Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-05-18
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC FAlsEaOOO.

ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC FALSEh0OD
Last week a report was sent out by
the Democrats, charging that the treas
urer of Wise County, who is Republic
can, had been guilty of very gross off
cial misconduct by hiding from Demo
Gratis to prevent them paying their pol
taxes on the last day, the 9th inst Fur
ious assaults have not only been made
upon the said treasurer for his reported
misconduct, but equally mean things
have been said about Col. Slemp and
Mr.. C. B. Slemp, who were assailed for
having inspired the treasurer to do as
he was falsely reported to have done.
At the time these reports were pub
lished by the Democratic press we knew
they must be false; and now we have
the information that assures us that they
were not true. The treasurer of Wise
county is high toned, honorable man
and Christian gentleman. Democrats
and Republicans alike voted for and
elected him to the responsible position.
That he should be slandered as he has
been proves that scheme was employ
ed to attract notice from fraudulent
acts that were being committed by the
Democrats themselves. The treasurer
did not absent himself from his Office at
Big Stone Gap, as was reported, on Sat
urday, the 9Th inst. On the contrary he
was in his office from early in the morn
ing until one O'Clock p. m. He was
after that in another portion of the
town of Big Stone Gap on business I'M
til five O'Clock p. M, at which time he
returned to his office and remained there
until 9 o'clock p. m.
While the treasure was so in his office
no one appeared and offered to pay their
taxes as reported by the Democrats.
1t does seem that Mr.. Robert Bruce,
Democratic chairman of Wise county,
appeared and asked that he be permit
ted to have access to the treasurer's
books. This request was granted, and
Mr.. Bruce made off a list of about Is
or 80 supposed delinquent Democrats.
None of these presented themselves in
person to the treasurer, sent any money
to pay their taxes or presented any GER
tifcates from the clerk that they were
assessed or non-assessed for taxation.
We are informed that Mr.. Bruce
'phoned the names on the list he had
made to Mr.. E. M. Fulton, at Wise,
and that Fulton paid the poll taxes for
the men named in the list, Some of
the parties whose taxes were so paid
had left the State, some were in Bristol,
some at Stonega and others scattered
over Wise county.
If the above are the facts about this
matter, what will the Roanoke Times,
the Richmond News Leader and other
Democratic papers have tosay about it?
They have recently been making a
great to do about the manner in which
Republicans have been paying the poll
taxes of delinquents, and trying to
create the belief that MF, G. B. Slemp,
our State Chairman, and Colonel Camp
bell Slemp, our Congressman, were
advising and using unlawful and dis
honest methods. The Democratic pa
pers did the same thing during the cam
paign last year; and when we called
their attention to the fact that Mr..
Wysor's friends and managers had paid
the poll taxes of delinquent Democratic
voters in bulk, our contemporaries
ceased to rave about the way the law
was being evaded and violated. Will our
Democratic contemporaries become sill
ent again?