The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-23
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into the way Of voting with the w.iite
party, and kept at It right along.
am persuaded that the case OF Giles
is unique. 1t Is believed by Giles Demo-
crats that there Is not another county
In tho districtNw the negroes are so
nearly Democratic, and II is almost Ger.
tain that there Is not a county In the
state where the imam and brother clings
to the Democratic party with such per-
sistency.
II goes without saying that the Demo-
Gratis OF the county were opposed to see
ing the negroes eliminated from the cleo
'torato 80 far as the vote In this county
was concerned, for all the negroes with
two or three exceptions were Demo-
cratic. Altogether, 1t Is an odd state Of
affairs. r
There are fewer negroes IN the Ninth
District than In any other In tho State.
or course. there s a large number in
Tazewcll county, In which the Pocahontas
coal mines are situated. but the number
In other counties Is small as compared
with counties OF eastern Virginia. About
ono thousand negroes were disfranchlsed
by the action OF the suffrage clause OF
the new Constitution in Tazewel. The
Rcpublicans carried the county last fall
Colonel Jim Browning. OF Pocahon tas
and the followers Of Colonel semp in
the fight he made to capture the Repub-
Iican State organization, objected to tho
ba sis OF representation In the State Con-
vention. being fixed upon the number OF
disfranchsed negroes in the State instead
OF the number OF white Republican votes
cast. But they lost. Next year they are
going to win.
McCaull to Negroes.
when Captain Pat Mccaull spoke at Pu-
laski City Monday. estimated that one
third OF his audience was composed OF
negroes. Mr.. Braxton, who addressed
large number OF Democrats In the
Opera House. said he was informed that
there were only three colored voters in
the Republican audience. The rest had
been .'dehorned" as these cattle raisers
Of the Southwest term the dsfrancnise-
an exa operation. but the number Of voters
among the crowd OF sable auditors was
undoubtedly very small.
.Still considerable portion OF Mr.. Me-
.Caull's speech was devoted to discussion
OF the negro problem greater portion
than Mr.. Braxton devoted to the same
subject in his address, though Captain
McCaull said that Democrats were dis
.cussing little else this year. Captain Nc
caul lived out In Pulaski for a number
of years. A gentleman who was listen
ing to- him speak Monday. remarked that
he had not heard him for twenty years.
5"He has not improved any, az a speak,
err" he said after the address.
& Mr.. Harris Hoge. Republican nominee
for Congress, In the Sixth District, and
Republican postmaster at Roanoke. is
also discussing the negro problem in mis-
speeches this year. He attempts totjusti-
~ the course OF Mr. Roosevelt towards
the negro. Booker Washington luncheon
and all. The cheers with which his color
ed hearers punctuate Mr.. Hogess explana-
tlons and excuses. are not audible wnen
he declares that he is bitterly opposed to
3lunching with negroes himself and all
other forms OF social equality.
Mr.. Wysor is coming to Giles on next
Monday. when he Will spesh at Pembroke.
He will make at least a half dozen speech
es in the county. addressing the voters
by day and night The Democrats be-
lieve that the outlook for an increased
majority in thu county will be improved
from the time the standard bearers Of
the party begins to show the voters their
duty, W. E. II.