Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-06-15
HOT UNDER THE COLLAR.
Congressman Jones Makes Denial of Facts and Resorts
Abuse TO Cover Issues


the Anti-Saloon League. If sincere,
MIR. Jones has been imposed upon,
for his chief friend there showed such
a letter to gentleman who is one of
the leading citizens aud purest men
OF Hampton. We accept his denial
In the face of these facts, for the
party would not give up the letter.
The same We do 10 respect to Mr..
Jones' temperance attitude. He says
ne is a temperance man and once
voted for local option. "Bilin' over"
because the CITIZEN asked HIM to 90
on record we got his announcement
for the public. We may be pardoned
for questioning his standing when it
IS known Whist his attitude has been
since nine years ago when temperance
split our county.
Two of the meauest insinuations
that came from the speaker we're,
that the CITIZEN would probably
get ont a circular attacking him too
late to be answered, and the other
that two communications in our last
issue probably emsnated from this
Office. Both are baseless and with
out q shadow Of truth. The
CITIZEN has not dreamed of
getting out political circular.
The letters referred to are two
mild ones among half dozen which
came to this Cffice 10 the editors ab-
sence (but would have been pub.
lished, just the same, and probably
more of them) with authors
names attached. These Can be seen
upon request by reputable parties.
One of the writer's lives Eve miles
from this Office, and was as true a
soldier as the Confederacy had.
The other lives twenty-five miles.
Possessing such opinions the honor
able Congressman editor must have
in his time practiced picayune
journalism. We manufacture no let
ters here. "Honni soft qui NAL
pense." As to rabid communities
tions, the CITIZEN has clean sheets
alongside Mr.. Jones' allies. which
have glowing monopoly for getting
out bssty election posters, and hold.
ing up press at night, until some
henchman could phone what was
in these columns, to get snap judg
ment.
He denied that be had announced
himself ia favor of rotation in office
(yet this is pure Democratic doctrine)
and brought forth great howl when
ne said that Taylor Scott was dead
aud buried when he was supporting
the late Lloyd Smith for Attorney
General. Now We see the ways of
some political speakers. for here are
the facts: % Thursday, August 10,
1877, at Roanoke convention Lloyd
L. Smith dropped out of the fight
for Attorney General and it narrowed
down between Mann and Montague.
the latter winning. just one week
before, August 5, Attorney General
X. Taylor Scott died at his home.
Scott was dead, but not until the
campaign was at its close, and not
Tor two months after Mr.. Jones was
made chairman of the committee an
pointed by the Bar Association at
Heathsville to push Mr.. Smiths
claims. Scott was candidate for
denomination and would probabl,
have been successful; bad gone
through the campaign and the guns
of all the other contestants were
aimed at him. Nov read THE elm.
ping, which we have before us and
which was based on an intersiew
given to the old Dispatch correspon
dent early 10 1897:
Representative Jones. of the First
Virginia District, says Mr.. LLOYD T.
Smith, Of Northumberland county. will
be pressed by his friends for the Demo |
cratic nomination for Attorney-Genera |
OF Virginia. The Democrats Of his dis |
trict, he says, think they are deserving
OF some of the honors of the party, and \
no man couic wear one Of them more |
becomingly than Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Jones |
rs q friend and admirer Of Major Scott,
the incumbent, who has performed the
duties of the Office most EFFICIENTLY and
only prefers Mr.. Smith because he is in
favor of rotation in office, and because
that gentleman is from his own section
Of the State-Tidewater. WASHINGTON
Corr. Alexandria Gazette.
Now will you whoop. We whoop-
'rs! Forgetfulness ia onvenient,
'ut facts are facts and history
loesn't lie, nor Can it be blurred
yer by stump speeches. Ia ad
Iition to this, friends of Mr..
ones today will not deny that they :
card him at the Cape Charles con- q
ention In 1896 say, to the effect, Y
hat ne was Just back from Chicago
here Bryan had been nominated
nd he desired this congressional
enomination that he might help
lect Bryan; that this people had