Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-03-03
BE just and Fear Not !"


ing as surely as the world lives. /
The people OF this state are ultra /
conservative and co not take quick ]
ly to the "fads and fancies' reform /
that is at this moment oonvulsing
the great Middle West. and slowly
out surely vending its way across /
( the continent 70 the also ulua-con- /
servstive Eastern and New England
states. IN its grand sweep the
wave must overwhelm in the cata-
clysm the Southern states. And the
T South is as ripe for the Progressive /
Movement as any other secuOn. /
When the pendulums wings it viii 60
o the extreme here just as has the
T prohibition movement. Virginia and
most OF the southern states are as
-adical on this subject as could well
De wished by the bluest blue stock
ng" in all New England.
4 Upon what party will the burden
Of the new movement fall? Al
ways It i5 the political party in pow
sr that must bear the brunt OF the
attack. and 70 live must become the
. reform party. Naturally neither of
+ the old political parties are reformers.
f Both are conservative. because con-
rolled BY the wealth OF the country
which IS always conservative"
when special privileges. (for which
wealth now stands are threatened.
wiz enough Democrats In Virginia
Join the new movement TO save the
defeat from defeat four or eight years
from now?
The Democratic party in Virginia
mas served the people well. In ev-
cry crisis she has steered the ship
of state through the troubled waters
to-a safe har5or. So thoroughly
inteenched has the party become
that we have come 70 believe that
not only IS oDTs the only party that
can make and administer the laws,
but that the state practically belongs
70 the Democratic party. AS a
plain citizen. the average man puts
his state above party. no matter how
great and strong that party may be.
The politician clings 10 party. shouts
for party. an the people 'bewitch-
ed"
N the past years there were good
ant sufficient reasons why the Dem
0cTscy Of Virginia should control
absolutely the public institutions OF
his state. The reasons for this
, nave disappeared as the state enter
, ed upon the bright and broader way
: following the adoption Of a new con
: stitution. The time mas come when
: the party can afford 10 be magnani-
: nous-and just. and relieve herself OF
the entire responsibility for the man
: agement OF public Institutions which
belong 70 all the people. The mi
: nority party should DC given repre-
; sentaton on the boards Of al such
institutions. Your politician may
shout treason. but If to be Just
makes Us 4 traitor We find ourselye.
n q large company. We yield &c
40 newspaper in loyalty to Demo
cratic principles. but our loyalty. i
S to DC hoped. has not made u
blind 70 the rights Of others.
nj Progressive Democracy or Pro
gressiye Repuolicanism. or whateYe
o you choose 70 call it. will in the enc
, DC triumphant. Il will drive the
. money-chsngers from the temple anS
save il 70 the people Val Dem
y ocrscy in Virginia become progress
i've anu live. or will il wrap tn
= graye-clothes Of dead issues abou
q il and lie down in troubled dream
OF former gioryr
a. Some Of the reforms will be a ju:
- recognition o. the minority party
the election Of all officers by clss
cut. honest direct primary; publicit