The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-12

which i,ven on tho people. not for the
people; II was ONCE, office, always Of
flee. Politicians of the machine" type
he regarded as the might riders OF
American politics.
They ioil not; neither do they Spin
With them II is politics day and night
Especially night"
Amid great applause he spoke Of
Woodrow Wilson as one born in this
city and now looming large before the
nation. who has come TO place and
power through no secret passageway,
having broken the shafts of the New
Jersey machine Oh his invulnerable
armor."
While politicians of Virginia calm
~ deny that there is machine in
this State. 1t is known in every State
III the Union that no State has a ma
chine SO heartless and so grinding as
that in Virginia" he said.
He laid emphasis on the danger OF
increasing the ofice-holdins class
largely ring" dominated. 1t seems
to be their creed he asserted. that If
YOU criticize you are an apostate and
Republican, but If you vote with the
Republicans in the Senate YOU are a
good Democrat.
In Richmond. 1900 Office holders.
State and city" he said. voted solidly
six years ago There are probably
1000 to 10000 in the State. who con-
troll $4,000 other votes. How near is
That to a majority in our small pri-
mary vote? Washington is more tho
capital of the machine than Richmond.
Sometimes one OF the four directors
of the organization comes to Rich
n'ond to see whether the wheels go
round with promised regularity. You
don't hear much of their coming. They
in il nd AIT
defamation of all who criticize any
offi1ial or department of the govern
ment. Part of their business is to
throw mud and destroy. They have
thrown mud for eighteen years at
every free Democrat. The party chair
man viii! not introduce the most emf
nent speakers unless they come tagged
What About Swnnsons
Has Swanson any right to rely or
his administration? What did he do?
Why do they have to belittle every
other Governor to carry his admins
tration? Were not the good roads and
better school movements launched be-
lore he came into office? Hasn't Gov
ernor Mann just said that the State
couldn't do for the farmers what 1t
ought because 1t hasn't the money?
was Swansons business adnlinistra-
tion. when the Governo. has the right
TO veto any item in an appropria ion
bi!l? DID he tell anybody how close
me ship was running to shore? Has
any one ever seen him take a stand
save on indisputable matters? He
never treated such questions as pri.
mary reform or Statewide prohibition
in any message
Has Martin debated a single eco
fom'c question since he has been in the
senate or since he became leader OF
the caucus? Has he ever said anything
on Tree WOOL. reciprocity. the free list
phi? The record doesn't show IT, Mar
YIN mas been in the Senate eighteen
years ana | don't know of one act OF
national Importance he has done. Vir-
Einia will never take its place in n.-
uonal affairs until change is made"
The speaker admitted that his per
sonar relations with Carter Glass had
NOT always been pleasant but in the
ca sc OF man running against the ma
chine" he would vote for him on pr,n-
ciple. even If he could not speak TO hin,
on the street
Not for years has this field held such
nope Tor Democracy" he said MANY
causes are contributing to this cond.-
hon. Some old issues are dead, and
some are being made alive again. the
most notable OF which are the strug-
gre Tor the recovery OF government
by the people. and the reform in our
system of indirect or customs taxa
uon, the latter having long been a
promo source OF special privilege.
thereby seducing men to misconceive
ana misemploy the Offices and instru-
mentalites of government for private
gain. thus Yielding the unholy fruits
or graft and extravaganza and relax
ing the standards of political honesty
and public economy. Machiavelli seems
the patron saint of the natiop. and we
no longer excuse but justify his motto
that the only crime in politics is fail
ure Hence. success Is the atonement
for all public wrong. the eXpia tion for
all corrupt practices in business and
In politics. The events of recent times
tempt the young men of our day to