Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-04-28
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Entered at the Postoffice at StauntOn, Va,
as second class mail matter.
Friday, April %, 1905.
A CASE OF BUTTON IN.

has taken the stump for Senator Mar
tin, and that the Hon. q. d. Flood
has been on the stump for some time
in the same behalf. These able lieu
tenants are out early "about theil
masters business. They will WORK
until the sun goes down on the day o.
the primary, the good industrious boys
that they are. Mr.. Button has beer
teaching some law to the people about
Boydton, he has actually quoted Judge
M0ncure, and applied the learned
judges words to his (Mr, Button s,
supposed case. The case cited had
about as much similarity to the case
in hand as push cart to steam en-
CINE. That made no difference to Mr..
Button, be thought he had made a
great discovery and he told the people
about it in all seriousness, so seriously
that it became all the more comical.
Mr.. Button showed conclusively to bis
own mind that Governor Montague
could not be Governor and at the same
time be a candidate for the Office OF
United States Senator. and this was
where his legal research and learning
became manifest, and where he cited
the opinion of Judge Moncure.
Now this is real funny, craven
image would smile when it heard the
qualification M R1tt oIoa r,nnf ODD
the constitution Of Virginia to the
effect that "a Governor shall be ineli.
glble to the same Office for the term
next succeeding that for which he was
elected to which nobody dissents,
but the following words are those
which Mr.. Button intended as the
squelcher of Gov. Montague rs political
ambitions: land TO ANY OTHER
OFFICE DURING HIS TERM OF SER
VICE." If Mr.. Buttons contention is
right Attorney General Anderson, nor
State Treasurer Harman, nor Auditor
Mayre, nor any other State office,
could be candidate to succeed him.
self. How silly would such conten'
tion be. To be candidate for and to
hold another office are very differen,
propositions. To be eligible to an office
and to be a candidate for an office
differ in most minds save Mr.. Buttons
about as widely as the poles. When
he quits one then he is eligible to quail
ify and hold the other. The constitu.
ton never had any reference. to candi-
dacy. Until person qualities &C.
cording to law he does not hold an
Office. Vice President. Fairbanks was
United States Senator when he was
elected Vice President, and continued
as such until March 3rd, the day
before Mr.. Roosevelt's Inauguration.
He was never Vice President until he
qualified as such after resigning the
Senatorship, 80 that should Mr.. Mon
tague be nominated in the approaching
primary for United States Senator and
should he then actually be elected
as such by the Legislature, he would
not be holding any other Office until
he qualified by taking the proper
oaths. D. b. Hill of New York. under
a statute very similar to our own, re-
manned Governor long after the Legis-
lature had elected him to the q. 8.
Senate, The thing happens every year
in some State in the union.
Now everybody Is very fond of Mr..
Joe Button personally, he is very good
fellow. they love to see him mount the
platform at State conventions and be-
gin handling affairs, they love to see
him think the world is his and the
fullness thereof, but he, along with
some Of our Congressman, have GER
tain political ideas the people of these
parts do not like. They have assumed |
that the State of Virginia belongs to
them, they constantly scheme how they
may easiest control, manage, and use
it. Senator Martin has no doubt very
good and loyal friends in Mr.. Button
and the Hon. 81. D. Flood, but they
are not calculated to do him the most
good around here. Mr.. Button is not
popular here as politician. Between
him and a few others it is believed,
that damnable UNIT RULE, which was
and crammed down the
thr0ats of the people of Staunton and
Augusta just before the last State
which nominated delegates
% the st. Louis convention, was con.
,eived, though the blame for it fell
almost wholly on Senator Martin. The
was not one which was re-
yarded as near and dear to the peoples
interests. They were willing to leave
,he choice of presidential candidate
TO any delegates that conven ton
should select, so the scramble was not !
between the would be delegates and the t
people. For this reason there was not
my great disturbance over that unit :.
ule, odious as 1T was. But it will en- +
LANCER any party that undertakes it
gain, and the mode of its adoption |
be last time has by no means been +.
orgotten. 1t is believed that Mr.. But
on gave the tip for it's adoption to the r
aithful, and that it was done in Sen.
tor Martins interest, and this sort of y y
nap judgment has soured the people t
n him as politician. He is believed t.
D be identified more closely than any n
ther man in Virginia with the kind of y
Olitics called ''ring politics. Here Ii
fore, however, he has had the dis d
elton to hold his tongue. This time II
, has famed out as an orator. Will .,
, do Mr.. Martins cause any good ? al
e doubt it, unless Mr.. Martin posts NJ
N better as to what to say, and what ..
liberties to cite, and what the con- m