The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-04
'OOOO DENOUNCEs !.
RICHMOND PRESS
Says Newspapers Are Organs
OF Machines, Railroads
and .'Interests"
ONE EDITOR REJOICES
AT DEFEAT OF PARTY
Scores Political Rings and
Holds UP T. F. Ryan as
Man Who Plays
Both Parties

LOUISA. c. H. VA. July. a.
Speaking here to-day under the aus
pices Of the Virginia State Democratic
League. DR.. William E. Dodd, who for
merly filled the chair of history at
Randolph Macon College and who -
now Of the University OF Chicago ad-
dressed a fair sized audience. DR. Dodd
strongly denounced political machines
and severely scored the newspapers Of
Richmond
He said In part:
The Opportunity Of Virginia in ths
Present Crisis.
The time was when Virginia gpy-
erned this country. when VirEiniano
sat at the head Of the national coun-
Gil board; they governed because they
were Democratic and progressive, and
Vfrgintans Sat In the presidents chair
because they were both the ab1est men
to be had and were not tied to tho
mercenary interests Of the tina. JEFF
ferson was the greatest power in this
country for a quarter OF a century
because he stood for and voiced the
sentiments OF democracy and OF tho
common man.
Ispeak this evening to the descend-
ants Of the men who made Virginia.
great, who made the old South treat:
your fathers were strong enough and
wise enough 10 elevate TO -tho hlgh~
est station IN the land the radicaA
Democrat whom the ~intersgta De-
bounce az socialist and smoboa4a&S
Whan Jefferson became president, New
York and Boston financial inksxu9tn.
the privileged classes Of That day.
trennhled IN their boots. The 0pu{h
was then militant for political rlgAka
eousness and her people would tn1D n
compromise. They wanted . Ruae
man and q true reformer n once "a
no amount Of cajoaing Or threats a
panics. SO common to-day Sufnced -,
turn them from their purpose
Smash the Machine.
The rood people of The Nee<A 90
snhAmsd u TAmmAny Han, - Ep91A
mer and Ill that These words eoms
Dote7 College man and cab drivers
united last spring In trying to drive
out tho corrupt Democratic and Re-
publican machines which havs curved
Chicago for many yearaL and which
have cost her people millions Of doll
lars year for many years. All ovsr
the Northwest mon are bucki1ng on
their armor for the light. They In
tend to put the thieves out Of t1aalr
halls Of justice, to stop the work OF
the money changers who have m.
undated congresses and cabinets fc1
years.
II you can join In tho fight II YOU
would see the reforms which you
certainly desire. you must sacrifice
something. Virginia has been cursed
with machine almost ~ had ~ that
which put Lorimer into the United
States senate. / need not cali names:
YOU know and everybody knows that
TIA Vir2inia ,machinAs tho Noetaa CaEo.~
lima machine and the Texas machine
supported Aldxlch In the great tariff
these machines are all in the untted
States senate.
Good machines. There may be
some such. but none are good after
they have grown old. There Aro
good men In the organizations and
there arc some men in the Virginia
machine who are my friends men
whom love, but do not respect vary
highly, for they are being led around
| by their noses. Get rid Of your ma
chine politicians like you would var
min In your beds. Other machines
will arise In time. When they arise
and become corrupt we shall get rid
Of them too. But let US cross one.
bridge ut u tffYSg. g 49, ~
Richmond Papers Are Organs.
You have here IN Virginia . CONS
binAtion Of railroad interests. Of
Newspaper men and machine politics
which make 1t ~ necessary Tor you
| to fight as do our combinations Of
| .-bosses and big business" All the pa
pers in Richmond but one. and that
one - strongly tempted. arS organs
/ of the machines, or the railroads or
other special interests. It mattsav nc3
! to them whether campaigns result II
Democratic or Republican victory. -
their man gets in. and their man =
always a conservative. "sa1s 1nd
sane" gentleman who fs afraid o. hi
shadow in broad daylight. Thsre -
no time here to explain TO you now
these papers have come to thear po-
sition: 1t is sufficient to know he
tact a., we. know. tina eRnne ming about
our great papers IA Chicago.
The papers OF this country arr IA
general against Democracy and Tor
the interests" and you can Win
great difficulty name one not f1ed 10
Insurance" 10 .-railroads.s ~
quor." steel or Standard on
read my morning paper to flnd out
what the enemy 10 doing-aa 0en-
eraf Lee said 1t In necessary TO know
your enemy II you wazk to BEST him.
Read your Richmond paperS but Dc
not be caught by them. They p1ax
with loaded dice. II II With tAel4
heads they win; tails ron loses
A Richmond editor hAs ra1oicsd -
every defeat Of his own party a6yo
one since 1896: your machine leaders
are wiser than their Newspaper ~
liies. they 60 about the land wserenQs
but quietly edge up to the boegot az
the other party and sap I'VE are with
you. only we cannot say 70 70 tho
people," and then ask for = share
Of the public plumber.
Ryan's prlvn4o Or.
Some Of you think am exeouuEn1.
ing. II could toll you what kAoW
about virginla pOliticA North Cnep.
Tina poNucl. Illinois pOliticA -
would agree with me. Do yoQ -
know that Thomas r. Ryan co1tsu1n
your Yewspapera. that the Penn981-
vaniA railroad controls every BIZ rAtl>
road tn Vixgmta. ard that !. Meos
gan controls the> PsnnaytvAmaa4 60
lot t1ne u1a 1922 y0ur VIM