Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-30
IN THE NEIGHBORING STATES

the regiment The people of Virginia were
grateful for this service which rem
dered without pay. and the lawyers were
commended on every hand for their splen-
did defense.
Interest in Schools.
He not only discharged the law duties of
the Office, but soon became the most eff
ficient and influential member of the state
board of education, devoting himself to the
interest of the public schools with unselfish
zeal.
In this Office he made such excellent
record that his many friends urged him to
announce himself for the nomination of
governor before his party convention in
IDOL This Is recent history in Vir-
ginia. His fight was against the combi
nation of the political machine and ma
chine organization of the entire state
Three competitors combined to defeat
him, aided by the strategy and energy of
the leader of the state machine yet Mr..
Montague defeated these adverse forces
and went into the convention with per-
haps threefourths of the delegates, which
resulted in his nomination by unanimous
vote on the first ballot.
The governor-elect Immediately undertook
to wind up the affairs of his office as at
torney general, leaving it. so far as energy
and attention to detail could make it, in
condition for the immediate assumption
of duties of his successor. He had the rare
distinction of being inaugurated in the
presence of the constitutional convention,
where he reiterated the policies upon which
he relied for nomination-the Improvement
of schools and roads, economy in the adj
ministratiOn of government, the abolition
of the harsh law of fellow servants and
the prohibition of child labor in factories.
He has met all the duties of his Office
with promptness and energy, evoking the
praise of his friends and silencing the criti
cisms of his enemies. Such has been the
obs ft.r Il itli let tiF
that he has been called to various points
throughout the Union; indeed. it is known
that he has been wholly unable to respond
to invitations from every part of the United
States and even Canada.
He has stood for the law and order of
his state in way which has revived the
good name of the commonwealth and in
vited the investment of capital within her
borders.
While merciful in matters of pardon, yet
he has been firm and resolute in cases
where the law should be rigidly upheld. 1t
can be said he made a model executive
He has been recognized by the promi
nent educators of the country, and has had
bestowed upon him the degree of LII. d.
by Brown University. He is Il student of
history, economies, sociology and science
of government.
He is honest. standing always for clear
and high things, and fearless in the dis
charge of every duty. No one can meet or
hear him without being impressed by his
straightforwardness his eloquence and his
high order of ability.
Gov. Montague is a man of splendid at
Hummelshine, best living representative
of the rehabilitated and progressive south;
a man who, by force of intellect. has be-
come a commanding figure in American
political life. The prediction that his pro-
motion will continue until he occupies the
presidential chair does not lack the ele-
ments of probability. He would grace the
position and be a credit to his state and
country.
His many friends and admirers believe
firmly in his future, and in the meantime
they seem to be determined that his field
retained by the state With his expert
ence learning and broad democratic fell
lowship he would make a representative in
the United States Senate worthy of Vir-
GINA in her better DAYS.