The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-22

! COTlIl lTOiu lue In I'D VI HOliC ohS
ago, and also a comment from tEt
pen of the accomplished editor of the
Fincastle Herald.
To 81 certain extent the article II
reminiscent, but, il the light q
events, it will be found mighty inte:'
esting reading. For this reason W;
print it.
The city of Roanc ,e is in need q
money, and it is Wal cd badly.
This is the time for its public.
spirited citizens to sep forward ana
offer help. First nf all bonGs fct
5000, 900 have to be issued on account
of the Roanoke and Southern roaC
Then the overhead bridges across tn
railroad will have to be built, ana
next will come the expenses of th1
city government.
TO meet all this money is required,
and there is no money in the CIT
treasury. The last session Of tn
Legislature dealt blow to Roanok>
that will not soon be forgotten. Tn
representative from this district i:
alone to blame. He was sent to Rich
mond to watch over the interests q
Roanoke, and he failed to do so.
Men representing cther gro wing ell
les protested and ha.: their district
excepted. Mr.. Woops should hav,
known that the increase in Roanck.
real estate would be "ery great. anc
he should have explained the matter
1t would have been very easy tasi
to have had this city excepted, out i
was not done and we will have to sui
fer the consequences. But we believc
there are enough pubiic-spirited bust
ness men in this city to furnish the
money to carry on our improvements
Roanoke TIMES.
Aside from the merits of the cast
which the TINES seeks in the forego
ing to make out against our esteemet
representative in the house of Dele
gates, of which merits we know moth
ing, or, at most. .-ery little, GU
neighbor makes 81 ne statement
which are startlingly 'rankand wh!c,'
cannot fail 70 be very interesting !.
constituents of Err. Wood. in thi-
county. 1t viii be readily recalled D.
those who are familiar 1T al; with the
political history of tbs district durins
the last few years that the dele
CATION from Craig to the convention
which nominated Gr. Woods, die
not favor the nomination OF tna'
gentleman. This wa, not because O.
any personal or other objection to Mr
Woods, but because it recognized
others as having claims upon the
party which it could not well AFFORD
10 ignore. They were willing to give
Roanoke the Senator. but considered
that a gentleman in this county haa
claims upon the par,v for the posi-
ton in the House Of Delegates
What these claims were, it is needless
to state here. Most of our reader
are familiar with the circumstances
to which we allude.
To come to Tie poiot and IL. Ike {
long story short, R'snoke haG tue
numbers in Tie cow ntion and prac
tically dictated the nc ;ninat!cns. She
had her heart set ca Woods, and
nominated him. 1t gives US pleasure
to acknowledge tina; both OF thf
men nominated at tfat convention
we're and still are good men
We recognized this fact cordially
at the time, submitted gracefully to
the will of the majority Of the con-
vention and gave the the candidates
a cordial support. They were elected
and we have had no reason to com
plain of them; but on the contrary
have been entirely satisfied. 1t sur
prises us beyond measure to read thie
censure of MIR. Woods in the editorial
columns of one of his home papers.
1t starties US somewhat 10 be TOLD
that Mr.. Woods was sent to
Richmond TO watcE over the in
terests of Roanoke and he failed
to do so.n Are we to coDstr1e this
as an explanation OF the vigorous
effort made by the Roanoke dele
CATION in behalf of Mr.. Woods III the
convention which nominated him?
Was he to be the representative
exclusively Of Roanoke? If SO, it Is
not surprising that bo has failed to
give satisfaction, seeing that ne mas
been faithful to the interest of his
constituents in other parts of the dis.
tricq. If it was impossible for an
honest representative to give salts
faction in this district at time
when there was less rivalry between
great corportions operating in the
same district;and in the immediate
vicinity of each other than there is
likelw to be hereafter, how will it be
possible for any man who may chance
to represent the same constituency III
future to satisfy the claims of all the
varied and opposing 'aterests OF the
district? We have presented here a
situation which it is tine for the PEG
pie of Craig to look squarely in the
face as we'll as those o. Roanoke. We
must make up our minds to give and
take. otherwise old pa.'ty lines will be
smashed into smitheceens in Roa-
noke and Craig.-Fincastle Herald.