Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-03-31

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can Judge as to the intent from the
above comparisons. We cannot pass
this point without saying that most
of the leading papers of the State
have praised the Senator for the sue
cess he has met with on this line, and
it i'll becomes our contemporary to at
tempt to muddy" the waters by
reason of such trivial circumstances.
Its usual campaign resort of "plsy-
ing to the galleries" may succeed in
some remote corner of the Neck,
where possibly contemporaries from
outside do not reach to any great ex-
tent, but the reading public know
how futile these efforts are elsewhere.
Now, let's get at the milk in
the cocoanut. We brush aside the
insinuation that systematic efforts
are being made to exaggerste Senator
Martins efforts, so far as we are con-
cerned, for we have as yet to receive
the first scratch or line for publlcs-
ton from the Senator or his assist.
ants Of any Of his official successes.
What We have CLEANED has been
through personal knowledge, other
papers and correspondents. To those
who know Mr.. Martin it is not
necessary to assert that he is a most
retiring and modest gentleman
even rather too much so for public
official, we have sometimes thought.
This may be shock to some who
have known him only as an inimical
press and political enemies paint
him, but it is a fact as "true as
gospel" Some indication of this
has been his refusal to adorn the
coats of his host of admirers with q
picture-button. But more potent to
us than anything yet was a recent
occurrence in personal conversation
with him. When asked by this
writer what hand be had had in se-
curing the order for survey of Coan
river to Heathsville landing, he re-
piled: "Nothing; Mr.. Jones deserves
the credit, and l hope you will
give him his due" Pursued further.
he modestly claimed that he had done
nothing but lay in wait and see that
the bill was safely steered through
the Senate; that such bills originated
in the House, and if it had failed in
the House he was ready to have it
tackled on in the Senate. (Our read
ers will recall that three weeks ago
we published the gist of the fore
going, giving Mr.. Jones due credit
1t is significant that the credit and
fairness extended the work of a vio-
lent political enemy-one very dear
to the heart of the News-can find
no reciprocal in the breast of that
contemporary. Instead, the spleen
has been and ever will be, we suppose,
used to belittle our junior Senator
through the columns of the News.
We positively deny that there is
any attempt to disparsge the useful
ness or ability of the rest of the vir-
ginia delegation. Not one of the re-
naming eleven members is up for
reelection this year. Senator Mar
tin alone Of the entire delegation |
stands for reelection. 1t is meet, |
therefore, all must agree, that Sena-
tor Martins services shall be shown
his people. In fact, the spokesman |
of the opposing faction, himself a |
candidate against Senator Martin,
has said that his record must be
aired. AS to Senator Daniels being
ignored or discredited, as the News |
writer shouts with hands raised in |
"holy horror" there is not the slight
est foundation. Senator Daniels
tribute to Senator Martin, his sup
port of him in the coming fight and
the offer to stump for him, if Mr..
Martin SHOULD wish it, refutes en-
phatically such an insinuation. We
have before us a clipping from the
TiTes-Dispatch of March 22ud last |
with quadruple heading exploiting
the praise that Senator Martin &C.
cords Senator Daniel. This should
be sufficient answer to the charge
which could emanste only from some
unworthy desire to make estrsnge-
ment between our two able Sena.
tors, whom we know to be de.
voted friends and deskmates-co-
workers in everything for Virginia's
good. The relations of the two men
could not be closer. When penning
his violent fling the News writer
forgot that only few weeks pre-
vious it had disparaged the efforts of
others in Congress in statement
that Congressman Jones, in securing
100000, had "got larger total of
appropriations in the river and har.
Dor bill than almost any man Sc
cured for his district in which there
are large cities" We do not know
what representatives from other
States in the Union secured, and pre-
sumo Mr.. Jones' claim was confined
to Virginia; otherwise we suspect
it would be rather extravagant.
The fact is that we have yir-
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