The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-08-25
WARM TIMES
IN VIRGINIA
SENATORIAL CONTEST SEEMS TO
BE AS LIVELY AS THE One
HERE PROMISES
MONTAGUE Arp SHORTER

Before an audience of 1900 peo-
pie in the CRANKY Theatre one OF
the largest political gatherings in
Norfolk for years except the great
Congressional primary contest"
meeting of last summer, former Gov
ernor Andrew Jackson Montague of
Virginia delivered a powerful and
effective campaign speech in behalf
of Jones and Glass the "anti-ma-
chine" candidates for the United
States Senate.
Hits at Martin and Swanson
"These two men, Martin and Swan
son, believe, are the only two men
in Virginia who would remain in
Senate and not return to answer
the charges made against them, when
their honor and integrity are at
tackled"
s1t is possible for an unknown man
like Martin to beat a known man
like Lee for the United States Sen
ate in Virginia except by unknown
means?''
"The Thompson letters are not pr1-
vate correspondence. Don't be de-
ceived by this. They are public cor
respondence about public business
which the public should know about
No right exists when the gentleman
~ courtesy should be invoked when
the liberties of the people are in
volved"
'Ts it possible that the statute OF
limitation should be a bar to the
Thompson letters? 1t 20 years a bar?
A man who seeks public Office should
instead ask that twenty years be All
Illuminating light instead of bar
He should say take down that bar.
Thousands of people of Virginia dc
not believe the primaries are homes
and fair. They will never believe i
as long as one faction has a mono
poly of naming the judges. The rank
and file will not believe it and
cont blame them
eff Martin and Swanson were 81
strongly in favor of white surpre
macy, why did they oppose the con
slitutional convention? Why have no
they raised their voices against til;
putting of 800 negroes on the rigis
tlation books in Norfolk county"'
The speech of the former governs
:yas a terrific attack upon the stat
machine He also raped Senator Man
tin and his connection with -is
Thompson letters as well as his lead
ership in the Senate. He assailed Sen
ator Swanson, his stock speculation
which he held should bar him iron
Office. and his extravagant admins
tration. He drew a vivid picture o
]. S. B. Thompson appearing in Wasf
ington and trying to get Swanson al
pointed to take the dying Daniel
seat before breath had left the states
mans body. He described the rese
luton, offered in the last Virginf
legislature to hold the session owe
until Daniel died in order to do hir
honor, as "ghastly, brutal proceed
ing" He charged that this move wa
no other than to elect a certain ma
to Office
He, quoting the Richmond News
Leader, said that the machine in Vii
ginia is dominated by Senator Ma
tin, Senator Swanson, Speaker Byr
and Congressman Flood, known a
the Big Four" who control the Q
fees of the State.
Railroads fabricated Machine
The speaker, after paying a goo
deal of attention to machine polite
touched upon the Thompson letter
incidentally bringing State Chairma
Ellyson into his remarks. He preface
his remarks that he wished it unde
stood that he was not anti-nor pr
railroad man. He declared that j
1898 theP ailroads of Virginia" /,