The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-10
DANIEL TELLS or
MARTIN S WORK
Gives the Junior Senator Full
Credit for Debt Settle
ment.
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ER Especial to The Times Dsputch)
& STRASBURG. VA August 9.--Tho
News tomorrow will say:
E United States Senator John ". Dan
lei reached town on Saturday for his
annual Visit to the b.lttlcnelds. He was
ut the reunion, but as his time was
limited he spent most of 1t driving over
the ground he had fought over. Major
Daniel was tho guest at tho Chalybeate
Spring Hotel, and on Sunday, with Col
&onel William H Baker, he visited many
historic fields in these parts.
&5 It's generally known that Sena tor Dam
lei Is an ardent supporter of his colleague,
Thomas S. Martin. In his candidacy for
return to the Senate. Lately Governor
Montague has asserted that Mr.. Martin
was claiming credit for obtaining nations
al legislatonfof vital Importance to VIZ
ginia and her people accomplished, which
was properly due Senator Dan,el. In
talk with the Senator the News reporter
asked him: II
"IIns there ever been any claim on
4the part OF n Senator Martin that at
tributcd to him wftat,eyou had done. or
ethat4led to differences between you p
81 have repeatedly stated in answer to
INQUIRIES that there Is no instance In
which Senator Martin has laid claims 70
things done by me. and there has never
been any difference between US on me
subject" said Senator Daniel earneatiys
II have always found him fair and I. non
orabIe in these matters, as In all others
OF which L have any knowledge, ana nd our
relations have been FOR quarter OF a
century the relations Of cordial friend
Ship (, b ,.8is /! +, t5.y 3. !, ,,,,t ,,o.
tyar,, virginia tiiiiid tht United states In
yolvcd only the 50 sThiGh WIS PAID 70 vi
ot,,,nq". the -pnnrtcr rs .fdi. y s., !. !, 1, !,
"senator Martin has fully nnd elea toy
f DanIoi T e have heard him do So In 9
m,hllc snt.ech at Lynchburg, and8 = 81. 81. : :
dorss ali he said. The matter IS no. p. ~ :
ticllt TO underst and. The unltea ot thai,.
Overdue over and unpaid interest a IN n,h;a
IN round numbers to some s1,IOO, CO., II NJ
was legal claim against our q s.a.e
against which there vas no delensei
Tic State on the other hand, Virginia
ciaimnd AGAINST tho United States that IN
settlshg an Old debt ITO Virginia for
money loaned nearly hundred !. years
not in the plan afterwards, ado. adopted as
.o ,.For about fifty years We had been
asking through our Senators ana keI.
that TINS elnm ba ngain.t
tho United states should be readjusted.
Could this be done or auth u 9 9
could offset the United States clair NJ 70
within a sum between $4,000 and tslW;-
con, which we would still have oWea.
After tho Offset was recognized under \ no
circumstances urged the idea that there
Wns n day when these two claims met
ach other That is to say, were nenrly
equal in amount The United States
claim carried interest. Our claim on the
other hand, did not, for 1t was claim
for interest. Hence the amount against
us was growing all the year round; anu
had grown TO an excess not lar 1toHt
$780, 0j over and above our claim against
the United States.
AT one session 7 got recognition OF my
{ nlan OF settlement. that Is the plan OF
settling the counter claims on that day
when the two counter claims balanced
each other. The next session, while II
was sick Senator Martin took the matter
IN and put it through: and It being as
certnincd that on the day that the two
claims most. nearly counterbalanced. q
balance OF S would have been duo Vir-
ginia That amount was paid and tho
long veXed matter ended,
LAS the State Of Virginia thus cancels
In round numbers sl.700,0OO of debt, and
strikes 1t from her books In addition 10
IS paid her, 1t Is self-eNdent that We
are TINT much better Off than we were,
a nd would ho without the settlement.
II would be ashamed of myself IL = I
did not gladly and openly accord Senator
Martin the credit for tho valuable and
successful work That he did and am
sure that others will do likewise"