The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-06
Mr.. MONTAGUE
ON SOUTH SIDE
Delivers Address In Which
He Again Scores Machine
Politics
DECLARES GRAFT Is
RUNNING RAMPANT
RecltcS Humorous incident as
an Illustration Of How
Votes are Made by the
Machine Workers

/ The senatorial campaign was prae-
/ ttcaAy closed In Richmond last night
when former Governor a. J. Aionta ue
delivered an address Ia the Hastings
Court room. III Washington ward. /,
was tie same speech he has been
making at other places IN the State IL
, tie ts1tprusst of Representative Jones
and Glass
/ AlE. 44ontague's address was q bit
ter and scat hing verbal ch&stseIneat
OF the alleged machine which tie bay
! pred dominates "a Virginia, and con-
trolls the political affairs OF the State.
Inc 5oalhsids meeting was suAed-
Lied to bGgia at o clock. but IL was
s.oS whsa the speaker assembled tns
! platform lie IVES introduced by Mr..
Aorrss. young lawyer.
AIR. Montague began Ais address
oy declaring ta&t the people we're get
ting Ig3oGs aZ-d gore interested IN
political matters, and that machine
Domination would certainly he defeated
( ia the 10 distant future. For him =
SELF he sai1 he was not AFRAID 70 en-
trust sS&a national affairs to tins peo-
PIE.
I1e declared himself as In favor Of
Senators being elected by ths people,
s,E4a added - seay OF Parenthesls. taAt
II Senator Martin was the really great
man his friends claimed he was. why
Il was tA8t As had not gotten blu
passsa To eliot United States Senators
BY tha pa1 ple.
He asserted that graft was runn.n y
Rampant through the Cover alne4t, AID
taaS 'suco4ss covered ii multitaaa OF
SIZES. Il politician Was successful
svea though tt was achieved by de =
ceEtion, fraud and false p.etences. ne
Was called q smooth fellow.
Night Riders of Politics
The SPEAKER stated that the ma
chine was made up OF the night riders
of modern politics, who wanted to
know how yog stand and Il you are
not standing haw yoH SIT, lie said the
motto was Come with us II you want
q place. stay WITH us X you want TO
Keep Il place.
TIE speaker gave a humorous and
unique Illustration q what he term
ca the modern workings OF cne OF
tho gang; he said farmer called
10 See his city friend 10 eurtaA IA
nete thet was due. Tho friend did
not want 70 talk about money but
Insisted on tia ruralite taking a seat
and telling how things were IN his
district"
Guess 7 will vote FOR Jones and
10 YOU know Jones and Glass -
Quer1ed the city ringstsr.
No, but they DO say they are all
right"
Wet, you dont care particularly
about them, Now / would like you
70 do me favor. It's all right about
the note .don't bother concerning that
! would like 70 see Martin and Swan
son elected"
Very we'll. l Will vote Tor them"
Woodrow Wilson IL Hope.
Denouneing ring rule with all the
bitterness III his power, Mr.. Montague
followed the remarks with the dec
laralun that Woodrow Wilaan was
the hope al the democracy and that
since his election rs governor of New
aTqef he had done all in his pow er
70 break up machine domination. In
that state.
He asserted that 95 Per cent OF
the off}ceholders In the State think
one way and the ofnceholders and
the votes they influence amounted to
more than half the voting strength
OF the state.
Mr. Martin then declared that al
though he ieft large balance IN
/ tho treasury OF the State that hfs
successor, Mr.. Swa nson. when he re-
4 tired left it bankrupt.
I The J, S Barbour Thompson and
Glasgow letters were reread and
analized At great length and the
speaker closed with a scathsng de-
nunciatton OF the alleged stock deal
( ings OF Mr.. Swanson and said he did
not want to know how to make money
| IN stocks.