The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-30
Event Not So Unreason-
ably Foreseen that He
Lost Composure.
DELEGATE LANE
DID THE HONORS
After Partaking of One Of Mrs.
Martins Famous Luncheons,
Delegates Take in the
Sights and Fashions.
Governor Com
ing To-day.
(Froln our Regular correspondcntl

F-rom Our Regular Corrcspondcnt)
WASHINGTON, D. c., January O.
senator alnrtin was formally notified
to-day by a joint committee of the
Virginia General Assembly that he had
been elected to succeed himself in the
Senate of the United States for the term
of six years. expiring March 4, 1918. The
notification was made mt the residence
OF Senator Martin, oil S Street North
west. While there was something OF for
lnality in the ceremony OF notification,
there was very little OF II. only the two
speeches. the one by Hon G. f. T. Lane
of Mathews, conveying the somewhat
Startling news to the Senator, and the
brief acknowledgements on the part Of
Senator Martin. Then followed a colla-.
ton and an hour or so OF friendly chat.
chiefly Of matters relating to Virginia
and <Virginiahs. of course
rhc comiIilttee was delayed en- route
aud did not reach Washington until near
ly two o'clock this morning. The deie-
CATION stopped at the New Willard. and
did not breakfast until late, In conse-
quence OF having retired at such late
hour. Senator Martin has been confined
10 his room with something very like
whooping cough. If II is not that juvenile
ailment. and has scarcely been able TO
leave the house in two weeks. but tile
morning WAX 30 fine hc came down to the
hotel and ciatted with the members Of
the committee for sometime The COM
niittee consisted OF Senator Echols,
Shackelford. Tayenner and Delegates
Clement, Cochran. Lane. Pitts and WI
iiams. III addition 10 these Secretary JOS
epii Button. OF the State Senate. Speaker
Cardwel of the House OF Delegates; S.
NJ Donald. doorkeeper of the State Sea
ate. and Governor-elect Swanson. and
Representative Flood also went out to
hear the committee break the news TO
Senator Martin.
Back to the People
This was done by Delegate Lane. of
Mathews. in a most graceful manner.
In fact. the speech was perfect OF the
kind. and the congratulations extended
were entirely mcrited. Mr.. Lane said:
Senator Martini:
II count myself happy. on behalf OF
this joint committee of the two houses
of the General Assembly of Virginia, to
make the formal. though perhaps not
startling, announcement to you that the
General Assembly of Virginia, in the
manner prescribed by law, did on Tues
day. the 23d instant, elect you to sue
the State OF Virginia in the Congress OF
the United States for the term of six
years, beginning on March the 4. 1907. Z
..Some one has well said that the most
lilsound politics is that which is all
sound. and that those who have the
peoples name most frequently In their
mouths have the peoples true interest
most seldom at their hearts. Apt COM
parison has also been made between
q D
puffs the less freight he hauls. And so
when I revert. in pleasant thought, to
the memorable and unique senatorial
campaign of the summer Just gone--a
campaign In old Virginia long to be re-
membered by you for well rounded sue
cess; when ! recall the characteristic
candor and comncndabe dignity which
marked your every step, as you travers-
cd tho party pathway cback to the
peoplco, congratulate you from the
bottom of my heart upon the peoples
generous and splendid verdict For on
the 22d Of August last discriminating
public--the brooch and gem of the Old
Dominion-bencath an avalanche of free
mems ballots. effectually rebuked your
political traducers and rightly rewarded
your faithful public service, with the
crown jewel of their choice, their con-
fdence and their esteem
u ''Slr, the people OIL lN1TSllitt recognize
the fact that you have been tried in the
crucibe of public office and found not
wanting; that you have proven yourself
the earnest and willing champion of their
rights and their liberties; that you have
labored in season and out of season for
their good; that you have ever carried
integrity, faithfulness and all other cs-
sentials of the highest character to the
discharge of your official obligations; that
you have shown yourself diligent, capable
and courteous, always at your post Of
Suty, and that when occasion suggested
" required you counted 1t no crime in
the interests of Your humblest constitu-.
ents to make frequent visits to the va
rious governmental departments. Yes,
\ YOU have been to us a pillar of strength
Mt the national Capitol, and not n nero
wcather-cock on the top of the editice.''
And thus VIC feel Justified in logically
assuming that your past public acts are
but an index to your future usefulness to
us in the Senate Of the United States.
i believe. sir, that the devotion of your
countrymcn to YOU is ''as fixed as the
north star, as firm as adnmant as un-
yielding as the rock OF Gibraltar.'
lin conclusion, would further felicitate
you in counting not loyalty to your
friends a perncous doctrine, but rather
that. in your official person. you hnrs
sllappily demonstrated, to the most skcp-
tical that so far from being an obsolete
virtue, gratitude is written anew III rubin,
letters in the lexicon of American poll
tics, s
Our earnest wish is that lie, to whom,
a thousand years is butsas heartrtbrob
In the breast of Time, may always have
you and yours in His ttenderest keeping,
and that, amid tho plaudts of7the people
YOU may ever continue to possess the
sweet, satisfying consciousness of having
preserved untarnished the sacred trust
again committed to yonr Keeping
Senator Martins reply was characteristic.
lcnllY brief. simnle and nonted q He nd.