The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-08
Speaks to Small Crowd At
Manassas and Replies to
Railroad Man
DESPERATE MEASURES
TO SECURE LETTERS
Candidate Refers to Efforts to
Burglalize His Residence
and Office of
Manager

Special to The RICHMOND virginian. }

Especial TO The Richmond Vtrginia,l
MANASSAS, VA. Aug 7-Reure~
sentative William A Jones. who was
Introduced by Thomas II. LYON. ba.
gan his speech here this afternoon
70 an audience Of probably seventy-
ltNe men, women and children He
Tore he was half through speaking
ms audience was reduced more than
one half The burden Of his speech
was the Thompson letters and the
subsidized press in favor OF his op-
ponent
lie cited two instances in witch
desperate measures were used In his
opihloh 10 Glspossess him of thu
thompson letters He charged that
Mf- Martin was elected To the Unit
cd states Senate through railroad
influence and that Ia return he had
voted Ter the railroads FIRST last and
| every time 10 protect their interests.
number of papers which up To
the past ten days have been saving
means things about me- said tba
speaker now say | have proven my
case
He said there We're many e,rau
eeh4Ies scattered throughout the
state that had been paid TO opposa
hiHl' and he felt sorrow for them
one OF these. he said even refused
| 70 print posters for him announcing
that ne would speak In the town In
| which the paper was printer.
| only once Was there a general dem
| ons'Tatlon Of applause. and that was
when the name of Robert 3 Iss
| was mentioned.
Thirty Days Left.
IN opening his speech o-day Mr..
Jones stated that during the four
months in which he had been nc
taaily engaged in prosecuting his
| cam palsh Tor the Senate he has dis
| cussed in many OF the cities and conn.
| ties Of the State the public ard no
| iitlcal records OF his opponent. Sena-
| 'or Ihomas 5 Martin. that with his
| ca ietdFcs upon these records the pub
| nc by this time was probably IA
hliiar' and that they had never been
answered or met by his OPPONENT.
asff'eeh as there are only
| tnlrty Gays Of the campaign remain
ing ne declared he would confine his
remarks largely 10 discussion Of tha
now famous Barbour Thonpsor let
teis' rms vas the feature Of tho
aoufess which the Congressman de-
iVered here to-day before the peo-
. pie of Prince William county,
The six Thompson letters hereto-
iore read BY Mr.. Jones, the contents
OF which are too we'll known to re.
qure reproduction. were again read
Foy Mt Jones and commented anon
IN scathing terms. In this connee-
lioh he also read the statements of
senator Martin and Chairman F,Ilvson
WIN which the public is familiar. The
letters 10 General T. NJ Logan and
Messrs Bogart, Marbury and Moore.
the Speaker declared had never been
touched by either Senator Martin or
,hr, EhSson In any statement which
| mao etnanated from them. Mr. Ell
!ysoh mad alleged that the $500 mem
uoned III the Logan letter of NJ
Vemoer I'D having been paid him
by Major Myers. Of the Ricbnons
Fredericksburg and Potomac patf
road Company as we'll as TIA ssna
which Mr.. Thonnson soncbt ~ go
Major Myers nav mir, a..
Iburse him for f,tnds a3,.a,s~ ~ elm
prior to Novanhar Ia oy h,m
State Dauocratfn go Aor inc
eIectjn rof rar,,l,.re' IN the
tha reg{s{a+,,.. ''N ihoHDers 10
~,
; Ha haa -
: Mr. 1-ha 49, l.ot attempted to explain
-. : : afatef11@1t La that
49, r,dS III everything that went
~ ~ a. iSiohnioho Mr.. Ellyson acted In
: ny must thoroush good faith to-
val US US ana was really OF Infinite
assistance 10 us. and / know can hss
depended upon TO help us this win
Ter He had not explained what
ME- Thompson meant bv declaring
that both Martin and | we're thar.
oughly impressed with the fair NAV
ner he dealt with u.s. He hn.
, minated that IL was nm to- NJ