The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-06-12
DARBY AGAIN
his Defense of The Good Name OF
Some of FrederiCkSburs'S
Leading Citizens.


the present Municipal Campaign which
will close with the setting ul the sun uu
Tuesday ucNt and il had been the
writer's purpose TO give no further eN-
preston of his views. hut conditions
change. and we change With them and
therefore this further communication.
The writer has hrinra called attention
To the incorporate and shameful Use OF
abusive language on the part Of thr
bogus Executive Committee and 90
the fact that this ALI grd commitiorwns
and Is. i'm fact, but TWO or tlrrc men
with ends to serve and who arr after
office: aud the writer has shown 10y ah
lcNposure ui their miserable Constitution
and bylaws. their oath aud their black
list. the lrugth these two cor three men
will go. and the depth To which they
would rink their weaker fellow men, to
carry their point and suhScryc their own
selfish ends. Not only this. hut they
have attempted to trillc with the truth.
and comfort iuct- as plain ~ day in or.
der tu abuse citizens oi this town Who
were born and raised here. and who to-
day. all dan and every day. have. and
have bad. the confidence and esteem OF
the peol j.. and who. 900 every way. arr
UNNECESSARILY superior both 900 point al
/ intellect and character to their WuuIi-hr
traduccr..
Harry Lane. Joe Rowe and ~ ME
/ Bradley Az hIrellngs. and W llIir Bradley
represents absolutely nothing and D..
/ without property interests. is The cry
pat up 90 defeat these gentlemen. and
. this cry j. utterly without tine truth To
bear 10 out
Mr.. Lane Is salaricd business man.
BOSS, -sing also m.an~ oi his own and
r.pro~cnting property Interests of his
own THE saline Us true of thr majority
of clerks. railroad and other corporate
employees. of members oi thr bar. doc-
tors. dentists and ADJ others who work
for Others than themselves
Mr. j. f. Rowe is boo business with his
brothers for himself and them. AND has
substantial property interests.
Mr. " T. Bradley. against whom the
chief fight of the yellow Dog club has
h,cn directed L. employed hy The Free
Lancc-Star Publishing Co.. and De- re-
gardrd ~ the best a.iruuud newspaper
man boz Virginia. llcnpr,cnt- nothing.
owns nothing. SAY ~Our OF thu~e hn
are hostile to him. Asa Truth. hc j. ono
Of three children of the late james Brad
ley. and OWNS "a uu,.thiri ui h- father e.
estate. consisting Of money and other
property. two lots boo the upper portion
Lot the city. thr large store occupied hy
Mr. Curtis l.i~rur. go acres ul city prop
crty north of thc Ilurkamp Tnnuery and
the handsome and valuable property ou
the CORNER oi AMELIA and Prince Ed
ward STREETS. occupied hy Mr. bradley s.
muth,r and hN himself aud family. Mr..
Bradley bad thr honor to incur the dis
.pialsuu. ui SOME members of the club.
and therefore. 100 their opinion. nothing
of good can hc proplly said of him. H.
is an employee, indeed. but uoono doubts
bis ability az "a Councilman. n- shown hN
bis record iu the Council oi This city.
II i~ mot our purpose or intent % cn-
deayor to hr-uirch the characters 81
N---r~ e. Il Howard. :. = bradford
and G. orc Goodrich. the candidates of
thr Good Government League Ncohl1
nrgrot their association with such an or
gauilatiuu
In thc Lower Ward the Conservative
ticket hn- come iu ior The abuse which,
on the part OBJ the yellow Dog cub. las
characterized The campaigu
Capt MrCnckcu with lis Williams
burg record is iaunting.y r.i.ri.d To-.
" ben Col Walter Taylor. Of Norfolk.
soldier. phiauthropi~i. business man
and hunnrirr. under oath on oh" stand
Thursday iu Williamsburg testified to
the ability and fidelity with which Capt
NrCrackru served his STATE and D. uplr.
and uuhe-itntugly said that capt. Me
Crackru' acts on the asylum board ~rfr
in every way those OF AN honest IMAM.
Attempted abuse of Capt Mrtrarkcu iN
some Wuuld-bc rriOrurr- AT Williams
burg ha- gladly been given currency n
this city hy some of the Yellow Reform
cr~ here. aud since the taptain j. now
sick and unable 10 answer his traducer-.
it gives the writer pleasure 10 hear this
testimony iu hi- behalf Governor ] Ter
also investigated these charges against
Capt McCrackru. and finding them base
hess aud groundIcs~. be- reappointcd the
Captain to the Williamsburg Board,
thus putting thr-Da oi his Executive ap-
proyal upon the faithful work aud cilic-
lent. honest service oi Mr. NcCracken.
Yes: Mr. Wrutcn 81 nclc Georgc. ~
his friends who know him lovingly call
him. il eighty years old. and, thank God.
he il eighty years honest aud cOnsefya-
tive: eighty years man and a gentle
man:cighty years "a citizen of lrcdcricks-
burg. and one in whom for eighty years
the people of this town have found moth
ing but honesty and square dealing, and
against whom nothing WAS ever alleged
Il It.f Frt..ff ID nm
-laughts of the last lew years 10y those
who Islander everything and anything
decent and respectable. and who in their
impious impaticnce would lay their hands
upon the Horns of the Altar Itself IN
order to besmirch those who stand be-
tween them and their own selfish ends.
What if hc did 20 through the bankrupt
couIt2 4 prosperous builder before the
Civil War, with property accumulated a.
"A result of honest toll, like many good
and honorable man. the iron hand OF WAR
and the ruthless despOicr5 OF Military
District No. composed of the rubbish
and carpet-haggers OF the North. some OF
whose po-terity still plague this coun-
try.-this and these swept away his
property. dcspOiled him of the means
WilpfeWltN 10 pay IllN utblN' anu nv EhNt
No his all To his creditors and started
life anew. Bankruptcy had its origin in
Divine wisdom and Divine law, with the
Hebrew race, the oldest race and only
Theocracy: and on every Jubilee Year
the land. no matter how sold and divd-
cd. or how encountered with debt, revert
cd free and clear to the tribe aud family
Of the original owners. Bankruptcy.
honestly awaited of with an honest, full
and free surrender of ones property To
ones creditors, il beneficial institution
and has been awaited of by Others than
Mr.. Wroten, and such action l. not to
their discrcdit. It's the intent which
makes or mars the man, and financial
embarrassment goes not to the true
worth Of the cmbarrasscd,-it is n mis-
fortune to be- pitied rather than blamed
or Haunted from the house-tops. Man
has fallen from his high estate, has dis
honored and disOwped the service OF his
Maker. violated his fidelity and his obi
cations to his family, his friends, and has