Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1905-07-19
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was and is a member, to the pas
sage of the resolution under which
the settlement was finally effected.
1t was Senator Daniel who first
secured the passage of that resolu-
ton through the Senate as an
amendment to one of the regular
supply bills. Senator Martin nei-
Their conceived the idea nor formu-
lated the resolution and his connec-
ton with the subject was entirely
perfunctory. 1t did not require
either lnitiatory action or parlia-
mentary knowledge upon his part.
The conception of the idea, as we'll
as the plan of settlement itself. was
Senator Daniels. All that Senator
Martin did, or could have done,
was TO refer to the Committee on
Resolutions the resolution in the
form of an amendment which SEN
ator Daniel had the year before
prepared and referred to that com
mittee. and the adoption of which
in the Senate he had secured. 1t
failed of passage in the House, and
hence the necessity for its reintro-
ductiOn in the Senate at its next
session. Senator Daniel then be-
iug in attendance upon the Consti-
tutional Convention, his colleague.
Senator Martin, again offered his
lDaniels) amendment. an entirely
perfunctory thing. 1t will not be
claimed, | think, although l NAV
underestimate the capacity of some
LOT Senator Martins friends for
making claims for him, that he
secured, or could have secured. the
passage of this resolution through
the House of Representatives. To
become operative il had. of course.
to pass both houses of Congress.
And vet in the face of these indis-
putable facts it Is claimed for SEN
ator Martin, if indeed, the claim
has not actually been made by him.
that he and he alone is entitled TO
thecreditfor this settlement. There
never was a more groundless and
imprudent claim.
You will not expect me. of
course, TO give you catalogue of
the measures in which the people
of Virginia were directly interest
ed'and the passage ofwhich through
the Senate Senator Daniel was in
strumental in securing. | will.
however, mention two having re-
latlon particularly TO my own dis
trict. No man can name a single
measure, however unimportant or
lnconsequential, relating in the re-
hottest degree TO the First Con-
gresslonal District, the passage of
which through either branch of
Congress Senator Martin either
secured or even advocated, or with
which ne was ever in any manner
shape or from, directly or indi-
rectly, connected. This is a very
broad, and possibly may seem to
you an amazing assertion, but it is
nevertheless one that is literally
true.
When | entered Congress the
birth place of Washington at
w akeheld had never been marked |
oy the L. 5. Government, now a
splendid marble obelisk indicates
hat halIOwed spot. 1t was Senator
Daniel who secured in the Senate
-he passage of the resolution which
made ITS erection possible. 1t was
senator Daniel who secured the
passage in the Senate of the bill
which subsequently became an act
If Congress and under the provi-
non of which Virginia's great
culptOr, Valentine, is now engao-
d IN having cast the bronze statue
Vhlch Is soon to be erected at
fredericksburg, Va, in comment
ration Of the valor of that great !
evolutionary hero, General HUGH ;
'iercer. These are but two of the !
many measures having relation TO ;
lie First Congressional district
WIN which Senator Daniel has :
'een conspicuously connected. n :
IN not quite so familiar as 10 what :,
senator Martin may, or may not :
ave done for the people of the
Their nine Congressional districts
DO know, however, that it was =
famed for him, and he modestlv .
ccepted the credit that he secured :,