Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-03-10
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE,

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We'll, the Democrats of the Ninth dis
trict have met in convention and amid a
blaze of periodic enthusiasm have nomi-
mated the Hon. Henry C. Stuart as their
for Congress. And some of
them are actually talking like they be-
lieve they can elect him. In 1906 the
same kind of enthusiasm, hope and con-
fidence prevailed when R. 2. Bruce was
nominated by the Democracy of the dis
trict. Taylor Ellyson declared that
Bruce was ga name to conjure with"
and promised that he should be SUD-
ported by united Democracy. The
treasury of the party in all parts of the
State was to be emptied and used in his
behalf, and from what we gathered dur
ing the campaign that was done. Well.
we all remember how the Wise county
man went down before the charge of a
united, resolute Republican host. Just
about the same thing is going to happen
this year, even if Stuart is a name to
conjure with, for he has no more to
commend him to the people of the dis
trict than had Mr.. Bruce. And we are
surprised that Mr.. Stuart has permitted
himself to be enticed into the hopeless
undertaking of wrestling the district
from the Republicans.
We noticed in the Richmond Times
Dispatch of last Saturday that Senator
Martin, the boss of the machine. ex-
pressed hope of victory for the Demo
cratic candidate, and based his hope up
on the fact that the Democrats had a
vote of 200 in the district when thew
presented united front. The Senator.
perhaps, failed to remember that the
Republican vote in the district will num-
Der $4,000 when brought to the polls.
and that the Republicans have never
gotten in the habit of voting for Demo
cratic candidates. So, any possibility OF
electing Mr.. Stuart with the assistance
of Republican votes is chimerical. The
same kind of rot that is now being talk.
ed about the Slemp ring was used wher
Bruce and Byars were the Democratic
candidates and didn't amount to a row
of pins. 1t will amount to nothing more
with Mr.. Stuart as a candidate. He
has never done anything to commend
him to Republicans, except the expos.
ures he made against Judge Rhea, anC
he did not go half far enough in that
or he could have eliminated Rhea for
ever from the politics of the State. Up
on the contrary, Mr.. Stuart has proven
himself partisan Democrat, ALWAYS
hostile to Republican candidates. anc
and using his utmost endeavor to de-
stroy our party in the district. He has
not had much record as a representa-.
tive of the people, only such as was
made as member of the late Constitu.
tional Convention. That record is moi
likely to make Republicans esteem him
and will surely contribute largely to hi:
defeat.
Mr.. Stuart is a dyed -in-the-wool Dem.
ocrat, bitter foe to Republican princi
pies; and the very few Republicans ir
the Ninth who will vote for him will be
composed of disappointed ofice-seekers
and limited number who may be under
personal obligations to him. These
classes of persons are always found in
all parties, and they are never very
helpful to the minority party, especially
in district where so many bitter bat
ties have been fought between the rival
parties.
Mr.. Stuart will as surely go down in
defeat next November as did Bruce in
1906 and Byars in 1908.