Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-10-13
NO FAULT OF VOTERS.

The Charlottesville Progress, publish
ed at Charlottesville. Virginia, few
Days ago announced the following:
AS result of the careless indifer-
ence Of the voters, the tax payers Of
virginia are suffering today from the
most extravagaat state government in
the South, and are bearing the burdens
OF more useless, if not incompetent Of
Meals than ever cursed a free people.
AZ result OF this political dry rot
this deadly inertia among the voters
laws are made for the benefit of the
ofhce- holders rather than for the pro-
lection of the individual pocketbook.
ano the selfish interests of few are
beng advanced at the expense of the
many"
The Democrats in Virginia insisted
upon making a new constitution for the
purpose of reducing the expenses of the
State government and the number Of
oihce-hoiders. The claim vas made
that the old constitution was too cum
berson and expensive, and that it pro-
| Vlded for an unnecessary number Of
officers. Carter Glass, in his Lynch.
burg News, cried aloud for the making
OF new constitution to get rid of the
political brigands" and "ofiice-holders
trust, ;" which he declared was doni-
mating and running the State.
MIR. j. H. Lindsay, publisher and edi-
tor OF the Charlottesville Progress. was
member of the Constitutional Conven-
non, along with Carter Glass and Henry
T. Stuart. Mr.. Lindsay helped to make
the constitution, as did Mr.. Stuart. that
has given a stronger hold to the "oolit-
icaI origands," the ''offico-holders
trust, ," and made their power absolute
In Virginia. This has been ACCOMPLISH
ed by destroying one-half the white
electorate of the State, which made If
easy for political oIgsrchy to fasten
Itself upon the Commonwealth. II
there is a deadly inertia among the
voters, it is occasioned by the reslizs-
ton that our organic and statute laws
have been 80 framed as to make the
honest and patriotic citizens powerless
to rescue the State from the control of
the gang of corrupt, useless and incom-
petent officials that curse this free peo-
pie.
This condition is not resultant from
the cereless Indifference of the vo-
ters' but is due solely to the specially
prepared means furnished in the new
constitution for the perpetuation of
Democratic machine rule Is it any
wonder that laws are made for the ben
etit OF the office-holders rather than
for the protection of the tax payers.
when a legislative apportionment was
adopted into the constitution which
gave complete control of the legislative
department to the Democratic Machinef !
The Legislature has been given unlimit-
ed authority for the creation of new
offices and new departments of govern
nent, with no restrictions as to the in
;rease Of salaries. Hence it 10 that so
many new Offices have been created by
he constitution and by the Legislature
o make places for members of the Ma
'hine who had not already been provi-
led for. Hence it is that the salaries
Il all the State officials have been large
y increased, some Of the increases be-
ng made during the terms of the Office
olders, which is contrary both to law
nd precedent
Mr.. Lindsay is responsible and Mr..
tuart is also esponsible for the pres
Mt condition IN our States affairs; and
ne people should call them to account
DR. making tn csc things possible.