The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-11-17

FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10. l'''.
FALL INTO LINE.
Tine Brunswick Gazette is sure Chat
One apathy among the Democrats 300
me recent election Wa, because "ihe
ui,he, OF the people were disreganied
h, those boo charge of the primary
sIi lueuuy "lml thc idol OF
Virginia Democracy Was defeated by
man whom they dii NOT know and
a.d NOT like" The South Boston
New, give, hearty 'umeu to these
sentiments and makes iae following
remarkable statements.
.If tine method, which were cm-
nloyed In One primary are continued,
the Democratic party of tle stale VIII
have more t0 fear from dIsutcgalion
Cham nom thorough organization of
tIc Republican party. We
are NOT prepared l1 say that lhetc
were amy unfair or dishonest manpu-
iatou, Of the ballot box during the re-
cent primary. but there was great
deal of Misrepresentation designed lo
influence the voters.
The Gazette and the New, seem lo
be trying 90 emulate the Tazewell RE-
publican and the old Dominion sun
m utterance, That are incoherent d.
logical. and contradictory; with This
difference. that while the latter stood
upmanfully FOR the Republican ticket
during The campaign, the latter
were engaged in tie ediNmg spectacle
of exhibiting a sore toe when under
party Obligations To- face the enemy.
Iti, universally admitted that the
apathy in the recent campaign WAS
due 90 The fact that the Democrats
were certain of victory and Co the fur
Their fact that the people bad been
through one exciting political cam
paign and were too tired TO endure
another II there is "disintegration '
TO fear, why wa, 10 that wherever in
the state there was q real kn0ck-down
contest between the parties, the Demo
Gratis made decided gains?
The Petersburg lndeX-Appeal very
neatly prIcks the verbal bubble blown
by the Gazette when it say, that the
result Of the primary wa, not because
Of the managers Of the primary,
but because of the ''yoters IN the pri-
mary" Nothing can bee more evident
than this. IT was not Senator Mar
tin who appealed to ting primary; il
was Governor Montague who declared
that he wished a primary in order that
the people might express their pref
erence. The people did SO, in as fair
and honest an election as was ever
held in the state.
II the News is not prepared to say
that there were unfair or dishonest
manipulations Of the ballot box, why
is it showing such a spirit? II the
people decided by a majority Of 10000
10 retain Thomas s. Martin i'm the
Senate, do the Gazette and the News
presume to say that "the wishes of
the people were disregarded"? BE
cause their favorite was beaten, and
fairly beaten, do they propose to /
threaten the Democratic party with
"disentegratiOn' That kind of talk /
helps TO "disintegration the "disin-
tegration of those who talk that way.
1t is true i'm one sense that Cover
nor Montague was defeated by a man
whom the people did not know and
whom many Of them did not like /
The primary did one good thing for
Senator Martin. 10 made him go 10 /
the people and get acquainted with |
them. Those who had not known T.
him got acquainted with him, and |
thousands of those who had not liked /
him learned that lac was manly /
man and a faithful representative; and /
they gave him a vote Ofconfdenceand /
at the same time rebuked some of /
those misrepresentation designed TO
influence the voters, of which The
News complains.
Let us have done with such eXhi-
billions of soreness Governor Monta-
que has taken ms defeat i'm good part.
lie is very popular i'm the state, and
deseryedly SO, for he has made acredit-
able record as governor of the State. lfI
he can take his defeat like man.
surely his supporters should not
whimper. People who cannot follow
cannot lead
The sun still shines, brethren. The
crops were never better the possums
and turkeys never fattter, the persim-
mon beer rarely sweeter. The millen-
ium is not coming because Senator
Martin is retained, or the sun going
out in darkness because Governor Mon
tague is defeated. lfthe Gazette and
the News will come over and take
Thanksgiving dinner with the Her
aid, we will treat them 10 a Martin
turkey stuffed with Montague oys-
tiers. Come over and fall into line
William r.. Hearst has certainly
succeeded i'm putting crimp in Nc
clellau's boom for the Presidency.