Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-28
JUDGE LEWIS
AT TAZEWELL
He and Other Speakers Address Fine
Gathering Of the People.
OUR CANDIDATES WELL RECEIVED
Good Speeches We're Made by Hon. A. p.
Gillespie, Judge Lewis, Hon. K. W.
Dickinson and Colonel Browning.

DICkenSUn anu OOlOhtl DIUn hihS
On last Saturday Hon. L. L. Lewis,
Republican candidate for Governor, and
several other speakers addressed
crowd of Tazewell county citizens that
fairly filled the court room 1t was
representative gathering, number Of
ladies and a few of our Democratic
friends being present.
The first speaker was the Hon. A. ?.
Gillespie, who had been selected to In
troduce the candidate. Mr.. Gillespie
spoke for nearly an hour and made
very strong speech. He devoted the
most of his time to a discussion OF the
question of representation as based up
on the negro, and demonstrated how
the eastern part of the State, where
there is a large negro population, has al
ways taken advantage of that popula-
ton to enlarge it's representation to the
disadvantage of the white population OF
the State. One white man in Appomat-
tox county is equal to five white men in
the counties of Tazewell and Buchanan,
as the representation in the Legislature
is now arranged by the Democrats.
Mr.. Gillespie also discussed the work of
the Constitutional Convention, of which
he was member, showing that it had
been influenced by an unfair partisan
spirit rather than a patriotic effort to
advance the interests of the masses.
Judge Lewis when introduced by Mr..
Gillespie was most cordially received by
the large and intelligent audience.
For more than an hour he, in a dignifed
manner and with unanswerable argu-
ment showed how utterly Incapable
the Virginia Democracy was and is to
manage the affairs of the Common
wealth. He read from speech made by
Attorney General Anderson before the
Bar Association of Virginia, in which
was depicted the fearful condition to
which the State had been brought by
dishonest elections. Judge Lewis de-
clared that we would never have hon
est elections in the State until the Dem
ocrats were driven from power. He al
so said that the only thing that could
prevent the Republican party from win
ming in November would be the dishon-
est methods Of the Democracy in the
eastern portion of the State.
Judge Lewis paid a high tribute to
the President and the National Republi-
can party, declaring that the wonder
full prosperity which Virginia has been
enjoying was due to the Republican pol
icy of protection and sound money, and
it had come to our people despite the
obstructive methods of the Virginia De- !
mocracy.
Judge Lewis held the close attention
OF the duUloUC6 anu illetuC q NSSP "A
preston on his hearers, even upon the
Democats.
Hon. R. w. Dickinson, who is the
Republican candidate for State Senate
from this district, was then called for,
He made brief speech and won the
applause of the Republicans by his ap-
peal for the solid support of the party IN
this county. He will get it and will be
elected.
Col. ]. S. Browning was the last
speaker and made some telling points
against the Democracy. He is always
listened to with pleasure by Tazewell
people and this was no exceptional oc-
casion.
The meeting and the speaking were
a decided success, and the cause was
thereby strengthened in Tazewell coun-
ty.