The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
Offers a Reward to Persons Who Can
Prove MsstatementS.
HE MAKES NUMEROUS CHARGES
Asserts the Junior Senator was InstFu-
mental in Defeating May Confer
ence Suggestions. ana in Beat
ing Primary Plan when that
Question was Before the
Roanoke Convention.

FRONT ROYAL. VA. August iS-spe-
cisl.-Congressman ~. a. Jones address
cd a large and enthusiastic audience Of
Democrats at this place to-day. HIS
speech created profound impression ana
Is pronounced ono of the most mastery
ever delivered in this courthouse. He I'-
viewed me movement in Virginia an" ,''
.o.Ss I'm Congress 90 secure an express
sion of the people on the selection oi
1-ri.e5 states Senators. and showed That
the attention of ihe people was now enc
tirely enrr1ssed with this matter. when
it should Doe turned TO other matters re-
latine 20 the State.
He charged the junior Senator from
Virginia with having been Instrumental
iu defeating the motion in the Roanoke
convention 90 adopt "a primary plan, also
in preventing the State Central Com
mittce from recommending an expression
of the popular viii at the polls. and siid
De was sdu interested in doing the same
thing through the county and city poiiu-
cal machinery of the State.
TENDENCY OF THE TIMES.
Tie reviewed the history of legislative
supremacy as fit once existed. and show
ed that the m0drcn tendency was toward
the election of all officers hy the people.
instead of by the LEGISLATURE, and that
the election of Senators in the various
Legislatures last winter showed that Leg
lslatures arc controlled by corporate in-
teresfs who elect multi-miHionaifes re-
eardloss n the wishes of The people.
REVIEWED MR.. MARTIN RECORD
Mr Jones gave ont another instalmcni
of Mr.. Martins alleged record i'm the
Senate quoting from the Congressional
Record. and saving that bee would enter
into a solemn obligation 90 give 500 90
Any man 10 point ont any misstatement
of that record as given. ic said: 'l hold
in mv hand am abstract of every vote
he cast VIII take one session ont Of
the five which he has been iu the Senate.
t0-wlt-the Fifty-hfth Congress. in which
was passed the Dngloy tariff Dim. out
of % hundred and eIehiv-seycn aye and
nay votes. Martin failed TO respond to
hundred and seven. Between the 10Th day
OF April and the 7th day OF June. the
Record shows that Martin voted only
four times thoueh they were consider
ing the passage Of the Dmelov tariff
Il: once on the Wilson substitute Of
the bankruptcy bin, once on the same
bin. once ON free homestead on public
lands. and the fourth time on ID point of
order. During that ncriod there were
great many recorded votes. many of them
of the most important nature such as
Aldrch's amendment increasing the duty
ON drugs and reducing DUTY ou piE iron,
Aldrch's amendment increasing duty
on chl0rate M potash. Jonos amendment.
reducing duty ON window-elnsr Jones
amendment. reducing duty on chi0a--tone
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ducnr duty ON bottles. via's. jars etc.:
whites amendment reducing duty ON
spectacles and eVe-Rlasses Vests amend
ment to take duty of cotton Ties. Vests
amendment reducing duty on tu-p'lte.
Whites amendment. Co felufc dnfy on
iron and stcc. chains. Vests Amendments
regarding some lines OF cutlery. 1urpie's
amendment, to reduce duty on horseshoe
nails.
"rHEsE ARE FAIR SAMPLES"
"Thcso are fair samples ~ thc Dmo-
cratic amendments ou which Mr. Martin
failed On vote during th1f period. ON
tho 9Th off june on fhe Vest amendment
o. except white pine from the So per
thousand duty ou sawed lumber, he v0tel
$50 With thc Republicans On june 2lst
ho failed to vote on thc amendment 10
take duty ud 1f resuers. mowers etc.
July -tl on an amendment offered hy
Senator Mills for an Internal revenue tnx
of lvc per cent on ail articles iu excess
of one thoes1rd dollars per annum on
manufactured articles made in the United
states. from lr.u steel. and many other
things The tax On Pee applied fo the in-
terc-t bearing debt he voted SO with
the Republicans only one Democrat
voting with him.
Alr Jones said Mr Mariln's friends say