The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-07
Friends of Senior Senator
Serenade Speaker at
City Auditorium
MACHINE METHODS
BITTERLY DENOUNCED
Former Governor Asserts That
Performance Was it's Con-
ception of Courtesy
and Fairness

That's machine argument, ma
chine courtesy, machine fairness. To
break up the meeting of the opposi-
ton Is part OF the machine. That's
what L have been UP against ever
since i entered this campaign. Thay
have been butting IN on me all the
time. ct they call themselves Demo-
Gratis, IL We cannot win ia fair
way, we don't want to win. They
care nothing for fairness"
Raising his voice In what he term
ed righteous indignation, eN-GoNer-
nor Andrew jackson Montague de-
nounced the State political machine
IN telling terms last night, Mar
tin parade, in automobiles. carrying
red lights and u brass band, ssrenaded
him Just as he had begun his speech
at the city auditorium.
While the band played outside, the
crowd inside eheered and yelled in
an effort to drown the noise and din
from without. Finally. the parade
moved on. The band was seated III
an auto truck OF the Home Brew ing
Company.
Then Mr. Montague remarked
| Now. as the machine has passed,
Ill proceed"
Again the crowd cheerad.
Speaks 10 Large Audience,
~ ~1OAAEaS 10 ekOhe 10 al AI-
dience that nearly hlled the seating
capacity of the auditorium, The first
speaker was Mr.. Eppa Huntoh, Jr..
son of the late Senator Hunton. Then
followed MIR. George Bryan, a proml-
| nent lawyer OF Richmond and class
! mate Of Governor Montague, who in
! tToduced the speaker OF the evening.
/ Governor Montague began by as
4 sailing the bosses and their system
and methods In Virginia. He declar-
/ ed that Virginia stands as bad IN
Illinois as Illinois does in Virginia.
| However. he was not criticisinx Fir-
| sinta, but the men who degrade Vir-
| ginia- lie said that four men--the
! Big Four--do the thinking for the
| people OF Virginia.
| The machine, he said, is the agent
and friend Of phtocracy and an
enemy Of democracy. but he believed
] tho Gays OF tha machine IN Virginia
/ are mum bered.
Governor Only Cog.
Paying his respects to Second dis
trict conditions, Governor Montague
! said there are other districts in Viz
ginta just as bad. but the rascals
! had not told on each other as they
! had down In Norfolk and vicinity.
| Governor Mann. he said, Is only cog
in Martins machine, and not much
OF n cog at that. lie referred to
! Speaker Byrd, of tho House OF Dele
gates rs pertpatetic attorney sc n er.li
| who had taken him to task for sting
! Ing the machine after nesting on It's
bosom. He declared that he did not
| 90 obesance to any machine and
Just because he had Office In Virginia
his mouth should not be estopped
from preaching the trath TO the pao-
1 pie,
mo. 1000 offices would never. stop
my mouth ne shouted
These fugiemen Barked.
Governor Montague took heavy
fall out of the little band OF fugle-
men Vho barked criticized. and
maligned his gubernatorial admins
tration"
one of these little senator's. he
| said. even went so far once as TO
| remark to William jennings Bryan
when that statesman was in Rich
mond that he did not stoop so low
as to cali on the occupant OF Wiz
ginias executive mansion.
Governor Montague had his au-
dience with him throughout his ad-
/ dress, the parting shot OF a campaign
| that il perhaps without an equal
in Virginia. for bitterness engendered
and charges preferred.
| number Of women occupied seats
in the audience and cheered as
vigorously as did those of tho sterner
sex when Governor Montague drove
some telling point home.
A band helped to enlfven the oc-
casion, playing during the intervals,