The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-17
JONES { Expects
FRAUD IN RIMARY
Thinks Machine Will Go to
Desperate Lengths to
Defeat Him.
WILL VOTE REPUBLICANS
Congressman Describes Political
Methods in Norfolk
County.

In his speech at Highland Springs
last night Representative William a.
Jones charged that they (meaning the
machine) are preparing to steal the
election from me- If they can't win it
\ in any other way"
Mr.. Jones also said that the fact that
Republican voted in the recent legis-
lative primary IN Winchester and Fred
/ erick county, when Speaker Byrd was
| renomtnatcd, is but forerunner of
| similar action in the September pri-
mary, when members of that party will
i seek and obta in the right to take part
| in Democratic contest.
| The hall ut Highland Springs was
we'll filled for the meeting. The Con-
sressmen held his hearers until a late
| hour and the applause was fair.
Says Article Was Untrue.
| Serious charges were made against
a Richmond newspaper man. who sent
out a statement concerning the reason
1 for Senator Martins recent trip to
| New Y ork. II seemed that in a speech
AIR. Jones referred to the absence OF
| the senior Senator from his seat He
, did not, he said. consider 1t serious
| matter but mentioned 1t incidentally.
But newspaper friend in Richmond of
/ Senator Martin. he continued. sent out
a special to the effect that the Senator
was at the bedside OF sick member
| OF his family who was in need of an
| operation.
This put Mr.. Jones in the position
of heartlessness, and he investigated.
| He found, he said, that Senator Martin
| was In New York on personal bust
ness. and, in fact. Representative
| Flood has since corroborated this in a
public statement. And" said Mir.
F.; Jones'. II am Informed that the news
paper man admits that his article was
false and that he knew 1t was false
when he wrote IL"
4 One Official Anxious.
a somewhat amusing story was told
by MIR Jones. In many of his speeches
he mas told of man put into Office by
| n Democratic state official and ma
! chino" leader. who was defaulter and
/ n law-breaker In other respects. When
the official was asked about it he re-
marked; I'll takes a rogue to catch Il
| rogue"
Recently, said Mr.. Jones. he has re-
ceived a letter from the head of large
| state Institution, asking If this remark
came from a former Governor OF Vir-
ginia and II the appointment referred
| to was a member of the board of visl-
! tors of his institution. put in the posi-
| tion for the purpose of catching him,
the head of the institution.
More Norfolk Politics.
i Interesting sidelights on Norfolk
county politics were portrayed. This
time Lieutenant Colnel L. w Owens,
for years the Democratic chairman of
the county and now a member of the
House of Delegates, comes into the
limelight, along with Alvah II. Martin,
the much talked of clerk of the county.
I Mr.. Jones told OF political fight when
the antimachne people were refused
the information as TO the time and
place OF holding precinct meetings.
| Notices were sent out over the county
with this information, and were placed
on fences and a. crossings, and another
man came along and tore them down.
I BY accident an advertisement an
nouncing the meetings for the after
noon of the day on which the paper
was published was discovered and the
insurgents" secured large crowds at
the meetings. M
! Colonel owens who refused to give
the opposing forces tho information
i regarding the gatherings. drove TO his
home precinct followed by a wa gon
containing seventeen voters. nine of
them Republicans He found crowd
of nearly 400 people assembled. and
refused TO call the meeting TO order
The "antis' held their meeting, used
ballots ndorscd with the names OF the
voters. and locked up the tickets for
safe-keeping.
Kept Walking Around.
In the meantime. Colonel Owens, said
Mr.. JCaes. drove down the road and
held meeting with his seventeen
loyal ones. He told them TO walk
around the buggy. and they did SO. and
kept walking. until the chairman's as
sistant had counted about 100. They
had all voted for the machine dele
gates, and the returns we're SO ccrti-
fed.
At the hearing conducted by sub
committee of the Democratic State
4 Committee, Mr.. Jones charged, Colonel
Il Owens, TOO intoxicated 10 stand, was
led in BY two men.
. He said II 'pinted man TO count
l the voters, and nc reported there we're
400, and that Is all know about it,
and l haven't seen the man who did
the counting for a long time"
(, Holds Machine Responsible.
!! ''And yet" sa.4 Mr.. Jones' "the Mar
! tin machine in Virginia failed to de-
clare that election to be fraudulent"
!, AS TO Senator Martin himself. pos
sibly Mr. Jones was less severe than
! in his Richmond speech. He qualified
, ! several of his charges, such as saying
I that he did not allege corruption on
: the part Of his opponent IN his votes
3 on tho lumber schedule in Congress
f'urther he said that the anti Martin
quotations which he read, printed IN
! out Of State newspapers might he
+ ! taken with y grain OF reservation. Yet
8 he was vigorous enough in his dcnun-
citation Of what he called the unholy
!, machine, which he depicted as having
: It's hands on every office in this State
: and parfeline such positions out tc
d those who wea rthe collar OF the or
: aaniaat!pn A large part of his speech
!. was given TO discussion OF Senator
I Martins record on various tariff bills
following the same lines as in mum
: Der ~ his other addresses.
Il XIII Erect Tobncco wnrchouHc.
ID plRns, Yyerc filed yesterday in ht
ID I3uliin2 Inspectors Office by John y
III lIu,chezon for two story reinforced
n cnn5rcte tobacco warehouse a thu