The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-01

Tor "a scar DO tGe United State senate
.e,t than Tucker or Montague or
willard. would sini fish' ior .ht
people and che state Owe
mis- sentiment provoked Storm OIL
applause which lasted ior perhaps
haii minute
SIR Jones sounded che charges
of ring rule. boss domination
and me yoke o. despot lie nam9
senator Martin time and again.
branding him as toe evil genius or
non S. politics. declaring tnat ne
Is the friend and protector Of the
pefty bosses. the ally OF those in
DOW r. Democrats and Republicans
ak. he)msn who mad moved tne
.loifsl u tirei8ia IRON kich-
a,onl TO Washing or. .ae
supreme authority whose o. b.
must be stamped upon the backs OF
those suppiicants who enjoy ~" Q
offices
MOI once was the name OF sen
ator Swanson OF Of Representative
Glass mentioned. nor WAS the CUES
ton OF local option OF Of statewide
prohibition touched
For the greater part OF the hour
and a half he spoke Mr. Jones de-
Tended his vote for the social
ed ship subsidy measure. and fired
hot shot into the record Of ; ma
tor Martin who. he declared. had
evaded the question and had over
failed to come into the open.
While he affirmed that ne is and
has always been opposed 10 ship
subsidy. he pictured ia glowing
words the great benefits which
would bless Norfolk and that sec
ton were the merchant marine OF
America again TO take us foramos
place in the rich commerce % the
world
Here are sew Of the thrusis
which be launched AZ the sen
Tor senator
"Ninety-five per cent, Of me
officials Of the state Of Virginia
7iU vote for Senator Marin. Does
not this make you thoughtful?
The first step is 10 turn out OF
office the man who j. the head ana
-onf Of the machine.
In speaking Of the Ocean Vie"
,oeech made by Senator Marlin
5,cn n. declared he was proud to
a friend Of the bosses. Mr. Jones
+ g.. Tine man who u tered such
sen iueut has no risht 20 be q
isnator Of the GATED .ates.
"The News-Leador. which is now
supporting Senator Martin. declared
hat he had voted more often with
Aldrich than any other DemocTatic
senator. with the exception OF TWO
Senators from Louisiana he con
tinued
II have entered this fight for var
and while my record 10 subject TO
criticism. will see that the people
Of this state learn the real record
OF Senator Martin.
After declaring that Senator Mar
tin "dOdged" vote on the snip
subsidy bill and then paired with a
dead man meaning Senator Cub
lon. Of Illinois. who was ILL.,
Mr. Jones exclaimed, Il never dodg-
cd a vote in my life.
Il challenge Senator Martin 10
meet me anywhere In the State pc
fore any audience TO discuss the snip
subsidy bill"
In relating to q speech made in
Kansas City. in which L. s. Sena-
tor declared that the three most
corrupt States In the Union were
Pennsylvania. Ohio and Virginia Mt
ZONES added. II do not care to de-
fame the good name OF my STATE
but II proof Is demanded will prove
facts that are known to every decent
man in Virginia. ~
"A great public storm is gather-
ing. and IT will not be long before
It bursts. -,
'sWiu virginia wear the yoke OF
despotism? DO you hate ring RUE
DO you despise to wear the collar OF
boss? Will you submit to the
miserable. selfish. corrupt orgahiza-
ton which Is administering your al
fairs?
Il can name the man who has
brought this about. Martin is a
man who does things so his crea-
lures say. | do not despise ma
terial things. but | say he should
stay in Washington and attend TO
the affairs OF his constituents ana
keep his hands off the local affairs
OF the State
These are few of the stings OF
Mr.. Jones attack, but from the be-
ginning to the end he directly or
Indirectly charged that Senator Mar
tin had lodged, sidestepped. remain
cd dumb or had climbed upon the
fence when important matters were
before the Senate. He charged that
money appropriated for the improve.
ment of Norfolk harbor and James
river was not secured by Senator
Martin, but by Maynard, Lamb and
himself. Indeed, he asserted that
Senator Martin failed to add dol
lar to the appropriation when the
bill reached the Senate. although
other Senators secured large
amounts for other States.
/ When the meeting was called tc
\ order there were by actual count
$40 persons In the theatre, Of whom
twelve were women, according tt
The Times Dispatch The Norfolk
Virglnia-Pilot gays the crowd
numbered between six shd sever
hundred. A band played Dixie" al
the speakers filed upon the stage
and then JamesE. Heath introduced
the candidate.
Mr.. Heath harked back to the
days Of the Fitzhugh Lee struggle
md declared that the defeat o.
that great Virginian by Mr.. Martin
for the United States Senate wal
nothing less than crime, especial
Ivy when Gen. Lee was national fig
ure and Mr.. Martin IAN unknown
Mr.. Heath paid his earnest re
sDects TO the ring" the boss" ant
THE "machipe:; indeed. that illusfri
Gus trioloay Jared roughly at tn
hands Of the speakers. His allusiol
to Woodrow Wilson as the New
Jersey Insurgent, who had swep
clean tho nOaouffo State set fhl