Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-03

complain about not getting his share. .
The writer then proceeds to recall
what all intelligent Democrats and Re-
publicans know to be true, that Cover
nor Montague is not Governor of this
State by the expressed will of ma
iority of the voters who voted at the
election in 1901, but by virtue of the
thousands of negro votes that were
stolen and counted for him by this same
Democratic machine he is now denounc-
ing. The writer in the Herald might
have proceeded further, and declared
truthfully that Governor Montague
could not hope to be elected Senator
from Virginia, except by and through
the assistance of this same machine
his party organization.
The Democratic party in Virginia has
been made monstrous not only through
and by the corruption, incapacity and
hypocrisy of it's leadership, but the
conduct of it's representatives in legis-
lative and constitutional bodies has
largely contributed to moral and intel
lectual deformity. Democratic legisla-
lures have been debauched by Senate
rial and other candidates, and by Hobbies
representing railroads and various cor
porate interests. Though it was pre-
tended that the constitutional conven-
ton was convened for the purpose of
giving honest politics in Virginia, that
body was the offspring Of fraud and by
it's works proved true to its paternity.
The Democrats in Virginia sowed the
dragons teeth of fraud for twenty con-
secutive years and now they are gath
ering their harvest of dragons. Just
as we have often predicted they would
do, they are now stealing from each
other when they find it unnecessary to
steal from Republicans. The recent
primary in Richmond demonstrated that
the Virginia Democracy has about
reached state of total political de-
pravity. The Democratic press is vio-
lently aroused because Democrats stole
from each other at the Richmond pri-
mary. Our esteemed contemporary, the
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, speaking of
themethods used at Richmond, says: =
( "It is the old case of the machine
democrat in control of the machinery
disregarding the wishes of the rank
and file. Surely we have ar
rived at time when wholesale bribery
in primaries and general elections in
the State of Virginia should be elimi-
mated. Has the cancer really
rooted so deeply that Democrats cannot
be fair to one another"
Fhere has never been a time when
ballot box stufing and all kinds of
frauds as practiced against Republicans
should have been permitted. The dis
position Of our Democratic contem-
poraries to cOndone and apologize for
such crimes and to treat them as We
NAL sins will make the party press pow
erless to stay the wholesale bribery and
theft that are now being practiced in
Democratic primaries, and that will OBJ
tain in the general election, unless the
brave, honest men of all parties COM
bine to prevent.
Our Norfolk contempory asks: HAS
the cancer really rooted so deeply that
Democrats cannot be fair to one an
other?" Yes, verify. Its roots have
SO deeply penetrated the body of the
Democratic party as to have al
most destroyed the integrity of the or
ganization. The disease has advanced |
beyond the reach of the most skillful
and honest Democratic surgeons
knife. If the cancer is removed the
patient must go with it.
The most monstrous element Of the
Democratic party in Virginia is the
brazen assumption with which it asks
for the continued confidence, respect
and support of honest men. There has
been no change in the organization or |
it's leadership. The men who have re-
peatedly profted by the frauds and
crimes that have brought shame upon
the party are still its chosen candidates
and respected leaders. And the man
who for the last decade has engineered,
if not originated, all the schemes of
fraud that have been destroying the
moral tone of his party is now the
united choice of the Democratic press
for Lieutenant Governor. He must be
rewarded above all men in the State.
For what?
Was there ever such monstrosity in
the political world as the Virginia De-