Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-09-29
STUART A SURE IHIN6.

The reports from the Ninth district,
"ow represented by Slemp, Republican,
indicate that Their. is no longer gu $
ION how rhe district will go and that
r. ny matter for consideration ia the
~'ze If the majority for Stuart, ID, mo-
Graf. Optimists place it at 2 500. al
thougo SlSmp majority two years 20
was nearly 4 600 Roanoke CORES aon-
dent of the Baltimore Sun.
That is grand news: but it harmon
ICES with information that reaches The
Journal through various channels Ouiy
yesterday Riehmond drummer, who
takes ksen interest in politics. told us
OF two-wesks' trip through the South
west, in which he made it point to in
quire everywhere how the Stuart-SlSmp
fight WAS going. He recalled but one
instance in which he was told that SIenp
would win; every othSr single, solitary
individual Of the scores he talked 70
predicted Stuart straight down the lire,
without hesitation or hedging.
1t was Stuart evGrywhere-in the
cars. In the hotels, in the barber shops,
at the bar. There WAS nothing to it
but Stuart.
The journal is not surprised Henry
{. Stuart tewerE above Bascom Slemp
IKE giant oak that dwarfs sapling.
In all the Southwest there is not as big
man as Stuart, and the people of the
Ninth district are going to put him in
Congress to represent them. They are
tired of hiding their light under the
Slemp bushel-or pin Richmond
Journal
Yes, very grand news for you com
promising Democrats, if it were only
true. But your information comes from
insane optimists and blowhards who
make their ignorance conspicuous lin
the cars, in the hotels, in the barber
shops and at the bar" We suppose
your drummer friend meant the saloon
bar, as that is an attractive place for
the smart-Alex drummers who are as
enthusiastic in their Democracy as they
are incapable of estimating political
conditions. Such fellows as these are
avoided by the more intelligent Demo-
Gratis and all Republicans.
1t is little surprising that the Jour
nal should be so lavish in its praises of
Henry c. Stuart and so greatly dis
posed to minimize the proportions of
Bascom Slemp. Very recently our
Richmond contemporary, in humilia-
ton, confessed that the Republican
David Of the Ninth had crushed the
Democratic Goliath. Does the Jour
nal recall its recent editorial "Un-
horsed," wherein you admitted that
Mr.. Slemp had rubbed salt into your
Democratic wound, and confessed your
humiliation because you were impotent
to reply to Mr.. Slemp's keen thrusts
made in his JOnesville speech2
There never was a moro inconsistent
thing on earth than the average Vir-
GINA Democratic newspaper. A few
weeks ago the Journal was bliIterin9
Captain Lamb, the Democratic Con-
gressional candidate from the Rich
mond district, because he avowed him
self protectionist. Only a few days
ago the Journal was severely criticisin9
its ideal Democrat, William jennings
Bryan, because he had declared he
would bolt the Democratic gubernatori-
al candidate in Nebraska on q moral
question. Now the Journal is shouting
its praises of Henry Stuart and praying
for his election to Congress, though Mr..
Stuart has declared for a protective
tariff, has deserted the creed of the
Democratic party and announced that
he will bolt the Democrats in Congress
to support Republican measure if he
should be elected to the House of Rep
resentAtives.
1t looks like the Democratic daily
papers in Virginia have no settled con-
vicdons, but have their principles pin
ned to their coatslseve, ready to change
80 as to support anybody or anything
that is labeled Democrat"
AN EFFECT OF A REPUBLICAN TARIFF,