Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-12-05
c. B. SLEMP
AT MARION
He Makes a Splendid Speech Outlining
his Position and Refudus the
Claims and Charges Of Bailey.
CORDIALLY RECEIVED BY AUDIENCE
Other Able Speeches We're Made and Smyth
County Will Give Bascom Slrmp Very
Large Majority.

Marion, Va, Dec. 2.-Hon. c. Bas-
com Slemp opened his campaign for
Congress in the Ninth District of Vir-
ginia at Marion. Va, today, where he
was greeted by large and enthusiastic
gathering. He was introduced by the
Hon. Robt. A. Anderson, Republican
County Chairman, in an able speech.
Mr.. Slemp referred TO Smyth county
as being the home of his arly ancestors,
his paternal ancestor, having migrated
from Prussia about the middle of the
18th century, and his maternal ancestor,
having lived in this county, the branches
of these two families having been united,
IN his father and mother during the
Civil War. He thanked the audience
and the people of this county for the
support given his father during his
congressional campaigns in this district.
Mr.. Slemp's speech was devoted to a
discussion of the regularity of his nom
ination, and why all true Republicans
should rally to his support, he also called
upon the Democrats, of whom there
were many prominent ones in his audi
ence, to give him their support, on ac-
count of the fact that he was in
thorough accord with his party, and the
present administration, and that he
would be better able TO represent his
district to the best interests, than his
independent candidate opponent, Col.
Bailey. Further on he said in part,
The present campaign involves a cam
paign of party integrity, which is the
basic principle of all political parties.
Political parties are formed for the pur-
pose of carrying into effect through
united action policies of government
which would fail of accomplishment
were each individual to act separately
and Independently. Party integrity in
wolves subordination of the individual to
the general view. Itreplaces individual
effort by concerted action, and subord-
mates personal ambition to party fealty
and party success. All the great mea-
sures which have been adopted for our
country's good have been the result of
combined effort; none the hap-hazard
result of Independent action. Not one
of the great. men who have had part
in making our nations history glorious
ever considered himself greater than his
party. Thomas Jefferson founded a
great political party and Andrew Jack
son made it powerful in the nation, both
working inside their party. Even that
wonderful triumvirate Clay, Calhoun
and Webster held themselves submis-
sive to their party's viii.
Abraham Lincoln and William McKin-
ley, each the greatest man of his day
and generation, asked no higher pri-
vilege than that of solving the problems
that confronted the nation in harmony
with the party will. And it is with the
great men of our nation today. They
are working for their country's good,
within party ranks and not outside" "
Replying to the charge that Mr.. Bailey
made at Gate City, in which he stated
that the organization of the Republican
party under his, (Mr. Slemp's manage
ment), WAS destroying the party in
this district" Mr.. Slemp said, I'm
what county is the destruction taking
place? Does he refer to Lee county?
Does he refer to Wise county, where
the entire Republican party ticket was
elected in the recent election? Does he re-
fer to Scott, Russell, or Tazewell, where
Republicans were elected without oppo-
sition, or does he refer to Wythe, Smyth,
Dickenson, Buchanan, OF Bland, where
the entire Republican ticket was elect
ed, with the exception of the sheriff of
Wythe, or does he refer to Giles, where
a Republican Commonwealth At
tOrney, for the first time in the history
of the county, and where the Hon. A.
P. Strother, the Republican candidate
for the Senate, whose home is in that
county were elected without opposition?
Let Mr.. Bailey state what he means by
the destruction of the party. Does he
refer to the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict of Virginia, where in the last con-
gressIonal election the republican cam
didate for Congress, came within two
hundred votes of being elected to Con-
gress. If this be the destruction of
the Republican party, let him make the
most of it,
Mr.. Slemp then paid his respects to
Mr.. Bailey's claim for a reward for
party service. He showed where the
Redadjuster party of the Ninth Dis
trict, which afterwards was merged in
to the Republican party, elected the
Hon. Henry Bowen, of Tazewell, as its
representative for Congress in the year
1882, by majority of several thousand.
In 1884, two years thereafter, Mr.. Bal
ley sought and obtained the nomination
for congress, and was overwhelmingly