Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
CITIZENS OF
PULASKI COUNTY
IN MASS MEETING OPPOSE REL DISTRICT
ING PLAN.
Declare There is no Need for the Proposed
Change in the Ninth District. ResO-
IutiOns Say District is Largely
Democratic

Pulaski Va, January AT a mass
meeting of the citizen of Pulaski county
held on Monday, the 9th day OF this
month, county Court day, it was resolved
without dissenting voice:
That 1t is the sense Of The citizens OF
Pulaski county in mass meeting assem-
bled that there is not a particle OF need
for the proposed redistricting OF the Ninth
District; that four years ago the Democats
p)led about 10000 votes in the district,
and two wears ago about 10000, while In
the last election the Republicans by great
activity and the use Of campaign fund OF
about S25, 900 could only poll about 49,
900; that these figures Enthusiastically show
that the district is largely Democratic;
that in the last election Pulaski county
went Republican by bare majority OF
one, when the Republicans were very &C.
tive and the Democrats very apathetlc,
and taking this as indicating the true
political condition of the county the re-
moval of the county into another district
would not effect the political status one
way or the other; that, however, Pulaski
county is in fact safely Democratic,
Pulaski City, which has HERETOFORE carried
the county Republican having in the
last election gone Democratic by a
good majority; that the addition
of Pulaski county to the Sixth Dis
trict would increase the length oil
that long district and render it less COM
pact, and violate the mandatory constltu'
tional rule as to compactness, while 1t
would but partially and poorly subserve
the merely direstory constitutional rule as
to equality Of population; that the add
ton of Pulaski county to the Fifth District
would place it in a district where com
muncation of interest and business would
be lacking and railroad communication
spare and meageT.
That all of the other districts went Dem
ocratic and the Ninth is that way, and for
the present at least the Democratic party
should let well enough alone, and walt
until we have a better review of results
under the new constitution; that the great
and important work Of conforming the
statute law to the constitution has been
committed to the present General Assem-
bly, and its attention should not be dis
tracted by such political measures.
That no redistricting should take place.
except perhaps clearly obvious or con
coded changes, until increase of popula
ton entities the State to a new Congress
man, when the State might be again reds'
tricted with a view to compactness OF ter
ritory and, as far as practicable, equality
of population.
That our clever representatives, Senator
p. F. St. Clair and James A. Stafford, are
requested to earnestly oppose the meas
ure, which is wholly without merit, and
fraught with no good, neither for the dis
trct, nor the State, nor the Democratic
party. That copies OF this resolution be
sent to our said representatives, and to
the Richmond Times, and Richmond Dis
patch, the Lynchburg News, the Roanoke
Times, and News Review for publication.
HID. HOWARD.
Chairman.
7. L. MASSIE, Secretary.