The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-05

himself in position to pront peou-
| niarily through the positions of trust
| that he holds from the people, and
who apparently has benefited thereby.
But there is much more OF gratitude
to be expressed, as soon as you come
out against Senator Martin for a vio-
lation of trust tho people have con-
ferred on him In his tariff votes, but
more particularly In his violation of
principle in aiding the railroads to
get control OF the Legislature when
the Keat bill was defeated, and
through the Legislature very many of
the judiciary. and later denying he
had ever acted for the railroads as a
lobbyist. with or without pay, perhaps
forNetting that II he received no I'M
mediate financial benent, ne very soon
after was sent to the United States
Senate through railroad influence.
II Senator Martin does not explain
his delinquencies, as shown by the
several Barbour Thompson letters in
Monday nights speech, you would
really confer great favor on those
who are seeking the truth to explaie
these letters away or to como out on
the side of the Jones-Glass forces
II Martin does not satisfactorily ex-
plain. and you do not. may our conclu-
sion be that your attack on Swanson.
which is entirely justified so far as the
attributable to some reason that we
do not understand. or some reason
other than patriotism?
In recent weeks. as far az editorial
expressions of your Daper are con-
cerned. as far as I have noted them,
there has been no strong reason to
believe that you are very warm for
Mr.. Martin; but when / see the name
of your managing editor on the list
OF ice-pres!dents who are to appear
on the stage In the Martin meeting
Monday night. 1t appears justlfable
in asking why you are against Sena-
tor Swanson on moral grounds and not
against Senator Martin on the same
grounds?
Roanoke. who Is filling the space of
one column daily n one OF the Rich
mond papers. the wonder IS why was
he employed so much earlier than he
was needed; or. II he is volunteering
as he claims. why Is he wasting so
much space of-the paper he Is writing
for. and why is that paper permitting
him to waste the time of It's seaders in
perusing his useless vaporings, ef-
forts to fill the space which has been
allotted him? Much was promised and
Is promised from day to day, and as
not much of anything has come out
yet, we Will expect very much for the
closing days of the campaign, but the
danger Is that before we get to real
matter the pleasures OF anticipation
will pail and we VIII all stop reading
them.
Why couldn't ne have Just as we'll
remained In Roanoke. where II Is hard
TO believe he could be spared so long.
and described .he gentlemen he has
abused so roundly, FIRST plasterlng
them over with nice compliments?
Why couldn't he have Just as well
there given the history of the Will
l.ams family and established his con-
nection with them. instead OF coming
to Richmond and making out that we
were to get something worth readinsp
Why couldn't nc have just as well es-
tablished the fact that ne Is part sin
ner and part saint there as in Rich
mond, and why couldn't ne as we'll
there as in Richmond parade before
the public the clean history OF the
Williamses, when no one, so far rs I
have seen. has been discussing th/n
pro or con? And while he is writing
UP their history and his own, inform
Ing rs that none of them has ever
been mixed in a crooked or dubious
transaction, may | ask II he claims
kin with 4 certain man OF that name
who some years ago was arrested and
possibly tried and possibly white
washed for some irregular election
transaction? c, f. JONES.
Carysbrook.