Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-13
Appoints - Publication Committee
For This Campaign.

At = meeting of the executive com
mittee of the United Citizens Party,
last night. the following gentlemen
were appointed as a publication com
mitt"". David T.. Johnston. Rev. J.
\. Baylor, Rev. p. G. Clark. r.. Il.
woodward and c. L. Fisher.
The following was handed us last
night for publication i'm today's is
sue OF the Daily Leader:
The tinted Citizens Party came in
to being rs the result or peculiar cir
'HmS'a'c"s There has grown up IN
our city a machine which. so far. has
ruled the city government regard
e's of popular will. While The Re
"plIcans at present control IL. ey-
ldence = OF lacking to- show that
there u been collision between car
tain Republican ana Democrats wire
puit''s whenever mutual int, ais
have demanded it,. Tho tie that
binds, and the power behind the
throne as well, is the liquor interests
Nhatever other differences exist
whenevC the l'Qurr mcn nave been
threaten g.. , certain influential eIo-
ment OF w." Democrats. and an equal
~ influential element of thc .;epub-
leans, have always come togctheer
TO save them. BY this means the
., both of these parties have
beer dominated by the liquor people
pie for along time. Because or this
the United Citizens Party came into
hclng. 1t represents those who be-
leye in good citizenship, and good
government first of all. IL repre-
s'hts that growing class OF Americans
who believe I'm the Square Deal"
against all Rings, and "Comb,nes.'
whatsoever. We are against the Ii
qdot power first of all. because of the
evils for which it is directly respon
slble. We believe IT. is a parasite
upon our life, and deadly i'm Is ef-
f'tts. We are against Il m the second
place, because il ~ the source o.: MI
nlcipal corruption. While we have
saloons. wc will have Rings and
Graft The saloon is the parent of
graii, tho %brooding place of rings.
the stronghold of the machine. The
saloon can only live ny trickey and
intrigue. II dare not stand ON IT'S
own merits. II is easy to levy toll
Tor campaign purposes upon the sal
Don, its easy profits fatten the graft
ers of every sort.
This is hard cold logic. and II ia
much easier to denounce it as IA
naticism than to answer it. Our
rresen municipal system has been
tried and found wanting.
The Citizens Party stands for a
new order of things. We have had
Pdrtyism until it has gone to seed.
city affairs have been relegated to
the background, while Republicans
have tied to keep themselves In, and
the Democrats out, and vice versa.
Men utterly unfit for office have been
put in because they will stand NAT
for the organization" We have this
year and last, nominated good, clean
competent men, regardless of party.
II our ticket is victorious, the city
government will be about equally df-
yded as to old party affiliations, but
there will he a majority of those who
believe in letting the people govern.
and not a Ring. This is as it should
he. Let all men who believe in the
square deal, and good clean business
administration, vote for the Citizens
ticket.
We have done some hard nghtng
for the public good, we are ready to
do some more. Some former friends
have been somewhat alienated may
be, but we do not feel that this is
Il fault. We are trying to do the
right. as we see the right, and upon
this we mean TO stand. We want the
help and cooperation of all good
mon, we have no compromise for any
other.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
UNITED CITIZENS PARTY.