The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-18
4 Flattering Reception. 1.
BY a Large Crowd.
at 5BOydtOn. NJ
REFERS TO ,l.ARTlN'S
LLJNENBuJRG SPEECH
Daniel, He Declared Il Was .l,' Au- \
! thor Of the Plan Of Settlement
Between Virginia and Gov
ernment, Getting Small
Balance Of Five Dol
lars and Fifty Cents.
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s5BOYDTON, w A. IS A pril 81 II. Governor &
Arontag ague made tile third speech Of his his
senatorial campaign here to-day il the the
presence of an udlence that packed the
court house until standing room was at
a premium, and the reception {! accorded g g
him was one of tho most sent nthusiastics h tnsi =,
all his long political career In the State
The Governor drove n over from Chase
City this morning; I'll and spent the sea rlys
hours OF the day In con ference with his
supporters and In shaking hands with the
vo ters. n.
Judge Barksdale yiel led the court house
sabou tt 80 CLOCK 4 the Governor spoke kesss s
for nearly two hours, and VIII lilo 8the de- II
monstrations OF approval " at his utter
ances were not al ways wild 4 and aspoil5
taneous, yet at times he seemed to set hiss;
hearers almost beside Il themselves, and itE
Is thin proper bounds to say nat ne &
must have been enth thusiasti cally cheered "
more than a dozen times. sss Il
MI have heard him in all his campaigns,
both for llin,self the N
party and never yet have ISobseryed such
a8wonderful receipt lon as he was. accordSsf
cd by the Democrat voters Of Mecklsn-Ss
burg county. here today
References q M artin.
Fl He did mot attack Senator Martin, yet
In a dignfied manner he did Scrit ticise the
juni or senator's public record, and there
were at least three 20 ints in his speech,
which evoked I'll prplong ed n cheering from
his splendi Id aud dience. One " as hissi q
quent reference to Fl Thug u Lsacy " whoIiss
he said had waved his white splu ume sat the 4
very throat OF dining cannon gandssW sWh0Ss
n fpHs
TOR the Senate OF the ted States ana
another was his lanai ion Of the al lss
legged settlement y hy Senator Mart tinstofss
Virginias s old war claim ainst tllcB
United States governin en- t.:s ssre cell
sat Lune burg Count house Sena tor 8 Mar
tied the debt ltcli5 broug lit 81, 100. to-
the State; treasury. e feSs Governor pro-
,duced the records to 4 $ how that Il senat
Daniel y had brought about H the settler
,ment but when the mat ter. was fina W.
adjusted. the s state Of VI rgina got the I'll
ifulE sum of So 60 as vi S balance.
sa Tho third cont ntion sgof the Governors .ss
his reference to sst he e'ss fact t$ that Colonel
Joseph Button, Sa member Of the State
Democratic Committee. and & tsH secretary VI
was regularly engaged as Senator NJ
tin s. pra ctlcnl ca mpAl IN Tnnag er9 at icil-
mond. and that In this apaclty he brought !;
all the nforma tlon i. there q obtained. !. ana 81
laid t:at the feet sof 20 man to 5be used 81
egai nst one ESVfl Oh had mover scra tched q
Democrat ticket in his life. s$
independents Candidate.
y /. = Til erc were no other speakers OH the sl
ground save Colonel ] s r. " Purcell, OF az
Prince William. who nd dressed thasvoter Es
on thc courthouse cps ana s told of Ills is5S3
Il ndldacy for Governor.
IA here were many ladies In the court
house during Governor AIontagues s speecl, 4
and they Joined heartily In the appuuss S
that greeted the dIstingu gusled { speak ker. .i4 .4
From AL that 80 i'd learn hero, thu
peopl OF this county are for Alontagiie for
sena tor, and X s wansona for Governor 8sa
L The GovernorHwa ntroduced BY former 4
Senator Thonlas w ms, who Is the, 89
county cha lrman, and his references t
the Executive Wcro o e the most con,pli-s "
n1sntary nature During the3morhiing the
Governor was introduced by Colonel John
C,S ioode. ia member OF his staff
Ovation to M ontague.
When Governor Montague arose "a
spea,R ,e,, \ u was =, greeted
enthusias sni, as he oceeded, ! He COM I'm
menced by declaring that his time was s
iimited, and and for that reason he would ISL
Governor, 8 but no elfinvited any questions
concerning his lssiadministratton. There
were nOne t.V a5{ sss
aa hae ehs m seooa nS
ne prnncphs Of the sinsls b9ns
briefly and mod destiy. and passed 10 Eths 81
or primaries. reiterating his
wei! known views on his subject. s
hhknE ss sss tha his
Us United ssna u sa eVelaes
legged ito have ire-elected Mr. Plat, "a OF 5a
New. York, and q how the@late sena-
tor Quay used e to invoke the railroads To- @
Democratic friend !, Mr. Clark O Mon.
als Bayto ni9 5hs oofy
trlcll. Sof Nebraska and Mitchell. Of Ore
gon. either,i convicted B OF crlf,,e Or In
nesdn' t mention, and he proceeding. said
there was much In he ttticlsm OF se
newspap pc 7 man who had said Y would
ponSsroll-eali. ], "'aiy olleagus Is a absens
n the ,7 peR,tentlsry 4 he were present he
I Back to the People.
t.,yYhat is The remedy for al, r|ns lhss
eia eSn red amid iii great cheering: " From I,eais-
lat ors and caucusses and conventions. @
back to the plain peop themselves, sssl
declare that We are not capable q SELF ~ n
goYernlnent.' I'D = 5gy I. " II. ~. I s.a
{ ~ do not claimlgthat T was the pioneer:
about a system which Will ena BILE every y
democrat In this Common wealth to yota
fo4, United States Senators. believing ttat
His vote Will be honest ly counted as east
sif1yhat has been the posit!on Of M ID
Martin on the question 81 prima RES ana
an amendment 10 the Gons!itunon y i9rf OK
asked AK the Governor NHe then read q
Clipping from tho Richmond Dispatei. tn
which The junior Senator was qnotsd es
ras,hh resoi.ttlons m otersd by ~ Jonsa q. the
Norfolk convention IN issI ras q : co.,
Ia SENATOR Had never favored the prln,
cipie until II had been endorsed ~ .lhss n