Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-21
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS AFTER SCALP
OF SENATOR MARTIN.
REPRESENTATIVE JONES
SHOWS DAMAGING LETTERS
Seems to Connect
Martin With "YsIiow Dog Fund" Of
Southern Railroad-Martin q React.
ionary and Regarded as In Sympathy
With Bailey.

Washington. July 2o-Washington
interest has been stirred greatly Of late
in the senatorial campaign in Virginia.
The question is whether the senate
democratic leader. Senator Thomas
Martin, is going to be defeated for re-
nomination and reelection by Repre-
sentative William A. Jones and wheth-
er the old democratic machine that has
so long dominated the Old Dominion is
soins to be crushed along with Martin.
II Is true that the fate OF Senator
Claude Swanson is also wrapped ur IN
the fight but the question Of what hap
pens to Swanson has been largely sub
ordinateo 60 the question of what hap
pens to Martin. This is the case be-
cause Martin has a certain prominence
as democratic leader in the senate and
because he is recognized as head and
front of the old railroad-ridden and
corpora tion-ridden railroad machine IN
Virginia.
The campaign before the primaries
has become superheated by reason OF
the charges which Representative
Jones is making. on the stump ana
thru the press. against Senator Martin.
He has brought out letters between
southern railroad official and various
parties which on their face seem to
connect Senator Martin with the vel
low dog fund" Of the Southern railroad.
state Chairman Ellyson, who is a part
and parcel of the Martin machine, is
also dragged in. along with others.
The letters are alleged to have been
stolen from the letter book of j. :. b.
Thompson, Of the Southern railroad.
representative Jones. who Is one oil
The veterans Of the house, is gong TO
and fro and up and down the state
with them. He 1: reading the letters
everywhere and charging that Martin
is in league with the railroads and the
lumber trust. Until the production OF
the letters. the campaign has been IN
clined to dullness and it was widely
expected Martin would win in a walk
Now, the whole state is torn up. po-
itically speaking. and is discussing the
letters. Their production has been e3-
.reneiy embarrassing to Martin ana
Eliyson. The defense of Martin and
Ellyson is that such money as was
contributed was used TO secure the
continued domination Of the democrat
ic party in Virginia. In other words,
having received certain Soi1tl
rom railroad sources. they allege they
were campaign contributions
The Jones forces are charging that
he yellow dog fund" was used for the
purpose. among other things Of reach
ing members of the legislature and
Killing off railroad legislation. All In
,ications now are that the igh, from
this time on TO the primaries Will be
Intense and only little less animated
than the Mississippi fight wherein For
ner Governor Nardaman is making
spectacular campaign. II Jones should
vim and Martin be beaten 1t will mean
general reorganization in Virginia
democratic affairs. Progressive demo-
rat. and republicans in congress are
lager for the defeat of Martin. whom
hey regard as reactionary. While
recently Senator Martin apparently mas
differed frequently from Bailey. he Is
.till regarded as with Bailey in sym
1athy.