The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-12
SENATOR MARTIN
ON EASTERN SHORE.
y Willard ]Llac q Given Cordial ! Receptions
at Ere dericksburg The Gov
ernor Criticizes Martins At /.
tack on the Corpora i5
ton Commits N
sion.
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Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
stTAaEIWELI. VA, July 1l.-Governor.
Montague and Congressman swansor,7
spoke to large audiences here this norn-ss
Ing. SS ss e N 3'5t. " n
\ To-day was horse show day, and q c!r.!i
Gus In town augmented the crowds. Mr.
Swanson was the first speaker. III u IisSi
Ills remarks were along the same lines:
as reported by the press Of tie State
Among other things, he said he favored 4
the single list Of school books working 4
the convicts In Jails and penitentialya on 4
the county roads, and expenditure OF a Il
large sum Of money for the benefit OF N
the public schools. S s N. 4. sis ssS5
Mr. Swanson said that he deserved the.
nomination for Governor from party
loyalty, and added, If / am defeated
I will work as hard for the nominee as &
II I we're the nominee Mr. swanson'st
speech was we'll received. and will bear
fruit on election day. IL, n, VI, S5s5
The Governor
The Governor was presented to the Y
audience by Mr.. R. s.. Gillespie as soon as \
Mr.. Swanson finished, !, who hailed the
Governor as the next Senator from vir-sS
gInla. At some length the Governor
showed where the present method Of Etheti
election Of " United States Senators had
enfyery Sunsat tisfactory,Sns the United
States Senate had been packed With
8grafters and EN- bezzlers. 3$
$& The Governor showed where his CONF,
spettor had been opposed to- tho primary
plan OF selecting Senators, quoting from
Mr.. Martins speech ut King George.
where he said that his reason for not
supporting the primary plan at the
Roanoke convention eight years ago, was
that 1t was a scheme to strike Tom lar:
stina down
Thus he declares most plainly said }
the Governor, That personal and not II
public or private patriotle constdera tons
determined his position on this great
question. If such considerations control
him In this case why have the people I
the right to expect otherwise than that
4 he will continue to regard his personal y:
or political welfare a bove the public vel
fare. y; 2i 5. s s5 g53 sf4 IL. 9s t
Dangerous Doctrine.
This is a precarlous and dangerous doc
trIne SO proclaimed In day when so \
many great questions are to be solved
and In the solution OF which self-sacrifice
and not personal promotion must be res
gnrded Never before In tho history Of
Virginia has such a bold standard OF
self-protection been put above public good
or public principle 55
* The Governor also declared that Sena-
tor Martin had never said q word oe
commendation fof the Corporation Con-
mission. which has resulted In bringing
into the treasury OF the State some half
a million dollars of additional revenue.
and which has given to tho people un-
measured benefits In the regulation and
control Of lions, but he first raised
his voice to bring tho commission into dis
}repute, and to strike at this body through
tho Governor for political and not pa
triotic reasons The Governors s speech
was we'll received s ISL
The Southwest has been greatly
strengthened for the Governor on account
+ Of Senator Martins attitude towards the
Corporation Commission, as Mr. Stuart Il
n member of the commission, is a resi-5
dent Of the Southwest. and Ia very popu--
lar with tho masses Of the people,