Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-09-20
REPUBLICANS MEET
In TOWN HALL
And Are Addressed by Hon. David F.
Bailey.
DEMOCRATIC ISSUES RIDDLED.
There Was a Large Crowd, and Bailey
Made a ROuSing Good
Speech.


held meeting in the town hall last Tues
day, court day, and at the came time a
rival meeting was going on in the court
house which was addressed by W. F.
Rhea, Democratic candidate for Congress.
The Republican meeting was not as large
as the one held in the court house, as it is
always hard to get crowd away from the
court house to the town hall. The hall,
however, was pretty we'll filled, and the
crowd listened with marked attention to
MIR. Bailey for two hours, as he ably dis
cussed the real political issues that are be-
fore the American people, and exposed
the false issues that the Bryanites are try
ing SO laboriously to raise.
Mr.. Bailey was introduced to the audi
ence by Mr.. ]. N. Harman in neat but
brief speech.
The speaker first presented the records
of the two parties as made during the past
quarter of century. He showed how the
Democracy had been constantly shifting
its position on all national questions, and
had in each succeeding campaign planted
itself on different issue, which it boast
ingly stamped the paramount" issue. He
then told of the record of the Republican
party during the past quarter ofa century,
how it had adhered to vital, useful princi-
pies, such as protection and sound cur
rency, and how the country had prospered
and grown great under Republican rule.
This part of Mr.. Bailey's speech was un-
answerable. Every man present, who is
familiar with the history of the country,
knows that there has been a marvellous
growth in the business interests Of the
country during the past twenty-five years,
ard that the Republican party has shown
itself to be a party of progress, fully ca
pable of controlling the interests Of the
nation.
Mr.. Bailey's discussion Of the trust ques-
ton was forcible and logical. He showed
how the Republican party is the only
one that had done anything in the way Of
legislation to regulate trusts, and recalled
the fact that at the last session of Congress
when the Republicans offered joint reso-
luton to amend the Constitution so as to
give Congress authority to regulate and
dissolve trusts, the Democratic members
voted solidly against the joint resolution
and defeated it, as two'thirds vote is re-
quired to pass such a resolution.
He then proceeded to discuss the false
issue of Imperialism, which MIR. Bryan has
forced into the campaign. Mr.. Bailey
showed from history, from the conduct OF
the Democratic party in connection with
the purchase of Louisiana and Florida, and
from the law as laid down by Chief Justice
Marshall, that the Mckinley Administra-
ton in its treatment of the Philippine
question has followed law and precedent.
If Mckinley is practicing Imperialism,
Jefferson and Madison, as Presidents, did
the same thing, and the great Virginia
jurist, John Marshall, has sanctioned it by
judicial decision, concurred in by the
entire Supreme Court of the United States.
The closing part of Mr.. Bailey's speech
was devoted to discussion of the pro-
posed constitutional convention and the
suffrage question. The proposed scheme
of the Democracy to disfranchise a large
class of cittizens, both white and coloredi
was laid bare. The hypocrisy of those who
practice frauds upon the ballot box, and,
yet, pretend to be honorable, Christian
gentlemen, was pictured in way that was
amusing and thrilling 1t stung the Demo
Gratis who were present and won shouts o.
approval from the Republicans.
Bailey's speech was good one, anc
gave great satisfaction to his party friends