The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-29
Denomces Representative w A. Jones As Malicious a]eI

do anything unworthy the pure life he
has led, and the high traditions OF the
4 bench on which he now adorns seat?
l Does not every man, high and low.
know how impossible it would be for
Judge Whittle, Judge Buchanan, Judge
! Harrison, OF our Supreme Court, to
dishonor themselves in this way. or
/ to do anything else unworthy the high
4 est type of manhood, of patriotism, and
OF judicial honor? Can you under
stand how man even OF the most
violent prejudiees, and most intense
animosities, and dominated by the
most reckless ambition could bring
himself 10 make such a charge against
such men as the judges of your own
city-Judges Daniel Grinnan, X. Car
ter Scott, Samuel Il. Witt, J. H. In
gram, Ernest II. Wells and William
/ NJ. Tnrpin, all of whom have lived and
worked in your midst. and have added
honor to the position they have filled.
:, commanding the respect and confidence
Of all men save and except William
A. Jones. falsehood, fellow citi-
zens, is bad enough, but how can you
chara cterize, as 1t deserves to be char
aCtertzed, falsehood which carries
along with 1t Islander, and that Sian
der Islander upon the noble and up
right men who now adorn the judicial
bench in our State Mr. Jones know
this statement was untrue, not only
as to these men. hat as to every man
now holding Il judicial position IN Sir-
GINA.
But MIR. Jones' language goes be-
yond tho Governor, the Legislature.
the State Committee and judiciary
He says:
That there is not Il single office
in the State of Virginia, the salary
OF which is sufficiently large to tempt
the cupidity Of these people that they
do not have to go to Washington to
get Q. X d. by the head Of the ring
OF the state Of Virginia"
Mendacous Demaooaue.
Does any man believe that his
slNtetnent Is true; does not every
man know that ii ia a falsehood? Let
Ar- Jones ulake his peace with his
tod, with his neighnors, with all the
n1ea who have been honored by Off
clai position in the state. and with
the people OF the State who have given
these honors, for utterns this false
hood and Tor making This wholesale
SANDER on worthy. honorable and pa
triotfc men.
+ But, felIow-citizens, this man who
Tor four months has iraVersed the
state from the seashore to the noun.
tains uttering these falsehoods and
ass>ailing the regulations Of the
tfNi ~ ana - men IN the COM
mon"ealth, bias questioned ms We
racity Things vail have come 10
a pretty pass. fellow citizens. when
tne word OF such man can make
any impression on the minds Of lust
honorable and heightened Virginians
Sometimes | am told that men are
met who say senator Martin ought
10 answer the attack which Mr.. Jones
is making ON his veraeity Let at
- 4--Yt
city. let them ask hIfa To explain
what Justification he has FOR max
ing wholesale SANDER and utter!ns
reckless falsehoeds about the abkasg
the best and tbs purest men in tht
Commonwealth. Thank God I car
never he convinced that l have lived
thu life that ! have tq find at thi.
late day my Integrity AID ny verac{ts
7rea kened Ny the w!eked, vicious.
malicious. false attacks Of a menda.
cious domagogue. Who being paid b,
the people to serve them in Wash
lngton. has drawn his pay while III
abandoned tina duties he undertook
70 perform 10 travel from the sea
shore ~ tha mountains FOR more thar
four months - circulate mendacioat
attacks upon his betters, Mr. Jones
attacks extended beyond those whe
have been hunored with official DO
the state In his righteous indtgna.
~ ms says as quoted in hts speech
delivered in Richmond. on tho I'll
Lay II May:
That the. debauehery OF the pres
MAS t. him "a siekenjng subject"
Pays Respects to Dodd.
During the campaign man named
T3add Was imported into the Stat,
and VAS sent out from Mr. Jones
Z d. a. seyE
dresses in his behalf. The appoint
ments for Mr.. Dodd We're made b,
Mr. Jones manager at his headQuar
ters In Richmond Typewriter cop
les Of Mir. podd's speeches We're sen
out from the same headquarters To-
publication. Before l refer to wha
was cantatgAd In those addresses o
this man podd / Will call attention
TO the further fact that MIR. joiner
has never repudiated any word which
was uttered by Mr.. Dodd. will fur
: ther cali attention To the fact tina
the Northern Neck News" pub
lshed at Warsaw, MIR. Jones' home
and which. according to an articl,
which appeared in ting Newport New
TirEes~&i,e-a.ldi Etatsa. as - .aewspa
per owned and controlled. as w.
have understood. by Mr., Jones ?''--ao
cording to the same article in tn,
: ~
said that every word that Professor
, podd said was gospel truth" Thu
, man nodd spoke under appointment
, made by and under the auspices o
Mr.. Jones campaign manager, an,
. I in a speech delivered ON the Attn la,
of July said:
sax years ago when the nation was
stirred by the outrageous reports
> which the insurance investigation
! No. 7I.yL4 bar
, touched. But that scandal had not
reached It's climax before the owners
> or editors Of three leading Southern
3 newspapers were made by the defen-
{ dant OF this and other Wall street
robher1es by the unsaVory genius OF
Thomas +. Ryan. The most prominent
5 Richmond daily. already an advocate
! Of the Interests" as against the peo-
: pie, became a part OF the New York
4 machine when Its owners were drawn
4 into the closest connection with the
Equitable Life Insurance Company.
Since that time the Times Dispatch
has not been q Democratic but a
l plutocratic organ"
This paragraph besides containing
t direct attack upon the Times Dis
patch makes n vicious and unworthy
, fling at the late Joseph Bryan, whe
then owned the Times Dispatches
| ferring beyond question to Mr.. Bryan g
: acceptance of q position as one of the
. trustees OF the Equitable Life Insur-
s ance Company l hold no brief 70
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