The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-20

ont CONDENSATION, representa- any '"''
road corporation, person OF persons. D.
fore any legislative body. state or ma
tional Those adhcrents and defenders
of Senator Martin, ~h" had not been
convinced or al least hal uai admitted
that the testimony ahcady .dduccd Gid
not etrectually dispose of Senator Mar
tins unsupported drnlals, would not
accept any evidence, but, declared the
speaker. he would read one other letter
written by this same J. ). Barbour
which. il must be admitted.
would al least throw Hood OF hght
upon Senator Martin 5 railr"a cd conneec-
ton. Tie speaker then read ,ne 10y
one the i've letters which haNe ALREADY
been made public.
NEW LETTER.
shall now read the letters. address
ed 10 James NJ. Moore, dated Nov. -,
1891. ,.o,
SIR. James NJ Moore,
Orange, Va.
NV Dear SIR. accordance with
our understanding lenclOSe herein che, /
PAYABLE t. your order FIR S2l6. all %
which trust viii be satisfactory 10
you and your friends.
If il be ppsslble | would be glad II
YOU would 80 to Richmond and spend
Monday anG tuesday, of next week. ana
while there pat yourself M conmunica-
ton w,th Mi. Martin, who IL likely 10
be found hy inquiry Of General I'M.
and render Nr. Martin any ass.Stan c
YOU can In t,.c matters Which will be up
at that time. If MIR. Martin should be
absent, corfer freely with General lin
or Mr.. Car,!wcii himself.
Yours truly.
j. $. Il. Thompson.
Z. S. How 80 tue poultry market!
"a Copy)
viii ANY sane man deny in the face
of tins iuoontestable evidence that Mr..
Martin was representing the railroads
in "tbe matters which were TO be up
al that tine? Indeed this letter show $
that Senator Martin was not only The
trusted. but that he was the principal
representative of the railroads, since
ali of the other railroad men summoned
10 Richmond were directed TO put them
selves in touch with him and render
him all the assistance IN their power.
am informed that friends oil Sena-
tor Martin have & ne so far as TO mt
mate that / did not come by this evl-
dence honestly. | might reply that 1t Is
not q question as To how ! came INTO
possesslon Of this evidence. The sole
question with which Senator Martin Is
concerned is whether or not the letters
have produced are authentic. If ne
were on trial before q court OF justice
the only question he would be permitted
TO ask would be whether or not these
letters were authentic and competent
to be introduced as evidence. They
have been introduced and their authen-
ITCHY has not been questioned. l wish
to say, however, that these letters
came to me as a voluntary offering, and
without reward or the promise OF re-
ward.
have learned that a petition has
been circulated by the banking interests
Of Richmond, asking the Democrats OF
Virginia to vote for Senator Martin. |
want TO say in this connection that /
am neither begging for votes myself,
nor are there any money or corporate
interests appealing for votes for me. l
am making no personal appeals, but
am endeavoring to present as best can
for the consideration of tire Democrats
Of Virginia the supreme issues which
are involved in the battle Of the people
against the bosses.
find that this petition has been pub
lished as an advertisement, with the
names Of some several hundred people.
attached thereto. | think it pertinent TO
comment briefly upon some features OF
this petition, and to call attention es-
Decially TO the political character oil
some of the signatures. In the hrst
place, | am informed that this Is the
same petition which has been circulated
for many weeks in Richmond, and that
majority of the signatures were pro-
cured thereto before the publication by
me of the damning j. S. b. Thompson
letters. | can not think that some OF
the honorable men whose names are
appended thereto would have allowed
their signatures to be used IN this con-
nection, had they known Of the char
acter of disclosures to be made by these
letters.
AS everybody knows, who has
followed my speeches IN this campaign,
have said that the chief difference be-
tween Senator Martin and myself IN the
matter of political principles is that he
is not a Democrat, whereas | have
challenged my opponent to assail my
Democracy.
Among the more prominent men
whose names are attached to this pa
per are Messrs. John Shelton Williams,
Henry l.. Cabell, X. A. Lancaster. Jr.,
l.. M. Williams, Egbert G. Leigh and
William NJ. Habliston. These names
call to my mind other names signed to
another political plea. In 1903, in the
campaign for President between Taft,
Republican, and Bryan. Democrat, there
was printed in the Richmond papers q
full PACED advertisement such as this
lis. To that advertisement were APP
} pended the names Of the six gentlemen
i have lust mentioned, together with Q
few others. The 1908 plea was not, as
some of you credulous Democrats might
assume, in behalf of Democracy or the
Democratic candidate; but in behalf Of
VIM. II. Taft, the Republican candidate
for President. That plea appeared il
the Richmond Times ispatch, Nov. /
1908, just two days before the election
Thirteen days before this fullpageC
advertisement appeared, signed by
} friends who now endorse Senator Mar
, tin, MIR. Taft visited Richmond anC
made speech against Democracy ant
a plea to the South to break ranks. Or
this occasion Mr.. Taft was met at the
depot by distinguished outpouring Of
Republicans and alleged Democrats
Mr.. Taft was the social lion of the hour
The elite of Richmond filed the i'm
mense horse show building to see him,
On that occasion, too, there stood sid'
by side Mr.. Alvah II. Martin, Republi
can national committeeman from Vir-
ginia, and the gentlemen whose names
are signed to Thomas S. Martins pres
ent appeal for votes.
Just one week after this meeting
Charles Francis Adams, of Boston
Mass, also made a speech in Richmond
He spoke in the interest of Mr.. Tai
and the Republican party. He opposed
Bryan and the Democratic party. Al
this meeting III. l.. Cabell, whose name