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( T- 12 The Commoner. VOLUME 11, NUMBER tVv i i My 1!V ,i r tho contrary several of the candi dates for tho house read that circu lar on tho hustings In tholr campaign speeches to the people and promised to abide by It If they wore olectod. By virtue of those plodges, publicly made, by vlrtuo of my silent asqulosconco In tho pledge as a sonator, wo got tho votes of those pooplo and when tho matter came up for consideration In congress I kopt that plodgo and every democratic member of tho house from North Carolina with ono excep tion kept tho plodgos. Mr. Simmons continued by saying that Mr. Bryan had voted against tho democratic platform declaration In favor of removing tho 10 per cent tax on tho Issues of state banks when tho Nebraskan was In congress, be causo ho had pledged himself against It to his constituents. "In that I am following In tho footsteps of that great democratic leader, W. J. Bryan," said tho North. Carolina senator, Ironically. He also declared that ho favored tho Payne-Aldrlch lumber tariff because it Was a strictly revenue duty and not a protection duty at all. Then camo Mr. Kern's opportunity. Kern's Opportunity Kern I desire to know If the North Carolina delegation in tho Denver convention did not unani mously vote for tho adoption of tho platform? Simmons I suppose they did, and I have not said anything to the con trary. Kern Then I would like to know tho namo of that distinguished Noijth Carolinian who took it upon him self to repudiate the national plat form in order to get the votes of the lumber barons of North Carolina. Simmons I stated a little while ago that I was a member of the democratic national convention. .The chairman of tho democratic state exocutivo committeo, Mr. Eller, la sued tho circular. I did not Issue it and had nothing to do with it. Kern As I campaigned to some oxtortt in different parts of North Carolina, and had not heard of tho incident, I was curious to know who wrote it. Sensation May Develop To this Mr. Simmons did not reply. It is said that a sensation will de velop out of this Eller circular. Representative Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, who opposes Sim mons, promises an interview on tho subject tomorrow, and prominent North Carolinians horo say that Eller never saw tho circular, which was written by a lumber trust clerk In his office who attached Eller's namo. At this juncture Mr. Williams took on both Senators Bailey and Sim mons in a brilliant fencing match in which ho assailed them for refusing to take a stop in the right direction because it was one step only and' not tho entire distance. "Tho democratic opposition to pro tectionism," ho said, "is merely that it robs the consumer, and if you re duce tho duty on tho finished pro duct you aro benefiting tho consumer just that far." Senator Simmons, expressed the be lief that the price of farm products would be reduced under the opera tion of the Canadian agreement; that tho effect would knot bo to benefit consumers, but to benefit the brew ers, millers and manufacturers of cereal products; and that an ad ministration equitable to the farmer should include a material reduction of duties on manufactured products used by the farmer. Senator Simmons indorsed tho Bailey amendment, which proposed a part of the farmers' free list as an amendment to tho reciprocity measure. . - -. - Martin of Virginia is Now Explaining A New, Complete Edition of Mr. Bryan s Speeches Containing All of His Important Public Utterances In two handy volumes. 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(Mark offer wanted.) 1 enclose $2.25 for Tke Specckes of William Jennings Bryan, 2 vols., cloth binding, and The Commoner for ono year I enclose $3.25 for Tke Speeches of William Jennings uryim, a vols., half leather binding, and The Commoner for one year., ..... Name I P. O. I H i I your I vane I WWII Tf nftw a subscriber to rTho Commoner your date of oxplratlon will be ad vanced one yr.r. Following Is a dispatch to tho New York World: Woodstock, Vs., July 10. In substantiation of his charges that before his election to tho United States senate In 1893 Thomas S. Martin was not only a "railroad agent and lobbyist" before tho legis lature of Virginia, but was one of tho disbursing agents of tho "Yel low dog" fund of the railroads, Con gressman William A. Jones, in the course of a speech delivered at Woodstock this afternoon, read five letters which show, according to the congressman, that Martin was on the most intimate terms with the railway interests and received specific sums of money from Superintendent Bar bour Thompson of the Southern Rail way company. Two of tho letters were written during the legislative campaign of 1891. The three others were writ ten after the election but before the legislature met. At this session of the legislature the Kent Railroad bill, designed to regulate the railways in certain re spects, was introduced. Tho bill was defeated. At the next senatorial election. Martin was sent to the United States senate, defeating Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, and it was openly charged that he had the support of the railroads. A