Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-07-28
THE SREAT TRUNK ISSUE.


claim for him-s man of intelli0enee
and ability. a shrewd politician and
high-toned gentleman-but the fact re-
mains that he is a subservient tool of
Cannon, Aldrich and Company; also
that he realizes that his cause in the
Ninth district is a desperate one. else
he would not give his approval to the
scheme of his willing henchmen &c make
a political issue of a lady's wardrobe
Bristol Herald-Courier.
The efforts of the Herald Courier and
other Democratic papers in and out of
the district to endeavor to make a Do
itical issue of a lady's wardrobe are
very amusing. Not Republican paper
has spoken of the incident at the New
York customs house other than as
news item. The Republican and other
Republican papers of the district have
been willing to and have left the ad
Justment of this unfortunate incident
to the officials of the New York customs
house, in the discharge of their duties,
and to Henry C. Stuart.
There has been no disposition on the
part of the Republican papers of this
district to mention or question Mr.. Stu-
arts private record nor to charge that
he deliberately tried to evade his duty
as citizen at the New York customs
house. We are frank to think his pub
lie record as a politician is enough to
condemn him in the eyes of the voters
of this district snd the Republicans are
ready to make the fight on this record
unless the Democratic press insists that
the so called trunk mystery" be made
the paramount issue, and if they do,
there is much to say on it.
We do, however, think that the cues
ton of the citizenship of the family of a
man who wishes to represent this dis
trict In Congress, and who aspires to be
the chief executive of this great Com
monwealth, is legitimate question to
discuss. 1t is the unwritten law that a
representative in the national halls of
legislation must have his home in
the district he represents, and certainly
we would insist that the home of the
family of the Governor of Virginia
should be within the State.
This question was clearly put by R.
Walter Dickinson, permanent chairman
of the convention which assembled in
Abingdon last week. The press reports
did not give the full quotation, and on
account of its clarity we herewith
quote him in full:
The citizens of Russell county are
proud of their county and their citizen
ship within this great county and the
great Commonwealth of virginia. II
is natural for US mountain people to love
our own. We are proud of our hills.
our blue grass, our products and our
people. We love all our citizens, and as
citizen we are proud of Henry C. Stu
art, but must in sorrow confess we can
not see how man of his wealth and
reputed political sagacity would regis
ter his wife and daughter as citizens of
a foreign country. Had I the wealth
of Henry c. Stuart not for ten thous-
and dollars would register my wife
and daughter as foreigners. No. ten
thousand times would l rather have nv
wife and daughter known as citizens of
Russell county than citizens of Paris. -
The question is here plainly placed
before the voters of this district. Now
who do you wish to represent you in
Washington: a man who makes his
home among and is one of US, or man
who claims the home of his family to be |
on foreign shores?
Now, gentleman of the Democratic
press, it is up to you so far az the con-
tents of Gladys trunk" is concerned.
If you are 80 anxious to place before
the people this Gladys WARDROBE" if
you insist on making the trunk mys-
terry" the paramount issue of the cam
paign, then get a copy of the invoice
covering the contents of the trunks and
publish it so the public may judge
whether or not they contained articles
that were dutiable. Do this or quit the
everlasting parrot-like repetition that
the Republicans are endeavorino to
make capital out of the contents of
these trunks.
MEANING OF THE ABINGDON CONVENTION
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