Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-08-16
STATE KEPUBLIcANs
Nominate Ticket and Adopt a
Sfrong Platform


nd Nominate Ticket and Adopt /.
strOng Platform
In The Republican State Convsn
y ton was held In Roanoke last week
. 1t was largely attended, fully 1900
delegates being in attendance.
70 The following ticket was unani.
t. mously elected:
q For Governor-Judge LunsfOrd
= Lomax Lewis of Richmond.
For Lieutenant Govsrnor-W.P.
! Kent OF Wythe county.
Q For Attorney General-George
& A.RevercOmb Of Allegheny county.
= For TrsasureE-John Acker of
Rockingham county.
: For Superintendent of Public In
o struction--J. N. Harman Of Tase-
|, we'll county.
For Commissioner Of AgricuI
ture-W. H. Eggborn of Culpeper
county.
} For Secretary Of the Common
: wealthy. M. Sowder of Floyd
county.
The resolutions GO mmittee|
brought in the platform, which
contained nine parts and which
was read and adopted as whole
amid lOusing applause, as follows:
THE PLATFORM
The Republican party of the
State of Virginia presents this de-
claration of principles and appeals
to the voteFS of the State for sup
port;
As national Republicans, We be-
lieve In the principles of the Re.
publican party as enunciated in
our national platforms, and pro-
minent among them we believe in |
sound and stable currency, in a
protective tariff, In national ex-
pansion, in holding to the Monroe
doctrine, in promptly building the
Panama canal, in navy large
enough to care for al American
interests. and Ia the continued
progress in all directions go WORTH
ly summed up in the history of
Republican administration of the
government. :
We find these ideas exemplifed !
in Theodore Roosevelt, Pres dent
Of the United States. We respect i,
him as man, we honor him as
President, and We applaud aud 5
support bic determination to see ;
that every man in the United :
States has a square deal, no more,
no lees,
We deplOre the unimportant
part which Virginia has occupied
in the great national movements q
carried on by the Republican p
party. Her Democratic leaders a
have held aloof from q share ia o
the national progress. We de- q
mand that she be relieved from Y
the bOnds Of Democratic obstruc- d
ton, and that, under Republican OF
she take once more the
place in the national councils to W
which alike her history, her peo- is
pie and her resources ertitle her. o
Only By alliance With the party of nj
progress in the nation can Virginia W
nave Der share in the national ad- W
rance. q
The Republican party in 1858 IF
ounded free schools in the State
# Virginia and pledged to their re
Import a portion Of the State T,
evenue. The Democratic party, Fe
Turing ell its years of State con- DO
rol bias held such support down D,
0 the minimum absolutely re- tr.
uired by the constitution passed, DE-
nd has never awaited itself of the co
pportunity under that copgtitu. DO
ion to increase the State support
the schools. In its boosted con- ~
titutioa Of 1909 no increased sup a.,
ort has been given to the schools. v
Te pledge ourselves, if placed oh,
l power, to free the schools from NJ,
artisan control, to increAFe their Ch
ficiency by liberal appropriations sa;
} furnish free books that every 10
Mid in this commonwealth may an.
ave common school education.
We denounce the Democratic
srtY for the manner in which the S SVl
wv constitution was forced upon o s,.s
IL people Of Virginia by prOelamA- "
Oh, after the pledge that the ,u y
me should be submitted to the liel
'ople for ratification or rejection. sne
We favor the traditional Repub- ~eS
IAN doctrine Of leaving to the w
ople of each community 10 de- "a =.
&c whether Intoxicating liquors ''Ol
all be cold among them, and the 4
pdition of such sale, if allowed, san
lsting to their sound judgement incl
determine this question. eee'
By series of partisan election tAs
VS. the Democracy 90 corrupted An'
9 body polite IN Virginia that gay
period Oftwenty years honest Is I
ctions were unknown In a large OF
TT of tho State. "A new consti- the
ton was made with the avOwed wor
rpose Of restoring honest cleo new
MS. But recent events, Notably nyn
, Democratic primary Al Rich. prev
nd, have proved that pure cleo nave