Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-08-19
A. j, observation-disclosures 5. Martin.
A Comparison.


and violators OF the law
we're prosecuted with a vigor ana
ability almost unparalleled.
As The attorney general of Virginia,
he made a new and still higher rec
ord. He was called upon for opinions
of great Importance. He met every
issue with satisfaction to the people:
He was diligent in the performance q
the duties incident to his once, anu
70 diligence he added distinguished
ability and profound knowledge OF
the law,
Rnt over and above all stands Mon
taoue,s splendid administration OF the
Office of governor. To-day Virginia
has in her treasury surplus amount
mo to over half million dollars. Inc
laws have been executed in amethod-
zeal. orderly manner. Montague never
shirked his duty. He always tound
time TO attend to the smallest detali
of his high office. His messages to the
have abounded with sug-
~Sstions of commanding Importance.
He has been the friend, III season ana
out, of the war-worn Confederate sol
der -, ~
And while giving to wealth the
proper protection of the law to which
Il is Justly entitled, he has become
known as the staunch friend OF the
rights of the laboring people. He has
piyen unfaltering support to every
oroper measure in their behalf. He
has endeared himself to the farmers
and the tenants and landholders by
favoring the abolition of the odious
nractice of Rebates on Railroad
Frelghts." This accounts for the de-
termined opposition of the corpora
tiOns to his promotion. He does not
hesitate to declare that inasmuch as
an railroads, before they can exist,
must be chartered by the State, that
consequently the State has the con
stitutiOnal right to regulate the
freight of all railroads WlUhlh l's o0i
der.
He has been and is the friend OF
education and has labOred necessarily
to promote the welfare of our tree
schools, and he advocates larger sala,
| RES for the school teachers; ana
lespecially the establishment of more
Graded schools. From the hour that
| he was inaugurated he has worked
| for the Improvement of our roads ana
| public highways, until he has forced
| That issue upon the attention of the
people. Nothing seems to escape the
| yigilant eve of this watchful, this
|m9sterful man, who has been true to
every trust which has been imposed
upon him, whose duties he has ac-
cepted. .,o.,
| lie was not born with silver spoon
in his mouth. In common with thous-
ands of other Virginians he has felt
| the sting of poverty, and he has
achieved his signal triumphs by his
Town. unaided eXertiOns. With al
ambition which is both natural and
commendable, he seeks to be a sena-
tor in congress from Virginia.
/ Having hitherto succeeded III honor
ing every office he has held, is there
not strong reason to believe that IL
that high position he can be of Inn
d mense use to the people of his native
Estate? Unlike his opponent, his opin
ions upon great public questions are
known of all men. Why are we call
ed upon to support again the mys
FERROUS, silent senator, who, for tel
Hong wears has sat in that august body
as Silent as the grave itself? The grea
Spanish war with all its multiforn
- problems, failed to arouse him; discus
] sion after discussion has taken plac'
on the tariff, a subject of vital lmpor
lance, and it has elected not
word from him; the living, moving
: subject of -"Rebates on Railroad
4 Freightso and the discussions upon /
1lhave not broken that awful silence
three members of that august bod
have been indicted as "commo
e felons" and yet no word has escape
n his Ips. Strike after strike has oC
Cured among the laboring people
including the great coal strike, an
= vet not a word from him is heard.
t What manner of man is this VIII
o can maintain his hold upon grea
= lpeople by the exercise of a profoun
land mysterious silence? Is he a "cor
II structive statesman" If so where
Y the man who can point to a singl
# bill of which he is the author? Thos
h who doubt this statement will read
" vain the pages of the Congression'
e Record to find its refutation. But, sa
his friends, he has obtained SON
ol Appropriations; give him credit Il
lthem. and how does his account stan
= with the people? 1t reminds us of TT
u preacher, who, in his funeral sermC
d was hard pressed to remember SON
p good qualities of deceased thath cou
- praise, rose equal to the occasion
~ stating ooh! my hearers we must
N recollect that Brother M was
le excellent mathematician" The hist
ST nv of the public acts of Senator Mart
is likely to be admirable for its bre
itv. Compare the two men with pc
feet fairness and it will be found tn
in A. J. Montague has accomplish
in more in five years than Thomas
Martin has accomplished in his who
% life.
sh The question for the people to d
Sc eide is which one will do the mo
O. good if he is elected. 1t is W,
known fact that we can only judge t
oe future by the past. Now do we wa
so six wears more of oppressive silenc
IS | freely admit that Senator Martin
he a good organizer of men. He wor
never have defeated General Fitzhu
y Lee if he had not possessed thatpow'
IS. I freely admit that Senator Mart
lie / showed great skill and signal abili
no in defeating the State primary systt
of making nominations from 1896
'cI 1903; he saw the danger to himself
all the Roanoke convention in 1896, a
att worked like a beaver against
system. He won senatorial te
of six years by his action, and
en- knows it. He scented the dang
lat from afar, and again he won at
VS. May conference.
Fin But the principle followed him i
VIZ an avenging Nemesis, and when
MS Norfolk convention established it,
rs determined to try to snatch victC
M from the very jaws of defeat by be-
,,,+ the first to speak in favor of mol
'"' mating primary at the ensuing st
In Convention. The singular specta