The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-15
SENATOR MARTIN
IN BUCKINGHAM.
Speaks to a Crowd That Nearly
Filled the Court
house.
REPLIES 70 CRITICISMS
Reads From a Letter OF Monta-
CUES and Bclittles
REPLIES TO CRITICISMS
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BUCKINGHAM. VA, June Ex-senator
Thomas s. Martin spoke here yesterday
10 crowd that well-ngh filed the court
room He was introduced by Mr.. T.. w.
Hubbard In a neat speech. The senator
said, IN part, that his competitor had
been reading letter he had written to
Virglnian, and that he was much
Obliged to him for SO doing, and he then
proceeded to read an extract from q
letter from Governor Montague to a
friend, in which he used the expression.
renewed the yigor Of my party" as IL
the vIgor of the Democratic party needed
renewing or had been impaired.
He then referred to his competitor
calling him ian executive clerk" or q
department runner would William
c. Rives or r. NJ. T. Hunter have called
his competitor such Names" the senator
asked.
So he would plead guilty to the charges
OF being executive clerk, etc. II this
meant that he had answered letters OF
his Virginia constituents.
He declared h2 went TO the depart
ments for rich and poor. Democrats and
Republicans, and negroes, and had not
turned his back on the humblest citizen.
though he had stuck to his friends and
would continue to stick to them. The
speaker referred TO the Call resolution
and denied the truth OF his competitors
statement in this regard, and charged
that Governor MONTAGUE did him tardy
Justice when, after months waiting,
ne said he got his information from
Washington bureau OF information. and
that man who aspired to so high an
office should be more careful about his
charges.
Senator Martin said he had heard the
speeches OF tho candidates for the guber-
material nomina ton, and he had not
heard a word that would not be ut for
the ears OF his competitor BY ono OF
the candidates. sS a5 5s
In his claim that the settlement he
had accomplished between Virginia and
the Federal government, he said It was,
arrange that his competitor as Governor
Of virginia had employed clerks to go
with him to Washington to fix up the
papers. and these clerks cost the State
5000. and It was strange that he had
incurred this expense II the State had.
only derived benefit Of $.
Governor Montague said Senator TILL
man had gotten bill through for South
Carolina which saved that State $4,000
more. and that this comparison could only
be made TO injure him, and that Auditor
Marye had said Governor Montasue's
statement was absurd that no longer
than yesterday a professor OF Washing
ton and Lee University had told him he
would support him fMartn). II for no
other reason than this charge, that his
bill only saved the State S.
The speaker then went on to enumer-
ate the different appropriations he had
gotten for the rivers harbors and navy
yard OF the State. and, among the rest,
said in the ten years OF his service. he
had obtained in round figures 100000 for
the Norfolk navy yard
The Democratic committee met here
and rescinded its action in regard to
j holding primaries. and nov the county
s. to have only one primary. and that
10 be held on the date to be fixed by
the state committee for holding the state
primary. IN