The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13

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Nenuon is going TO ,hange everything.
| aad II Will not make much difference
| II they neglect TO vote in the coming
! election. Another difficulty we have
! is the great opposition among lot Of
/ the white people to the Constitutional
Convention This is tho particular
| cause. ] think. in the large falling OFT
OF Democratic votes in 1900 The PEG
| PIE of this class will vote the Re.
| publican ticket under the belief and
| with the hope that in some way the
election of Republican Governor will
result In the defeat of the work OF
! the convention"
Money Wnr Needed.
| The chairman Of the Fourth Con.
! Hressional District wrote; Il have not
heard from YOU since YOU left our Pc
tersbnrg meeting for the Southwest
important that the money 10 he used
should be distributed without DELAY
From the Tenth Congressional Dis
trict. The situation is indeed seri-
Gus. especially as TO state ticket our
people are SO much worked up about
the supposed action OF tho conven-
tion"
From ono Of our leading speakers
who had been oanvassine the Fif,A
deal of discomfort here and the Rr
Dublicans arc very active. think help
Is very much needed"
From the Eighth ConEre ssionol Dis
trict. county chairman wrote. I'VE
have quite a number Of noaters in
this county am reliably informed
that one or the very rich men here is
ondeavorine to carry them against
our nominee; therefore. do not CON
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disposition smongs, the lower classes
10 GO against the party on account Of
suspicion in 'hair minds about the
suffrage question. The negroes will
lie hard TO handle now"
From one OF the counties Of tho
First Congressional District. this let
ter was received We have a hard
fight on hand, in this county ana in
the senatorial district l have had nd
Your committee can give me any as
sistance, 1t Will be most thankfully
received
Campaign in 1901.
These are Just few Of the letters
received In recent communication
TO the public press. Mr. Montague SAYS
that told him there wao no railroad
contribution made in 1901. tina, I had
not received eny railroad contribution
or. mon "a que naI just returned from "a
visit to the Southwest. and ne was
Very much demorahzed with the con
clifton Of things as he saw them lie
conferred with me-, as he more than
once ala. about the finances, and asked
me II had received any money from
tho railroads ! told MIN | had not
but would approach them and see
what could he done He thought they
ought 10 helr ! did approach them
ana secured some contributions. and
this, a s. ] stated in previous com
munication. was the las, year in which
solicited or received money from tho
railroads
He ,hon inquired: What has Joe
Nillard done replied telling him
what ] ha0 received Ills comment
was He IS very rich man. he ought
to DO better than that" and suggest
"a now II might lie done. but din moi;
v'iuhte"r :" do II himself He thought
" might be better done through an
other channel
lie stated in his public statement
maj colonel Willard had hnancied the
r"ihPhiEn was then and | am stul
! srattful To Colonel willard fnr ~
sehernus contributions. but Mr. VII
! latd ala not finance the state cam
/ palsn OF that year. and IL Mr Nor
~ W is rlsht ,hcn he mus, have done
Z ''''"tH inc state CoTnTrIttno
out through some other agency vri,h
! when Governor Montague MAJ he na,
/ yer informed than | am Thu c,o,or
NOT mas perhaps confoundod ~.
nat.ihs 9i the campaign for the NOM
halon with that for Tho olnc,i,
"townrdly" Indictment
sui What good IS to be accnmr,i,..
~ all this? Why shouId C:n, ,''s,'ed
."""'A cue and those associated u.,,h
MN IN the conduct OF tho Co. ~, i'.'
EN 10 make the impression thai ~
'd'iroads controlled ana directnd 49,
carhPsign with a View to obtaints'
o"uoi OF the General Assembly or
as they sometimes add. NOT on1,. o. q,
eiectihg members OF the Genera,
sembly favorable TO their ,n,..e.
out oil using the yellow dor" f,nd =,
they term IT, in influencing vo,n. -
members Of the General Assn,,
after they are elected This ,hn,.
safe Indictment OF the honorable mo-,
VINO have represented us in ,bn ~,
eral Assembly in the last twenty co.
ie as oowardly as Il Is cruel If -
De eny guilty ones. have the couraas
10 name who they are When NJ.
Montague was a candidate for or
he was willing Ia accept contrih,,,ta,
rom anybody DESTROYS OF giving "a
to the campaign fund He was CO.,
! stanuy urging both in 1897 and ,on,
4 that we should take nothing 10,