The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-14
WENDENBURC REPEATS
MONTAGUE CHARGES
Says Street Railway Company Is
Fighting Him Because OF
Old Scores.
REFERS TO GENERAL DAMS ACT
Claims Credit for Montague's Ac-
tivity In Urging Purchase OF Adj
ditional Ground for Richmond
Federal Building.

After n narration of his ACHE vcments
before the bar ana OF his present am
bition to serve the people in the halls
of Congress, state Senator L. o. Wen
dcnburY. candidate for Congress
against a. ]. Montague. repeated last
night In the Virginia Mechanics In
stitute Hall his attack on Congress-
man Montagucs record In the street
car strike OF 1903. and his position on
the general dams act now pending be-
fore Congress. Mt. WcndenburE charged
that on May l6. when Congressman
Montague spoke before an :.ssomblage
in Highland Park. that Mr.. Montague
said then that the general dams act
was pending before the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
whereas. said Mr.. WcndenburE. the
bill came before the committee on
April -. and was reported out, with
recommendation that II be passed ~
the House. on April 2S.
And yet my distinguished opponent
said on May lG." declared Mr.. Wen
dcnburg. that the bin was then pend
ing and that its passage would be
straining and stretching the Constitu-
ton. Let II be stretched If that power
people Will be gained thereby. The
Supreme Court OF tho United states has
stretched the Constitution, ana II can't
be torn"
EXPECTED ATTENDANCE
FIGURES TO HE JCGGLED
Mr.. WendenburG was introduced by
his law partner. T. Gray Iaddon. AT
the outset he apOlogizcd for the IN
advertence" Of tn. newspapers in not
publishing tho fact that he was TO make
IAN address In the Virginia Mechanics
institute. Mr.. W.ndcnburu himself did
not mention the fact in his address in
Fulton Friday night Mr.. WcndenDurg
also said that the newspapers would
say In the morning tina, he had only
about dozen people TO hear him. BY
actual count there were nfty-fvc men
and one woman in the hall when Mr.
Wendcnburg woA nearly halfway
through his speech, and others who
came In later may have run the total
attendance UP to scvcnty-nvc.
Montague" he said. has made II
appear that he has no opposition. but
we will make him realize that he has
opposition on next Tuesday" He
characterized the Virginia Railway ana
Poower Company as an archeneiny Of
his. and said that he didn't blame the
company. that he had been fighting II
for thirty years. Il find" he stated
that officials of the Virginia Railway
and Power Company are going around
using their power to make the en-
ploycs vote against me. began to
look for the reason. Was 81 10 punish
mo? or was It TO reward my distin-
guished opponent for calling out the
militia during tho street car strike?
If IL was not one of those or both I
began TO think that there might be
another reason" He found the third
possible reason In CONGRESSMAN Mon
taEue's position in opposition to the
general dams act, which. he said. was
In the interest OF the Goulds and other
Ike corporations
SAYS MONTAGUE
"C0NDESCENDED" TO SPEAK
He attacked Congressman Montague
also for having stated that ne was too
busy to Indulge in u campaign for re-
nomination by saying that tho incum-
bent had appeared before the Montague
Club In Highland Park on May IL: that
he was here last Friday; OH Monday
to open a bazaar. on Tuesday and
during the remainder of the week
And his friends got tho newspapers to
say" declared Mr.. Wendcnburg. that
At last he had condcsccnded TO address
the voters So we find this busy man
here all the week"
AS to the bill to purchase additional
ground for the post Office. M Wen
dcnburG charged that Mr.. Montague
had let It take care Of itself: that he
had brought II up before the commit
tee only after ne found that he would
have opposition. And the committee
passed IT," said MI. WcndenburG, "$l5O,-
600 short of the price. which means
that you won't get the addition. And
III be responsible for ii ii you do get
It"
Mr.. Wendcnburg also paid attention
10 the figures of attendance that were
given out for the Montague meetings
He said that there were only twelve
men present at the Highland Park
meeting. and only siXty-sevcn present
at the Fulton meeting.