The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29

from the reckless attacks OF this man
who seems to have reached the con-
cluslon that he could gain - seat I'm
the United States Senate by r. vicious
arraisnment of all who have been hon
ored BY the good people OF this Com
monwealth. The judges OF our courts
did not escape. for you Will note in the
] have quoted that he said
in his Richmond speech-on the 5th
day OF May. 1919:
That no lman could get on the bench
unless he sroveiled on his knees In
WASHINGTON TO get the Q. X. of Senator
Thomas :. Martin
The language used by Mr.. Jones on
this and on other occasions was broad
ana comprehensive and explicit: NO
man could get on the bench unless ne
groveled Oh his knees in Washington
TO get the o.. *. of Senator Thomas s.
Martin" Again:
There is not a single Office In the
State of Virginia. the salary OF which
Is sufficiently large to tempt the GU
pidity OF these people. that they do
not have to go TO Washington and se,
O.. KID by the head or the ring In the
State of Virginia."
Defense of judiciary.
There are many men OH the bench
In virginia. AZ no man could. accord
ing to MIR. Jones, get on the bench
unless ne ~grovelled on mis- knees in
Washington TO get the o. *. Of Sena-
tor Thomas S. Martin. then 1t follows
tnat every man on the bench in Vlr-
ginia now. in order to get there, grow
eiled on his knees to senator Thomas
:. Martin. Fellow-citizens. is this
statement true. or is 1t false? Is there
a single man within the sound of my
voice VINO believes IL to be true? Does
not every man within the sound OF
my voice know that this statement.
as a whole and in every part. is a
~talsehood? DO you think that Judge
keith. who has adorned the bench
since the re-establishment Of our stat
government after the days OF recon
strnction. would grovel on his knees
before any man who lives or ever has
lived to get a position on the bench.
or even to save his own life? Does
any man within the hearing Of my
voice believe that Judge r. r.. Card
well, who's fidelity to his country and
his parS has been exhibited CONSTANTLY
since ne Fought when q mere boy as
a private soldier in the Confederate
Army and in other and conspicuous
service in the State Legislature and
on the bench of our supreme Court.
"ouln DO anything unworthy the pure
life ne has led and the high tradi-
tons OF the behch on which ne now
adorns a scat? Does not every man.
~ and low. know how Impossible
Il would he for Judge Whittle. Judge
Buchanan, Judge Harrison. or our Su-
preme Court. to dishonor themselves in
this way, or to do anything else un-
worthy the highest type OF manhood.
OF patriotism. and OF judicial honor?
Can you understand how a man, even
OF the most violent %preiudices and most
intense animosities and dominated b.
the most reckless ambition, could bring
himself TO make such a charge AGAINST
such mcn as the Judges OF your own
city-udges Daniel Grinnan. r. Car
ter scott. Samuel B. Witt, ]. III. In
gram. Ernest II. Wells and William NJ.
Iurpin. all Of whom have lived and
worked in your midst and have added
honor TO the position they have filed.
commanding the respect and conf
dence of all men save and except Will
liam a. Jones? a f~alsehood, fellow
citizens, is bad enough, but how can
YOU characterize as It deserves to be
characterized a falsehood which car
ries along with II a Islander, and that
SANDER a slsnder upon the noble and
upright men who now adorn the Judi.
eial bench in our State. Mr.. Jones
knows this statement was untrue not
only as to these men. but as to every
man now holding a judicial position
in Virginia.
But Mr.. Jones's language goes be-
yond the Governor. the. Legislature.
the state Committed and judiciary. He
says:
That there is not a single Office in
the State of Virginia the salary of
which is sufficiently large to tempt
the cupidity of these people that they
do not have to go to Washington TO
get Q. K'd by the head OF the ring Of
the State OF Virginia.
Does any man believe that his state
ment is true? Does not every man
know that 1t is a f%aisehood? Let Mr..
Jones make his peace with his God,
with his neighbors, with all the men
who have been nonored by official po-
sition in the State and with the people
OF the State who have given those
honors, for uttering this faisehood and
FOR making this wholesale Islander on
worthy, honorable and patriotic men.
But, felow-citizens. this man who for
Tour months has traversed the State
from the seashore to the mountains,
utterfne these falsehoods and assaiIing
the regulations of the purest and best
men in the Commonwealth, has cues
toned my veracity. Things Will have
come to a pretty pass. fellow-citizens,
"HcI the WOTO OF Such q man can
make any impression on the minds of
just. honorable and heightened Vir-
Einians. Sometimes l am told that
men are met h say Senator Martin
ought to answer the attack which Mr..
Jones is making on his yeracity. Let
all such inquire about Mr.. Jones's We
ractty: let them ask him to explain
what justification he has for making
wholesale SANDER and uttering reck-
less f~alsehoods about the ablest. the
best and the purest men in the Com
monwealth. Thank God, L can never
be convinced that l have lived the
life that I have to find at this late
day my integrity and my veracity
weakened by the wicked. vicious, mali
cious. false attacks of a m~endacious
demagogue. who being paid by the
people to serve them in Washington.
has drawn his pay while he abandoned
the duties he undertook to perform to
from the seashore to the noun
tains for more than -four months to