Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-25
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SUNDAY. MARCH %. 1900.
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interest of the party. feels that the
Democratic Executive Committee tooh
n. long stride Friday night towards
reun,ted and harmonious party when II
reelected Captain w. W. Dey and re-
ouested him to act as chairman OF the
party.
IT takes all kinds of people to make
world It takes people thinking many
different ways to make up party
They arc all entitled to be heard. IL
takes a smart. polite, pleasant and per-
sonally popular man to be able 10
harmonize all these interests and keep
the party machinery running smoothiy'
The tendency always is to resent the
least restraint. yet 1T cannot be SAID
of the Democrats of Norfolk that they
are not considerable, If not long suner-
ing.
The Virginlnn-Piot has ever fought
for the people-the rank and file. IL
their wishes were consulted many can
didates would be the result If they
were brought together and the whole
situation gone over, it is believed that
no man would come nearer meeting the
two extremes of the party than Captain
Dey. 1t is difficult task to please
everybody, except where Democrats
hold the love of a reunited and rep
resentative party. higher than personal
gain or ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
It takes a good politician to manage
the party in Norfolk; he should like
wise be man in whom the rank and
1,o-
there appear upon the list of the COM
mittees and in the party counefs-reP-
resentative men of every walk of life.
1t is too important to be overlooked
and passed by.
There is not a man in Norfolk, nor
I'm Virginia, but what recognizes the
old party as the salvation of Virginia
He who would doubt it will have only
to go back a few years in Virginia his
tory. or else cast his eve across the
border to our sister State. North Caro-
lima. where, in Wilmington. the streets
fairly flowed with blood. Let us stand
together In the interest of harmony and
a reunited party, for in that alone lies
the security of civilization. education
and peace. When the carpet dagger
ruled the State with law of fraud and
shame. the old party came to the rescue
and saved her. The Democratic party
is the white-man's party in the South;
1t is the party of representative people.
so let us work together for its success.
The Virginian-Pllo is working in the
interest of the party We desire to
bring 1t in closer touch with thousands
who now take no interest in its well
fare. save to vote as precautlon
against Republican rule. We want
these people to feel that 1t is their
party.
In passing, 1t may not be amIss to
correct the impression liable to be
created by Mr.. Willcox's letter, among
those not familiar with the situation,
that "the position Of Police Commits
glafssr Unidentified him so closely with
one OF the candidates that he preferred
not serving as chairman" 1t must
have been generous impulse that die
tated that lofty feeling OF impartiality.
The Democrats had not felt called upon
to ask for disclaimer of Mr.. Willcox's
perfect fairness any more than thew
now believe that he intended to have
the public infer that q Chairman of the
party could have the least bearing or
effect upon the primary. We are also
inclined to feel that. though Mr.. Wilcox
were Closely identified with one of the
candidates" no one would believe him
s capable. even under those circum-
stances, OF doing on unfair thing FOR
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