The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-21
SALEM NEWS.
F.. A. LOvELoCK Agentand Correspondent
A CARD FROM COL. BOWMAN.

COUNTY: In recent issue Of the Times
Register of Salem there appeared sew.
eral efforts to bolster up the tot.ering
fortunes OF certain clique which has
/ +. Gently intruded Itself upon tho good
people Of Roanoke county, and by Ger.
tain high handed measures, unpre.
cedontod in tho annals OF deliberatiye
| bodies, sc cured control of the county
convention, which had been called to
nominate candle ate for clerk of the
courts OF Roanoke county, and which il
now trying to deceive the people bv
proclaiming itself as the regular
Democracy"
1t is amusing to see the antics of
these people. In ono column comes
very tame appeal OF tho county eXecu-
tive COMMITTEES. This writer states how
Judge Griilia's nomination id been In.
dorsed by the county committee, but he
forgets 20 state that tho very same per.
sons who planned and aDipulated the
Salem primary were also the dominant
| spirits In the county committee. 1t Is
vocy easy to endorse ones own work.
There was no attempt to answer the
cold facts presented by Mr.. McCauley's
friends in the Times Register of the
previous week, doubtless upon the
ground that the least said about them
the better. He makes a weak effort to
justify the peculiar parliamentary
meth DDS by which the remarkable con.
vention of April II was conducted, and
then grows eloquent in his appeal to III -,
Democrats whom they had insulted and
driven from the halls Of the convention
to rally to the support Of Judge Griffin.
In another column, and under flaming
head lines, are printed tho effusion Of
Republican" The article contributed
BY this writer exceeded in length the
oae above referred to- in about the same
proportion that the Republicans out
numb ered tho Democrats in tho Griffin
primary after MIR. McCeuley's friends
had left the hall. This new convt TT TO
Griffin Democracy blows long anu loud,
and set about all he says is to concede
that the charge made by Mr.. McCauley's
friends, that the Salem primary was
CONTROLLED by Republicans was substan
TALLY true.
Now why should "RepublicanH feel
called upon to rally TO the defense of a
Democratic nominee? Is it customary
for the principal defender OF Demo.
cratic nominee to bs "Republican"?
Wore there no Democrats who had
courage enough to stand up and defend
The wonderful parliamentary feats that
.were accomplished in the namo OF De-
mCcracy on that memorable 18th OF
April in the Town Hall OF Salem when
the fifteen Grit delegates from Salem
were seated by their own votes plus the
votes OF six uncon,ested delegates
hist nine unc >nte sted delegates voted
mo
We think there arc, indeed, fow
Democrats who -uld defend such un.
Democra /; n ethods. Democracy means
the voice OF tho people and not the
arrogant rulings of chairman who had
'lost his head" Democracy means a
free and untrammeled expression of
tho peoples preference, and not the
decree OF mob, presided over by
chairman who treats with contempt all
who dare to appeal from his decisions.
What true Democrat would defend the
action OF a chairman who srrogates to
himself the prerogatives of the whole
convention and undertakes to seat and
unseat delegations? What true Demo
crat will undertake to defend tho legal
lty OF conventions action based on a
vote on which the negative was never
called, and on which division was
positively refused? What true Demo.
Graf would defend the right of con-
testants or contestoes to a vote on a
| question 10 scat or unaeat themselves?
no truo Democrat could defend these
things, and it was in Keeping with the
whole history OF this remarkable con
vention that a "Republican" should
| come to the rescue.
Let no Democrat be deceived by tue
cry that Mr.. McCaulcy is running as an
indcpendant candidate. lie was per-
fectly willing to submit mis- claims to a
! fairly constituted Democratic conycn-
ton. 1t has been Clearly shown that
| SUCH convention was never held. 1t
is charged that Mr.. McCauley's name
had been placed before the so-calleG
convention that nominated Judge
Griffin, and there fore no was in honor
bound to abide its action. This is not
true. No other namo was ever placed
before the Griffin convention except the
name Of Judge Griffin, in whose inter
ests it was especially manipulated and
| who is its nominee.
No Democrat should be persuaded to
vote for Judge Griffin on the plea that
he is the nominee OF the Democratic
party. Tho convention which nomi-
mated him forfeited every claim to such
recognition by its open violation of
every principle of right and justice, as
we'll as parliamentary and party usage.
and no Democrat who has a strict regard
for the time honored traditions of his
| party can, without self qualification,
voJe for the nominee of this convention.
Do not be deceived by the cry that
you Will iDjure your party organization
| by electing candidate VINO is not the
nominee OF convention Such result
would in this case prove great blessing
to the party. 1t would teach sharp
manipulators who have axes to grind,
that they can not pack the pirty pri-
maries with Republicans, and by ingen-
ious resolutions, galvanize them into
temporary Democrats, and run them