The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-26
MONTAGUE SPEAKS
TO LARGE | !; J CROWD
84 ------------- N
Opera House Taxed to-
Its Utmost
Capacity.
MANY LADIES
IN'THE AUDIENCE.
He Again Reviews Senator Mar,
tins Record and Submits His
Claims to the People, and
Declares That He Will "
Train With No
Machine. {.
Especial TO Tho Tlmes-Dispatoh.)

Special to Tho Times -Dispatoh)
IT LYNC1TBURG,&v ,&vA.,S May Ex-Governor
Montague addressed an audience at the Y
Academy of Music tonight which taxed
the seating capacity Of the theatre. The Y
audience probably numbered 1,7D, OF II
whom 800 or 400 were ladies. The Cow
ernor severely arraigned Senator Martin,
his speech IN tho main being much after
the one delivered at Bedford City. He
was present ed by Mr.. "a. r. Long, q well
known attorney, and Mr. N. B. Handy,
4 well known business man, presided
over the meeting. More than q hundred
voters from the city and Amherst. Mel
son and Appomattox counties occupied 81
seats upon the stage.
TIe spoke for twenty rninu tes or mors II
on the power Of the American govern
jmert, ana upon the election OF senator's
+ by popular3vote The Governor referred II
4 to the machine politics. reso rted to IN
some Of the States, and declared II he q
were elected, he did not care to n have n
Influence with that acter OF men
you expect me to endeavors to exert an IN -fsS
$auence with men who are under diet
$ment, then8I beg you n not to vote for me.
81 don't say the Junior sena tor will exert 4
nm influence with such men. - saygg8I 4
will not. Il III $St
The Primary. .5iss
Es "I have always stood In favor OF the +
Democratic primary 55 4 su bmit after%
ten years Of service in the Senat II the
Junior senator has ever nd tied that he
II don't say he has not favored it. say
he hash, given any expression Of s. his /,
favor. He has a right to oppose II II he 4
wants to. i; but when we undertp this A
reform in Virginia about eight years
ago. w illiam "a. ] ones led the movement
In the Roanoke 7' no, convent ton to give the
people q primary. II There the Junior sena-s
tor exerted his influence to defeat theB
measure, and 1t was defeated by q small ]
majority. "; ;gss
The May conference passed a resolution
asking the State COMMITTEES to give us y
a primary, but the request was declined, II
and there was much icitation amongst;
4 the friends OF the junior senator over its y
defeat Tho N orfolk convention provided
for a primary without q d issentinS VOTE
and at the Richmond convention Is went u
through in the same way and upon the Y
motion OF the junior senator; \ but we do n
not heal him favor "a change In the Fed-@
#eral Con nStution favorable to the popu-
4 lar selection Of senator's
Railway Rates.
Referring to the railway rate question.
he said ou will never have the rail -55
ways controlled until the people have n
their hands on the he8representatiyesS "a 1Jn-@
less the representatives represent E you
I the third house will be there and they
will misrepresent YOU i8.
What will you do with this power
in the government that is greater than
the government itself r. he asked.
A Ayal1 jcv 49,,
The Supreme Court has said It 3 is & q n
public highway on frequent occasions.
so far as Interstate commerce is con- II
scerned, The trouble is thatNpeople get
special rights, call them right, and those
who can't get them stay long In the
cold, "a y w q a5S . Il
When the junior senator made his y
speech he states he did not know his re- III
cord In the Senate. He had been too u
busy making a record and he had to get 4
n chart OF 1t before he knew what 1t
was { IN
The United Stares Claim.
In reference to the settlement Of the "
claims against the United States. In
which he claimed the State was saved
only $780, he explained his claim In ex- Il
actly the same way he did In the Bed
ford speech, and he withdrew the state-l&
ment made In an early speech that Sens
ntor Martin has voted aginst the Call
resolution, saying his statement was s
based upon the record furnished him by
a bureau In Washington. Flo said he 1.
gladly retrncted the charge. II am wllf- I
Ing to concede that the junior senator
has been diligent." he continued, to
concede he has answered letters prompts -
w, and accord hi mas much time as he
3pleases to apologize to those whom he
has not written, and to accord to him
he has made efforts to get approprla-
tlons but there ! stop.
\ $50 far as ! can gather from his res
cord, no thinks these are the duties of
a senator That Is. indeed, small part
senator. why not Join the Republican
party. Surely an influential Republican,
NLr. slemp. II you please, ought to get
more appropriations than q minority
Democrat. 4sg Il
ut has been charged that all Of the
railroad presidents OF the State arc sup-3 Il
porting me, nm delighted. Yet, how
my fellow oltizens Il Lynchburg, that
those gentlemen who look after legislation
In this State. are all against me? Look at
the State Executive Committed. Consider
how many OF the members are supporting
me. S.
Fair Field and No Favor.
("I do not dispute their right 70 oppose S
me- but all want is a fair field ard no
favor aud i think / Will have It and hays
Ing It, i am confident of the results, but I,
IL they are not rs hope fpr, will ba
thankful enough. 55{ XII
u The Governor declared no was not ems
,,aa ynrinr to dsparage any ono, declaring
h., was not trying to GUST Senator Martin II
from his seat moment before his term
had expired He added;
..The place does not belong TO him.
thnt 10 one to be filled by the people and
comes before them TO pa settled IN q Denis
ocratic primary, 8
.tHe goes on to talk OF his long experts
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