Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-07-19
Montague at Manchester.

as reported in the Richmond
TimeS-DiSputch, the speech and
the ovation accorded the speaker
being considered the greatest of
the campaign:
/ am here before you for pub
Inc Office; | am before you i'm the
open; | shall never apply for pub
Inc favor in any other way"
The question, he asserted. was
one reaching far above the person
atty of the junior senator or him
self, and then he discussed the
small opportunity the people have
as compared with that of corpora
tons.
l am not here to attack corpora
tons, he said. Corporations
have come among us to stay. but
this is no reason why the people
should not make them stay i'm there
places.
Special interests and special
privileges have always had the in
side track in the race of life. The
trouble in the American system of
government is that the people don't
take enough interest in their public
options.
Il belive that the influences that
put men in office will control them
after they get there.
i submit that there should oe mo-
influences behind public officials.
save that of the people, and that is
why | am here advocating the cleo
ton of senators by the people.
] am not here to abuse or to
attack anybody, but | am not here
afraid Of any" declared the speak
er amid great applause, " and the
little lot of newspapers and ma
chine politicians may bark and
snap, and | will still 90 on endeay-
oring To serve the people faithfully
and to advocate the reforms they
desire.
The Junior senator disclaims
that he attacks me. His friends
do 1t; and he believes in govern
ment of, by and for friends.
They follow his winks and mods.
if indeed they do not follow his
silent voice"
The Governor referred To Scna-
tor Martins declaration at King
George Courthouse that he had
struck down the primary resolu-
tons at Roanoke because they were
amid at Tom Martini" and he
asked his hearers if they had ever
in all their lives heard much less
smaller officer that United States
Senator taking such n stand for
personal rather than for public con-
Sideration.
The Governor thought the Sena-
tor must have either desired to
deny the people chance or else
he was afraid of the people.
He declared that never had he
been able To discover that the jun
Tor Senator favored the primary
until it had been adopted. Il have
listened for eleven years To find
out where he was and have found
him Secretely obstructing it either
personally or through his friends. -
II was the best man in the world
until they could not boss me, and
now I'm the worst. | do not be-
lieve in a government of, by and
for friends. There are plenty OF
places in life for friendships. Like
other virtues, men who have il
don't continually talk about it,
The people who make professions
of standing by friends are the
| QuayS, the HannaS, the Rathbone>
and the Crokers, who would stick
you in the back if they got ;
chance.
Il am appealing directly to the
people in this fight. | have no con
gressmen filling my headquarter.
to be at my beck and call. ] hav,
no secretary of the State Commit
tee running my campaign and Civ
ing me the names of party workers
furnishing me with the doubtful
ones, who should be looked after.
"All | ask is an honest vote
honestly counted. | expect to hav
this, and, having it, do not looI
forward with dread to the result.
you've got the people wit
you" yelled some one in tin
crowd.
That's my hearts desire, y wa
the Governors quick reply, fo