number of the most prominent politicians in the state are mentioned in the letters, among them being "Mr. Bllyson," presumably Lieuten ant Governor J. Taylor Bllyson, and "Mr. Cardwell," presumably Judge R. H. Cardwell of the supreme court bench, at on,e time speaker of tho house of delegates. for unless Major Myers comes up with tho full amount It will embar rass matters very much, for, know ing full well what th situation re quired, I assured Mr. Ellyson that he could count upon the full thous and, and I know he made his ar rangements based upon that, and I feel pledged to see that the amount is forthcoming. "In everything which went on at Richmond Mr. Bllyson acted in tho most thorough good faith toward us, and was really of infinite assistance to us, and I know he can be de pended upon to help us this winter. Martin and I were thoroughly im pressed with the fair manner he dealt with us, and 1 do not want him disappointed in this matter, and un less Major Myers comes up with the additional $500 we will certaintly have to provide it. "Write this for your information, as I have no doubt you will have an opportunity of bringing the matter to Major Myers's attention in its proper light. Yours truly, "J. S. B. THOMPSON." "Hunt Up Mr. Martin" "Nov. 23, 1891. Mr. Leonard Marbury, Alexandria, Va,, Dear Sir: I have not heard from you in reply to my two letters of last week, but as it takes so long to get around I have not been sur prised. For the same reason, how ever, I write to suggest that if it be convenient, you endeavor to get down to Richmond on next Monday and spend Monday and Tuesday there, rendering whatever assistance you can to Mr. Cardwell and our The letters in their chronological order are as follows: "Richmond & Danville Railroad other friends. $800 for "Purpose Stated" j "If yu could go, which you should uy uy un uitjuua, u. jjuaaiuie, -xiuul up Mr. Thomas S. Martin as soon as you reach Richmond and put yourself in touch with him. He can readily be found by making inquiry of General J. C. Hill, commissioner. If Mr. Martin should be absent, confer freely with General Hill and Mr. Cardwell. "I have assured Mr. Cardwell that Mr. Bendheim would support him, and I trust to your seeing that this is cheerfully done. Make it a' point to get Mr. Cardwell to assist Bend heim to a firm position on com mittees. Yours truly, "J. S. B. THOMPSON." company, Office of General Manager, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28, 1891. Mr. Thomas S. Martin, Scottsville, Va., Dear Sir: I am In receipt of your favor of the 25 th Instant, and in close my check on the First National Bank of Aleandria, Va., for eight hundred dollars ($800.00), which you can apply to the purpose stated. "I was sorry that I missed you at Charlottesville on Friday evening last. I returned to your office just after you had left. I saw Messrs. Moon, Farish and Morris, as well as Mr. Peyton, and stated the matter as best I could, and hope you will have satisfactory results. Please keep me advised from time to time. Yours truly, T m T nvrr Ml JTTCI wr If Another letter reads: "Mr. J. H. Bogart, Franklin, Southampton county, Va., Dear Sir: In accordance with previous advices, 1 nana you herewith my check on First National Bank of Alexandria for $250. "I trust you will certainly go to Richmond on Monday next and spend Monday and Tuesday there for the purpose of rendering any assistance you can to Mr. Cardwell and our other friends. It is not probable that I shall be there, but I certainly hope you will make it a point to be present, and when you do go I would suggest that you hunt up Mr. Thom as S. Martin, who can be found on inquiry of Gen. Hill, and in the event Mr. Martin is absent please confer freely with Gen. Hill and Mr. Card well. Yours truly, "J. S. B. THOMPSON." Wanted Full Amount "Gen. T. M. Logan, Room 142. No. 80 Broadway, New York, N. Y. My Dear Sir: Mr. Munford advises me that Major Myers has just paid over to Mr. Bllyson $500, and he is afraid that is all can be expected from that J source. I trust Munford is mistaken, Absolutely False and Slanderous, Says Senator Martin Washington, July 10. (Special to tho World.) Senator Martin of Vir ginia said tonight that the statement of Representative William A. Jones, his opponent for the United States senate, to the effect that he repre sented the railroad interests in the Virginia legislature and was one of the disbursing agents of the "yellow dog" fund, is untrue. Senator Mar tin said: "Mr. Jones made that statement and similar ones twelve years ago, and they were then denounced by me as false. I now declare that every word of it is false absolutely false. The reiteration of these vicious and slanderous falsehoods which have been denounced by me time and again, simply shows the extremities to which Mr. Jones is driven in this campaign. "I have not seen the letters he read today at Woodstock, but will be able to answer any charges he may make when I know just what he said." Mr. Jones is Satisfied The following is taken from the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch: Entirely satisfied, to all ap pearances, with the letters produced (Continued on Page 15.) ir j- -tVv- "taJk frmt&