Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-04-07
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MISREPRESENIING CONDITIONS.


other CONFUSION, and during its period
OF Inconsistencies has made a new
Classics ton of the Republicans in the
Ninth Virginia District. Recently thew
were classified as Intelligent Republi-
cans" and Ignorant Republicans. ."
Now they are divided into lilly white
Republicans" and ''black and tan Re-
publicans.
In its Sunday issue our Roanoke con-
temporary began an editorial headed:
"Sick Lilly Whites,'" with this won
derfully eruptive declaration:
mo wonder the real Lilly White Re-
publicans of the Ninth Virginia district
are reported to be rallying to Stuart"
We wonder when and how the Roa-
noke Times found out that there are
but two kinds of Republicans in the
Ninth District-''lilly whites" and
"black and tan's." And that report
that one class is rallying to Stuart is
about as substantially untrue as that
there is any class of Republicans in the
Ninth except intelligent and true Re-
publicans. Really, we are now i'm
pressed with the belief that the editor
OF the Roanoke Times does not believe
that there are any intelligent Republi-
cans in the district. This is, perhaps.
excusable as he knows so little about
the men out here. and is so desperately
anxious to have the Democrats elect
Mr.. Stuart. But the Times is making
It's fight in a very unintelligent wav.
The editorial in question" Sick Lillv
Whites'-is picture of conditions that
do not exist, and is intended to arouse
race prejudices in the district, by a re-
turn to the cry of 'nigger" and ''black
and tan" And in furtherance of that
design the Roanoke Times very foolish
iy and untruly declares:
"Be it noted that the Republicans
have raised the color issue. The new
constitution took that issue out of our
politics. The Republicans bring it back.
Their one argument against Stuart is
that he voted for the constitution and
helped make it. The plain logic Of their
position Is that they regard it as a crime
against the people that the Republicans
no longer are forced to sit in conven-
tons and otherwise associate politically
with Eastern Virginia negroes. The
logic of their position is that if they had
the power, if Mr.. Slemp in Congress
could help make the federal government
seize the power, they would restore the
black and TAM the white man and ne
gro political intimacy that put member
ship in the Republican party under
ban.''
We had hoped that the Roanoke Times
under its new editorial conduct would |
soar above such appeals as these, that
are based upon no true conditions, and
that are an insult to the intelligence of
both Republicans and Democrats in the
Ninth District. The Times says:
THE Republicans are carefully dodp-
ing the issues of this campaign for Con-
gress. They are trying to APP
peal to the supposed prejudices of SUD-
posed ignorance and playing on that
string of cheap demagogy."
The very effort of the Roanoke Times
10 inject the color or race issue into this
campaign is but an appeal to the SUD
posed prejudice or supposed ignorance
IF the voters Of the district. We hope
hat the editorial of the Times will be
read by every Republican in the dis
-rict, for it will arouse righteous re-
sentiment because of it's very unfair
hess.
Six years ago, under q different edi-
torial management, the Roanoke Times
sought to raise the race or color issue in
his district by attacks upon Mr.. Roose-
Teit and Colonel Slemp. The Republi-
;ans of the Ninth showed their con-
empt for the outrage by giving Roose-
'elt and Slemp four thousand majority.
The present effort of the Times, while
aore adroitly made, is none the less
and will make the Republi-
ans solid for Slemp.