The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29

guild up n machine? What can he
omis any man for his p In
the way of patronage. and why should
any man stand in fear Of him? What
can he tear down and what can he set
up? Whom can he control by favors
past and by the nope of favors to
come? Is it not rather Inconsistent
TO charge Mr.. Martin with inability to
accomplish things in the Senate ana
at the same time ascrihe to him tho
wonderful power of controlling every
thing and everybody in Virginia? Is
1t not. indeed, u reflection on the In
and manhood of the people
OF g to assert that this OBJ
scure oantry lawyer. without
patronage to dispense or wealth to
use. can absolutely dominate the at.
fairs of the State?"
Again:
the people OF Virginia never have
ana never will tolerate a boss. ana
they wul not endure a macainc CON
structed either by Mr.. Martin or MIR.
Montague. and there Is less reason TO
believe that the former has any de-
sire than the latter to construct u
machine"
will not waste time. felIow-citizens.
TO discuss this threadbare talk about
a political machine. To the outs
iioSe who are in are always IL ma
chime. AS stated by Mr.. Glass. / have
neither wealth. patronage nor power
with which TO control a machine. The
supper which comes to me comes from
inc free Will and the honest convic
lions of the people of the State. |
nave never asked nor desired any
other kind of support. Ii there is =
single man in this vast audience sup
porting me from any other consi6era-
TONS | do not know IL. If there Is
any political machine in Richmond !
90 not know who compose II. how 1t
IS organized nor what its arc.
Aside from this talk about a political
machine. what reasons have been given
by MIR. Jones during his more than
-FOUR months campaigning to show
that he should be sent to the Senate?
He sees in me and in my career many
defects. imperfections and nfrmities,
and his argument seems to be that
he ought to be sent to the Senate be-
cause of these alleged defects and In
irmities of mine.
l Will first allude TO his criticisms
of my public record.
The Tariff.
Mr.. Jones. in a lumber of his
speeches. has laid down the distinct
proposition that ! am not a Democrat.
undertakes to prove that propo-
sitton by my tariff votes. The propo-
sition in itself is so ridiculous that I
find some difficulty in determining how
to on it. The first vote | ever
cast was for Horace Greeley, who was
the nominee OF the Democratic party
for the presidency. / not only voted
FOR him. but made some speeches in
his behalf. From that day to his ]
have voted the Democratic ticket. i
have never scratched n name from
the ticket or failed to vote for all
OF the nominees of the party. | served
on the Democratic State Committee
most of the time after attaining
twenty-one years OF age until l was
elected to the Senate, taking an active
part for the party In all OF the cam
paigns. have been three times
from my State-the last time at q
majority OF more than 10000. In April
last l was elected by the Democrats In
the Senate OF the United States chair
man OF the caucus and leader of the
minority in that body. In the face Of
these facts II seems to me- . man must
be practically dementcd who goes be-
fore the Virginia people and charges
that ! am not a Democrat.
But, fellow-citizens. permit me to
say q few words about my tariff votes.
! will not undertake to review and
comment on every vote which has been
cast by me on items in tariff bills dur
ing my service in the nat My time
would not permit II, nor do / think
il at all necessary in order that the
people of Virginia may understand
thoroughly we. II they do not already
understand my attitude IN respect TO
tariff taxation.
a Tnrin for Revenue Only.
I have never at any period OF my
life favored the protective tariff sys-
TEN, and I have never voted for 1t as
q whole or In any item thereof. I be-
iieve In a tariff for revenue only. I do
not believe In IA tariff framed in the in
terest OF any class or classes of the
people, or in favor of or in discrimina-
ton again any section of our country.
1t must be borne in mind that during
service in the Senate the Demo
Gratis have been in position to frame.
and have not attempted to frame. IL
tariff bill until the commencement OF
the special session OF Congress on the
18th day of last April. All OF the tariff
bills on which l have voted have been
framed by the Republicans, who were
in the majority and had full power TO
frame them as they saw MT. They were
avowedly framed on protective lines.
My curse in respect TO those bills wa
very different from what IL would
have been had the Democrats been in
power and engaged on work of franz
ing Il tariff bill. My chief purpose has
been 10 prevent determinations against
the people Of my State which would
tend 10 ~impoverish them and enrich
others at their expense. In those eff
forts ! never went so far as TO ask
for protective duties. but simply ask
cd that duties which were strictly and
essentially revenue duties, in accord
ance with the t~ime-honored prinNplea
OF the Democratic party. should not he
taken from the products OF the South
which we were compelled to sell In
the Northern and foreign markets,
while the prices of those things which
were purchased by the people of Nir-
ginia and other Southern States were
enhanced, not by the revenue duties
which were asked by me for the South,