The Washington herald., 1911-09-07

State from degradation, to which depth
he insinuated the present Senators were
dragging II, and he said the surprise OF
west section, where the anti-machine
/ sentiment has gained much ground.
The closing Of the campaign in Rich
/ mond tonight was spectacular. The
friends of Senator Martin paraded the
streets In automobiles brilliantly illumi-
mated with red torches, and the side
walks were lined with people who cheered
as the long line OF cars moved over the
principal streets OF the city.
Counteracting the automobile torch
light parade was a mass meeting at the
| city auditorium in the interest of Jones
and Glass, at which former Gov. Andrew
J. Montague was the principal speaker.
He dwelt at length upon Senator Mar
tins alleged lobbying work, while Sena-
and his record as an extravagant gov
ernor were also the subject of sarcastic
comment
All Four Candidates Spoke.
The candidates closed their campaign
with night speeches, Senator Swanson
speaking at Danville, after which he left
for Chatham. where he will vote. Sena-
tor Martin, who, with Senator Swanson,
attended a barbecue at Chatham during
the day. journeyed to Charlottesville.
where he spoke tonight and where his
ballot will be cast tomorrow. Congress
man Jones appeared before Fredericks-
| burg audience for the last time this cam
paign and will go 10 Warsaw to vote to-
| morrow. Congressman Glass spoke at
Lynchburg. where he will cast his ballot
in the primary.
II is estimated between eighty and
one hundred thousand votes will be cast,
and as few local candidates are on many
OF the tickets in the various counties
the returns are expected to be practically
| completed shortly after midnight to-
morrow night.
Campaign of Great Bitterness.
The campaign which closes tomorrow
has been one OF the most remarkable in
the history of Virginia. It opened sew
eral months ago when Representative
| Jones and Representative Glass an
| nounced themselves as candidates to sue
Ceed Senators Martin and Swanson. Since
that time the two Congressman have
spoken in practically every county in the
State, while the Senators. who remained
in Washington, did not begin to make
4 speeches until after Congress had ad-
journed.
In the very beginning of the campaign
Mr. Jones made a bitter attack upon Mr..
Martin. his ammunition being supplied by
number Of letters which were in his
possession, and which are alleged to have
been stolen from the letter book Of ]. s. B.
Thompson, a well-known railroad official.
BY these letters, written twenty years
ago, Mr.. Jones endeayored to prove that
Senator Martin, who mad not then been
| elected to the Senate. was a railroad lob
byist and was engaged in cOrrupting the
| legislature IN securing favorable legis-
| lation. Senator Martin replied that the
| reference to money in the cOmmuniCa-
| tions meant campaign funds to which
the railroads contributed. and this expla-
| nation was corroborated by former Chair
| man Ellyson, of the Democratic State
committee. Later in the campaign, Mr..
Jones produced letters written William
a. Glasgow. an attorney of Roanoke, to
prove that Senator Martins interest was
not political, but purely as an agent of
| the railroads. The dispute has been ex-
tremely heated and the newspapers of the
State have warmly espoused one side or
the other.
Many Other Personalities.
Representative Glass has confined his
attention to Senator Swanson, the prin-
cipal charge against him being that while
member Of Congress he speculated in
tobacco stock. Mr.. Swanson admitted
the charge, but showed that the trans
action occurred while Congress was not
in session. Another charge was that Mr..
Swanson, while governor. acted in the
interest Of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
| This Mr.. Swanson denied and claimed
| that his record as governor entitled him
to the consideration of the voters
Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Glass have both
been accused OF being inefficient MEM
bers of Congress with nothing accom-
plished by either OF them for the State,
while a sale OF some real estate to the
Southern Railway while a member of
Congress ha; also figured against Mr.
Glass. There has been little or no dis
cussion Of policies or principles during
the campaign, the personal element hav-
ing been kept to the front all OF the
time. Many Of the leading Democrats
in the State have expressed their regret
that the contest developed along these
| lines, and there Is no question that the
fight, no matter how 1t results, has
created a serious division in the Demo-
cratic party. At some of the meetings,
notably one at Norfolk. the accusations
and denials created great excitement and
disorder.