Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-10-25


Third Congressional District Repub- t
Hcan Committee dated October %, /
1890, and signed by MIR. Wray T.
Knight, chairman. Coupled with ,
the fact that no Convention was
called and no nomination made it is ,
the most cowardly document it has
ever been our misfortune TO read.
The sense of the Conference of
Republicans recently held at the
Custom House could not be misun-
derstood.
White men were equally as forward
in condemning a cowardly policy as
the colored.
There was not a man in the meet
ing who spoke against the nominal
tion of a candidate.
The announcement then that there
will be no Republican nominee is to
say the least most monumental
blunder.
Ex-Judge Edmund Waddill, Jr.,
is quoted as saying that, had
candidate been put in the field two
weeks ago he could have been
elected.
That is most remarkable state
ment, one that brands some person
OF persons with the most fragrant
perfidy and party treachery that
has ever been witnessed in this
District.
I First, let us proceed to investi-
gate this matter. Who should
1 call Convention2
The answer is the Third Congress
sional District Republican Commit
l. tee, who have issued this un-Repub-
d lican address.
Why did it fail to call a Conven
ton? Hon. Geo. ID. Wise coulc
have well afforded to have paie
: three thousand dollars to this same
8 Committee, upon a guarantee tina
he would have no opposition in tn
race for a Congressional seat.
In fact according to this new meth
B cd of political warfare, it is by ia
s., cheaper to secure the co-operatio
of the enemy: furnish money to tn
/ end that the opposition speaker
may stay at home and go snugl
L into a Congressional seat, to whic
upon a free ballot aad n fair coun
1 coupled with the presence of a pop
u lar antagonist you could new
have been elected.
u 1t would be well for the Repub
D can managers at Washington
understand the situation. With Il
L contest narrowed down TO a Il
,o1 Districts, the life of the Republics
Party as it were depending upon t
tial result, few men, some Of who
s?'' are in government Office and OF
side of the pale of Civil Service /
form- issue an address and LAT
announced that no fightwill be ma
we'll in locality where the recogniz
got leader of the Party prociaims tn
With ..:- - .o =
- uaQ Il Illumination bSCi ihooO y
weeks ago we could have elect
,,,e our man.
9TH Why, we say. did this Distr
two Republican Committee fail of
him duty?
as Why did it fail to give its create
a s man for whom they could vo
the people await the answer.
1t can not be claimed that no
tor was willing to run. The card
tiers Capt. VIM. F. Wickham gives the
aIge' to theassertion. The address ofH
!, but John w. Southwark speaks in
VINO uncertain tones while the proba
,som ity of the acceptance of the no
nation by MIR. Wilkerson of v
R,r Point makes the indictment of
s for Committee all the more crushing
pros White men of this District,
rs of have been most numerically bet
the ed. Colored men, you have
- ,he most scandalously deserted.
ces TO 1t rests with you as to how
banks +b;s narfidv shall continue. We
egro =, -.
ir pro Deeh auViseu oi ohe PonoJ u
erican powers that be. A realization
it's full effect is especially humi
ing to those who being Republi
If the ~ baar+ have stood ready To n
hould 49, -.
)oliti- any ssicIiii0o III oAuoi ''''
, need ner might not trail in the dust.
the