Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-06-15

hours Oh last Monday at Heathsvills
Congressman Jones occupied about
half of his time in an uucalled for
TRADE Of abuse against this paper and
its editor. His choler was, presum.
ably, aroused because any one dared
raise . voice in public against him
and his tenure of office. Not because
the CITIZEN has made such fight
as it might have done on warrantable
grounds but becsuse, forsooth, it
was editorislly in favor of Mr.. Mesrs
aud had permitted communication
to sppear in its columns opposing
the autocrat of Warsaw. The can
didstes had outlined campaign of
moderation, and. the CITIZEN was
reloiced and accepted the dictum in
good faith, and has kept that faitf ;
so much 80 that friends of both the
candidates to the present time
have commented on our moderation.
While MIR. Mesrs is still throwing
boquets, in this last stage of the
campaign he came in for some of the
castigstiop, but the "stink-pots" were
used in hope of annihilating the
CITIZEN. Results will prove that
MIR. Jones has lost friends in both
Lancaster and Northumberland by
his vituperation of Monday; it cost
him at least hundred votes, and we
are content, so far as results 90. A
certain element must, undoubtedly,
have melted him. and losing bis head
he played to that element. lie got
partial reward by the buzzshs of his
coterie, and probably aroused flag
ging enthusiasm among some
that, beast-like, e1ult in welts
whether merited or not, upon some
thing they. hate-and that something
is usually something good. That
Mr.. Jones is mad all right aud scar,
at the strength his opponent has
developed, goes without saying, and
the old adage holds good--"whom
the gods destroy they first make
mad"
His erstwhile abusive speeches Of
Senator Martin convinced many Of
the mud-slinging capacity Of Jones.
Ills slanderous outbust at Heaths-
vile Unsupported by us. We are
not responsible for writer's opinions,
and our campaign has consisted al
most entirely 10 quotations from
other journals. We deny there was
q line in the last CITIZEN, or in any
issue of this campaign, that is not
courteous, and discussed in legitimate
and mild terms. But the fact that
there are facts there, and because
some correspondents oppose his re-
nomination, w. A. Jones deals in
abuse to hide merits of the campaign.
That the anger was worked up for
the occasion is substantiated BY the
fact that q few days ago Mr.. Jones
told the Hampton people what
strength be would poll up, this way,
and that "Lee had laid down"-was
not hustling for Nesrs. Our modera-
ton has already been explained by the
tacit understanding that the canpaign
would be on gentlemanly and pacific
lines. Instead of that he goes on the
rampage because reasons are given by
us and others why he should moi re-
turn to Congress-. Some of these he
has studiously refrained from answer
ing; others courteously asked of h m,
ne flies of at a tangent and indulges
IN abuse in attempting to answer.
Why ne was neglecting his duties
IN Congress, and why snap primary
was called, he could not excuse.
So far as We could learn these were
ais chief grievances
Boosting in being the father of the
primary he protested it was no fault
# his that it was costly. Just so; we
ecali that the newspapers said he was
or holding primaries without cost,
md that the Democrat who wouldn't
erve without pay should be disfran.
'hised. eve suppose he will deny
his, but it has not been denied when
published long ago in papers friendly
o him)
Another statement, that the
)IrIzEN never gave him credit
or appropriations. is untrue. We
lave never failed to give him
credit for every dollar aud Car.
ers Greek appropriation included
IS acknowledged in letter from
DIR. Jones to gentleman at Weems.
5ut when it is ali told--half a mil.
ION In 16 years-we shudder to think
hat we might have gotten at least
fifty thousand year-or nearly
million in l6 years-if we had had
10 representative in Congress.
Another wrathy explosion from the
peaker was in denying that he had
7ritten letter to Hampton in refer