Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-10-11

DEAR EDITOR:
Seeing and reading so much of the
energy and success of Colonel Slemp,
Republican candidate for Congress, and
of the activity of the Republican party
of the Ninth District of Virginia, in
every county in the district except
Buchanan county. I cannot, therefore,
be contented without letting Colonel
Slemp and the Republicans of the Ninth
District, know that the Republicans OF
Buchanan county are wide awake to
their duty. and are ready and anxiously
awaiting the coming of the 9Th day OF
November, when they can, by their
votes for Colonel Slemp, show their ap-
proval and'appreciation Of the great era
of prosperity that the people of Buch-
anan county are now enjoying. which
we believe is due to the wise admins
tration OF the Republican party.
The people of Buchanan county be-
lieve in letting geod enough alone. And
though thew live in their humble and
beautiful mountain homes, far from
railroads and postoffices, they remember
the days of Grover Cleveland and Dem
ecratic reign, when. as Republican,
who was Democrat then, remarked
to me the other day, they sold their
only COWS from their families for from
SIP. to SIS. to get money to pay their
taxes in order to save their farms for
the support of their wives and children.
This voter of Buchanan county still
remembers, and he has 50 taught his
son, that under that Democratic admin
istration he spent about one-half OF his
time on the road hunting work to do at
80 cents per day, to support his family,
and that he was eompelled'to take that
small amount In goods-na money to
pay.
The voters Of Buchanan county now
know that they are getting Sl.5o to ~.
per day for their work, and that amount
is paid in cash, and that they have more
work at that price than they can do,
and they know that these conditions did
not exist under Democratic administra-
tion.
The voters Of Buchanan county, and
especially the Republicans, have been
reading from Democratic papers the
following words:
'It Is estimated that there are 80, 600
children under sixteen years Of age
working In the cotton mills Of the South"
and the same Democratic paper con-
tinues, cover /, 700, 600 children under
sixteen years of age are said to be work
ing in the factories, shops and mills OF
this country" and they recall to their
minds that during the Democratic reign
neither the children nor their fathers
were at work in cotton mills, factories,
shops and mills Of this country, because
under that Democratic reign the coun-
try was bankrupted, and the mills, fac
tories, shops and mines were shutdcwn,
and the l, 7S0, 900 children under sixteen
years of age, who the Democratic pa
pers say are now at work, were at their
homes in their rags with their care
worn mothers, while their fathers were
tramping in the highways and byways
seeking employment at any price.
The Republicans voters of Buchanan
county still remember under that Dem
ocratic administration when Coxey's
army marched to the Capitol of the
United States and pleaded on bended
! knees to that Democratic Administra.
ton for the expenditure of $500, 600, OO(
on the public roads, that they might
work thereon and earn an honest living
for their families to prevent them from
being driven to the soup houses, and
they remember the only reply they re-
ceived was from the signs posted about
the Capitol grounds "KEEP OFF THE
GRASS" And not until these nemor-
les cease will the Republicans of Buch.