The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-06
DENIES ASSERTIONS
OF PROFESSOR DODD

gates voted 3oyfuily tc, the nomina-
ton of Alton B. Parker. an ally OF
Ryan.
Reckless Speech.
This statement gives you an IDEA
Of the recklessness of the whole
speech Every child in virginia
knows that Mr.. Ryan does not control
the Virginia newspaper. and the
statement to that effect is without
truth. No man believes that any one
person furnishes the small amount
u r7ohey that Mr Ellyson uses in our
campaigns.
NC ore but a most reckless man
would have made the statement that
the Virginia dele cation Of 1901 to the
So. Louis convention went there in
the private car of any man | hap
rencd TO attend that convention. and
know most of the delegates went
together in cars which were chartered
by the delegation and that each MAJ
PAID rts prcport!onate par. OF the
cost. Every intelligent man In vir-
etn!a knows that the delegation sent
to 81. Louis in 1905 was practically in-
st:uc.td by the Virginia Convention.
which assembled in the city of Rich
mond in May of that year to vote
for Judge Parker. Instructions were
not given because the leader OF the
delegation stated on the floor OF the
convention that the delegation knew
the people of Virginia were Cor Judge
Parker, and IT was unnecessary, there
fore. to instruct them. rna delegates
at large upon that occasion We're SEN
etors John w. Daniel and Thomas
Martin, Governor Andrew Jackson
Montague and Mr.. A. c. BraXton, A
native OF your county and a man who
has greatly distinguished himself at
the bar and in the public anairs of
Virginia.
II; is amazing that one holding the
responsible position OF professor in a
ly endowed, should cast such .5per-
sions upon gentlemen simply because
they occupy public position.
Statewide Love for Dnniel.
For thirty years the Senator
whose name I first mentioned was not
only the leader Of h s party In Vir-
ginia, but was the most beloved citi-
zen of the State. This love for Senator
Daniel was confined TO no particular
sections. but from where the hillowy
Atlantic washes our eastern front TO
the lofty ridge which receives its
name from the bending heavens that
bathes It's SUBMITS in their own soft
blue and beyond where the Cumber-
land range marks our remotest west
ern border everywhere the citizens Of
Virginia wed with one another in I'M
doubted admiration and love for the
noble gentleman, the manned Confed-
crate soldier, the brilliant orator, the
profound constitutional lawyer, the
sound statesman. whom they delighted
10 acknowledge as their unchallenged
leader.
Statements of the character made
by this beneficiary of dishonest en-
dowments should. in my Judgment. be
resented by every Virginian who loves
his State and revers the memory of her
great sons. and is willing to see her
good name and their fame trifled with
Il do not believe that the people of
the State approve such sentiments or
indorse such utterances.
81 believe that kindness and love
and charity and honesty and integrity
and loyalty and self-sacriflce were
never more universal within her bor-
ders nor more effective than on this
day In whose unhindered splendor we
are celebrating the birth of this na-
ton.
I'VE have been greatly blessed in
many ways. Our fathers fought and
suffered and died that we might have a
fore them met bravely the troubles of
their times. There is upon US an ob!i-
cation accommodating through the years
TO see to ii that the heritage that we
have thus received shall pass on to
coming generations not only not inn
paired, but increased. multiplied and
glorifed: but let us remember that this
conservation for the future can never
be brought about by men too Jealous
to be just or too narrow to be brave.
1t cannot be accomplished by false wit
ness or ISLANDERS. The past teaches us
that we cannot conquer the world for
good, by hate and malice and misrep-
resentation or by scoldlnG opposition.
RepeI Unjust Criticism.
Let us stand up for our community
and our State. Let Us defend Their fair
names whether they are unjustly as
sailed by enemies from without or dis
loyal sons from within. Let MS upheld
the hands OF our public servants and
repel unjust and reckless criticisms of
them as long as they are acting for
the public good, remembering that for
every act of disloyalty OF those Of
flcials there are 10000 unrecordcd acts
of patriotism. OF loyalty and fidelity.
Let us stand BY our honest business
institutions, remembering tina. the dis
honest business man Is the exception
and not the rule.
I'VE must look beyond the criticism
of Jealous demagogues and the unsup-
ported assertions of the self-seeker. to
the Accomplishments for good by the
men In the political and business life
OF the State against whom their harp
ings and slanders are directed.