Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-07-15
IN DESPERATE STRAITS
MARTIN AND HIS OPPONENTS

Judging from the columns of the
CITIZEN, you must have been highly
elated at the Martinesque aspect of
the late State Convention. You
"exuded" all right, and it seems to
have been fine Joy.
Not so with some others. Ouinipe
would have been sweet in comparison
with that bitter dose of Martin
physic. 1t seemed to have acted as
an emetlc on few, and the way the
bile appeared was a caution. One
paper, in speaking of the Mann reso-
luton In the committee of resolu-
tlons, said: 1.-The attempt on the
part OF MIR. Martins heelers to rush
this through at the fag end of the
session proved to be abortive, but il
clearly indicated two things: First.
that the Junior Senator Is afraid of
a primary, and yet still more afraid
to tight openly. Second, that our
prediction that he would ATTEMPT
oollaterally to undermine the prin-
ciple was truly prophetic" Martin
must be wonderful man, He is
credited with not only being the
Boss of the politicians, but also with
supplying their brains and ideas.
and directing and controlling them
In every particular, as it were, go
thousand souls with but a single
thought, thousand hearts that
beat as one" and that one is Tommy
Martins. Great man But perhaps
that is why that when he goes gun
ming for an appropriation in Con gress
he bags his game. He would seem
to be mighty handy man to have
around, when there is work to be
done. There is, according to the
anatls, one noticeable fact about this
matter of Martin: All the friends
he has are politicians, the people are
on the other side. Even when nine
men out of ten are for Martin. the
nine are the politicians, while the
other one is the people. All these
gents who are bowling at Martin are
the people, they are not politicians.
oh no! not bit of it. In spite of
the fact that Martin has DECLARED in
favor OF the primary, and favored it
personally at the convention, some of |
the ants insist aud assert that he
does so only because he is forced to |
oy public opinion as interpreted by
these ants.
Now it is quite evident that the
writer of the editorial quoted above
Is near friend and neiphbor of
Hon. w. A. Jones, but l am pleased
to say that not one of Mr.. Martins
friends has been found who is mean
AMI contemplate enough to saw
that Mr.. Jones, after his conserya-
i've and manly course ut the State
Convention, inspired that article or
even approved of it, and yet that
same editorial writer ia everlastingly
venting his venom against the Junior
Senator. And to what effect? Merely
TO augment the number of Mr..
Martins friends. Then WHY should
ne make 30 much noise?
Mr.. Editor, one of my neighbors
VINO IL away from home much of his
time keeps.a dog-a yellow dog of
The terrier kind, with an pnkempt
resembles fraszled.obt
ioor mat. This dog is noisy, always
'n the lookout for something TO bark
1t. lie seems to think that he il a
special creature to regulate the affairs
'f the universe. You have got TO
make friends with him if you want
20 speak with his master, or else he
Will keep just out of reach and keen
Up a deafning barking. His master
9 sometime tempted to break his /
lead, bat he acts as a sort of guard /
or the house in the masters absence
md 80 holds on to the job. And
here are some people just like that !
log-nolsy and troublesome. All ,
,reat men have been cursed with )
uch parasites, which are very ao. '
at times, but impossible to i
ct rid of. We should not blame >
lr. Jones for having such friends,
ecause it is his misfortune, and NOT
is fault. GEO. II. SNITu