The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-04
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.
Democrats OF the s.Old True Blue" Keep
Your Optics Peeled.

Democrats OF the ..Old True Blue" Keep
Your Optics Peeled.
To THE EDITOR OF Tue TUNES: Be
fore the local option election it was
stated by the local optionists that it
was not political matter, and by hold
ing out such persuasive assertions they
succeeded in controlling quito large
Democratic vote.
Remember that Truth is mighty and
will prevail" AS to the truth of the
above statement, supposed to have
emanated from the distributing points
OF self.styled factories for the good of
men, it don't look like 1t has, to a man
who possesses the faculty OF memory.
To demon strate their breach of promise
we need only to ask, when the Demo
Gratis OF this city commenced their
political work as they have heretofore
done and succeeded in success; why did
their Grand Mogul of the palace Of
promises issue his edict and squeeze
between the fingers OF his man saver
the bi colored lambs of his herd, and
tell them to "hold off," until the high
insinuated that the wolf was at the
door?"
Again, Democrats. remember that the
present local option law was made q law
at the request of the local optionists by
a Democratic legislature. What was
the reciprocation of these people? Sweet.
scented geaniums were they. We love
them. How could we help but love
people who are SO grateful for kind
nesses as they, when they ran straight
gubernatorial ticket against the Demo
cratic party's gubernatorial ticket,
which party was the father OF said bill
which they have 80 bravely fought in
favor OF it's existence against the Miller
bill? The Democratic party knows it's
rights-to furnish ammunition for an
tagonists-a of course, they know
their wagons at this particular time are
sufficiently powerful to carry such an.
tagonstic superfuities, especially as
they have by public legislation furnished
them their war hatchets.
The reasons why these hatchets wero
furnished was because it was EN- blematic
Of the truth of George Washington, the
gentleman "who never told a lie''
though: nevertheless, it was said that
his father was standing behind tree
and caught him in the act and little
George owned up like man with
prima fRcie evidence of the cherry chips
on his shoulders.
We think that the above action and
promises of our antagonists have so
thoroughly come to light that they
were the chips Of the political party
that has always administered to their
wants, which they are now trying clan
destinely to destroy
One told the writer few days ago,
when asked the question, why don't
you people support your State guberna-
torial ticket? If local option is good for
town, why is it not better for the State
at large?"-to whose answer l wish to
call the attention Of the Democratic
party. He said that there were great
many people who wanted State prohibit
ton, but did not want local option.
This ticket got something like five Or
six thousand votes at the last guberna.
torial election. He said they kept this
ticket in the field to hold together that
particular class Of voters until the other
class Of voters who were in favor of
local option could get a sufficient mum
Der OF localities together to warrant
them in joining in State gubernatorial
contest.
He also jocularly said democrats
and Republicans, both belong to their
churches and contributed funds to their
ministers who were their campaign
stumpers ana by that means win their
victory through and by the financial
aid of the two grand old parties. He
also stated that the two old parties
combined were their executive COM
mittees and would always procure all
the campaign funds necessary for their
stumpers, and that they occupied that
happy position that they could either
go into Democratic or Republican
meeting and select what they wished
ateither Of these meetings, as they claim
that. their party was not political and
could not be barred out as they had
members belonging to both.
Democrats, IL it has come to that
point that the proud power OF this
commonwealth has to be governed by
such unfair promises and such unjust
actions, curl your tails over your backs
like the black cat of the order of hoo
hoo, and make your vamooso, or stand
up like men and defend the rights OF
your party, which has gained the pre-
vailing power Of this commonwealth
against tho present antagonistic claim
ants, and wear our wel!-won honors of
good and economical government.
WALLER PoCAHONTAs HUFF.
Roanoke, March 3, 1894.
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