Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-25

they are exceptions which prove III,
S"Ie would warn the people oi
virginia that there is no Eravcr sign
of danger to frvc government than
an o.ilc"holdcrs trust"
| In a speech At Richmond March 81,
1911. Senator Glass Is reported as
, saving.
Il am here because of definite
! personal conviction that there is
omeihing rotten in the state of Den
! mark. I" a fun realization of which
/ III" people Of this Commonwealth
need l" y" aroused. with 4 view Of
having them apply the remedy and
make this again a government OF
the people. by TIL" pcopl" and for the
h"orie' We are grav"iy told that
th"r" Is no machine in Virginia: that
there j. no combination OF political
Interests which assumes To usurp thu.
functions OF government and. hy in
tiEu" aud management and ccaSrl.SS
attention 10 every Gcta,i Of Office
g"ttiuE ard Office holding does &c
tUally dispense the patronag. Of tho
state which properly belongs TO the
people"
He then followed by presenting
facts 10 show the existence OF this
sinister in;lucnc" dominating tho 20
litical life Of this state. Again. in
Nchmond. on March 10. 1911, Senator
Glass anid:
81 shall not seriously argue whcth-
or or not such a combination exists
in Virginia. Tho fact that il dis
p"uS"S 30 per cent OF the official pa
trou1gc TO its dcvotccs Is a rathc-
matjCai demonstration OF its exist
oncc. Tine very fac, that no vacancy
is filled ia an office of consequence
without tho advice and sanction first
obtained from "a few powerful men is
conclusive evidences
In on" OF his great parliamentary
debates. Edmund Burk" said of tn"
H-itiSh ministry: They viii leave us
as much liberty as they are unable
To talk" away And so | say OF this
memorable political combination. ihcy
will leave ms a few representative Of
hc"rs that they cannot tax" away:
ana from the party councils and from
III" public patronaE" tn" independent
Democrats OF virginia are scdulously
excluded as if they in reality be-
lpnEcd To the Republican party"
In Speaking at Farmvillc. May is.
1911. the late Congressman Jones, Of
the First District. said:
lin announcing my candidacy for
tho Senate as long ag" as January
last, affirmed tina; there was on Of
flee brokerage trust in Virginia.
Il have declared that the machine
had even laid its polIutiug hands
upon the Judiciary and had attempted
Ia draI judvcshjps into the miro OF
S"rdid and hlthy politics. have as
serted, upon more than one occasion
and at NOR" than one place. that this
office brokerage business has so long
existed that the belief is Widespread
that no man can nov successfully
aSpir" To any position. even to Il
judS cship, who has not it's indorSc-
mcnt."
Again at Richmond. on May :. 1911.
the late CONGRESSMAN Jones declared:
that political conditions in Virginia
under the Shameful and shameless
domination Of Democrats machine
vi" had bccom" so tainted with fraud.
deceit and injustice as to be a stencil
in the nostr!ls of high heaven"
Early in April. 1911, i53 citizens of
Virginia. including former Governors
Tyler and Montague and the Mayor
of Norfolk. ISSUED letter To the
voters of the state OF Virginia in
which they said
Not only are the offices of the
people exploited. hut new Offices are
mad" and old ones ar" multiplied, or
their salaries Increased for the sup
pie servants OF the ring
Ia AN editorial OF September :. 1911.
the NcwS-l.cadcr, OF Richmond. said:
w .'i'"'1' HAS b''u Win our
easy going trustfulncSs. our willing
ness t" believe good, our honorable
incapacity TO think evil These quail
tiles. ana only these. explain the long
blindness of Virginia 20 conditions
which have made the Commonwealth
ring ridden at home ana ridiculous
abroad
In an editorial OF August &c, 1921.
three weeks after the nomination OF
Mr. TrinkIc. the SUFFOLK Herald" a
strongly Democratic paper. said:
one of the chief dangers to Viz
gin!a and the Democrats party lies
IN the ability Of ORGANIZATIONS to
thrust upon the people undesirable
candidates through the hand pick ing
methods. I!y that is meant superior
M, usr ~ ,nn,o, -
who are willing to scry, 10 crcntc ,
false sentiment for "A candidate. whose
record does not Justify his elevation
to the higher Offices within The oift
of tho voters"
Even within tn. MAST t,yo w.c,,s
the "News-lcadcr." OF Richmond SIM
porting Mr. Trinklc. referred to the
dissatisfaction Of the suppor,crs rf
Mr.. Tucker IN the rcccn, urinary in