The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-17
CLASS SPEAKS TO
ESSEX COUNTY VOTERS
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required in which TO make answer to
their defamatory assaults.
The man who purchased this priv
ilege from the South Boston News is
as silent as the tomb under the charge
publicly made at Richmond! And
what Ia the reply to the purchased
newspaper itself? 1t is not a denial;
for not circumstance cited by me
is directly brought in question IL
shamelessly contends that it has a
right to do this debasing thing and
thus outrage every consideration upon
which the freedom of the press was
founded. 1t impudently CLASHES bar
room advertisements with announce
ments for the United States Senate
and proclaims It's equal right to re-
ject them both. And that Is it's an
swer to my indictment.
Was For Him Then.
II undertakes to divert attention
from itself and from the gentleman
who purchased exclusive political
rights in It's columns by directing at
me q stream Of senseless abuse, charg-
ing me with injustice and cowardice
and with being participant in, and
a beneficiary Of. ring rule in Virginia.
1t says the machine gave me my berth
In Congress ana that II II quite large
enough for my capacity" Let me, my
fellow citiscns. briefly and directly
dispose Of this depraved public Jour
nal and depict to you at the same time
the methods OF those who would, by
sygtematio perversion and exclusion,
deny mo tho right Of access to the
people of Virginia. On tho 18th day
Of last December. discussing the Sena-
torship. this Newspaper that now seeks
10 hide Its shame by calling me a
coward and ringster. said;
While Swanson may have a
strong organization following. 1t
will hardly land him IL opposed.
as he will likely be. by Congress
man Glass. Mr.. Glass has never
known defeat In any campaign
he has ever engaged in for Office.
He Is a fighter from base-just
the kind OF man that the great
mass Of people admire--clean,
brave and outspoken, in whom
Mr.. Swanson will find foreman
worthy Of his steel. Virginians
like a warm campaign and they
are going to have 1t IL Glass de-
eided to enter the race"
That was exceeding kind: and I
was not even asked to pay for 1t. It
preston OF this South Boston News
| Fight For the People.
| A little later II grew holder and
more emphatic IN its condemnation
of tho machine. On the 18th day of
January II had an editorial in which
| II said
'-Ths fight that Mr.. Jones pro-
poses to make will be . fight fer
the people against the most out
rageous political oppression and
corruption that ever disxraosd
Virginia except. perhaps the
Malone dynasty.
The people are simply made
tools Of by the ring, composed
/ largely Of the offace-hoidsrp' trust.
Not to respond to the crack OF
the so-oailed party lash, is to be
consigned to q stats of ostracism
30 far al seeking once IL CON
cerned.
The Martin dynasty. the Of
'rc1-holders' trust. or machine, 10
| unQuestfonabiy the most complete
and snbservient organization that
was ever known In this State.
No other organization could have
ever performed such q feat as
that of uniting tbs anti-saloon
league and the liquor dealers as
ISOLATION In the support Of. Judge
MIMI IoT governor.
At the conclusion OF this vitrtolic
ants~naeasns"' editorial un January
18th. the South Boston News said:
1T seems highly probable that
the Hon. Carter Glass will also
be running mate Of Mr.. Jones
for the seat now occupied by ap-
pointment by Hon. c. A. Swanson.
/ Then what? There will be music"
Times Have Cl,anGod.
-Four days after this publication APP
peared / formally announced my can
didacy for the United States Senate
| A week later the editorial color Of
this journalistic chameleon began to
change. 1t 20 far vecred towards the
machine attitude that Chase City
paper took 1t to task for it's incon-
sistency, whereupon II protested:
There was a time when The
| News opposed Senator Martin
but times have changed and 40
| have conditions"
The next week il printed a front
page newspaper OF the governors
temporary appointee to the Senate
with two column defense of his
brilliant and busineAuke admins
| tration' and mean attack on me-
! II was paid for; but there was no
mark to indicate the fact to It's read
ers Suspecting what had happened, |
sent TO prominent business man Of
South Boston the formal announce
ment Of my candidacy for the Senate
as II appeared in the Baltimore Sun
and nearly all the daily newspapers
In Virginia, with the request that he
have II inserted in the two South Bos-
/ ton newspapers and, II necessary, to
! pay for 1t at the usual rate of ndvsr-
Using. 1t was inserted In the Hall
fax Gezette and paid the bill Of
1886 which was rendered.
answer came back by letter which I
nave here before me. that the South
Boston News refused to publish on
the ground that all OF its space was
sold,. so far as II pertained TO the SEN
atorship."
"A week later the South Boston
News reprinted a Tfendacioua attack
on fne FROM another machine organ.
t&nerenpon l wrote to the same friend
al south Boston and requested him to
ascertain, II !" would be permitted 70
defend myself through the columns OF
/ the paper at advertising rates. The
answer came back by letter, and I have
| 1t here saying that both the editor
and the publisher OF the paper had
been seen and they stated that their
columns were sold to the other side
and they could not put in anything
relative 10 the United States Senator
iai canvass, except from the other
side,''
Specimen Of Methods.
"Of course this was true. 1t is not
| denied. and white l. Oh. xyor.t a.