The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-06
The Republican Manifesto.

# Chairman Slemp, or inc fepuplicttI
4 Committee, flatters himself that he has
.'forced" Chairman Ellyson, of the Dem
ocratic Committee, to make state-
ment. Will Chairman Slemp kindly
point us to the time when the chairman
OF the Democratic party failed to make
public statement at the close of an
important campaign?
4 Chairman Slcmp says that the Demo-
cratic leaders have seen fit to conduct
their campaign by series of personal
attcks upon the Republican candidates.
We challenge him to point out any per-
sonal attacks upon any Republican can
didate by the Democratic organization.
The political record of some of the can
ddates has been assaied, just as Chair
man Slcmp assails the political record
of Mr.. Swanson, but there have been
no personal assaults.
Chairman Slemp says that while there
are more children in the public schools
than ever before. there are more chill
dren out of the schools. But granting
that to be true, whose fault is 1t? Are
there not schools everywhere, and are
not all the children welcome? Are any
turned away? If parents will not send
their children to school, is the Demo-
cratic party to blame? What remedy
does Chairman Slemp propose? Is he
in favor Of compulsory education?
Chairman Slcnp says the great pro-
gress made in railroads and industrial
enterprises in Virginia is not due to the
Democratic party. The Democratic party
does not claim to have built railroads or
factories, o. developed the coal mines.
But 1t does Claim 10 have encouraged all
such development by giving to all en-
terprises the protection of law, by Civ
ing equal opportunities under the law to
all men. and by making investors feel
that their investments were safe. Does
Chairman Slemp believe that this would
have been the case II Virginia had been
governed during the past twenty years
by negroes and carpet haggcrs? Was
there any development In the States of
the South under black and tan rule? Let
him answer these questions to his own
conscience, and let him and all the world
know that III the estimation OF the true
Virginia people honor and principle are
more TO be desired than commercielsm.
We prefer white mans government over
railroads and factories and coke ovens.
Chairman Slemp intimates that the
revenues of government have not been
honestly administered. We deny The
charge, and we challenge him to make
II good One case Of graft was disco
vered. but the guilty man was promptly
dismissed from the public service, His
thrust at the Corporation Commission
Is cunningly and ungallantly made
through another. II he believes that any
member OF that noble institution is cor
rupt, why did he not have the courage
to make his charge direct? lndireclion
Is always an unmanly method of attack
Chairman Slemp says the Democratic
party has no platform. Not So II has
platform, adopted by The last State
convention, which assembled In 90i, and
for the benefit OF Mr., Slemp and the gen
eral public We reproduce 1t in to-day's
issue of The Times Dispatch. We call
special attention 10 the clause relating
TO public education.
Chairman slemp says that Mr.. swan.
son has not declared himself On the
question OF free books. We are quite
sure that he has. II not, we viii state
his position for him. He is opposed to
taking money out OF the State appro.
priatlon from the teachers 10 buy books
for children whose parents are able 10
pay for them But he is willing 10 let
any school district supply free books II
the tax payers 50 elect, Tha, is the
rule In every State. save one. where free
books are supplied,
Chairman slemp makes covert al.
tack upon the honor Of distinguished
and honorable Judge OF this Common,