Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-10-17
MAJOR ANDERSON In
TAZEWELL YESTERDAY
He Addresses a Good Sized Audience on
the Issues of the Day.

! the issues OF tne DAy'
Major William A Anderson, who is th'
Democratic nominee for Attorney Genera
of Virginia, spoke in the courthouse a
Tazewell on yesterday afternoon. He hac
an audience of. perhaps, about 100
there being twenty or more ladies
present and number of school boys
There were dozen or two Republicans in
the audience.
Major Anderson wss introduced by
Judge S. G. Graham, and spoke for nearly
two hours. He saw he was speaking to a
white crowd and tried to use the same old
"nigger" scare that at different recent pe-
riods haze been adopted to try to secure
the support of the white counties and dis
tricts of Virginia.
Major Anderson said that National
questions had nothing to do with this cam.
paign, that only State issues entered into
it. He proct eded, however,to discuss the
currency question, admitted that the issue
of free silver was dead, that the currency
question was forver settled and eliminated
from politics, but denied that the Repub-
lican party deserved any credit for lis set
tlement-that il had been settled by God,
who had revealed to the world the great
treasures of gold that are now being mined
in different portions of the world. His
arguments on this line were too ridiculous
to impress any man of ordinary intelli-
gence.
He also referred to the tariff, and said
that question was settling itself. His
claim that the last speech made by Presi-
dent Mckinley was an endorsement of
free trade was SO absurd as to make the
hide. bound Democrat laugh in his sleeves.
He claimed that the endorsement of leci-
procity by Mckinley and Roosevelt was
practical endorsement of the Democratic
doctrine of free trade or tariff for revenue.
To such rid iculous strait have the Dem
cratic speakers been forced.
The balance of Major Anderson sspeech
was given to discussion of the negro
problem. He admitted that the body
polite of Virginia had become very cor
rupt under Democratic rule, but claimed
this condition was result Of the enfran-
chisement of the negro. He asserted that
the demand for constitutional conven'
ton wac made to get rid of the negro as a
voter, and that the constitution would be
so framed as to do that. This, however,
he said, should be accomplished without
disfranchising any white men.
We would ike for Major Anderson to
undertake to show how the proposed suf'
frage law can be honestly administered
without disfranchising thousands of white
citizens. Maj. Anderson may be thorough
ly honest in his convictions, but he will be
remembered by our people as the the au'
thor of the Anderson. McCol mick election
law, which law has been the foundation
of all election frauds and corruption that
have been introduced into the politics Of
Virginia They will also remember that
he has not vet raised his voice against
those who wish to violate the pledge made
by his party to submit the new constitu-
ton to the people. Remembering these
things, the people will be reluctant to rely
upon any assurance that the new constitu-
ton will give us honest elections and tina!
white citizens will not he disfranchsed.