The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-31
SCHwARzSCHILD BROS.

mcrce. Rapidly he sketched the re-
markable downfall OF President Taft.
from his triumph OF less than three
years ago to the wreck of his party.
with Democratic House aud an in
surgent senate. Often. he commented.
people and organizations go TO pieces
In their hour of triumph
Quoting from recent articles by Mr..
Roosevelt. Governor Montague referred
TO his arraignment of Republicans who
do not believe in popular government
There We're some Democrats. he added,
in the same class. This brought forth
loud cheers. but Governor Montague
said he meant no personal application.
But he Insisted that the demand OF the
day IS that the people he given Il
little more chance to express their will
and to have that will obeyed; to have
their hands reasonably near the
throttle
Rascal vs.. Scoundrel.
one symptom was tho demand for
primary elections. 1t makes little diff
ference in Virginia, for instance, at
the regular election whether tho voter
casts his ballot for Jack Rascal or
Tom ScoundreL' since the real choice
is made In tho primary.
There was no relevancy. no sense,
In progresslvlsm except that It waa
10 bring the people closer to tho gov
eminent. ne said. announcing that he
opposed tho recall. especially as ap-
Piled to the judiciary. But the real
trouble with government was the In
difference OF good men.
The committees OF Congress have
Hecret sessions. My kindly. genial.
competitor says that this is all bosh.
will not try TO convince him, but
Will discuss what everybody else
knows
Those committees are like grand
jurIes-the witnesses may go In, but
they arc not there when they are In
dcted Wo want to know how our
representatives do all of their duty
not part OF it. without personal refer
cnce, men have been known to vote
one way in tho committee room and
another way in tho House, giving men
an opportunity to hide themselves. The
votes should be recorded and the de-
llberations public"
! lie paid a warm tribute to william
Jennings Bryan. calling him the
! greatest single fighter against spe-
ciai privileges since the days OF
applauded.
Not UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
! AS 10 the members of the Cabinet
I having seats III OOuBTcSS, WueEe tItS
may answer directly questions re-
latins TO their departments. Governor
Montague said that Justice story. and
later. committee, had favored such
action, and no question was raised as
to its constitutionality. The public
would got nrst-hand Information, and
such situation would make n train
/ ing school for minister's FOR whom we
can vote for President-and we need
/ it"
! Governor Montague promised his
best thought toward a plan for the
prevention OF panics.
Addressing himself also briefly to
tho Philippine question. he said:
Those guns in tho Bay OF Manila
which demolished the dccrept huiks
OF an expiring race, did to tho people
what 1t may take nifty or a hundred
years OF tho wisest craftsmanship to
/ undo. For one. I wish to undo 1t as
/ quickly as honor and good faith may
permit"
Tho opportunities OF Richmond and
the State and South for trade after the
opening OF the Panama Canal were
dwelt upon.
Asks for Votes.
Finally. Governor Montague laid his
own case before the people of Rich
mond. He thought he might have
some chance FOR service. even IL no
has not fifteen years experience to
back him He promised to look to the
/ detailed wants OF the individual citi-
zcns of the district. His ambition. he
said, was to be OF some service to his
day and generation
Il may not be able to accomplish
this" ne snid. but feel encouraged
when I look at the present compost
ton of Congress. Men who have not
been there for ten or sixteen years
are we'll known. l have no thought
of being like any OF these. but will
! honestly do my best 20 serve my peo-
pie. There Is something else In tho
world besides experience hope
am Democrat. have no prophecies
to make. / have nobody's vote in my
hand nor in my pocket, but rely upon
the Judgment OF my fellow citizens.
| "Out OF the travail OF forty-six bal
lots at the grent Baltimore convention
comes 81 new man. a great man. with
the learning of the cloister and the
wisdom Of the patriot" He then con-
Guided with former Senator Higgins's
estimate of Governor Wilson.
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