The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-22
Greeted With Intense En- 4
thh,us'ilasrlliby h 'l the z People
Of His Home Town.
THEATRE PACKED
MEN AND LADIES
Can be No Progress to a People
81 Who Who "a Are NJ; Not Stirred BY Sem
timent and ideals His Part
in Primaries to Nonai-
nate United States
Senators. is
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DAN7VL VLLLE, " A., II April a q. Governor III
Montague spoke tonight IN the Academy a
of Music before an audience unparalleled al
In point OF number and en- nthusiasm IN M
the history OF \ this cit y. This y what ~
even tds political enemies say. Ions be- M
8 fore tile hour approached for his speech, A
the house was crowded ana bwhAn the
curtain went UP, hundreds had beenf8
turned away, because no place could be "
found for them W within the bui ding.
n Men and women filled every seat, SSsi
crowded the aiales and even Stood ON
chairs and tables outside the thsatre,
peering In through the windows. 1;
The opening applause was deafsning.s
and 1t was possdbly " five minutes bafora
the crowd would allow Mr. Ian Meade
president OF the Montagne Club, to in-
troduce the speaker. H Il
Il When Mr. Meade saroses and Introduced
Governor Montague as the next senator 4.
Of the United States from Virginia.
1 pand ndemoniun reigned again. ss5
am glad am not forgotten by those
whom II myself shall nsyer forge ~ were 81
speech. and again Hthe crowd cheered #it.sS
self hoarse. sfi55s
Sentiment and Ideals. E
The Governor dwelt at som y \ leng til on
the commercial KIM OF the country and sos; q;
the Senate. There can be no Sprogre
Il to a people unless they are stirred byss
sentiment and Id Gals. Mere approprtat tions
4 sbyggovernmentswillSn Il not forward saS people,
We must consi der and lestslate upon
sthe greater quest ons that 9af feot govern
1nert nnd society. B The found ers did not
finish our Eoyernnaentgas a. stated IbyS Tho
L junior senat have had 80
not greater problems n IN II the past ten
II years to dispose Of ham has avAIs t,eens
sconsdered * legisla ted Congreas;s's;ss ';s
said the Governor "a
,s He then paid his respects to- the GoY-SS
kernn1ent' s colonial lGi and " foreign policy
Il followed by an arrai gnment OF the boss ,f
system and an explanad Ion OF the s"graf ft.''s%
s3ll IN speaking ii OF the primary IN for the Il
nomination OF senators by he Epeopl le,s he
said that Congressman VIM. AZ u Jones' had y
brought it to the ttentions Of the peo--s
plo at the Roanoke conventto and since
that time that he had ndeayomre ore q A
do his part. B II
8I8f Get in Band Wagon. 81
'3 NJ hose " 10 bstructed the moveme ant
y and. who opp sed It, Il declared after theG
mat ter was carried that they were Tor
$lt,3S too" said 4 Mr.. NJ tagie, amid Wild
applause. 8 4 ..s
s NE further said: 4 It has been said that
" I desire to displace a. senator. This iss
not so Z desire to take no man p pla ce.@
& II desire only to- obtain a posi- tion;9 t hat !
Is vacated on March 4, \, 19r7 b and which
hbelongs,t to the people Of VI rElnia. Never
would I have itsiunless p won y It homes 10 e tlys
and with a. fair: count 4
s3S Here are some Of the eS sentences that &
ct tho audience wild: IS RI s5 s9sss M
sa3 The junior senat tor has never, by vote
a or speech. done anything for the + pri. I
mary movement sS He t has been silent In
the Senate discussions OF the amend ent8
of election Of senators BY the people,
as silent as the graves at Arlington t hat 4
face the Capitol across the e$river'It s3a
a.yThc remedy y to X he evil OF bosssn 4 ifB y
there be Inc In sight, s back to | the
people with nll the rights and u powers \
of tho hal ot.s, I35 s 5$S3
"a man must beS Of ther on the side Of 81
the people orgIon the side of those who 4
have} no sconfid idcnce In the capacity OF The q
people, ss IS isf4 II
A Whether 1 here shall be d power In
America srea ter titan the government
itself, Is the question that now con-85S
fronts the American people,. w g3 is3E
Railroad Control. ts8.
81 '.."rhe railroads must either improperly
control the government or the government.
must properly control the raj ads, 81 said Il
the Governor in discussing the question
OF the Corporation Commission & 33 I'll he q.
Junior senator" said the G Governor, says Il
he would trust to friends that, count. 4 !.
say justice at court Is what the people
want,
This was said in alluding to the Junior
senator's statement that he65was In .fa-s
4vorYof having on the commission a rep L
rcsentatlye for each judicial district.
Governor Montague declared that this
would crush Virginia, for her position 4
In such that all would combine against
her, NJ 81 81
GIVE mo honest men in the conmis-3
sion. rather than representatives from
dstrIctsPli} } ~ X s.
& He spoke earnestly for public high
ways. and said that the junior senator
had never done anything TO advance this y
movement by vote or speech. Ile spoke
on this polpt as to the expedlency OF Il
Federal appropria lion for public roads Il
II want to say he continued, .'that tho
junior senator says he fayors good roads,
but where in his record ON this subject
has he ever done anything to maintain n
his statement IL 4 $55; n ii, Hi 81
y Hqual lghts to all and special rights
for privileges to none, Is the standard by 4
which II would determine all taxable J
values hoth external and internal, Z said
fthe Governor, and the crowd cheered.
II "A Pension Matter.
He said that he found that he had II
been charged with yetolns q pension
appropriation. He stated that he ve-
toed 4 resolution that aggregated and n
tied up 100000. on the distinct ground.
&however, that ~ the eglslature could m
PASS q. resolution Withholding pension q
money they should pass The aprropria- s.
tion itself for this purposas that the veto
wRs not attempted TO be oyarrsdden. and s
| that a, few weeks thereaf after he signed
an appropriation hill carrying 5000, 600 for 81
pensions for Confederate yetsrans,
The local newspaper had declined 70
publish any notice ofS'tne ting atp- ID
! i,rht = t,a La a fnrced tha MONTAGUE paO, ~