Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-08-25
TIE HUxoR OF 1T.

eons particularly In pOIltlcal
affairs, even harmless, inoffensive
men are tricked into doing things
which in saner moments they would
bsik at This has been the dilemma
OF two worthy, harmless back woods
gentlemen that might now go by
the firm name of Ohinn & Bass,
oracles for the fusion gang.
We have no quarrel with them,
although they rushed into circular
form (and they are still going
'round) to tear up the CITIZENS ed
ltorial on Judge Msnn's vote upon the
Jordan bill, and if it has been to no
particular bOdy's enlightenment it
was not their fault. Both are honor
able gentlemen, though they prefer
pretty bad company at times. They
succeeded in acting as an escape valve
for some of the bad language their
worthy copartners, the >whiskey ele-
ment, have been seeking to spew out;
Tut that is all. We are sorry the
two worthless were not better posted
on the oyster legislation subject and
much distressed that they did not
have liberty to revise and rerevise,
and then revise again, some of the
English upon the flaming poster,
and to make plain some of their
feelings. As it is, an educated man
is at loss to know what they are
driving st, 30 ambiguous are their
sentences aud 80 contradictory are
some of their assertions. But, how
ever, as we said we have no quarrel
With any whose misfortune, and not
fault, has led them into seas unbe-
fitting their rigging.
IL is not Orr purpose to go into a
discussion Of post-mortem affairs,
nor at any time 10 waste thimble-
full of powder on June bugs, be
their music and plumage never so
gay. Had these horror stricken gen
tlemen been close readers of the
Light of the world, "alias eVIRaIN.
IA CITIZEN" they would have seen
In several instances preceding Au-
gust 9th that we had stated and
"insinuated" (ss they choose to term
it, that Judge Mann had not voted
with the oyster people on the Jor-
dan bill, but that on the only vote
In the Senate upon this measure he
had voted with Senator Bryant, the
"Jordan" of the Senate. the foster
father Of the Jordan Bill, as we'll as
with him upon the Keezell substi-
tute. After denying our allegations
the aforementioned flaming poster
sets out to say that Judge Mann did
vote with the Tidewater people in
these matters, but later on says that
it lie true he did not vote with Tide
water on the Jordan Bill recommit-
ment, but that he had voted that
way in order to kill the bill, and
then makes the astounding state
ment that the five Tidewater Sena-
tOrs would also have voted that way
but feared they would be misunder-
stood by their constituents By
the great Akoon OF Swat, but these
enlightened gentlemen put our Tide
water fellows in an uneasy position.
Well, then what are you going to do
with the nine up-country Senators
who stood by US all through and
worked to defeat the bad oyster leg
MISUNDERSTANDING, Garrett, Hobbs,
Hutchinson, McIlwaine, Moon, Opie,
Rivercomb and Wallace? They,
with the five Tidewater fellows are
all We had voting with us not to re.
commit. (and thereby make q few
popular changes in order to later &C.
cure its passage.) One of these TODAY
Observation-Disclosures whose leader
ship, we make bold to assert since
We saw the whole fight and "mixed"
little in 1t, the Jordan Bill would
have been on us today-has been left
at home and would not stand for re-
election largely because his people
were displeased at his fight in our
behalf.
You might briag a thousand
letters, gentlemen, and we would
still stand our ground. No effort |
was made by outsiders to any great |
extent in the House to defeat Jordan
de had walk-over. The fight came |
mp In the Senate, and because of inn
perfections and personal pleadings
with up-country Senators on De.
cember 18th, 1903, Tidewater had
the bill virtually killed-"so dead
that it stinketh," in the words
OF Peter Barksdale who was gala
Wanting the floor on that memora-
bic occasion. But to overcome some
OF the imperfections and give
1t another chance for its life Judge
Mann was found with our enemies
and against every one of the fourteen
Senators before alladed to-witb
Bryant and every man who favored
the Jordan Bill. One or two of
them preferred perfecting it rather
than passing it in its present form.
Don't come here and tell us, who had
to "sit on the lid" thereafter until the
middle of Jannoru 20 i<oo.. Al