Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-18
Declares Opponents Speech Was
Misleading and That His
Record is Clean.
ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE PARTY
Admits, However, That He Did Not
Agree With 10 to 1 Propaganda
Sent Both Gold and Silver Speeches
to Interested Constituents Like
Other Congressman.

HARRISONBURG VA, May IL
Before-an audience that heard him
with marked attention and approval.
Harry Tucker, candidate for Governor
against Judge William Hodges Mann.
spoke here today.
In the course of his speech today
MIR. Tucker spoke in part as follows:
Judge Mann in his Buckingham
speech. am glad to see, has re-
n0unced his views with reference to
the disclosure of the records of can
didates for governor being injurious
to the party. and | congratulate him
upon his change of heart, and | feel
especially happy that he has. | con-
graduate him upon recognizing that
the public record of a man is proper
subject for legitimate criticism, and
that he renounces the idea that ii can
he regarded as mId-slinging. Indeed.
the Judge tas adopted so many or
the views expressed by me in advance
of MIN that | am led to hope that
if he continues this policy his r.
mocracy will be unassailable. and mis-
future record impregnable. I welcome
his attack on my record for consistence
TO the party in the campaign of 1896
His attempt to show that in 1896
was willing and attempted to secure
the nomination for Congress against
my convictions. will be as futile as his
attempts to defend his own record.
which ! have given to the people
through the State.
Fortunately for me, in meeting
this charge, have the best evidence
to refute it. and | give below an ex-
act COPY OF the speech which | made
at the Congressional convention at
Amherst Courthouse in 1896 (omit-
ting a personal reference TO friend
who is now dead). 1t gives the exact
status of NV position at that time
Three years before that convention
met had voted in Congress against
16 to I silver After that vote | was
renominated for Congress anG elected.
] regarded that as an endorsement
by the people of M position. When
the great campaign of 1896 came on,
and the money question absorbed
practically all of us, the strong ad-
hereHts of Is to silver in .-e district
made a fight against me for renomi-
ration. In nv own county of Angus
ia. where the people had been as 10y
al and true 10 me as any people in
the world could be, ] had fight in
every precinct, but did not lose del
I egate Throughout the district the
s,.me thing occurred: It was in no
wise a personal fight, but one on that
issue, and that alone. and I believe
that the feht would never have been
rras-
position and advocate 16 to l silver
IN Congress. The speech which | de-
livered. and which ! here give. anS
swers so fully the charges made that
7 feel perfectly secure in re. ling the
case on that ccntemporaneous evil
dence Of the facts. The people Of the
Tenth district know them well.
Replying Specifically.
Il will now proceed to take up The
specific charges that Judge Mann
makes to prove his case.
Judge Mann desires 10 know why.
ffIwas IovaI 10 the party in 1896 tHat
in the Richmond convention in 1894
I used the expression that after
eight years Of absence he was again
in the house Of his fathers and asks
where had he been. and why did he
come. forth. He had been sJlking in
his tent since he had been defeated
for Congress in 1896 I viii ten the
Judge where 7 was. Never ont Of the
Democratic Party. hut out Of active
politics. In 1897 7 was elected pro-
fcssor Of Law a. Washington and Lee
University 10 srccccd NV father The
session At the University begins usu-
ally early in September. ] was there
Eve years. ard Tor two years aefer
that I was dean Of the George Wash
ircton Law school in Washington. or
course nv duties as professor we're
such that J was not active in politics.
Int vas attending to my work. but
during that time. where occasion pre-
scented. made pcechcs locally FOR
the PARTY. and alWays supported the
ticket and In 1904. while ] vas dean
Of the George Washington Law Schoof
the Democratic convention AZ Rich
rnond dominated me a. one n the
Parker electors a. large. and the re-
marx attributed 10 me In the corven-
fioa Of 1904 simpis meant that hsvinE
been tied down Tor seven years tn
professors chair. and not having ben
IN q state convention for eight years.
I vas clad TO be back where ! always