The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-19
Some Bitter Words.

acted with Congressman Maynard IN get
ting the lease OF the postofficc at Iiamp-
aton extended at $500, when the post
office Inspector recommended Il Dulla =
Ing at 5000 per year.
It's anid thc ncoplc wanted the office
10 remain where 1t was. and that the
inspector had located 1t next to q bar
room, which he did not think II proper
lfplace. 8.
"That Is all they have found against
me In fourteen years? said the con-
I 9rcssnan,s land Il regard 1t as the finest
RECOMMENDATION | can have, That q 1llthy
sle,,th- hound, after Il microscopic exam
inntion ofimy record, only discovers that
III tried to get increased pay for nine
country boys and cndeavored to Keep o.
postoffice from next door to a bar-roonl
| (Applausc)
| t.'1Istcn,,' he exclaimed; II hold In my
hand n pamphlet entitled Swanson and
the Postofflce Scandal
.vrhis has been mailed broadcast to
~ ! Ivotcrs Of this state. l don't know
who did IT, but / know no man coula
IL r. unless he had ii large number OF
clarl.a. unless he had q list Of the vot-g
ara and unless he had a great deal OF
money. .,, -
forc tIc pamphlet was out cost me S2'ooo
OF $4,000 out of my limited means
lTCallS 1t boomerang.
",rh,s Is ID thing of eighteen months
,,anjnp, WHY was IT not put out be-
fore? Why did they walt until the eve
OF the election when r would nave ptit
limited time in which to reply
"But i say 1t is a boomerang, II VIII 20
mo good, for the brave people OF this
Commonwealth will mot approve tnls
modern and unmun1y method OF ilghtlns
h tn no T1annCr1 tic Dlrty.7s41r
Nov I propose to take up something
will do If am elected, said the
speaker "and / want. to say that In
tend TO be q business Governor" I Will
visit the public institutions. and If find
graft and wrong doing I will expose It,
let the chips fan where they may
Cheers.
II will go into that Office untrnmmelled
1t + am elected. / have promised an Office
ito no man, and Will feel absolutely free
to do what my conscience dictates Is
best for the people Of my: State.
81 want II known that all things being
equal will stand by my frlends,-(Much
applause)
II will. however. place the welfare OF
my State above all other considerations,
and will strive at all times to give her
people dean and vigorous business ad-
8ministration.'
&. Mr.. Swanson declared he favored a re-
yivalsof business all over the State, and
promised to ,ndertake3to induce capital
to come to Virginia. SID
Shot at Willard.
II would even go so far on this line"
said the speaker. t''as to endeavor to in
duce one OF my distinguished competi-
TORS to bring a title more OF his capital dtiL
into this State.
This shot at Captain Willard created
great laughter
MI. Swanson declared in favor Of the
regulation Of freight rates. and In pro-
ceeding he nrals ed the Corpora ton Com
mission and declared that It had done a
grand andFglorious work In Virginia.
He said in the appointment OF commits
sioncrs he would deal out equal and exact
Justice to the people on the one hand,
and the corporations, on the other
Mr.. Swanson declared for better public
schools and said he had received his
education in them, had taughs them, and
had always sought to foster and build
them ND. The speaker said the teachers
should get more pay. and that the terms
should be longer. He wanted more high
schools in the cities, towns and counties
OF the state.
For the Single List.
He declared for the single book list
and when he said You can never have
good schools with high books and low
| priced teachers; am for reversing IT.
4 there was great cheering.
| II favor good roads, and to- this end I
favor working the convicts in the peni-
| tertiary and the prisoners in the jails
on the public highways of the State, :
| He wanted TO keep these convlcts out of
| competition. with honest labor, he said,
| and when he declared he had always
| stood by honest labor in his public life
there was much applause. .5i,,
Is Mr.. Swanson, In his happiest Vein,' ridi-
| 'culed his two competitors for having
failed in their long legislative careers
to do anything for good roads, better
schools, etc, although the declarations
In their platforms on these subjects We're
the same as his and he kept his hearers
| In a roar of laughter while dealing with
,ths subject 8
He referred to the Mann bill as a baby,
which its father was unwilling to trust
| to him or Captain Willard to care for,
hut which he desired to nurture IN the
Governors mansion himself. i5
Look After His Child.
RE thought Judge Mann should stay
in the Senate for If the child were ever
killed or strangled, 1t would be In the
| Senate, and not IN the governors man
Von.
Mr., Swanson declared that he would
| favor the most liberal appropriations for
| the Confederate soldiers, and, amid APP
nlause that. was long continued he paid
them a glowing tribute.
He then passed to discussion of tho
Barksdalc pure election law
After reviewing conditions IN Della
ware and saying that the Bayards and
i Grays IS and SaulsiBurys had given
place to AddIcks and his creatures, he
PRAISED the Virginia Legislature for pass
Inc the bill 10 prevent such Invasion
! here, He declared for free and fair
elections. and said that he only asked
that the coming primary he conducted
free from the use of money and IN tho
most honest manner
Mr. Swanson grew eloquent as he
neared his climax, Ills audience was
/ thoroughly with him, Fills tributes to
! Virginia and to her great sons IN war
and peace were beautiful md rhetorical,
and when no concluded there was pro-
1onund cheering.