The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-09
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Attacks senator Martins Record


Editor Of The Virginian.
Str.-A short time ago yon declared your
hcutrahty ~ the United States Senatorial fight.
anu the writer in private letter congratulated
you on your position and expressed the hope
ihat you would be able to hew to the line that
you had marked off. especially in view OF the
,aC' mat ne ielt your syInpathies were with
M hir' martin and ex-Governor Swanson. But
II seems that when the opportunity came TO
boost Senator Martin for minority leadership
you could not resist the temptation of praising
MN to the best OF your ability for that position
KNOWING iutl We'll that what YOU had to say
along that line Just AS applica BILE i'm praise
OF MN in the coming fight between him and
congressman Jones. 1t doubtless does not strike
YOU that Way. but 1t is passing strangt O some
oil your subscribers If not many, thai being.
SO to speak, the exponent of the Anti- Saloon
league i"Fees, YOU should be supporting Mr..
swanson against Mr.. Glass when there is
not IA shade" of doubt where Mr.. Glass stands
on that matter, and has fought for anti saloon
principles in his public life and also through
me columns of his newspapers, but unless you
nave private understanding with NJ swan
SON feet sure that there has not been any
strong announcement from him In lANor of
ahu-saIoon legislation. II the question II ma
uonal legislation against the saloon should arise
IN the Senate, which could he counted with
the most safety of voting and earnest sup
porting such measure, regardless ct politi-
cal effect? Now to Mr.. Martin. He has
been suspected. is suspected and Will continue
TO be suspected OF at least IA knowledgu IF the
primary election frauds recently unco[ red in
l..
same, Was he not Knocked and laughea- At with
the denial on his lips by two thousand men
In recent mass meeting in Norfolk, held to
express the outrage that they felt at those
frauds and to demand investigate. Is
there the faintest suspicion attaching 70 Mr..
Jones of collision with fraud. OF conspiracy
to defraud the people of their rights At the
polls, of suhterfuge: and Yet you are boosting
the man for high position who is suspected
not only by outsiders but by thousand Of the
citizens OF Virginia many of whom have SYM
pathized and aided you reform news
paper which was so much needed III Rich
mond
The writer once heard Mr.. Martin say when
asked by a citizen OF this county as to MIR.
Harry St George fuckers position on the
silver question, Mere subterfuge!" "Mere SUBJ
tertuge," repeating the words. / cannut recall
tho date but 1t happened just in front Of the
clerks office at Palmyra Va, and presumably
after Mr.. Martins dropping off the fence onto
tee silver side at the Staunton convention at
the eleventh hour and fifty ninth second. when
he came forward with apparent hesitation To
the front OF the stage and declared fur free
silver.
If Mr.. Martin had the right to suspect MIR.
Tucker OF Subtertuge, can we not claim the
right under the suspicious circumstance that
around us to suspect him OF few
When in comparatively recent issue OF your
paper, and | suppose in all the papers OF
Virginia where he could get it published. |
it declared that MIR. Martin and Mr., swan
son, owing to their pressing duties in Con-
grcss. would not undertake 20 establish head
there When later it appeared that Ar Mar
tins wife would not hear to his meeting Mr.
Jones in Joint debate. the iqueS.iou arises.
what about subterfuge?
In your support of him a leader Of high
qualifications, YOU guided in that opinion
by his suspected conspiracy Of inducing both
the nhiskey people and the anti-salQon people
To successfully support the same man, not Il
the hurt Of the whskey people but of the
anti sd loon people. for is ii not suspected thai
when the enabling act was asked for his Leg
islature, or rather his Senate, delivered tho
whiskey people, II they rallied to the suppor
OF his candidate IL you not guided bs
such things. YOU Mt least aware of tht
suspicious that ara held by thousands, In
twenty years of service in the United State,
Congress and the campaigns preceding his
elections, in anything connected with hi
political and private life. is there anything
against Mr.. Jones that would lead the citizen!
To such grave suspicious as they have OF Mr.
Martin?
Are you attracted to Mr. Martin a Sen
ator representing Democratic Interests because
he voted many times for Mr.. Adrieh' $
4Netsares THUS issatsiGg h4sf f@ PosaeF 10 sorn
mand Republican influence wien he shoul'
want the little appropriations that so man!
Of our unthinking voters declare make him
great servant of the people, or arn you AT
tracled him because he voted fer ttle Cnitet
States government to appropriate t@o or three
F44!lleae-ef dollars to +lt, ttte ttt1sEivar1i7
! Railroad Company. tn build depot In tn
city OF Washington. of the richest rail
completed in New Work n aepot+ 'e1sAsng owe
ter million dollars" We're you draNn to hin
because he voted not only to give nat grea
corporation what they asked for, rul a millio'
dollars more than they asked for