Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1905-07-21


the House. having been put i'm charge
OF Congressman II. ID. Flood, when 1t
reached tina, body. And so il happened
that Senator Daniel was not in atten-
dance In the Senate from the beginning
TO the end OF the session OF Congress at
which the bill was passed In an eli
torial In the Petersburg lndex-Appeal
OF April 4th last credit was given Sena-
tor Martin for the passage of this bill.
and for the passage of other measures
beneficial to Virginia. Two days there
after Senator Daniel gave out an inter
view In the Washington Post in which
he said he had read this editorial of
the Index Appeal and that it did not
give him as much credit as he was en-
Titled to.
Again Mr.. Jones says that after
Senator Daniel had gotten through the
senate the jamestown appropriation
bill it was telegraphed from Washing
ton to some OF the Virginia papers that
it was Senator Martin who had secur
ed the passage of the bill and that this
statement went for days uncorrected
until the Hon. Carter Glass caused the
correction to be made and the credit
given where il belonged Then. and
only under such provocation,' continues
Mr.. Jones, did Senator Martin say in
an interview that Senator Daniel was
chiefly entitled TO the credit for it's pas
sage The truth is that Hon. Carter
Glass did not comment on this erron-
eous Washington telegram until Sena-
tor Martin had in an interview in the
Times-Dispatch corrected the error
Then it was that in reply to "a state
ment in paper whose name he did
not give, simply stating that il was
'hostile TO Senator Daniel" Mr.. Glass.
in his paper. the Lynchburg News, gave
the correct version of the matter. re-
producing Senator Martins interview
In the Dispatch, and compli-
menting that gentleman upon it,
"Again, Mr. Jones says: No man
cal name single measure, however
unimportant or inconsequential. relat-
ing in the remotest degree TO the
First District n q passage T
which through either branch Of
Congress Senator Martin either secur-
ed or even advocated. or with which he
was In any manner, shape or from, di-
rectly or indirectly, Connected This
Is very sweeping assertion. and while
II is sweeping IL sweeps the truth OF
history along with it. In the city Of
Fredericksburg and in several counties
OF the First district there were claims
against the government arising out of
the Civil War in the shape OF damage
suits TO churches and other property.
Bills for investigation Of these claims
were introduced in the Senate by Sena-
tor Martin. each house Of Congress
acting independently OF the other in
such matters. These were referred 10
the Committee on Claims, and IA favor
able report secured 10y Senator Martin;
and then, by resolution, he had them
referred 10 the Court OF Claims. where
they are now pending with favorable
prospect OF success.
The aspirant for the seat which Sena-
tor Martin now occupies says that il is
very we'll to have a working man in
the Senate, but that something more is
demanded OF Senator from Virginia
that we should have Senators who
would renew the era OF eloquence when
such men as Hunter and Rives repre-
sented the old Commonwealth in that
august chamber. Mr.. Jones is support
ing the candidacy OF this aspirant
Senator Martins predecessor in the
Senate was that tactiturn but indus-
trious; that silent but sagacious man.
John s. Barbour. In the course OF n
commemorative address upon the oc.
caslon OF his death Mr.. Jones used
these words: In these days Of mater
ialism and practical politics, when gov
ernmental and not sentimental ques-
tions occupy the attention ofstatesmen.
even the most casual observer cannot
have failed to note that the practical
man Is the man who best serves his
country
"And so say we all"
North TazeweI!.