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

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Il that of his competitor. He declared that
III his life time tho Governor had done
rothing for the benefit of the people. Ills
sole accomplishment had been super
abundance of talk. lie claimed credit for
the primary plan. but was not entitled
tn it. Hc was likewise emphasizing his
position on the question of single lnnd
,nultiple text books in the schools. Here
lie could rlghtfully claim even less credit
Tho senator elaborated.
The School Register.
Tho people of Virginia he declared
had been forced to pay scventy-five cents
for school register that was worth
eighteen cents, while a clerk In tho De-
partment or Public Instruction poclscted
the difference. They were forced to
pay from twenty-fiveato fifty per cent.
Flnore for books than other States. Under
tho multiple system the companies could
>.and did rob the schools. Ono of the nlen1-.
ters or the school board which adopted
the. multiple list was Andrew Jackson
Montague, n1h only Que Single list was
adopted, and that was the school register
and the school board placed on this sin;-
gle book a price of seventy-five cents,
when it was worth but eighteen.
II. r. Pollard, a distinguished lawyer
) Ct Richmond appeared before the school
board and argued against the multiple
list. Governor Montague replying to Mr.,
Pollard, favored tho multiple list and
carried the day. The multiple list was
rcadopted.
.,,'But OH the ED OF March, 9O4." the
senator went on to say,&'tthe senatorial
campaign was looming up. The Cover
nol OF Virginia, a candidate for the SEN
etc, was anxious to get on l.ie popular
side. He began to think differently onSthe
s,hool book question. New light came
to him and he underwent n conversion.
He offered resolution resembling tho
multiple list and proposing the single list.
Tho resolution was adopted.
IF he had given, this matter his atten-
t.cn before Senator Martin said 'the
multiple list might never have been
adopted, and hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars might have been saved to the
people Of Virginia. I do not charge that
he knew that clerk In the Department
cs Public Instruction was stealing money
hut IL he thought little more about
what was right before his eyes and a
United States Senate he would have
seen"
Record of Martin.
Dropping the record or Governor Monta-
sue. the senator reverted to his own. He
declared his competitor had changed his
tune Of nttack many times because his
position was always untenable, The
sreaker welcomed the charge that he was
Il department runner.
"Nly competitor has said: have no
boss. lie would have been better Off ir
re had had a boss to save him from some
CT the mistakes he has made, and that
Fave accrued to my benefit, He has also
Sc i'd he has no boss in Washngto on.
| He never said truer thing. for he will
| rever get to Washington and IL he does,
| it will take n better man than he is to
| boss things there. lie has complained
| that he has no State Committee OF his
own, and that he can't elect tho Judges
i or election. I want him to have repro.
sentatlves at the polls, want the highest
and best men appointed as Judges want
! them to see that everything is clean. ]
4 want some impartial man to appoint
! them. l don't want to name them, FOL
! am human and might name partlsans
| IT can't do right all the time If am
right half the time. am doing good, But
| my competitor Is always kicking. lie has
4 boon kicking all his life and will keep on
kicking to the end.
Predicts Montagues Defeat.
clio will be kicking on August 22d,
whan he Will be showed under SO deep
that you won't be able to SEQ the tips OF
lis toes when he kicks. Flo is laying lne
foundation for Il great sQucal on the 22d
! OF August. You are going to hear him
howl then,
According to my competltor," contin-
lled the Senator. In effect, !" am tthc polit
cal boss Of virginia. This is no insult
to me- but ltfls an awful insnltrto you
If you can be bossed and dictated to by
n little man like me- If ! am In contro
of all legislatures. all State committees
and everything else, what In tho name o
sense Is he running for the Senate for
Do You suppose II that Is true. that
am going to lot him be elected? EIe ha:
charged that the Democratic party has
degcnerated and Is decadent. lie says !
must get back to the days OF William G
Riycs and II. M. r. Hunter, and then
with becoming modesty, he picks himself
worthy successor OF these men, Oh, no
He Is not n man to say small things about
himself
The Virginia Machine,
: In the course OF what followed the Sen,
n ator charged that the Governor was fur
h nishng ammunition to tho Republican
party. He denied that In the Richmond
convention members Of committees raj
to his room to find out what he wantet
u done about the assessments. The Cover
n nor, he asserted, was down on the Demo
/, cratic party, down on tho Democratic
j. committee and down on all his (Martin's
o friends The oply .'mnchine" that cxiste'
: In Virginia. he said. was that controe'
Q by the Governor Of Virginia. lie (Nlartln
(. had no patronage 10 bestow under q Re
- publican administrations, The count
:, managers for his competitor We're tho me
. the Governor had appointed to Office. The
!, ;, bobbed up every time he pushed hi
~ thumb down They were the cogs In IN
u machinery that ut Systematically Int
y place--the placcholdcrs whom the Cover
I nor appointed and from whom he &c
re good political service infreturn,
rs SPY charging that am the boss of
7, virginia machine" the senator said !
|. effect; MY distinguished competitor
II ,l,n thpf'