The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29

'C w llt people OF his
district. even goes SO far as to criti.
ciZe me because of my fidelity to IN,
( service OF those who semi me 10 Wash.
inston
But, fcllow-citizens. Congress ha:
now adjourned, and ! am here to tax,
cognizance of those things which havs
been said by my opponent during tn,
-FOUR months which he has spent ira
Nersinc the State from the seashore te
the mountains.
In Il candidacy for the high and
honorable office OF Senator. you would
naturally eNpec to hear from the can.
didate and from his friends some afir-
NATIVE reason why the great honor
should he conferred upon hin, The
virginia people are intelligent, and
not likely TO act in any important mat
ter without good reason. They are
patriotic, and are not likely TO act in
any pubic matter without "A clear con.
Niction that the action TO be taken bv
them will best promote the welfare OF
the country. They have a high sense
OF fairness and of justice. and are no,
likely TO he misled by reckless ana un.
und personal attacks and misrep.
reservations. For more thar twenty
years have been actively Interested
IN the politics and the campaigns in
virginia Our campaigns have beer
conducted ioi the most part on high
ana honorable lines. Abuse.
ton and offensive personalities hav,
rarely been INDUCED in even as be.
tween the opposing political parties
ana IN the bitterest period of our
Po'itical history. My opponent has de-
parted from these ti~me-honored poll
cies, and has i~naugurated a campaign
OF personal abuse directed not only
against. me. but against the Governor
OF the Commonwealth, the Legislature
OF the state, the chairman and mem
bers of the Democratic State Commit
tee, the judges OF our courts, the press
or the State. and, indeed. almost all
Who have ever been honored by the
good people of this Commonwealth. l
Will allude to these things later on.
fellow-citizens. but I Will first inquire
as to what this man has done. What
has he accomplished? What distinc-
ton has he attained? II he has
achieved anything worthy Of mention.
In the name of reason and fair play
let the public be advised OF it. He has
been on the State Committee for moro
than twenty years, u in d recent
speech he dared any one to say tina,
he had ever collected money from rail.
roads or any other corporations. !
have no doubt that this is true. for. If
"a ~ ne tI
heard of it. And yet there was no
candidate for office. nor any member
OF the committee more eager to get
the aid of the funds raised by the
committee for his district than Mr.
w. 4 Jones
Secures Notoriety.
II he has rendered any service of
especial value on tha committee |
would like TO know when and where
and how, II he has earned any righ,
TO distinction for his work on that
committee l am not advised OF it. He
has gotten, 1t is true. notoriety in two
respects. He stands convicted by the
testimony of Hon. j. Tailor Ellyson
or having participated in the use of
what we know was a legitimate cam
paign fund. but what Mr.. Jones has
denounced as u yellow dog fund" or
Il corruption fund. Mr.. Ellyson made
the statement that Mr.. Jones asked
FOR and received a part of this fund.
and Mr., Jones has never denied it, ana
II cannot be successfully denied. be.
cause Mr.. Ellyson has the proof in
MIR. Jones's own handwriting in a
memorandum book.
The other instance in which he at
tained notoriety, If not distinction, was
by pursuing such a course as TO dl
from Mr.. Ellyr ! the statement which
Is contained in an interview hich he
caused to be published in The Times
Dispatch Of July l3, 1911. to the effect
that his confidence in Mr. Jones had
been grossly misplaced. / quote from
Mr.. Eilyson's in ervicw, as follows:
j desire most emphaticaliy 10 re-
peat my statement already made in
regard to the collection by me. as
state chairman. OF campaign funds
from railroad and othe: corporate in
terests.' They were collected because
they We're necessary TO secure the con-
tinued supremacy OF the Democratic
party in Virginia, upon whose per-
petuation in power depended the SUI
preInacy of the white race in Vir-
GINA.
Malignant and Untrue.
Every candidate for state honors.
and every candidate foi Congress. en-
joyed the benefit of these collections
so long as they were made. and th7v
We're never used for any other than
campaign purposes, and the statemen.
made by Hon. w 4. Jones in his
speech AT Surry to-day that they weie
used for N other purpose is as ma
liGnant as il is untrue.
Mr.. Jones has for twenty-one yea -
held n commission from me MS a mem
Der OF my State Executive Commit
tee. This is the highest political
honor | have TO confer. He was IN
tho city last night, and IL he had do
sired any information he could ha e
called at my residence or talked with
me over the phone. Ordinary cow
tesy would at least have suggested
that he do so.
The spoo to which MIR. Jones refers
was simply Il return TO me OF that
amount on account of subscriptions
made before tho election. which ad-
vanc5d. and which were not paid until
after the election This is no uncom
mon experience with state charmed.
Hon. John ; Barbour. in one campaign
was at its close short more than $1,000.
l havc more than o..ca had a like ex-
p"rtence. but never FOR so large a sum
me attempt to rcrvcrt this incident
IN the maHne lone by Mr.. Tones ;s
utterly unworthy Of a man who for
nearly q quarter OF a century has n