The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-16

cnntInuing, said: "1'he Junior senator has
never Originated or advocated, save by
hia S1SA and most generally BY pairing,
anA - Src of public Importance during
| his eicVct, years Of service IN the United
statcs Senate ia ii, H
#I1n ssihst4hpproprations, the Cow
crnor said that II the Junior senator were
entitled to eighteen years In tho Senate
for getting ntnndinents on House bills
amounting. 10 100000, for James 1aivcS
Improvement by tho same rule Captain
Lamb should be- entitled to uh Indefinite
tenure for getting much larger sums III
the original bills.
'Loaves and Fishes Only" Il
II remember" he said, when Captain
Lamb was running for Congress with
Mr.. Wallace as his opponent; ne Captain
Lanb){ claimed the credit for these app
preparations for James River.
go ask YOU, my fellow citizens, e we
are simply out for the loavcs and fishes
and sock only to &C; appropriations.
hadn't We might as we'll 90 over to the
Republican party, SO we may get larger
share7" III
claimed the credit for passing Il bill pay
Ing naval employees for overtime. but
he declared the Congressional Record was
as bal re as his hand Of, any refer nee 10
the matter
He said Mr.. Rixey got the bill through
tho House and Senator Burrows had It
passed In the Senate.
Mr., Martin did It: but I prefer the in
formation first hand. take the Con-
grcssonnl Record and It Is not there.
I'VE ire dealing In campaign OF the
people vs.. the bosses. and we want no
second handed information on these dues
lions. IL ag
when and how?' Fifteen days before
Congress adjourned and to apply itnto
the District Of Columbia and tie other
Territories OF this country?"
IIc declared that what Mr.. Martin did
on the subject, even should the amend
nent be passed. would have no more ef-
feet In Virginia than It would on the
: n tIWhcre was the junior s.nator, and
where We're This friends during all these
eleven yearss OF struggle, when we were.
striving for the bill? Fighting It. all OF
them, with the exception Of Mr.. Nell
waine OF Petersburg, ;" was the answer.
Martin Against It."
The Governor praised the new consli-
tuition and declared that along with the
railroads OF the state. the Junior sena-
tor had opposed the convention, and his
friends in the convention. and adopted
every means toprevent an instrument
! which would be Of real service to the
people.
This led the speaker into the discus
sion of a subject upon which he got per-
haps the greatest ovation Of the evening,
and It was Senator Martins attack upon.
the Corporation Commission In his King
L George speech. He said It had become
his duty as governor! to organize the
commission. and after paying high trl-
butcs to Messrs. Fairfax and Stuart, he
praised Judge Crump In eloquent and
beautiful language. during which the
hall fairly shook with applause
az say there Is no commission in any
state OF this Union, norris the Federal
Commission itself as good as this one.
declared the speaker amid, ringing cheers.
''These men have at all times held the
scales OF Justice fairly, between the peo-
Pile and the corporations OF this state,
and are to-day the great bulwark be-.
tween the rights OF the people on the
one hand and corporate greed on II the
| other. II *