The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-01
BREAK UP GANG"
BY ROUT|NG RING
IS PEOPLES HOPE
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who would escape physical punish
ment at any cost to their regulations
and characters Senator Martin was
not long in discovering that such de-
Tense as his railroad attorney friends
have interposed in his behalf would
meet with little favor at the hands
of the great body of the honest and
intelligent Democrats. He is perfect
ly certain, he alleges. that the pur-
| pose for which the $4,000 sent him
| by Mr. Thompson was a good one.
/ but he claims to have completely
forgotten what that purpose was, or
| what particular disposition he made
of that money. He Is equally forget
/ full as to the two sums which he
/ does not deny having received from
! Mr.. Decatur AxtelI. He neither states
/ what these amounts We're nor the
/ purpose for which they We're received
! or 10 which they were applied. Upon
| this subject his memory Is most I'M
! fortunately treaeherous Still he pre-
! tends to know that the purpose for
which it was used was legtimG
and patriotic one. 1t will hardly be
/ contended that this professed lapse of
memory adds any force to the naked
denials heretofore so repeatedly made
! by Senator Martin. He claims to
have no recollection as to either of
I these letters, and what he SAYS us
| to the character of Mr.. Axtell and
/ that OF the other persons whose
names are mentioned In the letter
addressed to Mr.. Axtell has no bear
/ ing whatever upon the subject and
/ cannot of course, influence any
reasonable human being in reaching
conclusion a. to the disposition
! which Senator Martin made of this
money.
impeaches His Verae,,y.
Mr.. Jones discussed these letters
and Mr.. Martins statement with ref
erence to them at length, and added :
I cannot believe that any intelit-
gent human being. who will examine
the charge of railroad lobbying which
] have preferred against senator Mar
TIN. his coarse and sweeping denials,
the Thompson letters. which / nave
produced in substantiation OF my
charge and his attempted answer
thereto and explanation thereof. and
Who viii carefully compare the one
with the other, can escape the con-
clusion that these letters impeach
Senator Martin veracity, and render
him unft TO represent the great State
OF Virginia IN the Senate of the
[ nited States.
Coarse. Vulgar, Ungentemanly.
speech. / scorn To Indulge In the coarse,
I vulgar, and lngentIemauly epithet-
hteh characterize and permeate his
utterances / shall not undertake to
handy epithets with senator Martin,
feeling absolutely secure In my posi-
ton. and conscious OF the fact that I
have established in the estimation or
the right thinsing people OF my State
ths absolute trathfulness OF every
.4h It isNF
Martin ! can abundantly afford 10
ignore the coarse epithets wnich ne
eainiy hopes Will he accepted by the
people OF Virginia In lieu OF argu-
ment. reason and truth
II | may Judge from the impress
sion Senator Martins speech has maze
upon the intelligent and fair minded
people with whom | have talked, !,
IL quite generally regarded. even in
the matter Of temper and tone. as uu-
worthy of any human being, having
any right to be regarded in the con-
nection with the high position ol
| nited States senator
If, however. were actuated Dy
no other reason. / would not permit
myself to engage in "a wordy con-
troVersy with Senator Martin upon the
low plane which he has seen fit Il
: adopt. His speech aoounds in such
expressions malicious liar / have
said, and l repeat, that ! would rather
he called Jar thousand times thar
enes IT, be proven st,ch. Senator Mar.
tin viii not be judged so much by
what | may chargs as by what | shall
prove against him. | have acted upor
that theory throughout this contest
, and / shall not be diverted from my
set purpose and determination to es,
tablish Senator Martins unftness FOL
q seat in the Senate by tactics C
which Senator Martin IL now resort
Ing.
Senator Martin alleges in justin.
cation OF the coarse and indecent Ian.
, guage in which he INDUCES that
, have been engaged in campaign 81
: Nituperston and abuse. He Canno
truthfully say that l have been guilty
of any misrepresentation OF either hi,
public or his political record. Their,
are circumstances under which vi.
: tuperation may be entirely 5ustifla Bile
. Senator Martin prcfesses soma knnwi
edge as to the contents Of the speeche.
which have been made by me durins
the past five months, and no honor.
r able and seif-respecting man woult
permit to go unanswered any state
, ment Of another which mtsrepresentec
d. his public record. II, In any speech
: that ! have made. I have misrepre
scented, or even unfairly criticised
Senator Martins public record, It va,
easily within his power. and 1t wal
his duty to himself. as we'll as K
: the people whom he represents, L
show from the public records that
have done SO, and thus to discredi
me. That he has remained silent un.
= Ill there are now only eight workinj
days left Of the campaign which ha
!. covered many months. ought to jus
i THY any reasonable man that | hav,
y done him no injustice in any state
ment or criticism which have mad.
4 in reference to his record. Nobod,
d knows better than he does that havt
; never criticised nor assailed a vote O
d his without ample justification. No
4 body knows better than he that
e have vouohed the Congressional Rec
t ord In support of every charge that
have made involving either the pro
: pristy Or the Democracy OF any vot,
!. of his. l have challenged him Owe
'. and over again to deny any statemen
:, of fact made by me, and the fact tina
\ he has never done SO must convic
!. him OF every charge that hav,
made. He now for the first time de
q MES some of these charges but h,
= does rot in single instance produc,
an atom OF testimony in support o
his denials
The Martin Letters.
Mr.. Jones took up in detail the ar
guments OF Senator Martin in defens
of his votes on the tariff. the uniol
station building In Washington, uni
f~AA =