The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-07

 NOT FOR SALE Virginians : Repudiate
 Talk of Ryan. HE CAN NOT BUY HIS WAY Rich New Yorker Discussed for
 Upper House. Multi Millionaire h Citizen Of old Do- Ininion Whose Political Conditions Are Nkened To Those Of
HE CAN NOT BUY HIS WAY
BY A. l. STOEER.

Some Of the wrlterS TOT NeW hoth and other Eastern newspapers seem de- termined to have Thomas F. Ryan break into the United States Senate from Virginia.
 MT. Ryan is generally credited with having piled, up fortune approximate iy of $100,000.000. At any rate 1t Is high up in the millionaire list Of the metropolis.
 For the benefit of readers who may wonder how 1t could be possible TOT a man who has made millions in New York to even have the remotest chance of becoming @ senator from virginia 1t Is only necessary to state that MT Ryan has his voting or legal resi- dence in the old Dominion. In 1904 he was delegate from Virginia to the National Democratic convention at st Louis which nominated Parker and Davis. Mir Ryan owns in Nelson coun- ty one of the largest, finest and most expensive farms in Virginia. He spends a goodly portion of the year on this place. He is naive ,, marie in which is located the Univer- sity of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson.
 Career of Tom Ryan.
 The father of Thomas F. Ryan came over to this country from Ireland ana settled there. The elder Ryan TOT those days was reasonably prosper oua man-about as prosperous as the average man who lived in a rural com munity. But he did not have means enough to give his son capital to go into business when the latter staFteo out in the world to make his fame ana fortune Thomas F., had to win by his energy and pluck For a rev years he tried his luck In Baltimore. That city was not big enough Tor htn Re rushed on to New York, and Aasn't in the metropolis many wears before he began to make hinsen Essit- lns inc f4stan oiaA w orld- He IS only 0ftv-faye years old now. ana ms enor ns.,safgrtuue,ss hethers it. is seo. .ooo,ooo or a sf0o. 100000. has been acquifeu within about twenty years ,, The manager of MT. Ryan,s beautiLui aatates in Nelson county is Judge Low Sns shortly to be tried for shooting vonng Theodore Estes. whom the ;nd~e charged with having drugged end betrayed his young daughter few weeks ago. This tragedy mas stirred up that whole section or the state. and so intense Is the Ieei,ns that a change of venue was asked ior' ana .t will be tried in Halifax county down next to the North Caroline line.
 Ubeu MT. Ryan heard of the untor- s..,,sa ,s-- afYairy he promptly wired from New york that he would stand py bis friend and manager "ith any amount of bail that might De requireu' and 1t presumed he will put up the ne cessary amount or Ihohey !" A
 expense of the trial.
 Is Now In Europe.
 few days ago MT. Ryan, accom- panied by Mrs. Ryan. sailed for vislI to several of the European countries They expect to return to this country in time to spend the autumn months on their Nelson county Iarm. ,,nd noto going away he positively declined 10 discuss politics.
 Close friends of this very rich man do not think he has any idea or trying to become Senator from virginia Since his departure five or six well known Virginians have been Tn Wash- ineton-nen who keep a run of po- iiticai matters in the Old Dominion. or course, they have read the stun that has been printed in the New York and other papers. The substance or what they said to your correspondent can be noted in substance as folloWs'
 In the first place, if MT. Ryan or any other man had hal1 olinon or dollars he could not expect to peat either John W. Daniel or Thomas s. Martin. the present Senators. This Is on the assumption that they live 10 old 4Re and the Democratic party re- tains control of affairs in the state.
 Money, they will tell you in emphat- ic terms, does not cut any appreciable figure in the politics of Virginia. That was tried a couple of years ago when Joseph E. Willard attempted to cap- ture the Democratic nomination Tor Gevernor. MT. Willard was the only rHh man of the three who ran for the office at the primaries of the domi-
 fh.a r hotel in this city, and probably has, all told. with his other property here four or five million dollars. At the time he ran, MT. Willard was lieu tenant-governor of the state.
 Money Will Not Win
 Tho anti-bribery law of Virginia is A strict one. Willard. like the other candidates. was compelled to tell in a sworn statement what he spent in his campaign. His figures showed that he was out of pocket something like s20.00O. The expense of MT. Swanson. the successful candidate. was about half as much. But for two years or more before the contest actually opened MT. Willard was contributing to charity in Virginia with a lavish hand. Still that was his business, and both he and his friends said 1t did not make any difference if he gave a quarter of a million to charity it was
 
 to do with 1t as he pleased. His po- litical enemies charged he was doing the things to help his campaign for Governor and when he came out third in the race they fairly hooted.
 One of the prominent Virginians speaking of the reported ambition of MT, Ryan to be a Virginia Senator had this to say
 T do not believe for a moment that MT. Ryan has the remotest idea of trying to enter the race. He Is a man of too much sense to attempt such a thing. The time has not arrived, and | I hope 1t never will, when a Virginia | Senatorship would go to any one sim ply because he Is a multi illionalre |
 Like Alabama Conditions.
 MT: Ryan has plenty of sumption along with his millions. and knows that 1t would be an impossibility for him or any other rich man. to defeat either Daniel or Martin with cash. Conditions in our State are pretty much