The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-11
WARM GRE. .E'T|NG
FOR MONTAGUE.
Martinsville and Henry
County Turnout to
Hear Him.
MANN AND WILLARD
SPEAK IN LOUISA.
Mr.. Ellyson Makes Denial Of Mn.
cabell's Statement in Re-
gard to Hirn-Swan-
son Addresses
Large Crowd in
Lexington.
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AfARTINsVIIIiE. VA, July 1o.-AIar1
insville and Henry county gave Governor
Montague q warm greeting to-day both
In point of weather conditions ana In
tho cordially Of his reception. NotwttttS
standing the fact that tho thermometers
registered above ninety In the shade,
nearly nine hundred people. some threa
hundred Of whom were ladies'. gathered ua
the Alliance Warehouse to hear hins
Throughout his speech Of two hours the1
gave him the closest attention, ana fre4
Quent applause. He opened with an ex~
preston Of his pleasure at being again
with Henry county people, q county IN
which he had always responded 10 calls
to do service for his party. The speech
was more copSous and happlar IN epigrau
than is usual even in Governor Monta-
gue's addresses. He stated in the outset
that In his view The parties were u1ada
for the people and not the people for
parties" and launched at once into an
appeal for the election Of Senators By tta
people and Not by secret legislative
CAUCUS" 5fIft Yft
The System.
In discussing the matter OF electinK OH.
GERS by the direct vote Of the people, he
8 aincldentlys stated after the last Preslden-
tial election one OF the electors from
Virginia seriously considered whether or
not he should cast his vote for Parker.
The Governor swns rather more sarcas-
Ito than usual in his references to thu
newspapers. S.I have got the Press OF
VIRGINIA. Ho,, ma No 80 ao1I
said smiingly. "but the Danville Press.
: at any rate mildly. M &, 5.6 81
@s3 In another connection he referred to
newspapers opposing him as a .System,'
q because he had noticed that the same
articles in favor OF Senator Martin ap-
peared In several different papers at the
same time. an evidence Of a central dis
recting hand. m
He referred also to paper In North
ampton county, Now quite prosperous
which had published his own and Sena-
tor Martins speeches in separate coll
umns, the Montague column being blank
and the Martin column containing
lengthy statement Of what the Senator
had done.
\ He denlt vigorously with what he res
garded the .Vlndctive abuse and OUT
rageous misrepresentation OF the press
I Of the state. at least some OF the press.r
R%F re THllle1 a. QOZeIlHs INSTANCES Oh COH-
spicuous corruption and low standards
among senat tors from the various States.
Including Gas Addicks, Quay, Plat.
Depew Hanna. Burton, Deitrick. smoot
and Mitchell. The remedy for these, snid
+ Governor Montague, ia back to the peo-a
%ple." and "a little new blood in the Sem
Eate from this States Is not going to-
hurt"
Glowing Tributes.
He paid glowing and eloquent tributes
{ to Gray. Salisbury and Bayard Of Delo-
ware, and Hunton and Fltzhugh Lee, Of
Virginia, with observation-disclosures to the
probity and virtues of Phil. Mckinney. He
said that in the contest with F1tzhugh
Lee, Martin had not "Overcome,. but
had BEAT, d defeated and cut under''&that
great Virginian. ri s u
Probably more than half OF tho
speech was devoted to the primary, ques-t
tion. and his references to Senator Mar
tins and his own connection with that
question were about the same as In
other speeches.. Senator Martin claimed
that six years ago he had Issued a mnni-
festo favoring primaries. Ho had never
seen 1t and challenged Its production. Res
ferring to the machine. the trusts and the
newspaper System" he said "The In
hlences that put people In places Of
power determine the character of the
service they render
The Colorless Man.
In speaking of Martins failure to de-
clare himself on public questions, he said
f"The coored man has not hurt us quite
as much rs the coloress man. In gen
eral Governor Montngue's speech was
along the lines familiar to readers OF tho
daily press. He was In good trim and
did himself Justice as q strong and im-
pressive public speaker. Il.
Mr. ]. Alston Cabell followed Cover.
nor Montague in a speeoh OF about half
an hour. explaining especially the clr-
cumstances of his candidacy and Its re-
lation to the candidacy OF Mr.. Ellyson
for Lieutenant-Gove all OF which
has appeared In the Richmond uewspar.
ers. 5 M
He made an excellent Impression and
will receive many votes In this town and
county.
MANN WILLARD AND