Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

The first work of the convention was
the hearing of the report OF the committee
on resolutions. The report was heard and
was unanimously adopted. The platform
was as follows:
Ehe Republican party of Virginia in
convention assembled announces its
endorsement and prOclaims its adhesion
to the principles of the National Republi.
can party as enunciated in its platform
adopted at Philadelphia in June, 1900,
aud pledges itself to defend and maintain
these principles in the future as it has
done in the past
We endorse the clean, able and patriotic
administration of President Mckinley,
which has made the republic great world
power, for the uplifting of the oppressed
people of all the earth, for the promotion
of human liberty in every CLINE, which
has achieved victory for our arms on land
and sea; brought the blessings of liberty
and free government to the down'trodden
people of Cuba; peace, prosperity and
happiness to Porto Rico; order and safety
for life, liberty and property in the Philip
pine Islands; unparalleled prosperity to
our country, and to our people of all
classes; TO the laborer and the artizan
constant employment and good wages; to
the agriculturist, the miner and the manu-
facturer increased demand at home and
abroad for their products, at remunerative
prices; to our commerce wider fields and
increased facilities and an honest dollar,
good the world over and unquestioned by
any people.
We give our unqualified assent to the
Republican doctrine that the people are
sovereign; that all power is derived from
and belongs to the people, and that all
officers and agents chosen by the people
are responsible to the constituents who
elected them and whose servants they are.
We declare our confidence in the virtue,
intelligence and patriotism of the people,
and our willingness 10 trust to them the
decisi of all political issues and election
of all civil officers.
We denounce all attempts to discrimi-
nate in favor of or against citizens of Vir-
glnia on account of race or color, because
in violation of the constitution of the
United States, which we respect ard obey
as the supreme law of the land.
We protest against the proposition to
confer the right of suffrage on unworthy
persons on account of the merits or the
achievements of their ancestors as tending
to create a privileged class and dlscrimina-
ton against others equally worthy. We
favor the right of suffrage being left as
fixed by the present constitution of Vir'
ginia, with such laws and guarantees as
will secure to every qualified voter free
ballot and a fair count.
We arraign the Democratic party of
Virginia for the wilful, deliberate, debas-
ed and fraudulent elections that have
been held in this State for years past;
controlled by lust for office, impelled by
fear that they were in the minority, they
have prostituted the manhood in their
own ranks until the reeking corruption has
borne fruit in the demand, which has
caused the assembling of the present con-
stitutional convention III the hope that by
restricting the suffrage they would mini
mize the fear of Republican victory.
We deny the claim made by the Demo
cratic party in its last platform that they
are entitled to the credit of having "satis
factorily settled the State debt" 1t is &
fact too well known to be disputed thai
the State debt was settled by the Readjus
ter party in spite of the bitter opposition
of leading Democrats.
We notice with surprise that the Demo
cratic party of Virginia, in their platform
claim TO be the special friend Of the com
mon schools, in the face of the umdisput
ed fact that the free schools were frs
given to this State blythe Republican
members of the constitutional convention
of 1870. They cite the fact that in th
last fifteen years the number of school
bas increased and that the school fun,
has grown, but they ignore the fact tina
only enough money is collected to kee
the schools open for five months in twelve
The attention of the people is called Il
the significant fact that the Democrat