The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-14
ELLYsOK REPLIES
TO Mr.. MONTAGUE
REVIEWS PAST CAMPAIGNS OF
PARTY WHEN MONEY WAS
FREELY Used.
QUOTES FROM LETTERS
MIR MoNTAGtE HIMSELF BE>E-
FITTED AND SAW DANGER TO
PART YEARS AFTER
TIME MENTIONED,
QUOTES FROM LETTERS

State Chairman j. Taylor Eiiyson
has issued the following reply to the
address of former Governor Andrew
Jackson Montague. delivered in
stanton on Friday night. III which
the former governor bitterly assai4ed
the party machine:
Andrew jackson Montague is the
last man in the CommouW eaith 10 ut
ter any complaint against her people.
who have done much Tor him. and
when say her people. / mean the
Democratic party. To nose members
he owes ali the political honors that
have come to him from his fellow citi-
Gems Of Virginia,
If there is anything in his address
at stanton more prominent than an
other it Is his plain purpose OF seek
ing to overthrow the present parry
management in Virginia on the
ground OF its lack of efficiency and
its failure To put in the high places
of the State men who were to repre-
sent her best traditions.
In Office Twelve Years
he complains that eighteen years
." ring rule is enough" and yet, in
these eighteen years he has been in
office not less than twelve Of the
, eighteen, not counting the Two Years
when he filled appointments from Re
publican Presidents.
1T takes money to ron the ma
chine" he is declared to have said. /
venture to affirm. without fear OF
successful contradiction, that it cost
more money TO nominate and elect
the ticket of which MIR. Montague was
the head than was ever expended on
a ticket at any time Ia the last twenty
years.
He "dehes" any one to say that
white supremacy was imperiled in
1891 and 1893. IL he il correct. then
why did John W. Daniel, Fitzhugh
Lee, Joseph Bryan. Bet erley Il. Mum
ford and other men Of like eharac-
ter deem 1t important that they should
lend their personal assistance to the
State chairman In collecting funds
/ for the successful conduct Of the
campo Ign What WAS the question at
issue, II il was not the welfare Of the
/ Democratic party There must have
| been some reason why the leaders of
/ the party deemed it necessary not
only to collect money in Virginia. but
I 20 GO te other States and ask our
friends to help. especially TO call upon
The railroad interests TO lend their aid
and support
II should lie remem bered that In
1897. which was SIX years and four
Years, respectively, after the two cam
/ patgns above mentioned. Mr. Monta-
que was nominated for the position
OF Attorney General on the State
ticket. on October :. 1897. Mr. Mon
tague wrote from DanVilie. SAYING
Permit me- 10 suggest that in my
Judgment this equatorial district. Dan
vile and Pittsyf ania, as well as the
House. are In great danger,
i think that Agnew tRepublican
! state chairman is In touch with the
! gold committee in New York, and that
any amount OF money can be obtain
ed by him II necessary, indeesl unless a
most vigorous campaign is waged |
aIg apprehensfve a. to Major Daniels
re election. and quicksands are ahead
+, af us at nearly every step. A more,
i treacherous campaign | have never
+ oeen engaged in Now, II We lose the
State this year we Will lose it for
I many years To come. because the Re
papllcans VIII So redistrict and SO
manipulate the election machinery as
10 render our return to power uncer-
I tain
Might Lose Ticket.
Under date OF October Is, 1897. writ :
ing from Abingdon, Va he saws; II
am afraid sse WIFI lose the state tick
ct In Washington county The sur
t iAts w liltisSS 81 lELiGa ttS W hen
consideration is given To the fact that
this county Went oTerw helmingiy Re
publican last fail. conclusions are diff
fcuit to draw Ii would be we'll for
The state Committee TO make unusual
/ Efforts In carry. the segux t0r4ai- d&str4e,
~ Wythe. Pulaski. Giles and Bland
IL Walkers back bone can be broken
now ia this fight the chances are
/ most favorable to a victory for as IN
I the 7.
viii take a deal of money 10 do this
as alksr Will have money for his
nephew Poage-much or it."
Was It strange that having received
such letters AS these from our candi-
date for Attorney General that
should have promptly proceeded 10
collect money. ana should naturally
have asked the railroads to help us
! applied TO them. and they did help
US, and Mr.. Montague was the bene-
f4ciary OF the assistance thus rendered
and yet Mr., Montague and those whose
caInpaign he IS sustaining. contin.
ually declare there was no need fol
the expenditure OF vast sums OF mon
ey, because white supremacy was nc
longer In danger.
Congratulated Eilyson.
In 1911. Mr.. Montague was norni
mated "a our candidate for Governor
This was ten years after the cam
paign of 1891, when he declared al
danger TO white supremacy had pass
ed away. l do not recall any can
dfdate who was from the beginning OF
the campaign to its close SO frequent
I iy in conference with the State chair
man in regard to matters pertaining
TO the finances OF the campaign
/ certainly was only too happy, Al
It was clearly my duty to aid In every
way In the successful conduct of hi
campaign, and that I did so was evi,
denced first by his words of heart,
approval that I should retain tn,
chairmanship Of the State COMMITTEE,
: and his congratulations upon the clos,
OF the campaign upon nay successful
, conduct of the campaign.
But 1901. was ten years after 1921
II there was no need for funds In IsS,
= because there were no dangers Il
white supremacy. surely there coule
: have been no need OF money In III,
campaign of 1901. 1t is all very vel
to talk about the railroads and thei
control OF politics in the State afte
all yhpqsA hong years ,rhprsA n eya,- u-s,-