The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-12
SENATOR GLASS
SPEAKS IN ROANOKE
An Immense Crowd Hear Him in
Assembly Hall.
LYNCHBURGER GIVEN OVATION
He Paid Much Attention to His Oppo-
nent, Senator Clayton, and Reviewed
the Record of the Bedford SEN
ator With His Own.
LYNCHBURGER GIVEN OVATION
(specIa, DIsnatcb to The T,me,. :,

Especial Dispatch to The Times.}
ROANOKE, VA, July n-Hon. Carter
Glass, Democratic candidate for Congress,
received an ovation here tonight. One
OF the largest crowds of representative
citizens that has attended political
meeting was at Assembly Hall, and the
speaker was appauded time and again.
aIost of his speech was devoted to Mr.
Ciaytor. At the conclusion of the speech
many prominent Democrats came FOR
ward and assured Mr.. Glass that he would
receive their support.
w I. Andrews presided over the meet
irg, and Mr.. Glass was introduced by
Judge a. E. King.
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY BILL
Perhaps the most striking point secured
by Senator Glass in his speech, bordering
on the sensational, was his charge that
Senator Clayton had not only msrepre-
sented his (GlassO record on the en-
plyyers' liability bill, but had nlisrepre-
se,ted his own record, and had. IN pro-
cess of ext.icsdting himself from the
charge Of utter indifference to the meas
ure, repeatedly made statements when
the official record conclusively dlsproved.
At Charlotte, Campbell and Halifax the
TseGford candidate charged Senator Glass
with KILLING the employers liability
til!." The latter defended his record. ano
in doing so declared that the liability
hill, against which he voted three year.
ago was worthless for its purposes
whereas the bill which he Glass supse-
cnently supported and helped to put IN th'
new Constitution was thorough measure
of relief to the railroad employees.
.The bill against which you voted
exclaimed Mr.. Clayton at Houston was
drawn in the interest of humanity.
SAID HE WAS SICK.
.rhen why did you take so little IN
4erest in it, retorted Mr.. Glass as to
,heant Yourself from the Senate Chamber
when its fate was being decldeo! lido
T believed it to be "a measure tor nuna II
ity.' no power on earth could nave rep
me from my place in the Senate 10 nave
c.oken for it and worked TOR II ana eo.e"
:. :. - =, obedience to my oath of Office
."rhe senator from Lynchburg knows
NV vss absent" replied Mir. ClaElor'
"Hs knows l was sick at home IN bea-
ford sick In bed, with severe al'ach
- the grin. But so solicitous was 1or
The bill, that | telegraphed to- Richmond
ana secured a pair: otherwise L would
have left my sick >bed to have Foteo 1ol
it,
ed rejoinder. a curious sii!.s ~
across Mr.. Glass face, the lilipoi u
which only appeared tonight
I'm Red THREE WEEkS?'
When Senator Clayton spoke here wed
nesday night he again assalieo MI 'ta .1'o
record on the liability bill before the
workiugmen of Roanoke he again
smoke of the bill as "a measure tor hu-
mainly" whereupon a GLASS lo4io"ei
in the audience cried out: hen Wy
were you not in Rlchmonu ~ 49, ad, :.
TO" Ouicklv Senator Clayton answered:
..T an, glad YOU asked me that question,
was not there because was was st
home sick in bed. I was taken down sich
~ NV home when the bill was reported,
and was SICK at home three weeks. but
1.,eprapned to Richmond and got
nair." This declaration was Vigorously
applauded. and some of MI ClaStof :
friends yelled out in triumph to his
questioner: That's why ne oluh vote
for it Mon, c1c1zn
Tonight the Lynchburs candidate
treated this episode with great skill and
effect After emphasizing how thorough
~ excrsable a man IS for neglect OF
i,,ty when the hand of physical affllc-
tion holds him in its relentless grip ana
then after laying stress upon the appar-
ent adequacy of his competitor DEFENSE
MIR. Glass startled his audience by eN-
claiming: But suppose my distinguish
SIIonosc he was in the Senate chamber at
Richmond not in a sick chamber at
.hon,e7 Suppose it can he proved by the
record that Senator Clayton was in his
soar ten minutes before this bill for hu-
manity' was taken up; and that he was
60 unconcerned about its tate that ne
feG the fight and returned to- his seat
when the battle was over, what theh
Trn6e- such proof as this what would
ri Ia
t,,da Of worknen, and what would you
saw of the method he has employed TO
extricate himself from my charge OF un-
concern for the fate OF the biz:
A TELL-TALE RECORD.
Here Mr.. Glass read a certificate from
Colonel Joseph Button. clerk OF the Sen
ate. that on March I'd. 1900, the day on
which the employers liability Din was
considered and voted on. Senator Clay
Tor was present in the Senate chamber"
participating in the proceedings, ana
was recorded on several questions a few
minutes before the hour set for taking
I'm the employers liability bill. Mr..
Glass also presented the senate JouInai
itself, with places marked showing that
Senator Clayton could not have been
sick at home. as he is six times recorded
as voting that day, being marked pres
emf and voting at both the day and night
sessions N'AN-A 10 ~SSS-
MI. Glass also read from the record to
showthat Senator Claytors claim that
he was ..tnree weeks SICK at nome,
could not be true, as he was present
when the bill was reported, but uttered
no word for it: was present ten minutes
before it was considered, but left the
Senate chamber. and was present from
that day until the end OF the session on
March 9Th, 1900.
This disclosure to the workingmen OF
Roanoke was used by the Lynchburs
candidate with all of his adroitness as
a controversialst, and it seemed to make
q profound impression.
PENSIONS
In the matter of Confederate pensions.
Mr.. Glass made spirited and thorough
defense of his record He showed that
the pension bill against which he voted
in the Senate received but five votes in
the House of Delegates. It was OPP
posed by the Confederate Veterans of
Virginia, and by nearly every old SOL
der in the Virginia Legislature. He
showed that Captain Parks himself, who
was seven times shot during the war
confessed the failure of the Parks Dill