The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-21
WILL DEMOCRATS
ACCEPT EXCUSES
MN. JONES DECLARES THAT >ENA-
TOR MARTIN SHOULD NAkE
REILLY TO CHARGES.
PLANS COUP D'ETAT
VIII tNAkE RELATED ANSWER AND
HAVE 1T PRINTED sIMuLTaN-
eotsLY THROUGHOUT sTATE
IN THE PAPERS.

LEESBURG. VA. Aug co Repre-
sentative ". a. Jones addressed an
audience here last night In hts cam
psign against Senator Thomas ;. Mar
Tin fer the Democratic nomination
Ter the United States senate repeat
ing many ~ the allegations he had
made before Ia the campaign.
He discussed at length the Barbour
Thompson letters. that have been one
of the features OF the campaign and
also Senator Martins DemocraeY,
which ne challenged,
Mr.. Jones commenced hts address
by calling attention Ia the fact tina.
since ne actively opened MS campaign
for The senatorship. more tban four
months age he had traNeTsed the
stats from the seashore 10 the noun
tains. aud that IN every speech he
had made he had dUeH at length
upon Senator Martins record upon
the tariff and had directed attention
10 many OF his votes which he a.
legged aers east in ths Interest OF cor
poraticn and trusts
No Explanation.
He emphasized the fact that hts
opponent had never IN AL this tlHc
offered single explanation or made
ii single denial OF any one OF those
charges. which not only seriously re
IieCted upon him as a pubic repre-
sentative, hut which went 20 the ca
tent or imp~aching both his Democ-
Iaey and raising a question OF We
facity and integrity
II said Mr.. Jones the tariff. upon
which the Dem ncratir party had Won
sts only national victory within the
past seventeen years, vas any test uf
a coneressman's Democracy, then he
had conciusiNely established by the
unImpeached and unimpeachabIe rec
ords of Congress that Senator Martin
WAS not a Democrat. Judged lfy his
congressional record. he had been
;aithless representative. and he had
never had the courage openly and
publicly 10 defend that record.
II is being whispered around by
his close friends and thick and thin
partisans, whose painful embarrass-
sTneHt over his long silence has been
too apparent, that he Will yet either
appear before n Virginia audience or
issue a public address. IN which ne
Will explain and refute the damaging
charges which haze been made
against him.
VIII 1t Serve the Purpose
This IL doubtless the scheme which
viii be followed. bat Will II serve the
purpose Of Its authors VIII the peo-
pie of Virginia accept reply made
serious charges such "a these. charges
which have remained unanswered for
snonthsr OF course. It VIII be alleged
in attenuation of such "A course as
this that Senator Martin has been
prevented by his official duties from
max ing earlier reply.
Win the Democrats Of Virginia ac-
cept such fiimsy and impotent ex-
PLANTATION as this? ] think not ! do
not believe that those Democrats who
admire fTankness fairness. honesty
and courage IN "a public representa- =
tive VIII permit themselves to he in
iluenced by any defense ST his pun
lie record which Senator Martin may
attempt during the last hours of ms
campaign and when ii In too late for
"a reply to be made thereto / have
challenged hiT1 for months to denY NJ
10 explain a single one of the undcuo-
cratic and the unpauiotic votes whict
I have laid at hls door. This he coulc
have done In an open letter to his
constituents, il It be granted that hls
public duties. claimed by his
friends were too pressing TO permi
him to meet his accuser face to face
upon the public hastings
! cannot and | VIII not believe tia
any belated defense. attempted to ~
r1,aia at such time and under con
di8ons such as these will be satisf8e
tory to any fattp9inaeg 42Gad sEse-lIEaa
human being. II has even been saif
by those VII claim 10 know thai thi'
defense has been most eiahoratelv ant
carefully prepared. that It has ever
besu submitted TO some Of the faith
ful. IL II IS not already In priute'
form.
ores. Coup Detat
The plan is. ] am TOLD. 10 issue /
simultaneously with Its delivery Il
pamphlet form throughout the state
aud It is said that newspapers %
limited circulation are to carry il n
statewide editions,
This Is to- be the beginning as we.
az the great coup d'etat of the Malti
campaign. II is expected at course
that the faithful viii throw III thei
hats, and crH'. HAL tU the Chaet
Behold the Gorouering Hero Comes
Tut win this welt-laid sCEeAIs
work II in oeperations last refuge.
Perhaps some OF those whom ! ar
now addressing do not credit thes
reports. Ter haps It is difficult for We
10 believe that enc who boasts OF titu
lar leadership IN the senate epui
descend to POLITICAL tricks 'vqieh won't
rof oc creti3ss bie even iY ware poii
1ician
1'in1e alone VIII demonstrates wheth
er or rot hase reports are WOOL
founded. trust they say NJ; DC true
snould they prove 10 be. ] feel that
can reply upon the innate eeNsg o
taifn IS and 3ustice of the Democrat
OF Virginia to place upon aGy saC
denial cr explanation the stamp q
their disanproNai and depreciation
The Thompson Letters
The speaker took up the new fanou
Thompson letters, reading ;Atn. oh
~ ofe analyying each letter aad tHe
commenting uEon the eight as ~loU
The true meaning and fun signldcdnC
could only be completely unicrstep
when the series Was treated SIS
whole said
In no statement made by Senate
Martin had he touched any 81 the let
tiers save the one To himself and tina
to the vice president Of the Chest
peoke and Onto Railroad. both q
which were written prior 10 the elec
ton OF November 3, 1881. and both O
which referred TO money that Wen
into Senator Martin $ hands. He las
c0ntented himself with the staten on
that this money Was used for cam
paign purposes ana he has reiterate,
his former statement that he ha
never acted as the agent and lobby
list OF any railroad or person ia con
nection with ans legislative matter
State or national
He has made no statement In re
gard TO the other six letters IN fou
Of which. at least, his name appears
all OF which were written twenty daN
after the election. and all Of which
seriously impifcafe him I'm an al