The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-01

white people OF Virginia. The writer
OF the letter boldly and unblushingly.
said Mr. Jones. urged railroad contri-
buttons in order to help elect members
OK the Legislature upon whom exper-
fence had shown the railroads could
always rely. Senator Martin asked in
this letter IL II had come to pass that
the railroads did not need a leader
or friends In the House, and declared
that his reason for writing SO plain
ly and so urgently was the deep in
terest which he felt in the matter, In
this connection Mr.. Jones directed
sharp attention to these words of Sem
ator Martin:
Find the railroad for whom I have
lobbied Find the legislator whom I
have solicited. Find the man / have
solicited for and you find liar bearing
| false witness"
Question For Martin.
| Before concluding his remarks, Mr..
Jones declared that he would address
few observations and PROFOUND =
| few questions TO the Hon. Thomas S.
/ Martin. to which the people OF Virginia
/ would like for him to make answer.
! rs not the falsity Of your pretense.
/ that YOU were not closely and actively
associated with railroad partisans ana
these distributors of railroad funds &c
such rarticans. shown by your letters
! TO Mr.. Glasgow which I have read?
You cannot whine as to these,
! I never saw them I never handled
/ them. You yourself wrote them, and
the only question Is, What do they
/ prove?
! I'D They prove that In 1898. the
/ year you were elected United States
( senator over General Fitzhugh Lee,
when the nomination Of members OF
4 the next Legislature was before the
people, you were in correspondence
over such nominations with the rail-
road attorney, who admitted before
/ the investigating committee OF the
/ Legislature that he handled in South
vest Virginia the contribution or the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany.
"t2) That this was the man whom
you asked to SO manipulate the nomi-
/ nation that Mr. Allen Watts should
be nominated for the Senate.
"t3) That you at that time cared
nothing FOR the high ability of Mr..
Watts or the interest of the State.
( because this nomination was to be
had on an understanding that Watts
VIII support me after Hunton Is OUT,
or, say, Hunton for the short term
and myself for the fun term You
want it brought 10 him SO deiicately
az not TO antagonize him And then
yoa warn your friend who distributed
: the contribution of the Norfolk and
/ Western Railroad Company not to
make any suggestion on that line in
the nature OF bargain or deal. but
the matter might possibly take such
shape as "a result in that way You
may deny handling the letters Of Mr.
Thompson but here you are found,
not only backed by Mr. Thompson
who handled other railroad funds,
bat making suggestions to the man
who handled the funds OF the Nor
fotk and Western Railroad COMPANY
as TO how to get a certain gentleman
nominated, II he would give you his
support
Close tn the Railroads.
How close must YOU he brought
10 railroads before YOU are willing
10 admit that you have been for
Years as their Wiling servttor9 Did
the railroads have any reason To spend
their money fer your benefit unless
as you said OF Mr.. Flood, they 'haNe
always been able 10 rely on you2 Yult
are willing for Thorn pson to be he'd
responsible for his dann.ng letter
about nor letting Hatcher have
s5o0.o0 unless. as he tells Mr.. HoI-
land YOU must satisfy yourself Very
thoroughly az to his position You
are willing to paint Mr.. Flood as
one whom the railroads have alwaNs
been able 10 rely on You ara will
ing Is beg to get the man who
handled the funds OF the Norfolk
and Western Railroad Company TO
Try to manipulate nomination. How
pure We're YOU in all this railroad
activitye You finally became the
recipient ~ the United States sena-
torship through these funds and this
activity. You must no longer dodge
'ehtnd Thompson You now stand
exposed both as to your associates
and followers. And on every side
you are surrounded by men upon
been able to rely In your letter of
1895 YOU intimate that this Mr.. Glas-
tate, You know Well what these
words mean. They mean lohbyis,s--
men who hang around the Legtsa-
ture either to press bills for corpora
ttons or to defeat hills deemed by
the corporations To he Injurious to
their interests. Does not your letter
show a close association between YOU
and such men--~whm YOU graphically
describe as the gang--your gang +,
"A little more than one year later
YOU write again to Mr., Glasgow You
appeal for aid for Mr. Flood. Did
YOU do ii upon the ground Of white
supremacy or the Interest 81 the
people, Rv no means. You boldly
state because the railroads have all