The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-04
Governor Speaks to a
Large Crowd at Spot
sylvania G. H.
ATTACKS THE RECORD
OF THE JR. SENATOR
Declares the State Does Not
Need a Runner to the Depart
ments, But a. Man Who Can
Represent the State Of
Virginia AS Of
Old.

s57 Especial to The Times -Disratch.) =5
3 3FREDEl21 CTisBURG, VA, April 3 The
campaign for the United States senator
ship to succeed Senator Thomas s. Mar
tin. and for the govcrnorship and 'lieu-s
enant-governorsnlp was formally open
ed at historic old spotsylvania Court
house to-day. isS @ 81 q
Governor Montague. q candidate for
the United States senntors1iip, against
the junior senator. made his first public
speech In hiz campaign, king an al IS
dress OF about an hours length, In the
course OF which he reviewed his own nd Z!
vocacy OF good roads in Virginia and OF
n wider nterestain public education. de-
Tended his owl, record as Governor, re-.
Viewed his public career and contrasted5
1t with that OF his opponen t. s
s In the course OF his speech. the G over
nor sharply attacked Senator Martins
service as a senat tor. IN He charged that
( Senator Martin, or s Mr. Y Martin" as he
referred to him throughout. had had no
ge4perience In public life. had held n no
public office and was unknown W hen he
entered tho contest for the Senate and
sought to dlsplace General Eppa Hun
ten a man or long and dlsting guished ex-
perience in public affairs and then Sen
iators by appointment OF thu HgOverno OF. .ERf55 4
He charged \ that Mr.. Martins claims
10 consideration had been nagn fed Mt
the expense ofgSenator8D Daniel He had
carefully examined tho junior sena tor 8
record and had Found tina Il h had n ever
iorigtna ted Sea any measures and had con-
tented himself with vot ng, s whereas Sen
q tor Daniel had become dist tinguished by
reason Of his advocacy OF many mea 9 y
y,lox Spn.
4 te.. said the Governor. was not 10 runner
to s the depa rtments. Il but IS a NJ man who
could represent Virgin Ia as she lad abecn
Itrcnreaente ted lin the -oesr Gays OF che Com-
monwc;,lth. He did not know that Sen
|intur Martin had dnno anything to de-
serve eighteen years service, an a honor
whichaf had been reserved 4 or llfm en- Is
William C. sRives and r.. NJ. ~. Hunter
md men OF their distlnctlo
Governor Introduced
The County Chairman, Dr. Massey In 4
|5troduced Governor NJ Ion tague - s8s8 ca !,
didate for the United States Senate ard
Sthe Il C,oyornor was accorded a & royal res
ception, t8 5tf VI 4 tSS ts{s III hi 5s .$$a
Governor Montague said his introduc-- :;
ton had been both hosp ita ble and n ovel !;
the latter in that he was introduced as
"a candidate for thes United States Sen Sen.
at - W which constrained him to comment
tunnn the fact that ne WIS ElIle ~ o. Ge!t
didate for the OH Ice before the people. p,t
because the people nov. had a. chance to
elect3n senator from Yirginii iit. ~
..The great reform, Y said the SGoyernor =
,ls progressing throughout America and l'c
affords the only relief now In sight + for Or
decaying branch OF the legislative de-
partment OF the Federal government
Here tho speaker sketched conditions ditto 2 as
he saw them In tho Senate. calling alton
ton to ono member indicted for bl galnlmIly' IN
and others for various crimes and mis- mis-
demeanors; also to tho absence OF repre- 4
sentation where wealth and special inter
ests seem unable to control gisatures,
as is tho case In Delaware at present
People Must Ride. .5.s5
rho Governor said all #civi ilizatlons were
IN a measure determined by the desire
Of each citizen for q participation IN the the
affairs Of government, and that NJ Demo-
cratic America, We are asto nded NJ ne
fact that her citizenship participates IN
national government no moro than IN
Great Britain.
Il He said that out OF the immense body
OF officeholders In tho national govern
ment. only ono class was elective BY the
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