Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-08-18
LAVA FLOW KILLS 30 NONTAGUE'S HOT REPLY
Given Out In Answer to Lieu
tenant Governors Attack
ADDS new SENSATION 70 SITUATION
Elk Goxernor Bitter in Resentment
of Criticism by Ellyson

Elk Goxernor Bitter in Resentment
of Criticism by Ellyson
Richmond, Aug. 16.-In reply to
a recent interview appearing in the
press of Virginia from Chairman J..
Taylor Ellyson, the Hon. A. J. Mon
tague, when seen at his Office in this
city, gave out the following:
"Mr. Ellyson says that I have
made complaint against her (Vir-
ginia's) people, He knows that i
untrue, so he at once proceeds to
substitute the Democratic party for
the State, and then, the present
management for the party itself. 1t
is the indefensible substitution of the
party management for the party
and the State that honest Democrats
resent; and it is this very substitu-
ton, this making the organization,
the servant, greater than it's master,
the party, that constitutes the Ma
chine. So Mr.. Ellyson's shameless
substitution in itself confesses the
existence of the Machine.
"He next contends that inasmuch
as l have held Office for twelve years
l should not criticize this Machine
Here he and again differ; for be-
lieve that though one has held one
thousand offices for one thousand
years, he is not deprived of his
right of criticism of his party or it's
management. I have never treated
public Office as bride to secure my
silence.
ut is true I was U. S. District At
torney for little over four years
under appointments by President
Cleveland and Chief Justice Fuller,
respectively. The Machine did not
make these appointments. was
subsequently nominated for Attor-
ney General and the Governorship;
but I imagine that no candid or in
formed man in Virginia believes that
these nominations were accomplished
or dictated by the present party
management or the Machine. In
fact, l met the covert and cunning
opposition of the Machine at every
stage of my campaign.
But Mr.. Ellyson gratuitously
adds held appointment under Re-
publican administrations for two
years. Intending thereby to impeaci.
my PARTY loyalty. l served as one
81 SIX Delegates of the United States
the Pan American Conference at
.io in 1906, lasting four weeks; and
served as one of four American
Delegates to the International Con-
ference on Maritime Law at Brus-
sells, in the fall of 1909 and 1910,
the two sessions consuming about
four weeks. Thus two months ana
not two years were e2ploye-l by E.t
under these two non partisan ap-
pOintments made by Presidents
Roosevelt and Taft, respectively, and
without my knowledg a, or that CT
any friend of mine, Sd far as know.
But the grievance OF Iir. EHyson
ould now seem to be that these
NO appointments were rendered to
.he instead of to Ma ehine man.
AnG does not this sustain my argu-
ment that the Machine endeavors al
ways to malign any free Democrat
who may hold Office Or appointment?
But it is known that the Machine has
presented Machine Democrats to the
President for high positions. Did
these Machine recommendations
make Republicans of these Demo-
Gratis considered or named by the
President? Mr.. Ellyson's conten-
ton implies that of two appointments
by Republican administration the
Machine man is a Democrat and the
anti-Machine Democrat is a Republic
can. Consistency and truth lie out
side the pathway of the Machine.
"But Mr.. Ellyson beclouds the is
sue. 1t is not the raising but the
distribution of campaign contribu
lions for the years of 1891 and 1898;
it was the private and secret distri-
button of funds by Mr.. Thompson
and others to candidates for the
Legislature, and to persons after
those candidates were elected, that
makes the issue. And in connec-
ton with this issue stated at Staun-
ton that such unofficial and private
distributions of money in 1891 and
1898, were not justified by the pres
emit clamor of white supremacy
and 1 cited General Lee as favoring
white supremacy as much as any
man, living or dead, and that he re-
sented these secret and sinister con-
tributions by Mr.. Thompson and
others. I made no mention of Mr.
Ellyson in this connection, and why
should he now come forward to de-
lOho thCoC Pl1VdLO
Does he not therby again confirm my
contention that the Machine is prac-
tically the attorney or partisan
agent of unfair methods?
"Mr. Ellyson next demands that |
these candidates who received these |
private and unofficial contributions |
should be named; indeed. declares
that not to do so is as cowardly as
it is cruel But pray who can name
these men except those who have
the money? The cruelty and cow
ardice are with the men possessing
and Withholding this information. I
would, therefore, refer Mr.. Ellyson
to his friend, Mr.. Thompson, and
others. But does Mr.. Ellyson recall
that a great effort was once made to