The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-02
hausted Ingenuity in
letting Money From
Il Railroads.
I'D 1T TO S AV E
WHITE MANS RULE
Nor Senator Again Replies to
.harges Made by Representa-
tive Jones TH.A He Was
RAILROAD Lobbyist-Ofers
te'Resign if Opponent Can
! Prove His Assert On.

Especial From STAFF CcErespondent)
Leesburg. Va, September III
Jones can find any railroad ever
lobbied for 1 will resign my seat in
the Senate" declared Senator Thomas
s. Martin here this afternoon In Of
.fering his explanation or the three
etters signed by him. and read by
Representative William a. Jones. at
Petersburg, last Tuesday night the
came one advanced fol- the trst series
OF lctters-"an earnest EFFORT 10 keep
the Democratic party in power and
TO maintain Anglo-SaXon supremacy
i There is nothing more in the three
letters read at Petersburg by MF-
Cones than in the others-the snme
answer applies TO ALL said Senator
{ Martin. "Of these social and persona!
letters one letter TO MIR Glasgow was
purely social, The second letter. re-
ferring to my candidacy FOR the SEN
ate, was legitimate political letter.
asking that my friend be sent TO the
Legislature. The third, referring -
Messrs. Flood and Parrish. was an
other instance OF my work for the
maintenance OF Democracy and white
supremacy. do not recall the incl
dent, but know that II was simply
another case IN which was asked 10
get aid to enable the defeat OF Re-
publican or carpctbag candidates. be-
cause both the opposing candidates
mentioned in this letter were OF that
class. exhausted my ingenuity in
getting the railroads TO put up money
for the Democratic cause
A Mere BnEntclle.
In one OF the first batch Of letters
produced by Jones. there is the only
letter addressed 10 me by ]. S B,
Thompson. In 1t the sum OF $500 Is
referred 20. Il often got more than
that from railroad presidents Five
hundred dollars was a mere baghteile
10 whar I got. raised thousands for
the salvation OF the Democratic party.
What IA there In these letters to]
impeach me- They We're written dur
Ing a crisis in the Democratic party
In forty counties the negroes has al
majority some OF them were school
trustees. I worked on several execu
tive committees to get money to Sc
permanence OF Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
ton. Through long period the
same necessities and conditions con-
fronted us. I solicited from railroad
corporations. all corporations. the rich
man and the poor man. In order to-
save the Democratic party. I did not
then expect to be a candidate for any
once. Ill was OlSinleFeSteQ ana
patriotic service. was proud of 1t
then; am proud OF 1t now.
DO you suppose / said to the rail-
road when asking for money for the
Democratic party in its hour OF dis
tress. You evil monopolies. we'll Ax
you A tale of that sort would have
gotten no money I had to see rail-
road presidents because Of appeals
from Jones's district and cverybody's
etG sat 10
here. you are the guardians and trus-
tees OF stockholders. you have a duty
to them. Republican administration
Will hurt you; the Democrats have
treated you justly and fairly. and 1t
IS my opinion that they will continue
to do so I thought the railroads
ought to be treated fnirl and square
~, and so did Taylor Ellyson. AL
ways. and never in any other way than
for the Democratic party. 1 eXerted
my efforts Some OF the purest and
best men In Virginia were named in
these letters-Major Myers. General
Hill and others. This fact alone ought
to convince anybody that there was
nothing wrong about this correspond
ence.
~ believed the Democratic party
would deal justly with the railroads
in giving them fair taxation. 1t did 1t
1t ought to have done it,"
Gets ROM OF Appinune.
Although Senator Martin did not
refer to the letters until near the end
of his speech. he spoke with tremend-
Gus emphasis. When he began to
comment on these documents the 500
men of Loudoun, who filled the opera
house, showed by thoir eagerness that
they understood the Importance of
Senator Martins explanation. and
roar of applause greeted him when he
had concluded.
In the earlier part of his speech,
Senator Martin reviewed his record in
the Senate very much along TIE line
of his Richmond speech. He said that
1t was his resolution that was passed
in the Lorimer case, despite the lack
OF Democratic majority in the SEN
ate. He also said that he would never
vote for a ship subsidy
IT have never lodged a vote I will
take my medicine. I have made mis-
takes; but 1 believe that my consti-
tuents will use charity and under
standing toward me. Do you expect
to get Senator who won't make mis-
takes?
"On the all-important reciprocity
agreement Jones lodged" said SEN
ator Martin, "Hc got his hat and
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