The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-25
GLASS At LANCASTER
As Viewed By The Virginia Citizen.

AS NICNC0 AhN
Advertised by his bureau Of publicity
10 speak on Monday in Southampton,
Mr.. Glass was switched oil here, and
the ak counties were beat for recruits.
They got EN- and something more be-
side. Mr.. Glass is a postmaster at
sarcasm and invective. He trOtted fast
and loose. Any horse can make
tracks" when travelling alone. lie
paced up and down, and trotted down
and up: and then galloped across helds
to the tune Of most appreciatlVe au-
dience. He champed the bit. and cur
riers yelled satisfaction. We enjoyed
his b1ffoonry for an hour. Congress
man Glass pitched into the machine and
Swanson for about an houT-same ster-
eotvped speech. When he got to the
South Boston News we began to fear
our finish. He touched on our paper
lightly, and was going to leave the sub
iect in a way that sentiment was divid-
ed whether we should answer or not.
Charging that the subsidized press and
the papers supporting the machine were
dishonest in publishing only one side,
I'VE" called him to taw. Then import
ed rooters set up terrible howl when
I'VE" arose. Our Lancastrians yelled
defiance at them. Standing on bench
in front of Glass I'VE" demanded that
be be fair and give hearing. lie ask
ed the crowd To let US be heard, but
I'VE" had told them IL was our county
and court. and if we did not speak there
should be no more before midnight.
After that we had the audience and all
the floor we wanted. He went talking
about the South Boston News. Again
he took it out on poor Beasley as he
fioundered.
He steered clear of illusions to us
for another hour, of which time he was
irving to get on his feet again. His
crowd land he had them made lame
attempts at spasmodic hurrahs. Some
of his adherents later publicly remark
ed that Mr.. Glass should have closed
with his first hour. But he did finally
reach appropriations of the Swanson
administration, and as he did so we got
closer to the front. He was long time
reaching the Commission Of Fisheries,
and when he did you would have mar
veled at how lightly he touched it. We
could take no umbrage at it, for be
qualified il by saying that he did not
blame Mr.. Lee, but did blame Swanson
for violating his oath Of Office by not
yetoing the bill. Then, in a death-lke
stiffness we read the list of increases of
salaries that he Glass voted for in his
last session in the Senate among these
the increase Of clerk of railroad COM
mission from $1,000 to $500. and
charged that he supported this sinecure
because the man was from Lynchburg.
All his answer was TO effect that he did
not remember the items. He harked
back to Swanson's depicting the treas
ury, and again we asked him If he did
not advise him in 1907 to use the mil
lion dollars in the treasury FOR expendi-
lures for the peoples good. and that If
be denied it was there not an editorial
from his paper in 1907 to that effect?
He then said this was his meeting and
he would allow no further interruption.
Derisive cheers from our side drowned
everything, and it was our turn TO APP
peal for a hearing for him. adding that
% long as he attacked US personally he
would have to answer. He disclaimed
that be meant anything personal, and
dealt in no further illusions to US.
When he refused to let US read his edi-
torial, the audience jeered.
He tried to get into a swing again,
but went of into lame peroriation
and so wound up. You never saw such
q disappointed and morose crowd.
They had come to see US chewed up,
and had gone away without their champ
ion repeating what he had been hereto
fore credited with saying against Lee.
Virginia Citizen, lrvington.