The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-19
.HUNDLEY SAYS
| EW|S DID SAY So.
Repeats That He Declared
self Opposed to Law Forbid
ding Mixed Marriages.
CARD FROM JUDGE LEWIS.
Denies That He Ever 1ntinated
That He Favored Misce-
genation.

The Times Dispatch prints below three
interesting letters bearing on the cues
ton raised by Hon William A. Jones IN
his speech at Fredericksburg Monday
night as to whether Judge L.. Il. Lewis
the Republican candidate for Governor,
declared in a Joint debate with General
years ago. that he was opposed to the
statute forbdding the marriage Of whites
and blacks.
General Hundley insists that Judge
Lewis did make this emphatic declara-
ton; Judge Lewis declares this statement
to be untrue and Mr.. S. S. p patteson
gives his recollcctions Of what occurred.
The letters follow:
Judge Hundley Positive
Editor of The Tim Dispatch:
sir-1 ,n notice Judge Lewis's denial Of
hon. William A. Joncs's statement ut
Fredericksburg, which think requires
some statement by me in reference there
to. have been brought into this dis
as Hon taatiy T Ey Sa, TySon knows and
myself OF the matter. As to my mem
DRY. Of the commemorative It as clear
the debate save in one particular, do
not remember the exact time. or whether
the bill to. prohibit the intermarriage Of
wntes nnd h ne nag he GoM
ever that did then PROFOUND to, Judge
Lewis the question as to whether he
favored such. a law, and he promptly re-
law. and favored allowing all persons
negroes and whites-to marry whom they
pleased I did not expect him to make
1t Is not necessary to speak here. 1t Is
true, as Judge Lewis states, that he did
IN nconstitutlonal. It is is also true, as Judge
Lewis, states, tina In 1898 ut King William
Courthouse, he and had a most pleas
ant IN Which i made d ne aiusod
7 now frankly state my reasons for not
mentioning the :r1atter. In the first
place, 7 did not think Judge Lewis stood
and chance Of election to Congress, and
in the second place. after the Chester
upon our Court of Appeals and had
learned to think most highly of him as
a just, able and upright Judge. More
over, the time5 had chansed.there were
anG rn peonle we're un
der the hack as they had been in the
dark days following reconstruction.
5 1ndEe news a at eH stf ads
bitterly felt the humiliation inflicted on
our people by Judge Lewis, and his assoc
ciates. but Judge Lewis had shown him
self to be so anliable and kindly a gen
tlenan, that I could not help! liking him.
personally, and felt sorry that had ever
him. So at King Wlliam,HI did not
choose to revive unpleasant memories
Many of our speakers had been Con,
in war never felt Inundated until recon-
struction came, and negroe suffrage was
fastened on u.s. So when We met IN dc.
bate the men who had been instrumental
in degrading our people IN that manner
and looking over our audiences. saw the
hidcous faces OF the ielorant negroes. and
ths sad ana Nrgns on nhe
fathers and their friends, sense Of
Humiliation, shame and anger came over
us, that cannot be described or appreci-
inted by the present genera ton.
There are some sins political, as Wen as
other things, that are objectionable; In
: our minds and hearts theysa;re fixed for
construction and It's attendant horrors
are such sins. Our sons may net be able
now to appreciate our struggles and suf-
ferings, and they may listen to things
that do not move us.
81 With the men who passed through that
period, there Is no forgetfulness and 11t nc
statute OIL uInlStlioils. nli opHSS Stplo
his information came to mo ihln) from
tJud: e Hundley himself through the Hon.
j, Taylor EllNson. Is misleading, though
co con 'inaed vii - Mr. Eyson either
directly or indirectly. Mr.. Ellyson wrote
me two letters. one dated Oct. 1st and
one Oct. 10th. the last urging me TO let
first, or TO write him one that he could
publish. III declined to do this for the
reason that. did not desire to be, drawn
into a political discussion, occupying the
E FSIytso that t he had not derived his In
knew the facts. but il It ever become
necessary I would state the facts. The
d scusslon could doubtless tellJud &c Lewis
why a report OF his speech was not made,
at the time. He knows and told me why
it was not done.
I.ewis's character really favored miscege-
nation, attributed his surprising declh-
ration to a lack. Of moral courage. INC
courage to tell his negro cohorts. 10 their
equality, and for white wives, 1t was
in the stress Of debate, md the negroes
constituted his party In this state. Judge
Lewis must determine which norm OF inc
dlenlam he VII take sincerely, 4 res s,s
agreeable matter and heartily Wlsn tn1t
ne had rested on his lnures Ms an adj
mirablo judge, and had never gone pacK
into politics, ,,,.,,,,r1,v
Tarmvllc, Va. Oct. 49, 1905,
Judge Lewis Denies.
Editor Of The Dispatch: 4,
sir,--In your paper OF yesterday Mr., ".
A. Jones Is reported TO have said IN MS
speech OF the night beforeEat Irrcdericks-
blrp that I on a certain OCCASION, In Il