Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-31
jElocslIlc LEADERS R|DiculFD
New York kinsman Of Congressional
4 Candidate Assaiis Bryan and Jones
With Sarcastic Tongue Lashinss--
Mr.. Wise Replies to His Opponent
md Makes a serious Charge.

H0lku IdSl WIN piS N'''t'
At the Academy CT Music, with Hon.
John s. Wise, OF New York. as the
principal speaker. About 500 peopl :
were In attendance. and the gathering,
probably was the most enthusiastic
ever held here under Republican aus
pices. City Chairman w. Campbell
Smith presided, and on the stage Were
some twenty-five leading local MEM
hers Of the party. while others. with
ladies', occupied the boxes.
Mr.. George helms Wise, Republi'
can candidate for Congress In the
First district, was introduced first by
Chairman Smith. Mr.. Wis" spoke
ut some length, discussing issues OF
campaign and answering the speech
Of his opponent. Congressman w. A..
Jones. delivered here last week.
Makes Serious Charge.
Among other things. Mr.. Wise inti-
mated, or rather practically charged
that q telephone company on the
Northern Neck of which Congressman
JONES Is said to be chief stockholder.
deliberately held up message sent
by him, Mr.. Wise, to Republican
county chairman This message.
which left here in the shape Of a
Telegram and which had to be trans
mitted by telephone from Warsaw.
Mr. Jones' home, asked that arrange
ments be made for meetings to BIO
addressed by certain speaker who
was to tour that section In Mr.. Wise3
behalf. Mr.. Wise declared that the
message was held up In the Office un-
IN It's delivery was demanded three
days after 1t had been sent, when 1t
was too late to make the desired ar
yangements. He went on TO say that
Mr.. Jones neice was In charge OF the
Warsaw ONCE Of the telephone com
pany. The non.delivery Of this mes
sage. he said, was the reason there
was no meeting on one of the occas-
ions referred to by Mr. Jones. Re
ferring to the other occasion. men
toned by Mr.. Jones. when there was
no crowd. the speaker declared that
he did not hold a meeting because a
funeral was in progress.
= Extracts "Fairer."
Answering Mr.. Jones' charge that
extracts from his speeches had been
CARRIED oh cards issued by or for Mr..
WISE, the speaker said that ne
shouiiered full responsibility for
everything that appeared on the card.
and that the Published extracts were
"fairer' to Mr. Jones than the publ
cation of the entire speech would
have been He went on to say that
he would be willing to pay the Demo-
cratic papers here to publish just what
Mr.. Jones did say in that speech.
MIR. Wise again charged his oppo-
nent with doing nothing for the First
district during the eighteen years
Of bis service. and appealed to the
voters to send man to Congress
Who would have the interests of the
city and section at heart. and whH
would he in accord with the national
administration.
The candidate CLOSED by introducing
his kinsman. who was given an en-
thnsiastic greeting as the bani played
Dixie"
Captain Wise.
Captain Wise spent the greater part
Of an hour or more in ridicu!ing the
South for cIinging to the Democratic
party and fostering what he called
shatred:" telling anecdotes and as,
sailing Bryan and Jones. BEFORE con
cludins he made an appeal In behalf
Of his kinsman. saying that in the Re
publican caniidat" for Congress "you
have got as fine and as sweet hoy
~ ever vas brcJ In Tidewater Viz
GINA"
Says We 10 . Democrat.
The speaker said that he was
Democrat: too good a Democrat Il
become q "Popocrat." Calling uroT
the voters 10 think for themsclvc:
sud act Independently. he said that
). be broke away from the Democratic
parry twenty years ago. when a mar
vao dared TO give uttcrance 10 At
sdea That was not in accor! with Tho
drum TAP at the county coart house
va1 called q renegade and scailawag.
neferrins to the fact that his peo
% Ind lived In this State for nearly
shrce hundred years and hat he had
re:UrucN TO establish a hom~ On thu
E>rern Shore, Captain Wise said
-aud then some iit'ic 1hip1cr snap
yer. crossroads lawyer jumps up and
casBs mr q foreigner A. Fred
erseksburg Mr.. Jones referred TO Mr.
N,sr a. q New York millionaire.
Recsting the pas; greatness OF VII
elasa and deplcring the present con
assSss q the STATE. he said. in chec'
tnas the men IN the sa,cs q the dca'
0sue oes - bsoaght the safe y