Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
HIS TACTICS REVEALED.
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The following from Mr.. fuckers own
district shows how he was working in
the hands of the republicans after his
election to Congress, (by his silence,
when his party in his own district was
struggling for supremacy. From this
We must judge that he places himself
above the people who sent him to Con-
gress- And now, with his advisers in
Washington, he is using his utmost en-
deavors to defeat the manwho hasalways
been in the thickest of the fight; at the
same time Mr.. Tucker, through his
selfish motives, is endeavoring to dis
rupt the party which he desires to
have nominate him for governor, The
Southside Virginiap says;
''In 1894 Mr.. Tucker was the Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress in this
district. He made an active canvass
of every county in the district. From
the end of that campaign to the present
time his voice has never been raised in
behalf of democracy in Appomattox,
buckingham or Cumberland counties.
In 1894 the democrats of Appomattox
were making hard fight to maintain
their supremacy. They had elected the
county officers few years before, but
whether they would be able to hold
their majority was q question Of doubt.
Buckingham and Cumberland counties
were in the hands of the republicans.
In 1895 the democrats Of Buckingham
made supreme effort and were victor
ious. They had a number of hard
fights, however, before Buckingham
, could safely be counted on as a
democratic county. The democrats of
Cumberland did not gain complete con-
troll in that county until 1905.
During these years the friends of
democracy, in and out of these counties,
were generous in the aid they gave to
the hard pressed democrats in their
local and other fights, but Mr.. Tucker
never so much as extended his sympa-
thy in the many hard fought battles.
On the other hand, Judge Mann was
always at the command of the demo-
Gratis of these two counties.
The above facts are known to every
democrat in the three counties.
Now the time has come when Mr.. Tuck
er and Judge Mann are asking favors
at the hands of our democrats. Should
not gratitude and duty impel our peo-
pie to aid the man who stood by them
in their hour of trial, as against the
man who has never come to us except
when he wanted something?"
Since what has happened in the past
few days in regard to the Mann M ahone
letters. we cannot but believe that Mr..
Tucker and his Washington advisers
are trying TO mislead the younger ele-
ment of the Democratic party, who are
unfamiliar with the conditions that ex-
listed in the days of the Readjusters, and
at the time those letters were written.
when General Malone was elected TO
the United States Senate by the demo-
Gratis, and afterwards turned to be a
Republican, as those who are familiar
with the circumstances have already
testified. 1t is further evident. from
Mr.. fuckers political tactics. and those
papers that are supporting him, that
after he (Tucker) has gotten what he
wants from the democrats of Virginia
whether now or in the future. the
Democratic party of this State will be
j ignored, as the case in his own Con
gressional District. When this is done
who knows but that he will do as Ma
hone did? His case needs watching b,
the younger element of the party
, Then again. what wing of the part,
does Tucker belong to. when he is fight
ing the element that he asks to nomi
nate him for governor?
The most convincing proof that Mr.
Tucker is more of republican than h,
is democrat is contained in the follow
ing from the Fredericksburg Journal
a republican newspaper. In its issu,
of July 18th, it says:
Letters to General Malone. Ion,
since dead, are to figure in the cam
paign of the candidates for the guber
material nomination by the democrati
primary. Roosevelt may yet be brough
back from Africa to settle the question
of the democracy of one of the candi
dates"
BY this the candidate is well known
and from the fact that Mr.. Roosevelt i
said to figure in Virginia democracy
there is probably an evidence of a..