The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-05

O the EbltOr OF Inc IimcS- DlSi1lrh:
Sir,I ana neither a pess!Wist.
crooker nor "a chronic Kicker was
born q Democrat. reared rs such. and
have never departcd from the house
Of my fathers have always bowed
to and accepted the decision of the
majority OF tho Democratic voters.
when lawfully expressed Yet re-
serve the right to have "a choice in the
selection OF tn" nominees OF my party.
and when occasion demands 10 criticize
those in authority. Yet there are per
sons within the Democratic party In
Virginia who would deny TO US this
inalienable right. According 10 the
Democrats should wait until the great
Il AM has spoken and then march
like sheep into the shambles.
The present campaign has brought
the truth OF this assertion fOrClbly 10
our minds. Because John Garland Pol
lard has the tcmcrity to oppose the
machine, To lay bare It's in.quities, and
10 propose reforms, he la being de-
nounced by the machine hcuchmcn
from one end OF tho State to the other
as a ,demagogue and a party wrccker.
The latest attack upon him made by
these CarpinE critics is because OF tho
statement made by him in l.ynchburg
that the VIII of The people OF Vir
GINA was thwarted BY the henchmen
OF the machine At Norfolk and Balti-
more With gigantic strokes and
ma"lliGiyolent precision they are, now
defense OF their malicious and wanton
action In keeping the delegation from
this state from voting. for the norni
nation OF Woodrow Wilson they open
~ and unrcScrVcdlN state that the ueo-
pie OF Virginia did not want Wilson,
and That the organization tmachine)
vas not opposed to Wilson. Certainty
not, senator Martin was only indulg-
ing In some loose talk when he said
that the Virginia delegation would vote
for any man mentioned other than Will
son who had done nothing TO deserve
party honors except TO help wreck Il
IN his home state" Inferred at the
chine in mind when speaking OF
The machine organ in Richmond re-
Gently had a double-lcaded editorial. in
which it says That Mr. Pollard is mis-
taken and that the delegates to the
Norfolk convention were regularly Sc
they were going TO vote in regard to
INSTRUCTIONS Certainly those who Sc
lcctcd some OF them knew! I have In
MIND one county chairman who wrote
various letters To men in his county
calling on them to come ont on n GER
tam date and help TO defeat instruc-
tions for Wilson. ! have in mind an
other man who wrote to various Demo
Gratis IN the state. saying that he had
Just returned from Washington. where
he had been in consultation with Our
friends" and that ihcy (our friends)
thought it best that the Virginia dele
cation 20 TO Baltimore unhampercd by
distinctions lie further added that
If any money was needed for 'logiti-
mate expenses that II would be forth
coming. Perhaps such action betrayed
no hostility to Woodrow Wilson. but
the people Will never believe other
wise
! would he extremely glad If those
who are. SO insistent in their demands
of proof that the Virginia Democrats
were not for Wilson would come out
and tell us who the people were for.
and II tho Virginia delegation carried
out the wishes Of the people at Bal
timora
It is not my purpose to pay any
marked attention 20 the carping critics.
for long ago learned that "it is n
waste of lathcr to try to shave an ass"
iiul there comes n time when cannot
forhcar.
with hearty good wishes for Pollard
Mach"n and all other real Democrats,
dcsist.
WALTER e. BEVERLY.
Rocky Mount. Va.