
and as faithfully those who opposeu my
election as ] have served those "ho s"p
Il.
| The matter OF appointments / nave give"
the preference 20 my friends.
DID not DODGE VOTES.
Ar ZONES in speaking Of my votes on
! -, ,,,,r-reveuue measure, H. quoted as
saving that / had lodged every vote Oh
| any importance on the Dill that wy
other senator in the bocy was VOTING wa
! this important measure, ana that FVt'u
| an the clauses and amendments 'H"l
counted for naught. and escaped INTO the
/ cloak-room TO avoid being recorded on
| tho fnportant ones. This statement Is
/ absolutely refuted and cOntradicted by
/ tho Congressional Record. l never dodecd
! "a vote Am my life and would scorI 20
| evade any responsibility imposed upon
me Of my official position.
/ In the first place, l have had during ny
entire service IN the Senate selefh
pair with llr. Mantle. a Republican sena-
| tor from Montana. under the terms OF
which neither has been permitted TO vote
/ i'm the absence Of the other Almost every
! senator IN the b-,ly ha- one Of these gen
/ eral pairs with some senator Of the oppo-
/ site party. so that his vote may De pro
| tected in his absence l have examined
! carefully the Congressional Record, and
| I have failed to find a single instance
! during the consideration of the war-reVe'
/ nue. measure I'm which / did not either
| vote or have my vote protected by my
| general pair with Mr.. Mantle. Mr. Mantle
| as man of honor. would not have voted,
| and could not under the terms Of our
pair have voted. during my absence.
HIS VARIOUS VOTES.
The Congressional Record shows that
on June 1. 1898. during the consideration
| of the war-revenue measure. an amend
mcnt was offered providing for tax Of
| l per cent. on the gross earnings of all
/ railroad street-caT. sleeping-car. ana
steamboat companies, and on al telegraph
! and telephone companies and Ike enter
/ pTises. / voted. and am recorded as
voting. in favor of this amendment, which
would have collected millions Of dollars
| of revenue from these corporations.
on the same day an amendment was Of
! fered imposing a tax Of per cent upon
| the gross earnings of the Sugar Trust and
| the Standard Oil Trust the two largest
/ and most powerful trusts IN the world.
| For this amendment l also voted.
ON the 80 of June an amendment was
/ offered providing for the coinage Of the
/ Si2OcJ.G00 Of silver seignorage in the Urea
sury. ! voted for this amendment
/ on June 81 an amendment was offered
! providing for the issue of 500 10000 of in
! bearing certificates Of indebtedness
/ I'm lieu Of Sl0O,OOOO00 OF greenbacks. as pro-
/ vded for in the bill reported by the SEN
| ate Finance Committee. | am recorded
| as voting against this amendment and in
! favor of the report of the committee,
which provided for the issue OF the $780,
! 10000 Of greenbacks.
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
on the same day l am recorded in ia
vor Of an amendment pledging this coun-
| try 60 the free and unlimited coinage Of
| both gold and silver al the present legal
| ratio and against the gold standard. and
/ for the issue OF such a volume Of legal
| tender money as the business of the
country required.
On June 18th an amendment was offered
! directing the Secretary of the Treasury
| 90 proceed 10 collect the incOme-tax and
| requiring the Acknowledgement TO insti-
! tute proceedings necessary for its col
! lection against persons refusing TO pay or
officers refusing TO collect ii. [ voted for
this amendment and in favor OF the in
| come-taX.
on the same day an amendment was
I offered, providing for a special license
tax equal to / per cent. upon the gross
! earnings OF all railroad, canal, sleeping
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