Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-24

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"My countrymen," he exclaimed,
"to the people of Virginia L wish to
denominate Montague the machine
man of Virginia. "a fair field and
no favors' is a nice. thing for him to
talk about, but i am feeling the
effect of his fair play daughter
THE WORST MACHINE.
"But the worst machine have bad
to run against is these superintend-
ents of schools. BY the way, UNDER
stand you have a school contest in
this county. i do wish, my friends,
you would have Mr.. Montague tell
whether be is for Smith or Graham.
Tell MS, Jack" aud he turned to Mr.
Montague.
"Gour ideas and mine as to the
duties of judge on the bench are
very different" replied Mr.. Mon TIA
que, so that all heard him.
Applause was renewed when Mr..
Swanson replied:
81 believe IN judges deciding a
case when the evidence is all in"
AN EXCITING INCIDENT.
81 was for you when you wanted
the district attorneyship, wasn't I?''
"Oh, yes; you jumped over the
fence to get to me" replied Mr.. Mon
tague.
"What do you mean?" exclaimed
Mr.. Swanson, and his voice seemed
vibrant with feeling.
"You were for me; certainly, you
were for me-" quickly replied Mr..
Montague, and Mr.. Swanson turned
to the audience.
Continuing, the speaker said he
wanted to say Montague had the
finest machine he had ever seen used.
Probably he would say some of those
little stenograpEers in his Office were
responsible for all this.
"The first Office you ever held, sir,
was given you by a machine" he ex-
claimed, and he was again address
ing Mr.. Montague.
NAME THE SCHEMER.
"You have talked corruption and
scheming great deal here today"
he said.
81 call upon you, Mr.. Montague,
to specify In your charges. Name
the corrupt scheme and the schemer.
and | am ready to aid you to destroy
him."
Mr.. Swanson then in eloquent Ian
guage described what the Democratic
party had done in Virginia in twenty
years.
HIS INFLUENTIAL FRIENDS.
Mr.. Swanson said he should feel
there was something radically wrong
about him if the men who were with
him daily in Congress were not for
him. Senator Daniel lived in a
neighboring county; the other sena-
tors and majority of the Congress
men were personal friends.
In defending Senator Martin Mr..
Swanson said, shaking his finger at
Mr.. Montague: eff you can point me
to one single corrupt act in the life
of Senator Martin, will help you to
fight him."
READY TO FIGHT RINGS.
BE, too, declared he would fight
any ring aimed to prevent the people
of Virginia having opportunity to ex-
press their views. He would give
blows; he would take blows. lie
would not cry. He wanted fair
show.
al simply want the people of
Mecklenburg to give me fair chance
In their election of delegates. Let
everybody come out and vote for or
against me. If you give me your del
egation, l will thank you; if YOU
do not, | will not cry over it" Mr..
Swanson was aprlauded as he resumed
his seat. Mr.. Montague in closing
said that he did not see anything to
answer in his opponents speech.
de closed with beautiful peroration
and glowing tribute to Virginia
and her people.
CHALLENGE REJECTED.
Mr. Swanson in public letter has
challenged Mr.. Montague to Joint
debates throughout the State. Mr..
Montague has refused, though be
says if he speaks any more and Mr..
Swanson is on hand he will meet
him.