The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-06
JONES BRINGS LOR|MER
CASE IN The EIGHT
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the position of open mind edness nee
essary to pass upon the case.
From Congressional Record.
What Senators Owen, Bristow and
others said.
In the debate which followed on
Thursday last Senator Bristow, one
of the leading progressive Republi-
cans of the senate said (reading from
the Congressional Recordl; 1T Is with
some feelings of regret, OF course,
that we see the mantle of Mr.. Aldrioh
! transferred from this side Of the
chamber to the other. but II seemed
to be necessary in this case
II have wondered IL this new COM
bination and this new leadership are
to continue during the session. II
will control the Lorimer investigation
| VIII IL control anything else-the
/ tariff, for instance VIII this COM
mittee. when X is organized to make
/ this investigation, investigate exciu-
! siveiy Mr.. Lorimar or will Il feel that
! II has authority 10 go out and find
| who contributed the money to buy
| this seat in the senate and search for
| legal authority to bring action against
the men who furnished the funds to
| bride Legislators and buy seats In this
| body, or Will II hamper itself by
I that sense of proprietv and reStrtc-
! ton that will render safe Mr.. Hines
/ and the men from whom he collects
, $40. 900 contributions WIN II m the
| hearing Of the tariff bills that are
| to come protect Mr. Hines study on
| lumber which he has been so an
xsous to preserve and keep it in the
| tariff bYi7 VIII II affect the duty
/ on iron ore and few other things
/ This 10 a very interesting inquiry that
| comes to my mind"
| Further on Ia this debate Senator
RriStow declared: But since the
wolves have somewhat scattered the
flock OF lambs on this side of the
| cham her. and they have recently been
| In great need of shepherd. 1 con-
graduate them upon having FOUND
one, Mr.. Martin, on the Dem ocratic
| side"
| Senator Kenyon. a new progressfV
Republican from Iowa, also parttci-
mated In this debate, and among other
significant remarks. he said; 1T IL
an abhorrent thing to me that the
head OF a great lumber trust can sIl
on the fine upholstered lounges OF a
club, CHANGING into a cocktail and sur
1 rounded by the aroma OF cigar
boast Of how they have spent a hun
dred thousand dollars to put over
an election of a man to the United
States Senate.
Was II surprising. said Mr.. Jones
that Senator Martin. whose vote do-
folded that white pine lumber, whfcn
Is used in the doors, blinds and win
dow sas shes Of every poor mans house
should be taxed 81 per thousand
should have offered resolution re-
lferring the Lorimer investigation to q
committee. the past performances OF
a majority OF whose members had
been So gratifying to the lumber
trust?
Machine Ostracism.
Referring to the extent 10 which
the machine in Virginia controls the
patronage Of tho. State. as admitted
by the News Leader. Mr.. Jones made
fanother telling point against the or
| ganizaiioh ia dssiartzss@ that = ehoss
Democrats who failed To support the
successful machine candidate for the
higher office Of governor IN the last
primary, although they may have con-
ltributed hberaliy OF their means and
may have canvassed the State In be-
half Of the machine candidates
against their Republican opponents
were politically ostracize by the mer
I towards whose election they had ma
terialiy contributed.
Mr.. Jones' declared that even sucf
Republicans an A1vah II. Martin, the
Republican boss Of Virginia received
far more recognition and constdera-
ton at the hands Of the machine
Democratic administrations than mer
their whole lives In battling for De-
mocrAcy against Repubiicanism.
at was we'll known fact. said Mr.
jones, that the Democratic members
of the eieemosynary and educaNona
boards who failed to support in the
primaries the successful machine can
didates were dropped from those boards
not because they were not Democrats
but because they were not machins
Democrats.
Cites University.
/ He instanced the case of the grea
University Of Virginia. When Senator
Swanson became governor. he fount
upon that board such distinguished
alumni AZ r. Waitun Moore, whose de.
votion to its best interests Is evidenced
by the fact that he has since been nradt
the president OF the General Alumni
Association. which represents every
alumni chapter OF the University Of
Virginia In the world; the Hon. Epps
| Hunton, whose efforts IN behalf vo
raising the 100000 endowment funt
for the University was universally re-
cognized. and whose probtty and In
4 t6xrtty HHd great 'busfness capacity wert
such that he has been made one o.
the trustees for the management o.
that fund and Last. hut not aeast
Judge A. W. Wallace. who was chair
man OF the Finance Committee as Ions
as he was a member Of the board
These gentlemen whose services to this
University of Virginia upon the boart
were universally recognised as OF tht
highest order were all dropped because
forsooth, they had voted for Governor
willard rather than for Governor
Swanson in the primary. Mr.. Jonss DE-
clared these are not the only anti-na
chine men who were dropped from THU
board. whilst others who were NOR,
fortunate In that they supported tn,
machine candidate for governor wer,
Retained. although Il can not be ciatInet
that they had made more efficient
nsmbers thsn thosa summarize,