The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-22
AZ. rliicl, VAS m the loes, notice the

sllnSs which was all the local notice the
meeting had
In ailuding 10 this. Governor Montague
4 SAID: ut Is hard sometimes 10 Seach my
friends, but by the power of an adver-
tisetnent am able ttc greet a few this
evening.
applauded vigorously. 49,
Then some one yelled. give him an
ot,er," and cheers were aghin given the
speaker. who said: 81 thank my friends
for that advertisement
II must apologize for being personal.
biit from what I can learn of the local
press. YOU cannot hear my side OF these
matters unless tell you myself.
Inexperience.
IL, upeaking of tho charge made that
he was inexperienced, lie said: NO gen
tlenan ever went to the United States
Senate quite SO poorly cqnip5sd as inc
Junior senator. . -,
He then paid a FLOWING tributc to Gem !.
ernl Eppa Hinton. lion, Holmes Conrad =
and General Fitzhugh Lee, whom ne said
we're well equipped when Mr.. Martin ue-
featcd them and vet said lie, an lhe e!
rtenccd man displaced them,
Again the crowd cheered, In DISCUSS
5itlr the question OF the debt settlemens,
Governor Montague said III the Jui. I
Senator has gotten all the appfo'rlal.
TINT his friends claims hc has gotten,
fbo,, We VIII hive no need for any other
senators or congressman In Virginia.
he then went into the debt mattef III
beta N and exclaimed 1t to the satisfaction
& OF his hearers.
SS.,If,n snil he. ..virginia has really re-
ceived nearly two million dollars t 1
she must pay 10 per cent. to the a .s'.
neys with whom she Is under con N..,.s
and the First Auditor Will have 10 s yam.
nv his statement to help these ator-
nsvs rid the state Of SiTo.Ooo. a man
may he m auditor and still not know
all that happens In another department
OF the government.
s:a Button Answers.
III abiding TO the attack made upon
hi;,, Nv Colonel Joseph Button, he corl-
tfmled that eminent constitutional Jaw
vei. although ! don't think he has ever
bcen admitted the bar. Colonel joseph
Rutton. states that he had done 50 mucn
FOR his party and that he has pccn ~
y great expense and trouble TO serve ny. MS
State.
iEs..ft seems to me that he has not onls
been secretary to the tlSnAl the
Senate He not only has been pIaSlns t,,c
mart Of partisan friend and judge at INC
same time, ibutgnow comes forward ~ #e''e LIZ!
Il COILS
S3,.I I'M entitled as a y emocrat, VINO never
scratched a Democratic ticket, to q fair5
nrd Impartial tribunal. (Applause).5,s.'sl 81: sly
that tie State does not forbid n.sthss /
matter, but III 1t did in terms. It wouli ne
MN and void, for the Federal and not
the state Constitution fixes the cligibllllty
of4SenatuiS. ~,
5s3..1hs IS the truth, despite the fact that
of the gentlemen WHO skn n..s
nothing OF constitutions or ce 'lst'
tioral laws. y ii. e
Reply to Flood
= = In speaking. Of Congressman Floods at
tacI; upon him, he said:
ift"Some have said that I have spent a
of days away. from my Office IN
Richmond, yet / challenge any one 70
say that have eglcctcd or failed to per-
form my fauty with ioromptness or energy;
Con ,essman Flood WAS in. Congress ana
a NJ cmber or the ConstituttonalCp Convention
at the same time, and so lie must have
neglected one or the other. He LEI T. his
sea fin Congress to defend criminals
# John Randolph, Of Roanoke, even said
lie would not listen to a lecture from Solo
ma I, against poly galny unless he was first |
himself free s Of tho vice" The crowd i
checrcd and stopped the speaker.
4 l1n conclusion Governor Montague said ::
.tJpon' vote for me unless you think can
he serviccable toathe State. l seek to
serve my State, not to promote myself, A
unless my promotion Is found In service 4
itself.S
AS tho Governor concluded the crowd
surged anon the stage to shake his hand,
and he was forced TO hold q reception OF
the seventeen hundred voters in Danville.4
tits estimated that at least one thousand
heard the Governor tonight. a. P.