The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-06-20

/ To The Fic, Lance.
% --,u- that tn. p.npl. of Nirginin
I having tstu-iy submitted tu "a cuu-titu.
/ t"n born ui deception and falls. promises
a1nd uhrrrcnuuinu .ly thrust upon them
10y Proclamation. must continue. To EN-
nur" iic tNh Oi "a government 10y the few
Z ipr the irW and al the few. who have the
hrfoganr' To rush TO the front, blatantly
I prpclaimlug we are the people and Wis
1om viii die with H.. IL seems that "A
soil constituted committee, claiming au-
/ thofity however as hpld-oVer-. hy the
gtac, of One J. T. Els son thimSelf it
~'''iu- holdOver. sol di-ant chairman of
- iunot Democratic central Committee.
whose office in peipetuity. like Tenny-
sons brook. goes ON toreverl. met in
solemn couciuYe at King GeOrge on Sat
urday, the Sth instant. and decreed that
/ the remnant of county aud district
Oilicc- lett over to the choice Of the upO-
| ple by the lndulgent favor OF Il proclaimed
constitution. and tie further liberation
aud furbenrnnce OF the last session of our
| legislature, should be let out To candi-
dates upon the following proposals and
conditions. to-wit. That all Who aspire
To- the race for the several county offices
should 50 designate his longing and de-
sire 60 the chairman of this so-called
i
lee of ten dollars for his proEer groom
ing training, &c, district officers let in
on "a lee OF one dollar per capita for train
| ing. grooming, &c. All OF which condi-
| tons precedent to run in the primary
/ must be- met or OrcOmplied with on or before
/ Thursday, the 18th instant. at high
noon, at which hour the political portcul-
Lis will fall. barring all hope to this feast
OF TAT things IN the primary to he held on
the l3th instant. The ins having the
tip and being on hand at the meet
ing of the grand council ON the
Nth instant. got the decree red hot
~ II dropped from the lips of the
grand council, are greatly advantaged
over the outs. who must whit tn get the
order through the ordinary news chanel-.
\ ease ia point uf the maxim. "fnreW arm
ed. forearmrd. II only one cor n, caudi
date offers himself Tor any office. then IA,
chairman gracluuSly proclaim- u= "A can.
didHte. II one dear To the heart ot the
committee l. hotly contested the result
IN doubt. the committee having care.
fully examined the lay of the land. will
likely, naively aud obligingly offer to
raVe the contestants the cost of The. pri
mary 10y choice of the committee. This
trick has b''en worked with great salts
faction To the committee aud ON. Of the
~
especially the people Of stafford and King
George, stand for this political jugglerv
IN their public aiiair-2 Already by this
| political h gerdemain We have had "A can-
! dldnie Tor the House of Delegates for the
/ legislative Distric; of Stafford and King
| 6corg" proclaimed upon us. nutwith-
standing this candidate in the last session
ui the Legislature voted To take AWAY
from the people the right To- elect their
! commissioners Of revenue. Thus this self
constituted Joint committee of the two
counties took upon itself "A right or
authority never delegated To it. for even
We're the two committees straight and
regular they would have no authority to
act IA Joint capacity aud proclaim "A
candidate for any party or peopl. with
out some form of public expression ON
the part of such party or people. This
WAS never done. and hence the action of
/ this sell appointed committee was with
out authority. and leaves the party for
/ which IL pretended To act still without "a
nominee
1t Is passing strange that men other
wise high minded. upright and above re-
proach in the ordinary avocations of
lille Will IN politics, for u little brief of
political power, fOrgetful alike of their
honest training. and the equal rights of
Others, cut antics unbecOmIng Hotten-
tot. 80, but man, proud mani drest in
"a httle briei authority, most ignorant
OF what he's most assured: his CLASSY
essence, like an angry ape, plays such
ianstastic tricks before high Heaven as
make the angels weep So it ever has
and Will be with proud man. Give him
an inch aud lOl he takes anell Give him
his safe OF power in some small place. we
next behold him "a mighty Colossus who
doth bestride the earth So it il with
this committee; it's personnel well mean
ing, honorable men, once trusted with this
plttance OF power, grew SO fat upon the
meat they fed that they took up the
whole mirror of public affairs, excluding
all other lesser mortals. | regret that it
falls 10 my lot as one with vested rights
to call them down from this pitch of
power by informing this Joint committee
and the county committee that these
committees are two or three years agone
/ tunctus OiiiciO, as dead as Darius whose
methods you copied. That all commit
tees are chosen by the party in conven-
| tiOn assembled. That there has been no
convention OF the so-called Democratic
party since the day of proclamation
nearly six years ago, either State or
county. The party has no hold-over
provision, and you Were under "a four
years limit. And il j. r. Ellyson in
/ formed you that you We're or could be
hold-overs under any form or democracy.
he was simply trying to galvanizs "A po-
lltical corpse, rs dead as Julius Caesars.
to meet present emergences Now so far
az that little trick you turned of pro-
claiming u candidate Tor the House Of
Delegates, IL is u fake nomination
pure and simple. Even had Won a
spark OF political life, or anv old
right To nominate a candidate. would
the people of Stafford and King
George stands for this nomination OF
Mr.. Moncure, when as our representa-.
| tive in the House at the last session of
the Legislature, without consulting our
wishes. he voted To further abridge our
rights by taking from us the right to
elect our commissioners of revenue. leav-
ing VI at the mercy Of Interested tax as
SCISSORS, conierring their appointment up-
on the courts. thus subjecting our judici-
ary, our last great bulwark. which
should stand out OF petty politics above
reprOach, to carplng criticism and con
tempt that must inevitably follow these
court appointments? While this meas
ure was pending IN the Legislature | sent
up an earnest protest against it passage
To our representatives, only to be told
IN curt reply that the commissioners
wished to succeed themselves and could
not do so 10y election under the proclaim
ed Constitution. Perhaps there were
many Others sent up like protests with
IKE results. Thus these lords oi legisla-
tion regarded the wishes of less than "A
~ ra.N "A