Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-03

republican caDQlQateS, VINO Is pro-
nounced free silverite. A large num-
Der of negroes in this section will vote
outright for the national democratic
nominees"
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
10 the editor Of the Alexandria Gazette:
The approaching convention which
is to be held for the purpose of nomi
mating q candidate in this, the Sth, con-
gressional district is one, the import
ance of which has never before been so
intensified with interest. There is now
crisis upon the people, condition
momentous in its results. A new era
is upon US, the elimination of which to
grand success demands the most
painstaking care; care which should
be deliberate, elaborate, with no mis-
takes and nothing done to crafty the
individual efforts of INSCRIPTIONS poll
ticians for the advancement of selfish
ends. The national convention at Chi.
cago has spoken in thunder tones,
laying aside all prejudice, fear, or IA
vor, and given to the country q ticket
clean cut, straight forward and honest.
This ticket, composed of men of sterl-
ing worth, the strictest integrity with
no blot or speck upon their escutcheons,
calls loudly upon the representatives OF
the people in their different conven-
ventions assembled to follow suit and
place in the field for congressional
honors men of like calibre. Relegate
to the rear the claims of quasi politi.
clans. Relegate to the rear all ring
sters, tricksters, demagogues and ma
chine men. Select man whose past
record is unsullied; one who, when the
battle has been on, has not remained in
active until the battle was nearly over,
but one, on the contrary, who has been
in the fore, remained during the fight,
helped to reap the fruits ofyictory with
no hope of reward. The money shark,
the demagogue, the man who resorts TO
the seemly and unprincipled measures
to forcehimselfupon the people bysharp-
ness, bribery or other disgraceful meas
ures, has no right to a hearing. The
man whose habit has been to remain
idle and never lend his talents to the
party except when prompted by selfish
motives; the man who has expected to
win by the purchasing responsiveness
of money; the man who stoops to low
low intrigues and methods to reach
the credulous public; the man who is
connected the money institutions of the
country, grinding the poor, robbing the
people and running the best interests OF
the laborer, the farmer, the artisan and
the mechanic has no claim upon your
consideration. What the people, the
honest, hard working people of this
district demand is a man free from all
suspicion; man whose word is as good
as his bond; man who would rather
be above the low and dirty practices of
the acheming politicians than to be
President. Go surely, examine well
into the private as well as the public
record of any man whose name is pre-
sented, and if he does not pass muster
free" of all the low arts and arti-
fees so often resorted to to obtain recog-
milton and promotion, turn him down.
We need then, to sum up, a man
pure in principle, man whose identi-
ty will never be questioned; q man
who holds honor above place; man
who does not wish to get others to
pull the chestnuts from the fire; a
man who is exalted by his character;
man who would scorn low or mean
action for self ACKNOWLEDGMENT; a
man who is outspoken, fearless as to
his political creed; a man who would
be rather returned to private life for
ever than to ascend to the highest pin
ace of promotion by means of subter-
fuges, schemes, fraud and deception; q
man who is not one thing to-day and
another tomorrow; a man who has
been ia consistent touch with his party
a man who, when the chances were
lowering, when defeat was impending,
did not sit supinely idle, but who
buckled on his armor, took to the field,
lent his voice and his time to the
sacred cause and abided the result,
only to await another occasion when he
could do battle for his convictions and
his party, a man who is in touch with
the toiling masses, a man who is not
handicapped by banks, syndicates,
trusts, combines or railroads, man
who is of the people, who will watch
and guard the interests of the poor; a
man who does not cater to the money
king, the usurer, the mortgage seeker,
or fatten upon the groans and walls of
the widow and orphan. We appeal
then to the delegates whose solemn
and responsible duty it is to name
candidate for Congress from this district
TO do their work we'll. Make no mis-
takes, take time to examine into the
character, political and private, of
every name presented to you. See
that the man upon whom the honor is
conferred, is worthy Of the honor, de
serving OF the trust, and has as his
motto, Honesty, aversion to the low
and vile practices often entering into
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