Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-03

Tsss following communication was
RECEIVED at this office today:
Ed!tor Daily Press:
| attended last Thursday nisht the
!nass-mseting at New Market school
house, in Wythe district. Elizabeth City
county. which was called to elect dele
gales TO the convention that Will nCnli-
nate candidate for the Legislature, and
must say thar it was complete sue
cess The Slate prepared many days
before was carried out to a letter. I
looked on in disgust. 1t was the first
time was eVe@ brought face. 70 face
With such a political farce.
As is We'll known there We're two
tickets circulated in the distrct-Dne
called the Causey, the other the Hughes
tckst. The names on these tickets were
selected behind closed doors a week or
more before the MEETING at New Mar
ket; they Were selected for a purpose
unknown TO the people: their selection
was in no way the work of the meetin .
called To. choose delegates TO the Parks
ley and Williamsburg conventions.
Free carriages. We're run TO take the
Voters TO the meeting. When nomina-
toms We're announced by tine chair to
be in order. the slate already prepared
was carried our perfectly. The noni-
nations We're made by a select few who
occupied places near the chair. After
these nominations proceeded Il little
While Scn-a one asked who had been
nominated, wnereupon the names Of
those Nominated We're read out. which
corHesronGed to a letter. as far as had
been gone, With the slate. Nominations
We're then continued until the rest uf
the. slate had been completed.
Some one at 'this point again asked
fog TIE names OF those nominated
These were again read from the desk
lt was seen b. those in charge that
the slate was complete and i!nmsdiate-
y loud cry went UP from those around
the Chair tW'ho HAD been dong the
Er7ninating) 10 close the nominations
which was accordingly done. the ticket
known as the Causey ticket winning,
Two OF whom understand did not sup
port Bryan.
Is this Democracy, which boasts OF
it's l.baraiity. which lauds itself as be
ing the party Of the people. whose it1eal
form ct government is a government
of the people, by the people and fer the
people? What does character. patriot
ism, schriety, nobleness of purpose
COUNT for in q contest like the above:
Would, not the man who couNl cam
mand the most dollars. however big a
fraud he might be invariably succeed
in electing himself? How can an hon
cradle man give cOunteEa nee to a
course so questionable. so f1agranrly
wrong. SC SuDVcrsive TO the best Inter-
ests OF the people? What more need be
we not 'humb!y bowed our heads to the
wishes Of the candidate we have only
formally endorsed, What had already
|'Dcen done a week before? Can a man
after election to office under such cfr-
culnstances give credit. to the people ?
no he gives credit to himself only: ne
consratulates himself that he has
beaten his opponents. He feels tha,s it
Was through his own efforts that he
Won and owes the people nothing; tina t
he is the master and uhey the servants.
II is this condition of things that so
often leads up to such surprising things
that take place I'M State Legislatures.
such as the election of one Thomas
Martin to the United States. Sena te
when the people of Virginia expect ed
that the gallant F7.tz. Lee would got
the place. Are we freemen? If SO.
then let us not look quietly on and see
our liberties hartered, away on the altar
of ambition by selfish politicians
a VOTER
Elizabeth City County. September 1.