Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-02
MR.. GOOD CITIZEN, REMEMBER

Remember that vote for the Democratic county
cket is also vote for honesty economy and decency
IN the administration OF county affairs
Remember that vote for the called Republican
county and state ticket is NOT vote for the Repu-
can party but vote for machine which has hrotted
he party: Republicans owe it no allegiance. 1t was
nominated by the machine, and not by the party.
Remember that the Scherr people in their brief
before the national commit tee said Fraud tants
erythng that it touches and corrupts every title that
was founded upon it. Chas. w. Swisher and his asso-
ciates having obtained their socalled nominations by
fraud and political theft, they not the regular
nominees than the proverbial wolf in sheep $
clothing Is a genuine sheep"
Remember that the entire Republican state ticket
except Mr. Glasscock, who substituted for Mr..
Swlsher, was nominated at this convention
Remember also that this convention called to
order and presided by one w. w. Whyte, bank
prostitutes.
Remember that the Republican party did not nom
mate the machine ticket med at Charleston but that
1T is, III entirely, creature OF the BOSSES
Remember that the Republican party did not
mate Glasscock but that he was named by Elllins.
Remember that a vote for the Democratic state
ticket is vote for separate coaches for whites and
blacks and that vote for the Republican machine is
vote against your wives mothers sisters and daugh-
teIS and request by you for them to ride in the
coaches with the coke negroes.
Remember that the expenditures under McCorkle
rom 1893 to 1897 amounted to only 1854 ,280 and
hat the expenditures under Dawson have reached &c.,
3Ol,110 an increase of $3600,830 for four years or
more than $9oOoO00o year, which is nearly three
times as much as under DE mocratic rule.
komember that the contingent. expenses of the
Last Democratic state sena tie were only $l70O. and
mat ior the regular session of 1907 under Dawson it
reached $4,000 more than eleven times much as it
was under Democratic mnstration.
Remember that the ontingent expenses of the
last Democratic house of delegates only $4,000
while under Republican rule last year it reached the
enormous Of $4,000, five times much as it was
under Democratic administ ration.
Remember that the employees of the senate in
1893 when in control of the Democrats cost 1927 day
for each member; in 1907 they cost $1542 per member
under Republican machine rule.
tba ooptln
Der for the house of delegates under the in
1893 were $145 day per member; last year they
Pl481 per member under Republican machine rule.
Remember the two county tickets.
Remember that the Republican county ticket was
not named by the rank and file Of the party but by the
machine and hired negroes
Remember that after straightforward honest and
intelligent had received majority of the votes
over the machine candidate for county court the vote
was taken over again and again until Davis Thorn
by some hook or crook .cJuh ted ln
Remember that when a candidate for clerk of the
county court placed before the convention other
than the machine candidate, the ringsters would not
even give the good Repub cans opportunity to vote
upon the nomination.
Remember that the Re publican county court ex-
pended last year than $4,000 the actual in
come Of the county
Remember that this sa ame county court has the pc
uliar habit Of giving acts to the highest instead
Of the lowest bdders for in stance the building Of the
iron fence around the court house at $1,000OO when
another man would have done the work for $3.50;
that it let the contract for keeping the paupcrs the
highest bidder; that it let the contract for painting the
tank at the house at 40 when another painter
would have done the same work for $780, that il en-
poyed Davis Thorn's jantor at the court house
at $4,000 a month"; and the hired to do the work
These only few instances $3,500 has been expen
ded in direct violation Of the law in the past few years
to say nothing Of the graft The machine has endors
ed these illegal acts by minatng the guilty officials
Rene mber that the Re publican candidate for pros
ccung attorney allowed tn and that he rests un-
der accusations which he has and cannot deny.
Remember that these violations o? rhc law and the
graft Of public officials has become so notorious and
fhp oCftl
tricts almost unit in opposition TO the machine
ticket.
'Rememeber the accusa tions made against Davis
Thorn by the Reformer which he has not and cannot
deny. If the charges false he is in position to
contradict them.
Remember that the Democratic ticket stands for
honesty economy and dece new that there is NOT the