Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-05-12
YIRGINIA,s CLAIM.

III 10 most remarkable fact, dis
tinguished from all other campaigns
Tor certainly all but those engaged
In by Hon. A. j. Montague), that
every statement set up by an aggres-
siye candidate has been refuted. Mr..
Montague holds the unique distinc-
ton of public man starting vigor-
Gus campaign in which his entire
array of statements have been shown
to be false. Charity has agreed to
the verdict that he launched out
without first getting posted, rather
than charge him with wilful misrep-
resentations. Failing in his every
charge against Senator Martin, he has
taken refuge under the cloak of Fitz
Lee to save him from the merited
rebuke the well-informed people of
Virginia are putting upon him. And
it now appears that, Notwithstanding
the hypocriticsl cant and effort to
create a maudling sympathy over
General Lees defeat by Senator Mar
tin, not one of the Generals immedi
ate family, We have been reliably in
formed, is supporting Mr.. Mon
tague. Undoubtedly, like the family
OF Governor Tyler, they know of Mr..
Montague's insincerity and cannot
endorse his conduct.
As to the Virginisn- Pilots state
ment that Senator Martins services
ION the surface) showed but a net
result to Virginia of $3.50 in her
claim against the Federal Government
the Petersburg Index-Appeal gives
the most lucid review of the achieve
ment we have seen. 1t says:
Now this matter, which seems to the
Virginian-Pilot to be SO easily disposed
OF, has been q subject of contention and
controversy for more than three quar-
tiers OF q century. In 1926 there was y
settlement made between Virginia aud
the United States Government in con.
nection with the latter's Indebtedness TO
this State which did Virginia great In
justice by the method Of computing in
terest, and OF applying payments which
had been made from time TO time by the
Federal Government. In all that long
time the great men in Congress from
Virginia Of whom Governor Montague
and others say that Mr.. Martin Is not u
1T successor, did nothing or next to
nothing to repair the wrong which had
been done to Virgins. To be sure, ef.
forts were made from time to time TO
reopen the case and have the account
re-stated, and more than once Senator
Daniel secured the passage of bill
through the Senate, but II never passed
the. House. It was reserved for Mr..
Martin TO carry the matter to its final
and successful contamination.
Virginia's claim against the Federal
Government did not. as our contempt
rsry seems to imagine, stand upon equal
ground with the claim of the Federal
Government against Virginia. Virginia
had NO standing whatever In the Cour,
OF Claims in the District of Columbia. OF
anywhere else. except by the courtesy
and consent OF the Federal Government
BY the settlement of 1896 her case was
res ad1udicata, and she was wlthou,
remedy. Not so with the Federal Gov.
ernment's claim against Virginia. The
United States had claim which had not
been settled, but which could be en-.
forced, and which they were preparing
to enforce when Senator Martin had the
bill passed through both Houses under
which the account settled in 1926 was
re-s'ated and the sum of 81, zoo, 900 was
saved to the State of Virginia. Had his
EFFORT failed, the Federal Governmen,
could and would have gotten judgment
against Virginis, and instead of this
State receiving s. so as the balance due
her in the Offsets, the United States
would have collected from her nearly
$4,000
Can the Virginian- Pilot point to any
other member of Congress-Senator or
hepresentative-who has done as much
Tor Virginia in the last seventy. five
yearsf Caz 1t produce any speech. no
matter how eloquent, that was worth as
muche