Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-04-28
SOME CRITICISMS
OF Mr.. LIndsey's Assault on Colonel
Slemp.


\ their former district chairman, became
< very angry at the recent Bristol conven-
tion and acted 80 indiscreelIy as TO even
Z provoke those who we're bis friends in
? that convention. But The Republicans Of
} this district did not think that he would
y add folly to indiscretlon, by committing
{ measured censure from those whom he
Z has claimed as personal and political
, friends and compel them to lessen the
} esteem which they had heretofore so gen
, erously accorded him.
( Mr. Lindsey on last Saturday published
{ in the columns of the Roanoke Daily
Z Times very lengthy communication ad-
, dressed ITO the Republicans Of the Ninth
} District of Virginia" The very character
y of the communication was such as to make
I it eminently fit for publication in q Demo.
{ cratic newspaper that has recently been
7 trying to forge to the front as the special
, champion of Democracy in the Ninth Dis
} trict. 1t is an unprovoked assault upon
, Col. Campbell Slemp, our representative
( In Congress, and lie an insult to the large
{ number of representative Republicans
Z who gathered in convention at Bristol on
= the 9TH inst, and who in that convention
} gave a unanimous vote of confidence 10
} Col. Slemp as the representative of their
I party and of the district.
From the tone of Mr.. IIndsey's publl-
= cation 1t is evident that he was influenced
= by personal reasons in his hostility to
} Colonel Siemp. These were resentment
} for supposed opposition to him as del
\ egate to the National Convention and
{ another reason that will be mentioned
later on. The representative and party
, records of Colonel Slemp have been used
, as mere pretexts for making we'll defined
} bitter personal attack upon him When
\ we speak of supposed opposition TO Mr..
{ Lindsey on the part Of Colonel Slemp, w
{ use the word supposed" adSisedIy; be
= cause such opposition did not exist, and
, was a mere creation Of the diseased
} Imagination of Mr.. Lindsey. He draws
\ his conclusions from the fact that the delt-.
cations from Wise and other counties did
not vote for him in tue convention; and
= because Colonel Slemp did not arbitrarily
, insist upon them voting Tor Mr.. Lindsey
} charges of treachery and enmity are laid
\ at the door of Colonel Slemp. 1t is fact
that If any fayoritism was shown by him
Z 1t was toward Mr.. Lindsey. As coon az
I the temporary organization of the Bristol
} Convention was effected and the body
} took recess, Mr.. G. B. Slemp approached
\ the writer and requested him to see if Col
one Browning could not he induced to
Z withdraw as a candidate for delegate to
, the National Convention. He approached
} Mr.. II. G. Mccall, county chairman Of
} Tazewell, with the same request. Both of
I US declined to ask the with drawal of Col
onel Browning and informed Mr.. Slemp
: that We would make the fight for Colonel
= Browning and would bow TO the will of the
} convention. Mr.. Slemp sent Senator j. c.
} Noel, of Lee county, to the friends OF Mr.
( R. Walter Dickinson with a similar re-
( quest, and got Mr.. Robert w. Blair, Of
( Wytheville, to approach the friends Of
, Hon. j. D. Honaker with like PROPOSE
ton. So, every disposition was shown by
: the Semps TO pacify and crafty the
spoiled, sick child of the party in the
Ninth District. These facts are not de-
tailed because we feel that there is
any necessity for defending Colonel Slemp
against an apparently unjust accusation;
but to show how ill-advised Mr.. Lindsey
was in making it, and, if possible, to
bring him back TO reasonable position.
:, Mr.. Lindsey declares that he could not
with self respect remain district chairman
n 30 long as Colonel Slemp was Congress-
man. His conduct has been such as to
90 Justify the belief that he would have been
es perfectly willing to remain district chair
man if he had been elected delegate to
eS the Chicago Convention. Personal disap-
~ pointment and resentment being the basis
of his present opposition to Colonel Slemp
eV the additional reasons he urges, with such
doubtful proprety, against the latter't
denomination for Congress not only are
a. devoid of force but will react on Mr.
Lindsey. He charges that Colonel SlemE
- has been incapable ss the representative
!, of this district in Congress. This charge
was sufficiently answered by the large
lis number of splendid Republicans who me
in convention at Brlstol on tie 7th inst.
III and who unanimously voted for the fol
of lowing resolution when presented to tina
body:
0g 1--WE most cordially approve Of and en-
dorse the course Of our representative II
ST. Congress, the Hon. Campbell Slemp, wh'
has 80 ably, diligently aud PERSISTENT.
guarded the interests of his party ant
, constituents; and we hereby pledge our
lY selves to work for his denomination ant
reelection"
When Mr.. Lindsey, as district chair
ct man, called the convention to order a
Bristol be made an address which was re
nS plete with we'll deserved compliments +
w the men who constituted the convention
-" He now astails their intelligence and in
is tegrity by an acrimonious effort to i'm
E peach the character Of the representatiy
~ they so cordially endorsed by the abov
nd resolution. 1t was voted for by thos
whom Mr.. Lindsey has been pleased t
Gil call his friends, as we'll as those whom b
,or is desirous of believing bis enemies bt
cause they preferred to vote for othe
gentlemen as delegates to the Nations
Convention.