Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-30
Facts
and


Thinking that no paper would be
printed on Monday. some person or
persons. at present unknown TO the
Democratic COMMITTEES. maliciously
set i'm circulation the report that the
Democratic candidates had been with
drawn, and had left the field open To
hight to finish" between the
Citizens and Republicans. Who
ever started this report. did ii with
the intention OF landing straight TO
one OF The other parties, feeling that
there would be nJ opportunity OF
the Democrats denying IL sooner than
Tuesday morning. when the election
would on and hundreds OF Democrats
would h:ve caught their votes for
one OF tie other tickets before dis
covering that they had been deceived
Ii was also known to- the persons
who attempted this cowardly trick.
that the Democratic party had dur
ing the past week. been gaining
strength and force until the Repub-
licans as well as the Citizens were
threatened with disaster. Both par
ties have lately had their eyes open
ed to- the undeniable fact that the
Democratic platform was built on
TOO solid foundation to stand any
criticism and we call your attention
TO the fact that neither the Tele-
graph which is the Republican mouth
piece, nor the Ambleman who treads
the blue job press that turns out the
Good Citizens Bulletin, has ever
once presumed to pick a flaw in IL.
Both heads OF the opposition were
also keenly alive to the strength Of
the Democratic candidates and OF
the Democratic committee They
were well aware of the fact that they
stood face to face with an adversary
whose future actions, the public were
judging IT, by its past Yet during
all this campaign not a brick was
hurled in our direction, and not one
single logical reason has been offer
ed by our friends, the enemy. why
any man should not cast his ballot
for us. Taking into consideration
the facts we have mentioned, they
realized that defeat was staring them
in the face and that some desperate
measures must be brought into ac-
tion i'm order to turn the swelling
current OF public approval from
Democracy
Circulating the unadulterated lie
referred to- was the method chosen
10 accomplish and defeat
The publishing OF this special" IL
the method we had adopted by which
to choke that lie down the person s
throat who first uttered a. Through
our profound respect and considera-
tion for the many highly respected
and influential citizens, both "Citi-
zens" and Republicans, who have
lately rallied TO our support. as we'll
as the hundreds OF staunch. tried and
true old live Democrats we wish TO
say right here that we have never at
any time entertained q single thought
OF withdrawing our ticket such an
action on our part would be the
grossest traygl Of he confidence Of
the most earnest ID sincere lot Of
thoroughbred American men that
ever took up the standard OF right
against wrong The betrayal Of men
who LEFT the strong and Joined the
weak not a. first with the hope Of
victory. but because they believed
in their manly American hearts. that
they were Joining hands with the
party that represented eternal Justice
and right And now that the weak
have grown stornger and stronger
with their force accelerated by the
ever increasing influence Of these in
fuential recruits. TO the point where
Victory is in our grasp, some trick
ster in the camps Of the enemy. or
traitor who sits in our own counsel.
bawls from some house top that we
have Withdrawn from the fight. that
we have surrendered when the facts
are
1--WE have just begun
fighting