Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-07-07
PARTISAN uNFAIRNESS.

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch is 30 ex-
treme in its partisan hostility to President
Roosevelt that it cannot treat either him
or the party he represents with fairness.
1t has been conspicuous among those jour-
nails that have persistently assailed the
President on account of the Booker T.
Washington incident and because he has
appointed few negroes to Federal offices.
But it has persistently advocated the NOM
nation OF Mr.. Cleveland as the Demo
cratic candidate for President, well know
ing that he entertained negroes at the
White House, and that he appointed more
negroes to office while he was President
than has Mr.. Roosevelt. The TimesDls-
patch knows that Mr.. Cleveland appointed
five or more negro postmasters in Virginia
upon the solicitation of men who we're
then and are now prominent Democratic
leaders in this State. Under the circum-
stances our Richmond contemporary has
exhibited an unfair and inconsistent spirit
in its treatment of the President that
should not be approved by just men.
The Dispatch has also made 1t a
duty to try to weaken Mr.. Roosevelt by
claiming that be is unpopular with his
party, and that he is considered an unsafe,
dangerous man by the conservative bust
ness interests of the country. On these
lines our contemporary has been and
promises to remain as unjust to the Presi-
dent as it has been to him on the negro
question. In a recent editorial, "The
Duty of Democracy" it continues its pol
icy of injustice by saying that: "The Re-
publicans have nominated Roosevelt for
the Presidency not because they wanted
him, but because they could not help it.
This is frankly confessed by the In
dianapolis News, which is in part owned
by Senator Fairbanks, the Republican
nominee for the Vice.Presidency." AS
supporting Iproof of Its misrepresentation
assertion, it quotes from the Indianapolis
News as follows;
"What he had done could not be
denied. The personal enthusiasm for him
could not be denied So bis denomination
was conclusion foregone-and yet There
ls the cause of much of the lack OF enthu-
siasm now.
Roosevelt for Vice. President and
Roosevelt for President are two different
things. There is feeling akin to fear, or
at least feeling that, in way, bis lncum-
bency meant an experiment. But there
was nothing else to do; the people had
wanted him once; they hope he will be
safe now they guess he will.
"But this is not the stuff out of which
enthusiasm is made, the basis of which is
full confidence. So what we have seen at
Chicago, while the product of many and
varied feelings and emotions, is legit-
innate result"
The Times Dispatch manlfests its unfair
ness by quoting from the News as if it is a
Republican newspaper. Our Richmond
contemporary, if it had been disposed to
show a proper spirit of candor, ought to
have told its readers that the Indianapolis
News claims to be an independent journal;
but that it is about as much entitled TO be
called independent as is our Richmond
contemporaries, both of whom Oh conve-
nient occasions proclaim themselves indie
pendent in politics. The Indianapolis
News is as friendly to the Republican
party as is the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
They are equally qualified and authorized
to voice the sentiment and disposition OF
the members of the party toward its
chosen candidate for President. 1t is now
in order for the Indianapolis News to
Quote from the Richmond Times. Dispatch
to show that Roosevelt is unpopular with
Lis party and unacceptable to the conser-
vative business men of the country.