The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-30

An audience which filled three.
fourths OF the floor of the Academy OF
Music listened with intense interest
and occasional manifestations OF sur
prise and approval to Mr. Jones's ve-
hement denunciation of Senator Mar
TIN, the climax of which was tho
reading of the three letters which
/ are part OF ten letters sent TO Mr.
Jones this morning by Malcolm Crit
fin. In letter OF transmissal. read
by Mr.. Jones. Arr. Griffin said that as
no one else had broken the silence he
! ieit constrained to speak for tho well
fare of Virginia
Says His Days Are Numbered.
Just before he read the letters. Mr.
Jones prophesied that the days of
homas 8 Martin are numbered: that
ne mao been weighed in the balance
and found wanting. II had rather be
called a liar 1000 times than be prov
ca liar once" ne shouted. proceed.
ing 10 argue that by his own words
senator Martin has been found to be a
80. whose Language Monday
hisnt ~ Richmond he characterized
as Biiingsgnte. such language as
can only ind 1T place in the slums OF
virginia cities" The rage of the sem
LOT senator Mr.. Jones referred to thus:
whom the Gods would destroy thew
hrst make mad Many singing and
vigorous comments were made by Mr..
! Jones on the letters
called "Fortunntus Jones"
have been called 'Fortunatus
Jones because these letters came ar
the very nick OF time to das,ro,
Ihomas S Martin forever and forevar
IL any Of the Martin men in the au-
olehce who have manifested thcm.
selves tonight will. when 1 have read
.hese three letters. stand up and saw
.ney 40 not blasken him 1 shall he
vastly mistaken.
These letters" he said. range
| iesV TO 1896. the period cover
ing senator Martins hrst e,ec,ior
Here are ten letters signed nv Thn,,oa,.
. Martin. It is not necessarv 10 10,
| IN taylor Ellyson or to summon 7 c
- thompson from Europe tot nternern
Lnese letters. Each speaks for itseir
Each Is more eloquent than mo
| speeches of Henry"
casucaiy referring to congress.
I'm ROOD as the Speaker for the
on, at the Richmond Martin
! meeting which did not overflow" NJ
Jones took UP the letter rererr,n, ~" -
.nr, Flood most. and said that here
| senator Martin had solicited for FIooa
who had won. -oi fi0ou'
The Breugh referred to in one ~
the letters Mr.. Jones described as a
| man elected to the Legislature fron,
| Sotetourt. who broke his pledge to
no peoP!e 10 vote for Lee and voted
Instead for Martin"
AIR. Jones also wondered what tho
obscure" Legislators would think ~
senator Martins reference TO them
In this letter, he said, there were
| no references to the Saving OF the
State or the maintenance OF Anglo-
Saxon civilization"
Thompson would naver have writ
ten such a letter" he said. because
he Is not a fool and doesn'. write
foolish letters like that"
Whnt VIII They Think OF Him.
What will the 200 men fro mAlbe
marie think OF the man they came all
the way TO Richmond to see" asked
Mr.. Jones. who scored them for going
to Richmond wearing badges. one Of
which the speaker exhibited. It car
ried tho inscription. II am for tho
. machine"
Mr. Jones also dashed Mr.. Flood for
sending out postal card with Jones
and Glass have about as much chance
for the Senate as q cclluloid dog has
for catching an asbestos cat in hi"
written on 1t.
Senator Martin says that he will
carry the election by $4,000 votes" he
continued. How did ho have time &c
find this us when he was working six
teen hours day In the Senator How
did he find II out 80 soon? 1t looks
as II the agents OF the machine had
been reporting to him. Maybe no viii
get his $1,000 by counting tho names
OF the graves in Norfolk by rcpeti.
ton OF tho outrageous fraud practiccd
In the sixth District when 1t was nee
essary to elect Martin"
He complained that no Judge would
be allowed TO represent himself OIL
Mr.. Glass In the elections as they had
requested.
Taking up the next letter. he said
that the matter there proposed to be
done was meant to be done In such q
way az to amount to bargain and
deal"
Other Letters to Como Inter.
His other seven letters Will be given
out later. In tho meantime Mr.. Jones
BAYS no viii await the answcr OF Sen
ator Martin. These letters will shock
the moral sense OF honest men
throughout Virginia" declared Mr.
Jonos ~ have done my duty In cx-