The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-29
COMMUNICATED
AcARD

From Hon. John Lamb, With Reference
10 the Discussion Between Mr.. Wall.
lace and Himself at King William on.
July 22, 1902.
Richmond. Va, July %. 1902.
To the Democratic voters OF the Third
Congressional District of Virginia:
In the Richmond Dispatch Of July 2sd
| there appeared a communication. purport-
ing to be a special from King William
county, giving an account OF the dis
cussion between Mr.. Jefferson Wallace
and myself at King William Courthouse,
on the day before. July 3D. and In The
Times of July Esd there also appeared
communication. which is called a Special
dispatch to The Times, purportins 70
be another account Of the same discus
sion. The latter article is printed Win
great display. in glaring head lines, read-
ing: Did Captain Lamb Forget HIM
self2 Spoke Twenty-eight Minutes OF
Thirty, Half Of Which He Had Agreed
to Give Wallace
Both of these articles. while
highly praising Mr.: Wailace,s speech.
attempted by. statement. insinuatio''
and innuendo to make 1t ap-
pear that l had been guilty of the
paitry and contemplate trick of breaking
an agreement and consuming all of the
time for the purpose of preventing him
from speaking.
This unprovoked attack on my integrity
was too offensive to pass unnohced ana
Immediately wrote to the editors OF
those papers, asking for the names OF
their correspondents in King William,
from whom these specials mad oeen
received I am informed by the editor
of the Dispatch that the article IN that
paper was written by Mr.. Jefferson wal
lace himself The Times refused to d.
yulee the name of the writer Of the ar
ticle in that paper. saying that 1t was
their general rule not to do SO. am
informed and believe that MI. Wallace
wrote that article also.
l will now give a brief account OF what
occurred at King William. and then
will ask your attention to another matter
which this incident has, fortunately, en-
abled me to. lay before you. and from
which you may judge of the man VINO
wishes you to send him to Congress III
my place.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
The insinuation in the article in The
lines tldl pun pOSSlS uSioS ~ W
from dinner is as false as any OF us
fellows. The truth Is that I was one
of the first to leave the table, and after
I rea ched the Courthouse, the speaking
did not begin for some time, because tne
crowd had not returned from dinner.
At the beginning of my speech l put
nv watch on the rail of the judges
bench. which was behind me, and was
so high that the face of the watch could
not be seen at a glance, but there was
no other place to put it. Then began
to speak, and never again thought OF the
watch nor of the time. In facti
thought the chairman would keep time
Then. in the midst of my speech. and
greatly to my surprise, Mr.. Wallace arose
and said that I had spoken over my
time; I promptly replied Gin effect, GER
tainly, and believe, in identical words:
Il beg your pardon Sir: was not aware
of that I would not do that purposely.'
Mr. Wallace then made his speech, anu
left. 1 did not speak further or course
In proof of my assertions L append TO
this communication letter from DR..
Gregory, of King William. who was chair
man of the meeting, and statements from
Mr.. B. c. Garrett clerk of the court
there, and Mr.. James A White. There
are no men of higher character and
standing than these three gentlemen. and
their statements will be interesting read
ing when compared with Mr.. Wallace's
homemade specials from King Will
liam.
l am perfectly sure that did not speak
more than twenty minutes. and this
seems to be borne out by the fact that
left the Courthouse after Mr.. Wallace
did. and came to Richmond on the same
train with him, and I waited at Lester
full five min "a
Be that as it may, however, no man
who knows me will believe that could
be guilty of so low a trick as my OPP
ponent has charged against me. and I
protest my deep indignation at this out
age: am sure that he is the only man
of my acquaintance who. writing in a
newspaper Office in Richmond, would thus
assail my character from the ambush of
"a special dispatch from King William
The brave and honorable men Of the
Third District will know how to charac-
terize that act
THE TRUE CAUSE.
I believe that the true cause of Mr.
Wallace's disturbed mental condition at
King William. was the fact that,
in reply to his charges in pre-
vious speeches. that Republican influences
were At work for me. while he was free
from all such affiliations, had just read
letter from Mr.. Morgan Treat, the
well known Republican leader, showing
that Mr.. Wallace had tried to secure his
(Mr Treat's) aid in his present campaign
for Congress. Mr.. Wallace did not DENY
Mr.. Treats statements. I shall append
to this communication copy of Mr.. Treats
letter for your perusal.
WRITES HIMSELF UP.
And now / come to the matter to which
l referred in an earlier part of this let
ter and to which I ask your attention.
1t has been known to me and to my
friends from the beginning Of this can
vass that Mr.. Wallace had one great
advantage, over me. and was using it
freely. He has free access to the local
Offices and local Columns of the Rich
mond newspapers, and I have not. 1t
has been his habit to- return to the city
from the meetings in the counties where
we have met in debate and himself write
for publication and cause to be published
in the papers of the following morning
accounts of those meetings and debates.
The gross unfairness to me of these ac-
has ha of