The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-08

Give assessment upon Mint as candidate
d for that Office. I, AZ
when this plan w:s ultimately enlarged
TO include liz the primary systen1, 1,ot on.y
N ssnn3ofs, bit governors attorney general.
Z ara other officers, dividing the expenses
among them and making II possible FOR all
IVA q, s. run. he (Mattin) had approved tho
suggestion and had iii tile Richmond con
yention ffcret the motion which caused
its adoption.
And OF Montague, the apostle Of the
primary, the Senator was sharp III ms rs
criticism.
..My distinguished competitor" the
sneaker declared iii effect. mas tod Eou
thnt Ie gave the state tho primary ana
il8fthnt have from beginning to END op.
4 grnsed the principle. 1 have pointed out =. W
,o,, nv attitude upon this question. NV,
what has my stlnguishod compe'' ~
done? In the Roanoke cof1Ven.. ~. 80
majority OF the delegates favored nm III
lttofney general. ,,,,,,,
was for another ban, ont my ,'s1 tIn
e,,,shed competitor was iiomihh'ccu' 80
tnarcfnrc controlled the convention.
$ What aid no do when tho proposltiooh lo y
Il q ,,,.i,,,nry was presented by Mr.. Jones 9
a: :. ,,inr. md his voice was not heard
iIIc tells you now he was IN ilVo e - ~. -
Il ,,rln,nry. What good does 1t do you lor
n man to be i'll favor OF q thihs u i'i Neep
n Il profound secret? vi Ss
Again in Norfolk.
mo proposition TINT he might have
rotten through at the Roanoke conven-
7 ton was presented again IN Norlolk' ii i
voice was again rs silent as thc eIAVe'
~ talked n GOOD deal about other things,
M sn,d not a word about this. When
Inc amended plan was finally offered u,
theH Richmond convention i moved that
tho report be adopted. (Much npplauseoi
still the voice Of my competitor was
not hoard. Now he is playing tiiis thins
lin for his own nggrandlzcmcn' Hc Is
asking you to ss.ia him TO tii5 uni. =
states senate because w. A. Jones Oh
fcred a plan for a primary and L moved
10 adopt It while lie kept dumb as an
y Oyster
y THE historic veto Of the bill for q Nor
folk primary wac referred to by Senator
Martin. He disclosed, producing docu-
4 ments, that the Governor had vetoed the
bill and that he had later sent TO the
Legislature a special message explaining
Tint upon close examination Of the meas
,,rc lie had discovered that there was
contained IN itlno such provision as that
which surprising 1t to contain had caused
him to place his stamp of dlsapproVal
upon It.
Version of the Veto.
"what sort of Governor is that7" asked
the senator. '.Just think how huniliat-
ing that must be TO confess that he haet
vetoed n bill because of something that
wasn't in It. Fcllow-citzens. hope =
will never be so careless rs that. lioW
did he do It? will tell YOU. Ny COM
petitor's political manager IN NorfoIK IS
III Nv, w. Dey. He took Dey's word for 1t.
Dcy told him the bill was bad and ne
accepted Dcys version
ii Touching briefly upon the Governors
statement that n coorless man IS
greater menace to the South than the
colored man, which doctrine he stigma
tized, declaring it to be unworthy or 4
white Democrat. senator Martin .ooA w
the matter of the Lee statue ana me
Executives failure 10 act upon the bill.
4, 11e Maid a tribute to Lee, and declared
# that the pride and spirit and courage of
i Virginia arose. in protest against me
interference Of Northern veterans 'lde
read from clippings, showing that ne
(Martin) and FitzhuEh Lee had at the
time both called upon the State 70 stand
to its guns and not succumb.
sstt.. Hurrah for Fitzhugh Lee" bnwled Il
veteran.
II The Senator went rapidly on. The
Governor. he declared, had remained 81
slent upon this matter. so near to the
heart of every Virginian. Tho Legisla-
Sture passed tho bill ORDERLY; the bust OF
Lee to go into Stntuary Hail. The bill
went to the Governor.
Lee Statue Bill.
did the Governor sign IT." cried the
Senator. ooh, no. Did he veto 1t? lie
did not; he merely said the bill was UNI
necessary, incXpedient and unw!se Well.
why didn't he veto it? If he doesn't veto
Fl bills that are unnecessary, inexpedient
and unwise, In the name Of common
sense what sort of bills does lie veto?
Those that are necessary, eXpedlent and
wise? Who was colorcss then? 7 would
cheerfully have walked one hundred miles
FOR the privilege OF signing that bill. :
The Senator leaned forward and fired
his words straight into the faces Of the
crowd.
"Gentlemcn," he declared Eat that
time the Governor of Virginia was being
talked Of alLapeer the country as Il stron.
md able NOuDg executive. He was being
mentioned as worthy nominee for the
vice presidency of the United States
Perhaps 1t was the danger OF offendinl
the Northern veterans that prevented him
from signing the bill, placing a statue o.
General Lee in Statuary Hall. Pcrhnp:
ne was afraid to veto the same bill OF
account OF the effect 1t would have or
the Confederates of the South and Sc
he played the role OF the colorlcss man.
Constitutional Convention.
4 - :. y . q +
Proceeding, the Senator attempted t
point out some other "colorless" acts o
his distinguished competition lie refutct
the charge that he had opposed the move
ment for n constitutional convention
This statement he declared to be n
Inaccurate as every other made by HI
competitor.
''Ir he has made a single accurate state
,nent since opening his campaign u
spotsylvania last April have not dis
covered It," shouted the Senator II an
body here can correct me VIII weicom
tho interruption. will give prize 70
any accurate statement Of my dstin
guished competitor that can be dlscoy
cred. Accuracy Is not his forte. II
sees everything through glass darks
He has the superhuman knoWledge
which can turn black into "hlle' ~
e 40 burning up with anxiety to sc
into the United States Senate that
can't see anything right. lie Is floppini