The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-04
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Mr.. Walter i. Addison editor OF a1G
MINES IN trqdufc l',st ny If SM1.st and
the game cock Of virginia.. M. hu..
Mir. swanson was greeted win c!iilh mug
msas aRpn sn "a re eS 10
VI Wrgn|a. Which vas hsarilly app Pr ,deai
m H sau 'n Once be alsd greater h1n
that Of senator. His decaratiyn that me ne
would hold no one Rledgea 10 nun wis Loudly
hers was s eur , 2rEan'5cai, uS;
i mist be composed OF millionaircs or back.
ed Nv one Judging from the amount OF
advertising space they hnd padd for.d lis
,o soms an IN tge party and Said these
sssndSSrers had lad Been At the Norfolk CON
yeqon they nN MH eous nqt naxs on m
pistrie W''s p eant Who criticised him
IND said t, he h Xas s mn ANA ah
was such TINT he could not favor MS ' ap-
pointment. Some one handed Mr.: swan
son the name Of the party VINO wms
4 SA,.4l1
>nThe speaker said he had made more I
and endq he state Except
nor Montague. Let Mr.. willard nnd Judge
Mann tell how many speeches they, n m 'u,i
i PittsyIvania county, his home where h!s
friends lived It was as much Montasu ", !,
district hs 1sd tha eg taa wou
sd iu Of August they WIN sec that "s " J.
son Is amazing popular over IN inc ne riht ~
Mr. Swanson then reviewed his Work tx
during the campaign. For three weeks IS, nc p
had trayeed a. ms e aid
| not believe that the Democrats Of Roam
oke would Justify such malicious n, TX
i ii.o" that the Democrats would resent
these these attacks and make him the standard
heaer Of ihs pnrtyn Anpla~sa3 search
| his record. During the fourteen years
| lie had been in public life tho only Al
tack made on him had been made by
Fan anonymous writer In the Roanokc
1 papers.
| lie wanted Captain Willard TO answer.
whether ha had read and knew OF the
| charges made against him and paid for
1 them y.
4 Crandall Mackay that he had been guilty
Of graft, and said, thank God. he did
help the fellows TO get decent wages:
\ In regard TO the clerR az SItu llitiN, e -
1 Captain lWillard thought $500 was
enough salary for him, he didn't, and
! thought lie was poorly paid at 5000, which
I he got for him..
i He then reviewed the other charges
ana explained the duties Of the clerks
and why tho salaries were raised. r.
1 was there to represent those people.
3IThey were all Republicans: The man at
1 Independence was a Republican and at
tackled him in he paper but, thank GOD,
he was broad-minded enough get an
Increase of wages for a poor Republican.
4 The charges were old and rehashet.
4 The Willard Club had asked him some
! questions and he would like to ask them
\ a few, Why had Mr.. Willard, while IN
4 the Senate, moved to have tho bill pro
. vidlng for labor commission laid aside
{ and succeeded In doing go? Why hnd
= Captain Willard twice voted against ne
employers liability bills? Why had cap
!, tain Willard voted against the Jim Grow
bill In the committee2
, Now no says he voted for 1t IN ne
House That Is the way with all these
fellows: when they sec anything IS pop
ular and going to pass, - vote l for II;
lit seemed to him that Captain WillarH
: had curious way OF voting against all
the bills he favored. ,r58a !,
Mr., Swanson then reviewed his record
and spoke Of what he. expected TO 40 u
Z elected Governor OF Virginia