The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-16

surplus wiped out every vestige OF it
and left the treasury 10000 in debt
Based on onlclaI Figures.
When they direct attention to the
fact that the editor of my newspaper
at Lynchburg once defended and
Mr.. Swanson. which l now assau. they
fan to take note of the essential fact
that the defense made by my paper
then was based on MIR. Swanson's Surry
speech. telling the public that the
treasury was full. while my criticism
now is based upon official figures from
the Auditors office. showing the treas
ury to have been empty. and upon Gov
ernor Manns repeated assertion that
when he took charge OF the executive
office the public treasury was de-
pleted.
While they charge me with incon-
sistency. they keep back from the peo-
pie the fact that three months after
Mr.. Swanson at Surry Courthouse ex-
allied his own administration as fl
nancial success, Auditor Marye fur
nished the Finance Committee of the
Virginia Senate with a detailed Off
c!al statement showing an estinla ted
deficit OF $4,000 in the States rev.
enues for the ensuing two years. While
abusing me for my criticism of such
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., they suppress the
startling fact that. although the Con-
stitution and laws make 1t obligatory
on the Governor TO keep the General
Assembly and the people advised of
the true state OF the treasury. sys-
tematic effort was made at Richmond
TO conceal the facts presented by Aud
itor Marye, and not word OF II APP
pears in my competitors last message
to the General Assembly. Indeed,
assert. that when member of the
General Assembly. hearing 1t whis-
pered that such a report had been pre-
pared by the Auditor. proposed to have
the report communicated in detail to
the General Assembly. he was impor-
tuned to abandon the proposition
upon the ground that It would hurt
the party and obscure the brilliancy'
Of the Governors administration. It
is by devices like this that some public
men seek to escape the condemnation
which their own transactions justly
merit. They cry out that 1t Will hurt
the party to expose the men who dis
credit the party"
Mr.. Glass ridiculed the claim that
his competitor had boldly dehed the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and In this con-
nection charged that the same ]. S.
Barbour Thompson, who figures in the
railroad letters recently made public.
bobbed up in Washington a little while
after Major Daniel was paralyzed and
avowed that he was there to get Mr..
Swanson appointed as Senator Daniels
successor. On this point Mr.. Glass
said:
Appointment Senator.
Recently there have appeared in
the public prints certain letters writ
ten by J. S. Barbour Thompson. a
railroad agent and lobbyist. What
ever they may fail 70 disclose and
some things that they seem to dis
close, there can be no serious question
OF the fact that they present Mr..
Thompson as a railroad agent and a
dispenser OF railroad funds for the
purpose OF controlling the Virginia
General Assembly. and for the purpose
of shaping or defeating railroad leg
islation. II my competitor in his pub
lie career was in the habit of boldly
defying railroads.. does 1t not seem
rather singular that amongst the trst
persons who turned up in Washington
after Major Daniel was paralyZed was
this same j. s Barbour Thompson,
who, 1 am reliably informed. avowed
that he had come all the way from
Atlanta, Ga. to help have my compel
itor appointed 10 succeed Major Daniel
in the Senate?
is II not severe tax upon the Gre
dulity OF sensible people 10 ask them
10 believe that the railroad agent, who
had been in the habit of dispensing
railroad funds. would thus rush TO the
aid OF public man who had been in
the habit OF defying railroads? Is no;
II expecting too much when we are
asked TO believe that a railroad agent
OF Mr.. Thompson's type would be so
eager TO help g railroad fighter of thc
genuine sort as to rush 500 miles from
Atlanta 10 Washington before the re-
suit OF Major Daniels sickness could
be known? And does not this single
incident clearly and cogentIy illustrate
how bsurd is the contention that the
Governors temporary appointee is a
bold defer of railroad corporations
and veritable tribune of the people7
Moreover II Mr. ]. s. 3. THOMPSON.
the railroad agent and lobbyist, could
not wait for Major Daniels death with
any more patience and decorum than
could my competitor. and was resolved
10 take time by the forelock and have
my competitor named as Daniels sue
WI! ''ouiu ne nave gone to
Washington TO arrange the affair with
the politicians there? Why did he not
go to Richmond. where the Governor
of Virginia resides? Is il not rather
queer that both my competitor a bold
defer OF railroads. and this gentleman
SO intimately identified with the secret
and sinister service of railroads, should
have rushed to Washington to get Dan
tel's toga before it could even be known
that the latter would not live to rem
der other illustrious service to his
State?"
Daniels Speaks for Jones.
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