The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-21

fore 1t was required to do so BY the
Constitution and had fostercd and cared
for II ever since.
Corruption and Graft.
Mr.. Perkins alluded to the testimony
Of George w. Perkins OF the New York
Life that his company had given $780,
900 70 elect Roosevelt. The speaker
made this text for denunC.a4l In OF the
system OF corruption and graft. Judge
Lewis Is going through this State talk
ing Of Democratic graft and asking In
dulcet tones for your votes. He says
something like this: I don't know much
about you and how much you can tote.
but / know love you mighty we'll, and
/ surely want your vote.
Mr.. Perkins, commencing Senator
Martin to the people. said he had known
him all his life. He didn't believe there
had ever been man in the Senate
from Virginia, who so ably and so well
represented the Comm6nwcalth. He
said he had rejoiced at the nomination
Of Mr.. sawnson not because OF hostility
to the other gentlemen who sought the
nomination. but because II there ever
was Democrat in Virginia. it was
Claude Swanson.
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Senator Chapman then presented Mr.
Swanson, who received great applause
as he came forward. Swanson got the
ear OF the crowd from the first by sew
icral pretty compliments paid the ladies'.
and some humorous allusions to the In
flucnce welded BY trcm in politics.
Mr.. Swanson introduced a number OF
anecdotes into his speech, nearly every
one new one, and they took exceed
ingly we'll. There were afnumber OF Re--
puhlicans In the audience. and to these
Mr.. Swanson said he never used abuse as
argument when this meeting Is over"
said Mr.. Swanson, II want all the Rep,b-
lfcan converts to come forward and give
me their hands
Republicans last year when we had n
mn tlonal campaign, he said. had persisted
In discussing State issues, the new Con-
stitution. and so on. and this year IN
State campaign they evaded State issues
and persisted in discussing the tariff and
other national issues. He then proceeded
to discuss issues and to contrast the re-
cords Of the two parties In Virginia.
Speaking along the lines followed In his
speech at Hanover Courthdisc Mr.. Swan
son evoked laughter snd (r6lause when
he said al the admiration which Judge
Lewis and other Republican speakers
manifested for Northern Republicans
seemed IN To DC WOGlul Olc-SluCN' W
nine years the Republican, party had been
In absolute control Mt Washington. and
in all that time no Southern Republicans
had been gievnS Cabinet appointment,
ana no Virginian had been al<ointed to
any place Of responsibility at Washing
ton. 1.-THE Northern Republicans seem
to know their Southern brethren pretty
WE'LL" said Mr., Swanson, "and yet judge
Lewis asks that you turn over to tho
| #%H t~rYft tn
State government"
Democratic Rule.
Mr.. Swanson spoke of the great strides
being made by the South under Demo-
crat rule. lie cited the recent experience
OF Maryland, North Carolina, and Ken
lucky with Republicanism. and showed
how, under Republican administration.
society and business had suffered to such
an extent that the people had risen In
their power and restored the Democrats
to power.
Virginia government" exclaimed Mr..
Swanson, land asks us to turn It over to
our clean hands" HI then sketched the
recent history Of the corruption In tho
national government In a way that claim
ed the closest attention of the audience,
Judge Lewis charges that the educa I
tiona1 system Is corrupt because a
man named McGilvray osld to the teach
ers for 10 cents school register, which
cost only II cents" he said "McGilvrny
was driven from place and then what did
the Democrats do?" They nominated the
office of State Superintendent Of Public
INSTRUCTION to j. d. EgSleston, the man
who discovered McGilv,Ay's crookednes,,
IIonored the man who lnearthed the
graft. am proud to belong to such q
party"
He sketched the corruption which had
been prevalent during the administrator
of tho state government by the Repubi'-
cans. abiding to the trouble with tho
Kendall Bank Note Company; with $.
Brown Allen, then the Auditor OF Public
Accounts: tho failure Of the Petersburg
Bank, and other matters evldencfnG
crookedness or incompency, Democrats
sent to the pententiary one of the
on Gals guilty of grating, and honored
the man who found It outs Republicans
are always q lIttle harder on y Demo-
crat who crafts" he said than We are
on Republican. The Democrat ought
to know better"
1.-THE Republicans are denouncng the
multiple school book list and the high
prices parents have to pay for school
books" said Mr., Swanson at one point,
list adopted by the Republicans had q
far greater number of books on their III
than the Democrats have on the list
adopted few years ago, and that tho
average cost of the books to-day Is nearly
fifty per cent. less than under Republi.
can rule, and this despite ne Republt,
can policy Of protection, which lays
tax on nearly everything which enters
intoIthe making Of books,
Settled the Debt,
.'You put the Republicans In power