The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-31

EDITOR OF THE TIMES Three of the
principal complaints Of tho Thrifty
Triumvirate and their adherents sre
that the Citizens candidates arc not ex-
perienced in legislation, and that they
sre not partisan nominees, and that
Candidate Ciaytor has used his news
paper 10 advocate his own cause and has
not done anything to help Mr.. Watts,
who Is his direct opponent.
It is true that the candidates on the
Citizens ticket are not chronic office
seekers nor professional politicians.
That Is the principal reason why they
were nominated. They were selected
by general meeting of citizens com
posed CT representatives of all the
political parties AID as many parties ss
possible were given representation on
the ticket. They were chosen without
the knowledge OF any Of them and the
honor OF mskirg q hard political fight
for the rights of their fellow citizens
was so unexpected that they all hest
tated to accept. But in point OF personal
ability a. shown in their several indi-
vidual affairs they compare favorably
with the Thrifty Trium girate to whom
they are opposed and who each and all
nominated themselves and then secured
the endorsement of the political machine
commonly believed to be the mcst
powerful in the State without giving
the voters in general any voice in the
matter. BY reasonable development
of the high degree of intelligence with
which all Of them have always been
accredised the Citizens candidates can
NOS fail to make creditable and useful
representative OF this district in the
Legislature OF Virginia. All public men
must make beginning. Even Daniel
Webster and Henry Clay were compare
tive novices in politics and statecrafs
tt Q first time they were ever elected to
political office.
As tho Ci,iz'ns ticket was nominated
by citizens representing all shades of
political opinion its ELECTION will not
imply triumph for any particular politi
cal machine. 1t was not designed for
partisan purposes. It's sole purpose was
to put an end to partisan machine tri-
umphs over the popular will and TO SO
cure the rule OF reason and justice. 1t
was nominated by those clements from
all OF tho political parties who do not
regard the Christian religion as merely
an object to point d sneer and who be-
lieve good government to be something
more than burletque and reproach.
Three political parties are Represented
on tho ticket.
M ID. Clayton, cIndidats for the SEM
ate. 10 lifelong Democrat; and is the
only man who has ever profitably con-
Quoted daily newspaper in this city.
Is. a Jones, candidate for the house,
is consistent Pronibitionlst, and is one
OF the most successful Wholesale grocers
In this city.
j. L Hannah, candidate for the house,
is prominent Il publican and a sue
cessful farmer
concerning the plant that Mr.. Watts
has not the full use OF THE TIMES and
that Mr. Clayton has, there seems to be
no ground for seious argument. But
there ia publication down the avenue
that ID supposed to be newspaper
which apparently favors Mr. Watts. II
Candidate Watts does Dot think it a sat.
isfactory specimen, why that may be
because the management of the institu
tion has not been 20 successful as Can.
didsIa Clayton in selecting assistants
and IT keeping incompetents out of the
oflic force. Yet. rather than take any
unfair advantage of Candidate Watts,
The TINES will doubtless offer him the
privilege OF freely speaking his mind
and pleading hia own cause in its coll
umns without taking any Of the funds
his corporate Clients are putting up for
him. As he alno has nearly all of
the public speakers in the city he ought
then to bs satisfied.
Close observers will note hat one Of
the chief concerns of the Temporary
Triu virate Is as to who shall fill tho
city offices next spring II the Citizens
win this fall. Looking eagerly after the
ioaves and fshes Is the burden OF the
business OF the Thrifty Tribe. It
Is thing with which the Git
liens movement had not troubled
It's thoughts. But the fact that this
ihrlty Tribe has wrested from the
people the management of their own at
fairs and now feigns q great fear OF
trusting the people with the protect ton
OF their own best interests Ia we'll worth
bearing in mind
Voting for Watts and Berkeley and
Mccartney ia q vote for and endorse.
mans OF the machine methods by which
they over rode and defeated the popu.
lar will in the Democratic party to get
themselves endorsed.
Voting for Clayton and Jones and
Hannah is to endorse men who stand
for the best principles of all uolitical
parties and who were chosen, some.
what against their own will, to helm
the people regain control of their own
AFFAIRS and secure the correction of
abuses and equal protection to all.
Thats the difference.
ARTHUR NAVARRO.
Big Campaign Rally.
New YORK. O,t. 80 The first big
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