The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-05

noonssary 10 saw to an audience or
I)efnocrats that a high tarin was an
iniduity.
Fhe question of free lumber argued
Judge wickham. enters intimately m
to the life OF every man. whether ne
builds his own home or pays rent ne IS
interested Yet, in face of the express
decIarotIon OF the Denver convention
for free lumber. Captain Lamb had
voted for o tariff on this necessity, had
,tood ,vith Cannon and Aldrich, ana
would not even go with the lnsur-
gents.
"The man who voted for tariff on
lumber under these circumstances, ne
declared, was not good Denocra.
nor good Republican, nor gooa
representative. Has he not voted
against the interest of his own peopie'
especially when It is considered .hae
practically no lumber is proaueeu
bis district? He is bad represents
giwe n is not sufficient for man to
saw that he is a good Democrat ne
must show 1t by his deeds.
Frniscs Bryan.
Here Judge Wickham reverted 10
William Jennings Bryan. He SAID that
Rryan. had his sympathy in defeat ~
was fashionable. he knew, to speak ".
of the Sebraskan, but he regarded MN
ms possessed of the great quants VIM.
has made Roosevelt the idol OF .ile
oeonle-he has always stood Tor Wilae
he believed TO be right.
Bryan, he thought, had not aiwass
been a wise leader, but he mad slooo
down in defeat advocating inc pm
ciple of local self government
"T,ia cantain Lamb he asked, vote
for Mr.. Bryan in 1905, or did lie take
Iva
friends, and go hshins?
In January, 1902, pursued the speak-
err. Representative Rixey. of virginia
introduced a bill in Congress authoriz-
ing the placing of Confederate SOL
diers in National Soldiers Homes so
far as he knew. Captain Lamb was the
only Southern man who voted against
this bill. Representative DeAfmona
had voted for it. and yet Captain
Lamb voted against it, saying that he
was unwilling to accept charity for
the confederates. Whose govern
ment is this?" FIGURED Judge Wick
ham. Are we in the house OF our
fathers. or are we aliens? Have we
not as much right to share in the
besefits of government as have the
citizens north of Mason and DiXon's
line? Are the Lee Camp Soldiers
Home veterans objects of charity?
Would Have Scraps.
Another reason given by Captain
Lamb in this speech was that the Con-
federate veterans were so warlike
they would not behave decentiy, put
would fight If placed with Union sol.
diers.
Finally, he said that the name Oh
the CONGRESSMAN does not matter but
that it matters a good deal that
man be elected who will represent
what his people believe. He did not
think his hearers wanted to eject
man who was Democrat out OF Office
and a Republican in office.
In the beginning of his reply, Con
gresham Lamb reminded his nearer
of the pledges he had fulfilled. In Sc
curing free mail delivery and post
office building for Manchester. Thei
he proceeded TO answer what he calle
the "unfounded, unnatural and incor
rect accusations" made by his oppon
ent.
He declared that he had not depart
ed from Democratic principles. III
had not voted against decrease II
the tariff on lumber but had voted t
reduce the rate from the Dingle,
tarifr, of 81 per 1000 feet on roug
lumber, to $3.50, and then agreed t
the Senate amendment making !
s1.25. The Denver platform. no sait
contained many things which tn
thing. 1t called for postal saving
banks, and he recalled only thre
Democrats in Congress who had sup
ported the bill establishing them TIL
platform, he argued, was made TO
the purpose of catching certain votes
and for policy. 1t mad been stated
and perhaps correctly, that the FIRE
lumber plank was inserted to satlsf
four or five Western States which ha
exhausted their lumber and wanted t
import Canadian products.
Don't Use Rough Lumber.
The people of Virginia, he said, d
not rock their babies in cradles mad
of rough lumber. nor are they carried
to their graves in collins made o
rough lumber. The lumber used il
this section, he contended, comes fror
Virginia, and is therefore not subjec
to tariff taxation He had voted 70
the tariff because. by reasonabl
rate on Canadian and Nova Scotia
spruce. and. henfock, the No. or lap
log lumber of the South could b
utilized. He had said to his con
stitGents that unless there could b
reasonable tariff. with incidents
protection, this class of product woul
be left in the woods. No constituent
had written to him asking him to vot
for free lumber. They had taken
for granted that he knew his bushes
and would exercise his own judgmen
The majority Of the Democrat
members from Virginia, he said. vote
for this tariff. including Senator Ma,
tin. He had said to the latter tha
rate of S1.75 or So on rough lumbe
would be no more than a tariff &c
revenue, and Senator Martin said h
was right
Not admitting that he had made
mistake, Captain Lamb talked of tt
injustice of turning down man wit
record of fourteen years faithtl
service. because he had made one mi:
take.
He could prove he said, that Jude
wickham had said that he (Captai
lamb had not the ability to represeI
the district.
Opposed Soldiers Bill.
When the bill relating to soldier
he cot nod ~