The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-04
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SENATOR DANIEL
Story Told for F irst
Time on Gettysburg
Field.
A RUINED MAN, HE
REFUSED $40, 600
Wonderful Tribute Paid to Lame
Lion on Scene of Battle in
Which He Fought-virginia
Soldiers Have an Easy Day
at Camp Of Instruc-
ton.
BY ALExANDER FoRwAnp.

Camp of Instruction., Gettysburg. Pa,
July "a story of the late Senator
John Warwick Daniel, which would
have stirred Virginia and the nation
had IL been known at the time. but
has never before been uttered in pub
lie or published, was reconnted here
to-day. 1t is Significant, indeed. that
on the very field where the gallant
virginian fought his hardest battle at
arms there should have been told for
the first time what was perhaps his
hardest battle in peace. ~
1t would never have been told dur
ing his life. Now that the Senator
has obeyed the call of taps" he who
tells the story thinks 1t fitting that
the State which SO honored and loved
him should know how. at perhaps the
darkest hour of his existence. Senator
Daniel put aside the cup of mptation
when to. drain 1t would have been to
sell his honor and to betray his State.
It's telling will but add to the lustrc
on the unblemished armor of the war
rior and statesman. 1t has been known
to but few, and has been carefully
guarded by his friends.
Tells the story.
Mounted on box In front of Col.
Perry's headquarters, surrounded by
the intensely interested and reverent
members OF the First Virginia ReSi-
ment, Rev. j. Cleveland Hail. OF Dam
vile. told the story and pointed the
moral for his hearers. DIR. Hall is the
regimental chaplain.
1t has always been we'll known to
the people OF Virginia that Senator
Daniel was a poor man, but it is not
generally know that he at one time
called conference of one or two
friends and an attorney to discuss the
situation. The men sat together in
the Senator's home and tried to bring
some sort of order out of the chaos.
While the conference was proceed
ing. said DR. Hall. some mail arrived.
which Senator Daniel opened. When
he saw one of the letters he started.
His face turned white with the mental
struggle which followed
Then he exhibited the letter. 1t was
from an organization which, said Dr..
Hall, you business men call a trust
1t was briefly stated that at times the
concern needed legal advice. and while
1t did not especially want an attorney
at the moment, it would be glad to
have the Senator in the list. and to
have him accept a retaining fee. En-
600. At the time. there was pending in
Congress some legislation which would
affect this concern
Twenty thousand dollars in the
hands of a ruined man. actually within
his grasp" exclaimed DR.. Hail. "What
would You have done with it? What
did he do? He put the letter with its
Enclosure in an envelope, directed it
to the writer and sent it to be mail
ed at once
Although the people of Virginia
have not known of this Incident. it
was because the Lame Lion was that
sort of man that business was stopped
In the Commonwealth while his body
was being consigned to the tomb. He
went from strength to strength. Faith
full in little things, he was ready when
the big test came. If honor and hon
esty and fair and square name count
for anything in the next world the
Senator got full credit there. No Won
der the people of his State honor
the memory of a man who in his
hour of financial distress spurned S9O,-
600 when it spelled dishonor.''
For the First, Time.
After the sermon, DR.. Hall said pri-
vately that the story Of the attempt
to bribe Senator Daniel had now been
Solo LII luC Lille. ne GtSSeTLeu
that he was in a position to say most
positively that this account of the
incident was absolutely true. He did
not wish. however. to give any names re-
garding an occurrence which would
have aroused the country had Senator
Daniel preferred to use it as a means
of advertising his honesty.
High honor was paid to-day to the
Virginia Field Artillery and to DR..
James Power Smith. of Richmond.
that a member of Stonewall
Jackson's staff was to conduct services,
Assistant Secretary of War Robert
Shaw Oliver, General w. w. Wither-
spoon, commander Of the camp: Major
Swift. General Witherspoon's chief OF,
staff. and Captain Fox Conner, u. S..
A., rode over to attend. The distin-
guished officers sat In front of Major
Wortham's headquarters and listened
to the simple. kindly, earnest talk,
which DR.. Smith made to the men.
On the table was a bouquet sent to
Or. Smith by Lieutenant-C Colonel Frank
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