The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Didn't Call His Name.

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;ardslip and despite he necessary refer
ences to criticisms OF him and his service
the senator did not call the Governors
name and only twice did he identify him
sE."'the Governor In his references. Con-
orally he spoke of him rs ..1my distin-4
igutshd opponent or my distinguished
con testant,"a but at times he referred with
fine satire, to tho Gov rnors criticisms
and detrnctlons. He did not fail a to I'M
press the fact that he had been Il har- 4
ncterlzed as ia department. runner, ~ and \
pleaded guilty to the charge that lie had Z
sendeaYored to servo all i his constituents
without reference to politics or color as
a. senator Of Virginia should do. Re
Sfeiring to the criticism that he had origi-6
mated nothing, the senator frequently re-
minded his audience that he was not and
did not claim to be IAN inventive genius,.%
put had endeayored to utilize whatever
OF the interests of the State OF Virginia
and Its people. Not q word OF criticism Of
the Governor officially or personally W., !
said. save such as was involved in tie
exposition and defense OF his own record
which hnd been a ssalled. IS M
Those on the Stage.
s@ 4 he Academy was well filed when 81 y
$3.50 the curtain rose or a stage, on which!
sat A1r. James Caskle, who called tho q
meeting to order; Mr.. Igbert G, L elgh,
Jr., WHO presided and presented the
speaker Of tho evening: Senator Mar
tin. himself u striking figure. and about u
100 cltizons, including the following well
known gentlemen:
& Major Clay Drewry. Messrs. u. u. Nor
ris. r. ". Powers, Colonel John B. fPur--
cell, Fl. Il. Cabell. Charles w, Hardwicke. Y
Thomas Byrne. James N. Boyd SsNF. ID
Cutsllaw. Or. George Ben Johnston, +. c.
Ebel. John S, Elicit Sam Cohen, Fritz y
sitterding. R, a, Dunlop, Charles e.
Glover, II. II. Pollard, Jr..! y. B. Mosby.
Joseph Wallersten, Fred q =. Noting
William H. Graham, w. II, Lacy II j oseph
Portch. w. Otto Noting. ]. D. Patton.
M. B. Rosenbaum. James ]. Dreamer. r. Il
r. Woodward, James III. Pond, u. G. ri
Woodward. u. Is. Sampson. Jackson Guy.
William Il, Reed. s., II. Cottrell, S. b,
Hughes, ], j. Powell. Andrew Tyree.
u. w. Blakey. Thomas N. o Keeffe. Hon.
John Lamb, Thomas NJ. Rutherford. Will
liam II. Palmer Jry Leigh r, Page. "A.
b. Tyson, ]. a, Ruth Louis Byrne. w. n
u, Griggs, l.. g, Perkins, B. II. Alsop,
w, M. Parrish. Henry Lee Valentine.
e. r, Sands. J. p. Mc1ntire, Eugene G, "
Massie s, w. Tompkins, s, Dabney Il
.Crenshaw. w. .. SHELTON. Wiley An-
derson. w. s. Gum. u. !. starke, w. II.
Curtis, Langhorne Putney,i ]. Scot Par-
ylsh. n. Kirk Parrish. Henry r, Miller,
j. II. Lewis. M, M, Gillian. M. a. Chanl-
,Sers, b. r, Eldrldge, Lewis D. Aylett.g
John p. Leary, M. y. O'Donnell, II. st.
John Coalter. John a. Curtis. Robert II
.Whittet. Jr,. IT. a, Saunders. w, II. lIr-s3s
quhart, Corbn Warwick. Chtles M. Fer ~
rell. r., ]. Fitzpatrick, a. s. Briggs A. C.f
Hartman w. T., White, William II. Sands.
Ohio kean. II, NJ. Smith. Jr. Charles +.
Taylor. u. NJ Perkins. Luke Harvey
Thomas s. Armlstead, Peyton Gryn,cs,
j, S.. Moore George w. Brown. Kent ~
lRawley James A. Duffy, g. Hunt,
Fl. a.. Atkinson, w, A.. " Kelly, Iullan,
n. Wright, John g. liagan, Thomas g. II
Gordon and John r. Melvin, NJ *
When tho orchestra had concluded the 1
opening selection. Mr., James Caskle. q
Well known member OF the Richmond hal,
called the meeting to order. ard briefly 4
but gracefully presented Mr., Egbert g; 4S
Leigh, Jr,, ms the presiding officer OF the
evening.
Mr.. Leigh's Speech.
:. Mr.. Leigh in a brief speech ntrnduced 4
Senator Martin to this Representatives
RICHMOND audience. His coinmendation
OF the senator and his ST atenent that the y
figures tho senator had caused 10 bN u
written In congressional appropriation II
bills rather than the figures Of speech ~