The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-08
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| Legislature, in order to avert negro
domination and to preserve our Anglo
| Saxon civilization, Notwithstanding
that each and every one OF these four
letters were written twenty days after
the election had taken place. and OBJ
viousiy related to matters which it
was apprshendcd would some before
the Legislature. Even had these let
tiers borne no accusing date. no man
with ordinary intelligence could, after
the eXaminat ion of their contents, ar
rive at any conclusion other than that
they related exclusively to the Legis-
lature itself.
Not Equnl to Emergency.
THE cock and bull story manufac-
tured for the occasion is not equal to
tho emergency. No sane man can be-
lieve that the representatives of the
four or more railroads contributing the
immense sums which went into the
hands OF Messrs. Thompson and Mar
tin. 10 say nothing of those which may
have been received by the chairman OF
the party. were employed for the sole
purpose of electing Democratic men,
bers to the Legislature. 1t is fact.
l believe, that OF the 100 Democratic
nominees for the House OF Delegates
OF tho General Assembly of 1919
thirty-seven had no opposition of any
description, and others had no Repub
lican opposition. This means that out
of Il House composed of 100 members 1t
was only necessary to defeat fourteeh
Republican candidates to give the
Democrats O clear majority in that
body. AS to the Senate. the case Is
even stronger. OF the forty members
of that body twenty were holdover Sem
ators. and every one of them was
Democrat, so that the Democrats had
I half of that body before the election
was held. 1t is not thinkable that thfs
potent fact was unknown to MesSrs.
| Thompson and Martin and those for
whom they acted
'In ut least four of the twenty dis
! tricts where there were elections there
| was no Republican or other opposition
/ to the Democratic candidates. One of
| these was my own senatorial district,
where Colonel r. J. Washington re-
| ceived $3.50 votes against less than
twenty scattered among a half dozen
| persons who were not candidates
/ These facts demonstrate the utter alb
surdity of the claim that the railroads
| suffered great agony over any imag
/ mary apprehension that the Republl-
cans would capture the Legislature OF
/ Virginia and destroy our white su-
premacy. When l tell you that the Re-
I publicans and their allies only elected
| two members of the House and one
I member of the Senate-a grand total
of three out OF li0-you will the bet
ter be able to appreciate the weight
of the argument which it required tho
I skill and ability OF three men Of
acknowledged intelligence and astute-
ness TO frame
Had They Another Purposet
Senator Martins special plcaders that
the railroads could have had TO other
purpose in making their large con-
tributions through Messrs Thompson
and Martin than the preservation of
our Anglo Saxon civilization. since
they knew that the Kent bill, having
Tor It's object the proper control and
regulation of railroad corporations,
was unconstitutional. and therefore
perfectly harmless. This argument Is
merely In Keeping with the other
pleas which have been entered in be-
half OF Senator Martin. AS a matter OF
fact, 1 am Informed that when tina
Legislature of 1912 met there was a
majority of twcnty-six in that body
favorable to the passage of the Kent
bill. 1t was testified in the Lee-Martin
investigation that Senator Martin de.
clared that the railroads controlled
that Legislature. and that they would
nave none of the Kent bill At any
rate. both Mr.. Thompson and Senator
Martin. II is alleged. spent the months
OF December and January in Rich
mond. and the Kent bill met its Water
100 at the hands OF the railroads.
The Norfolk Landmark. which. to
say the least has never advocated NV
candidacy. in powerful double
column black faced editorial on Fri
day Of last week. commenting upon
the powerful and unanswerable letter
or the Hon. Charles W Meredith. a
distinguished member OF the Richmond
bar, In which it was clearly demon
strated that Senator Martin stands
convicted by the documentary evidence
which have produced against him.
calls upon Senator Martin to make
further and better reply to Mr. Mere
oith's letter 1t says, among other
things: "A denial is not sufficient now
The senior Senator must bring his
proof He must reply. When thar
reply is made the LANDMARK will carry
1t In full and comment rreeiv unon ~
II the reply is not made it win he
unnecessary for this paper to advise