The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-02
FLOOD REvERsEs
GAME ON JONES
READS LETTER IN WHICH con-
GRESHAM DISTRIBUTES CAM
PAIGN FUNDS.
WHERE DID HE GET IT?
SPEAKER DECLARES 1T WAS RE-
CEIVED FROM THE GENERAL
STATE FUND AND HE ASKED
FOR 1T.
WHERE DID HE GET lT2

Especial to The Richmond Nirglnlan)
FREDERICKSBURG. VA, Sept. l.
In this city: one of the two located
in Congressman VIM. A. Jones con-
gressional district. splendid audience
filled the courthouse to its capacity
tonight and heard Congressman Hai
d. Flood deliver a cha racteristic speech
in favor OF the two Virginia Senator's,
as il to discount the meeting last
night, when Col Robert f Lee, Jr.
spoke here in behalf of Jones and
Glass.
Friends of Martin and Swanson
turned out en- masse to hear Mr..
Flood. He Was introduced in a short
speech by Mr.. G.. O'Conner Goodrich,
formerly member of the House of
Delegates from this district, in the
course of which Mr. Goodrich predicted
that this city would be found in the
Martin Swanson column on the night
of September !. MIR. Flood made a
spirited defense of Senators Martin
and Swanson, so far as the charges
against them are concerned ana
praised Senator Martins successful
leadership at the extra session III high
terms. Mr.. Flood attacked the record
OF MIR. Jones. and severely criticised
his vote on the ship subsidy measure.
Reads Jones' Letter.
MIR Flood commenting on Mir. Jones
statement that there was no necessity
to raise funds in the counties read
the following letter which he said was
not stolen, but sent to him by the
gentleman to whom il was written, DR.
w, g. Newbill. OF Irvington Va,
Warsaw. Va. oct. 20. 1929.
My Dear Doctor:
enclose you check for 800 which
you win kindly use for your precinct,
Kllmarnock and Whitestone- I know
1t Is not enough, lut the demands upon
me elsewhere have been fearful. /
have sent Hathaway small amount
s25.0ol. which ne thinks h" can u-..
He cannot do anything imagine with
Oscar Morris. ! told Oscar 10 hook TO
you. | have attended to the G. II.
and Litwalton. / want 10 say IN con
clusion, that / am using about all
can get but that II YOU should lack
few dollars, with which good results
could be obtained. shalt have TO
your good Judgment 10 use IL OF
course. | cannot 60 very far, | go 10
Essex and Aiddlesex tomorrow, and
shall be ON the road UNTIL the 9Th.
with best wishes. | arm.
Yours sincerely,
tSigne,iI N. a, JONES.
Morris Is Negro.
Oscar Morris was negro political
leader in Lancaster county. and Mr.
Flood ridiculed Jones FOR having any
connection with him.
He also read a telegram from J.
s. II. Thompson, stating that II @as
fact that Mr.. Jones had called st his
house on o Sunday afternoon and ask =
ed him for funds TO carry on the cam
pagin. and that he CThompson")
had referred to Mr.. Eilyson, and that
he understood that Ellyson had sup
piled his needs. The speech was Welt
received and warmly applauded.
The Glasgow Letters.
] wish TO refer particularly 10 the
letters written by Senator Martin to
Mr.. Glasgow. because my name ia
mentioned TN two OF them. One was
simply request made by MIR. Mar
tin 10 Mr. Glasgow. who had been
his friend for number OF years, to
use his good Offices II securing for
him for United States Senator the
Votes of the members OF the House
and Senate from the Roanoke district.
where Mr.. Glasgow lived.
The other letter suggested TO Mr.
Glasgow that financial aid ought to be
sent to the senatorial district which
/ represented and IN which / was
again the Democratic nominee. and
TO other districts besides mine My
district had been Republican until
carried IL In 1891, and the Repuhli-
cans made a hard effort TO recap
ure II in 1888. The letter clearly
shows that Senator Martin was speak
ing from Democratic standpoint and
not railroad standpoint. This let
ter says: If your company holds
back. do not know how We can get
along"
Who Does I'VE" Mean.
Gentlemen have been anyiously ask :
9 ins ~iGo' ''us'' meant, but have heard
no ask who we meant in this let
ter. and they do not do IL, because ii
is perfectly clear that we means
nothing else but the Democrats Many
Democrats were LII desperate politicai
fights.
Mr.. Parrish To whom Senator Mar
tin alludes was defeated by his Re-
publican opponent IN that contest,
Others were defeated, some OF us
were elected. This letter ts simply a
strong effort on the part OF a Deuo-
cratic leader to secure campaign con
trihutions from sources from which
they had been secured for years
t1iyson Backs Statement.
/ am authorized by MIR. Ellyson to
say that Mr.. Thompson gave him this
money that MIR. Jones came to him
and discussed with him the distribu-
ton of II, and that IL was distributed
la the First district according to Mr..
Jones directions. / have In my
pocket the names of the gentlemen
to whom this money was sent and
the amounts sent them. ! prefer not
to mention their names as | do not
think II Is necessary at this time
If II was wrong In Senator Martin
to solicit campaign contributions from
Thompson and Glasgow, why was II
not equally as wrong for Jones 10
solicit from Mr. Thompson? If II
was wrong for Martin to aid Ellyson
In distributing campaign funds con-
tributed by railroads why was 1t not
wrong In Jones? The difference be-
tween the two men Is this: Martin.
the clean. honest, STRAIGHTFORWARD and
truthful gentleman has never denied
what he did. Jones has denied and
here In proof positive that his denis
Is false.