The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-24

lions before that body;
Mr.. President; must again ask q
few minutes for a statement IN respect
10 a publication IN a morning news
paper, questioning nay actions oeioTe
this body, ] wish to make s'ste
ment in regard 20 that matter WIN
which l hope to conclude my state
nents in that regard in the Senate
The RiChmond N.rEinian this morn
ing has in It an article OF several
columns on the front page. signed by
the gentleman who is superintendent
Of the Anti-Saloon League Of Virginia.
critlcizinr gne for my statements be-
& fore This hodv on Yesterday In the
editorial columns of that paper there
ss an attack upon me and my alleged
4 snrnnsfstepcv IN TAsre-t - the position
49, g.. -, eo,-.ta 4-, tha r,atfer Of
g ,he cidrr rIalse In The r!l under con-
s,ss-a+io,
W Tsras!5s,t AL stated the other
So e1.,,s,7.-.,r,, r,o-e, - a. any
80 s,,-tr[, +na ,---,r-fas or those dis
st,se3arta have said anything that
woula ne~sonai.v vclud or give Of
Yense >, anyone have not So intend
al. So far a. this particular gentle
.nM, - ,,.-rs-,er 2 de4'rn 10 ANY Tint
nv criticism n his action. in which
was not alone. vas directed not to
ty, ,arso-al,y, or AS nm individual
n,..1 zts ,.-.-t,fra artir.,s OF hts which
4-s....4 ~, ,yare do-e as
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speeca, ne ~'','e Ia. "a >e'' - t-,-e,,r,
4 sl'e <N"''-.D@ ','.
Tor any HN'-u" mat u l"S .dNs". ""'
ihstead 'Ae mem eISH'P % l''s' w NA.'-
3zaa"h mas away tV'''''''f''4 '" 1879 III
bounced fesPt' :
- /" inc ieFlh .N'ch-
INC term tilNh as uhta lt 'H Nt.-
terday' was INTENDED 10 mean iHtTeN
an Organization outside nf inns bouy'
am HtAs what ! no" say neSaHSe
] know thaf IN n large measure nave,
and hope ! may continue TO have the
cQnfderCN Of the people who read TINS
paper, and whose good opinion prize
highly
They would he mislead by the use
of the term alien rs quoted In the
article in The Virginian The par
tieular term llien ! may have used
iaeaning only, as I before stated. to
imply outside Influences. as referred
TO by other Senators also
Now. Mr. President. e Is further
stated in that article that Mr. HouFh,
OF Norfolk. formerly president Of the
hHtf-Saf1oH League, had written me
letter In which b" called my nttcn-
ton To what he assumed TO state AZ
my misrepresentation OF the activities
ofEhe league, and the Inference
drawn by the writer~an the Nlrginlan
was that mad not fishi atter re
cstVlhg that letter, IN make the state
ments winch j nave MADE
II the hfst Place, MI fTFslneht'
Visit 70 say again luat ulStlhc'loh
shoAlo pe naae between attacks upon
an or snt''za'ln ., as "hoie ana az
.a.hS opoH oilt,eIs q ma ofsa hiEA
tioH he u4Stii.s non p"'hteu our
~ tlF IeP'y ." HI, tl"urH. WhIcn
.A 20 nave written yeStei uay
80 10, ,s ,eI9'T .oilHS 70 the 0ehatS
@ emu linn 'a'iiI3t o'h tl :
nv ~ 81 petot' tilo
$500 gu ~ - t Nt'' ''it' no
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Contents "f the Letter.
Mr, J. w HouRn.
1ol fiatne street,
Aol104k "a
eA =. tt LII a.
aou heen never apologize Tor writ
lhg me sheul my p"N'iioh on any mat
Ter penang htF" as 20 Whlch J shoi