The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-06

- snail he So" TO this Senator Man
.ic rcplied: 81 do not know whether /
nave run up against any '1nachinc or
not am simply differing with my
protectionist colleagues here upon this
question: as have upon other oc-
caSions. Again said Senator Allen,
TIC machine is perfectly willing 10
SIT silent and not offer n rcn son simply
because II has no reason to offer. vot-
ing Tor this tax by mere force Of
numbers and without any cxcusc, what
ever 80 .aisN
Has Not Explained.
Ihere Is no moro excuse for lcvying
.n,s taX upon the poor people. who arc
struggling TO establish their homes
lhan there would be for a highwuyinan
TO meet his Victim upon the highw5v
ana, At tho point of The gun. cay,nrl
him TO surrender his money.,T AIR
Telicr said; ~ have asked th.: commit .
veg 10 make some statement TO the
country TO show Wig they put this
10y y. - upon ,hiS article that has
necn OH the free ,';st for ycnrs. and
was OH the onc-;ollur l,st for years
before, put there by the ncpublican
party. ,.-'t ~ -
Il waDt TO know why they now don-
|. ms Ms duty wbcn the price OF lumber
u'osen steadily going mp. !
sHhioo4id be delighted. in the interest Of
49, people who arc anxious TO pur-
u,,hase this material at fair price. in
me interest not only of the settlers.
i 70 u large extent TO see II put Ut II
dollar thousand feet, sc Il cannot be
put on the free list.
u repeat that Senator Martin has
! never, 50 FAR as | know, nor has any
! friend OF his. undertaken TO explain
or 10 defend his vote placing a duty
on white pine. 1t is not produced. GER
tta a,n, not In commerclnl qramtity, III
virginia. WHY. then. did lie cast this
,in- Democratic and indcfcnSiblc vote?
White nine doors and white p!nc win
even i'll the humblcst homes in vir-
Sinin. They arc as essential to the
poor poor man M n, rs are the shnslcs upon the
shelter from the storms OF winter.
War Revenue mn.
As long as twelve. years ago |
tor Martin had lodged Important Votes
upon amendments offered 10 the war
! revenue bill when that measure was
under consideration in the senate. lii
statement subsequently, published,
purportinE 10 be reply 10 this charge,
| senator Martin said: III never lodged
= vote in my life. have en-
nave tailed TO lind single Instance
| during the consideration OF the wnr
revenue measure in which ] did not
~ my general pair with MIR. Mantle
senator Martins memory was either
Very treachcrou6 or else his eyaminu-
non OF the congressional Record could
not nave been as careful as no de-
cared It to have been. for have in
my hand copy OF tho Record contain,
t 1ns MS 1, y9.es and have not had tho
which he lodged, Nor have found
thut when lie failed TO vote his vote
MIS- MIS-, ai WAYS protected By a general pair
trary. the Record concIilsiycly sbnIys
that upon three very Important amend
, me Is ne DID not vote. and that Sena-
i ~ sh Mnn,'e ,a,d vote; More than this,
Win whom he claims TO have had n
par which amply protected him, voted.
Mondertul 10 say, for more Dcmocra il.
aimendm ents than did he. On the 9TH
June. 1SaS. there were sixteen amend.
ments offered Ia THIS hill senator
iaTun voted Tor nine and against one
NAM siX; Senator Mantle, it seems,
voted for thirteen and failed to vol .
ian , hpon tire three, II Is passing strange,
,Ub, ,hat THIS tilis Republican senator with
should have voted for all nine Of ,hc
amendments for which senator Mar
s sam voted and for three upon which
which Senator Martin voted. 6emo.
H SIs do not usually pair with Repib-
,ro, ,,, ieaat Of al mon Marty meas
, ures; VINO vote more frequently with
INC Democrats. titan they do Themselves
, tna pairs that arc so flexible and So
!i,shtly regarded MS 10 permit ono OF
the parties TO thcm to vote When tho
other refrains FOR any reason from,
uoinG So are not pairs in any true
ana honest sense. Surely il will not
nc nc denied by anybody that Srnator
N,iHnrtin's record upon the war reven,,o
., Pm needs I" be explained. ii remains
70 he seen whether or NOT. in liza
lace OF the incontcsiabic proof which
mere and now offer in support M
ny statement he will no content IN
pcrinit so damaging n charge. hotb
against his Democracy aud his rnitb,
iaineSs as public servant. Ia 1,.cst
merely unon his; sweeping but tns,,ns
ported denial. Perhaps. in view Of
nose pressing public duties, OF whirh
W. W. nea so much these days. some rnod
friend may take upon himself tho b,lr.
dcM oi making an explanation.
Ley me say here that IL must M.
nn inferred from anything | have said
y. MY hereafter say. in regard 10 Sen
Tor TO. Mnrtin's propensity for voted
ny, ,il mat would maintain the ahsurd
proposition that every failure t.,i Vot"
on tno part of II member OF Congress-
ecnsututes in itself a subject nf ,iu usI
Criticism. What J do maintain js ihst
, y astonishing ana quite cxcen,ionSi
~ rIuency with which Senator Mnrii,,
laltcd to so upon record upon in,nn ~