The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-15
Jones' SPEECH
AT SURRY C. H.

JONES' SPEECH
AT SURRY c. H.
CONGRESSMAN Jones. candidate for
the United States Senate, spoke AT
Surry L. III. Tuesday to an intensely
interested assemblage OF the repre-
sentative people of the county. lie
riddled Senator Martins contention
that the alleged yellow dog fund
was merely the contribution of rail-
roads to the cause of Democratic SUI
premacy Mr. Jones did not read
any more letters. lie said:
have read with great care the
lengthy statement from Senator Mar
tin which appeared in the Richmond
morning papers of yesterday. Two
thirds of that statement is devoted
TO n recital of the charge made by
me twelve years ago that when he
was electeh>tO the Senate he was
known. so far as he was known at
lam. TO the people Of Virginia as Il
railroad agent and lobbyist, and to
what | said in reiterating that
charge in my Lynchburg speech.The
the other third consists OF reitera-
ton of his former denials and oil an
attempt to evade the one and the
grave issue between us. Having tN-
IpHcify and sweeDingly made denial
OF NY charge when ii was first made
AZ is now impossible for him TO
strengthen his case by a mere rep
etition of that denial. One denial
of the the same thing and 10y the
same person will carry as much
weight as a thousand. All that
Senator Martin says in regard TO
political conditions in Virginia in
l1S9l may be true. but that is en-
tirely foreign TO the issue. ana IS
obviously introduced for the sole
purpose of beclouding that issue ana
Iif possible confusing the puOnc
mind
The $500 mailed senator Martin
Iby the superintendent of the Rich
mond and Danyille r. h. co. on
ISep;embCr %, 1891. and the other
sum which he doubtless received as
/ he result Of Sup riatcnd mt ThOmp-
sons letter of October 9Th. 1881,
to MIR. Decatur AXtell. of the Chesa-
Ipaake and Ohio x. IL. whatever that
sum may have been may or may not
| have been US TO promote the e'tc-
don of Democratic IN mbers OF tho
Legislature for the purpose OF pre-
venting negro ascendanCy ana pc
serving our civilization. snail on
Inv shy in regard to this. that if this
moucy. contributed by railroads. was
intended to be used for that pur-
DOS. il should have been mt TO
/ the chairman Of the Democratic par
lty. II is not shown or even claim
ed that il ever reached his hands
But be this as il may, neither Sch
ator Martin nor anyone else who mas
made statement in regard to this
/ matter has ey attempted TO eN-
plain the purpose for which the
$500 was paid TO Mr.. EllysOn on or
about November %. 1891. as Super
lintcnGCnt Thompson states in his
letter Of that date 10 General i. NJ
Logan. OF the Richmond and Dan
willie 4. r. Upon this subject sen
atOr Martin is as silent as tn, tomb.
IL is not claimed that the money was
paid over to the chairman OF IN"
! Democratic party for the purpose OF
reimbuTsing him for any funds which
he MAY have expended in the clec-
ton OF Democrats to the Legs
llature. Any such claim would be
simply preposterous. for why should
ANY railroad company be called up
on to make up deficiencies in the
campaign funds for the Democratic
party? n will not be pretended, |
think. tina; the railroads Authorized
the chairman of the Democratic par
/ ~ 90 expend unlimited sums in or
der 10 carry the election. and TO
,all on them TO supply all de
ficencies. The Legislature had
been elected and the menace OF ne
gro supremacy averted before this
$500 was paid Senator Martin
cannot cherish the fond hope that
those who have read this letter witt
/ ten on the 23rd of september are IS
nOrant Of the fact that il was writ
ten long after the election was over
/ What answer has Senator Martin 10
make 10 this stubborn fact2 lie mas
not even attempted TO offer an eX-
PLANTATION Like a deVi'-fish. h be
clouds the issue with a flood OF ink
/ and scuttles off But this is not
probably all that the r. +. & =. Il.
K through Major Myers was made
to contribute This letters shows
that Superintendent Thompson in
/ formed Gen Logan that unless Mai.
/ Myers came forward with an addi-
tiOnal $500 the Richmond and Dan
Vile r. Il. would have to provide II.
Does Senator Martin wish us to be
lieve that this $500 was also to be
used TO elect members OF the Legis-
/ lature? Why does not Senator Mar
tin enlighten the public as 10 the ar
irangement based upon payment OF
this $500 of which superintendent
Thompson speaks in this letter?
| Why. too. is he silent as to Superin-
tcndent ThompsOn's assertion that
Mr.. EllysOn acted in the most thor
ough good faith towards us, and was
really of infinite assistance to us?
Who is "us"? Surely it will not
be cOntended that us constituted the
Democratic party. Again Superin-
tendent Thompson says: Il know
he can be depended upon to help us
this winter" Was us the Demo-
cratic party? But wrote Superinten
den Thompson: Both Martin and
were thoroughly impressed with
the fair manner he dealt with us,
and | do not want him disappointed
In this matter" Surely Superin-
tendent Thompson and Senator Mar
tin would not insult Chairman Ely
son by intimating that by any pos
sibility he might not have dealt
fairly with the Democratic party. 10
there any escape from the cOnclus-
ion that Mr.. Ellyson's dealings with
us had no relation to the campaign
which he had conducted prior to No
vember the third in the interest OF
the Democratic party? Any other
conclusion would be idiotic.
This language not only does not
bear out the idea which Sena-
tor Martin would convey that he was
solely interested in the election of a
Democratic Legislature and to that
end only had labOred with Chairman
Ellyson, but it establishes exactly the
contrary. 1t conclusively shows that
In the mind of Supt. Thompson
Nonafd. agoAriafo1 mot