The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-21
Judge Williams
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considerably to the crowd in attend
ance on the opening day of the special
term Of court,
In the opening Mr.. Williams thank
ed tho people Of virginia for their
past support and particularly the peo-
pie Of Buck bingham. and stated that
as this was the opening speech OF the
campaign nc desired To make the dis
t.pct statement and to have X clearly
understood that in the conduct Of the
campaign ne did not intend 10 indulge
In personalities unless forced TO do
So in necessary .self-defensei that he
intended 20 conduct the campaign on
that high plane that should character
Ire a Virginia gentleman seeking
election at the hands of his people to
a high and digniiied Office and that If
he could not win upon his record and
on the merits he did not want to win
at all.
Replies to Newspaper.
He then paid his respects TO an edi-
tcrial which appeared in the Times
Dispatch of June 9th. which contain
ed insinuations directed at him prac-
tically charging incomepetency on his
part and extrayagantly lauding the
legal abilities of one of his opponents
MT. Eplthfu u. al WHICH IL " us SsiAl tAtttA
Mr.. Pollard had more legal ability
than all Of his opponents combined.
Judge Williams said In reply to this
that he was willing to put his record
+ as a lawyer Of more than forty years
standing and his record as attorney
general against this gratuitous asser-
ton and let the people OF Virginia de-
eide.
He liz not SO vain or eKotisticai, he
said, as TO believe that he was en-
dowed with more capacity than his
fellow man. Judge Williams stated
that Mr. Pollard himself in a convS
sation that he had with him had dis
claimed responsibility for this part of
the editorial and to which Judge VIII
lianls replied that this disclaimer did
mot relieve the author of the editorial
Of the discourtesy and indecency of
the allusion.
Past Service Against ambition
He referred to that part of the
editorial in which 1t was stated that
MFR Pollard was ambitious to render
great service to his State, and in reply
Judge williams stated that he had
served his State as a boy Confederate
soldier and had shed his blood on the
nearby battlefield at Five Forks. had
served his State for more than forty
five years in the practice of law, in
zthe legislative halls, on the bench of
the Circuit court. as attorney general
Of Virginia and in a life devoted TO
the hard struggling to build up the
waste places of the old Common
wealth, and he is willing to com
pare his devotion to Virginia to that
OF his distinguished opponent, so
highly Landed In TimesDispatch edi-
forial
He referred to that part Of the edi-
torial which states in substance that
the State Of Virginia did not want an
attorney general who would vote for
weaklines as school officers for poll
teal officers and stated that this in
Elnuattnn was evidently directe az him
He denounced the insinuation AS be-
ing false 10 all intents and purposes.
He declared that he had never cast
vote as a member or state board
of education that was not the re-
suit OF his best judgment and most
conscientious conviction of right and
demanded Of any who should hereaf-
ter repeat this Islander that they should
give the name of such weakling for
1 whom he had voted for political pur.
poses.
VIII Continue TO Accept Aid.
in further reply to the editorial he
said that IL contained fling at him
because ne mad accepted the SERVICES
of counsel In important State cases
I TO which he replied that he was not &C
egotistical as TO believe that he knew
II all. On the contrary. he said, he
\ swas glad 10 get all the help that he
= could to aid him in winning cases
Tor the Commonwealth. He alluded
TO the State debt case IN which he
had been partly instrumental In Sc
i curing the valuable services for the
I State of Hon. william A. Anderson,
former attorney general. and under
an arrangement by which his services
would not cost the State one cent.
but that he would he paid by the
bondholders' committee.
He stated that in She Richmond
I Fredericksburg and Potomac case. he.
s In cooperation with the governor,
\ had secured the services of Major
B William A. Anderson and in co-opera-
ton with him had won the case
In the case commonly known as the
lime grinding case. IN which the far
3 mers Of this State are go greatly In
& ste~esteas lse had gladly accepted I he
j assistance and cooperation q Coun-
9 sci employed by the farmers assocla-
ton Of the State 10 represent their IN
4 terest In this important litigation. He
declared that. In his opinion, had the
been so arrogant and self opInionated
i as to refuse to accept tho services aud
\ help Of these gentlemen in all of this
" litigation he would thereby have
Y proved himself unworthy TO be the
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