The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-08-31
ANSwERSJONES
Senator Uses Plain Language in
Richmond Speech.
REVIEWS HIS SENATORIAL RECORD

Senator Martin was obviously angry.
Yet he was as collected, as careful III
his LANGUAGE, and as deliberate IN stat
inc his points, as in any Of the few po-
Itical addresses which have been events
in his career. He used his written
speech but few times, and IN the mann
left his notes on his stage table, pre-
ferring 90 pursue his arguments IN the
name, which occurred to him. Ger
tainlv there was not a moment when he
allowed his feelings to get the better OF
his judgment. ,;..ho
Therefore the denunciations which ne
visited upon his opponent bore the
stamp Of generalization and delibera--
tion. As a matter of fact, most OF
them anpear in his carefully prepared
.yrittcn speech. He started out WIN
the express intention TO combat the &C
cusations which, he said, had been
''uniustlv. maliciously and extensively
made against him. and of so dlsprovlng
them as to destroy the credioihty OF
Mr.. Jones. This he accomplished 10
the salts faction Cf his friends IN the
audience. il the applause winch ne re-
ceiyed is criterion To gain his point,
he announced, he proposed to cal! a
spade a spade. lie did i.
The charge made against him that
he was a lobbyist before the Virginia
Legislature in the interest OF the ran
roads Senator Martin characterized as
UNANIMOUSLY. basely. inexcusably, ma
liciously false. " He challenged the pro-
duction of single witness to the charge.
| If any railroad company, he SAID could
show that it ever employed him TO ap-
pear in its interest before legislative
body he would resign his seat IN the
Senate. No member Of the General As
sembly. ne continued. could say that he
had ever solicited his vote. for If he dc
saw so he would be a liar. 81 have met
this old charge time and time again,
said the Senator. II have put the brand
LIAR on the forehead of every man
who utters il.
Repeating his former explicit state,
ment. Senator Martin declared: Il
have never r presented any railroad or
any other corporation, or any individual,
before any legislative body, Tor com
pensation of without compensation.
The J. S. b. Thompson letters re
ceived a good deal Of Senator Marin
attention. He first said that be hac
never known a man of honor who would
use for his own purposes property ne
knew To have been stolen. But. he al
ded. this was not his defense, but was
only referred to for the purpose OF DIS
creditng Mr.. Jones as witness. he
letter 10 himself he could not recall. but
did not dispute il. 1t vas simply N
reference 10 a campaign contribution.
81 solicited campaign money from
railroads and from other companies and
from rich men and from poor men, ne
said. "for the maintenance OF Demo
cratic rule and white supremacy and Tor
no other purpose have no apologies 10
make. Mr.. Jones spent his part OF II.
/ The AXtell letter merely refers 10 TINS.
| have nothing to DO with the Bogart
letter. but il evidently refers to the
candidacy of MIR. Cardwell for Speaker.
as 10 the Logan letter, it is evident
that US means the railroads. Probably
| had had talk with Mr.. Ellyson, and
he and had agreed that we hoped the
railroads would be treated fairly after
they had helped the party. Does any
body want railroads TO be treated IN
/ fairly? As 10 the Holland letter, l have
nothing on earth to do with It. Mr..
Hurt is living-let him explain. | never
saw Mr.. Hatcher in my life, but know
he voted against me and for Gen. Lee.
Senator Martin said that he would be
nominated by at least 25,O00 majority,
and that Mr.. Jones knows It.
The Senator went into his record on
the tariff, the ship subsidy, the Wash
/ ington Union Station and other matters
referred to by Mr.. Jones in extended
detail. which the audience stood for re-
markedly well. lie said he had voted
I for revenue tariff on lumber and
other articles, so that everything the
South buys would not be tariff taxed
while everything this section produced
came in free.
He denied emphatically and fatty
that he had ever voted for protec--
tive tariff. Discussing his support of
a tax of 81. % on lumber he referred 10
the fact that Representative Glass not
only voted for tariff on lumber. but
made speech for it. "Mr. Jones is
supporting Mr.. Glass, said Senator
Martin, "yet he seeks TO prove that !
am not a Democrat when | supported
the same principle as that espOused by
Mr.. Glass and by Senator Daniel and
most of the Virginians in Congress
with a majority Of the Democratic Sen
atOrs." Although he had voted with
Senator Aldrich "when Aldrich voted
right" he declared, he had cast his
vote against the PayneAldrich bill
when the measure came up on its pas
sage. because the South had been dis
eliminated against.
In the face Of the refusal of the
House of Delegates TO ratify the in
come tax amendment, Senator Martin
declared his support of the proposition,
and predicted that the Legislature
would reconsider its action in this re-
spect, saying this tax is bound to come.
The points sought to be made by Mr.
Jones regarding the ship subsidy, the
union station, Washington transfers
and the Lorimer contest, he simply de-
clared to be lies-"the same old rot,
for the most part, which | have
answered before.
He referred to the remarks made by
Mr.. Jones regarding the subserviency
of the Governor, the Legislature, the
judiciary and all the otficeholders 10
himself as the reputed head OF the
alleged machine in Virginia. -.
Senator Martin was introduced by
Judge George l.. Christian, who said
that he had voted three times for VIII
liam Jennings Bryan, but hoped he
would have to do so no more. he had
opposed Mr.. Martin in his first race,
but knew him better now. and knew
that he had made good.
When the Senator arose to begin his
speech. scores of the audience arose
and cheered vigorously for some min
utes. This was repeated twice during
the meeting. When Senator Martin
said he would win by 25, 900 votes, hats
and handkerchief were vigorously
waved and hands and feet were brought
into action.