The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-05
That Can Save Day for
Democracy in Ninth
District.
EACH VOTER MUST
SHARE In FIG HIT
Forces Are Well Organized, and
With Feeling of Individual Re-
sponsibility at the Polls,
Henry C. Stuart Will Be
Elected to Seat in
Congress.
ny ALEXANDER FORWARD.
Special Correspondent of The Times

ny ALEXANDER FORWARD.
Special Correspondent of The Times
Dispatch.
Pearisburg. Va, April 4.-Henry c.
Stuart has good lighting chance tol
carry the Ninth Congressional District.
There are however. some pre-
requisites. their Importance being in
this order: The indiviCua Democrat
must realize his individual RESPONSE
bllity. personal touch with the voter
can alone save the das-; the man who
casts the ballot must be educated. :.
Boiled down, these three propositions
make but one-persona1 work.
For years the Ninth District Demo-
crat has been voting mechanically He
has been unable to see much good in
exercising the prerogatives of citizen
ship. To whatever extent he may have
been interested he let the party au-
rlorities do the necessary work. This
year this will be insufficient The
man in the street must consider him
self his brothers. keeper so far as that
| brothers vote is concerned The In
dividual must feel the responsibility
for Mr. stuart's election resting upon
his individual shoulders.
Forces Are LoynI.
In reasoning along this line one
would ordinarily say something here
about the absolute necessity for
loyalty TO the officers In charge OF the
| forces But 1t would be superfluous
now: every man In the district is
| LOYAL. There Is no kicking. The esprit
| de corps is better than have ever
seen 1t before. But the officers cannot
do IL all NO battle was ever won by
| the officers alone,
The men who are leading the Demo-
| Gratis of the district are for the most
| part those who have fought the party's
battles for years past. They arc
| ready and willing to work as hard as
| anybody, and they are already on the
| job. But they must have the cooper
! alton of the individual citizen. Not
| only the election of Mr.. Stuart, no;
! only the redemption of the district.
/ but the future of the nation Is at
| stances the country expects every
man in the Ninth TO do his duty.
| In every county in the district there
| is the same spirit. The Democrats are
| thoroughly in earnest and thoroughly
| confident. They believe their time has
| come. All that is needed to insure
success is the application of an
I alchemy which will transform this
| feeling into personal effort
4 Coming to Giles county, the last to
be touched by this correspondent, con-
ditions appear thoroughly satisfactory.
Barring the possibility of a landslide,
there Is not much room here for sweep
ing changes. For the most part the
\ Democratic forces have been we'll or
| ganized all the time, and the vote has
been gotten out quite successfully.
Giles Always True.
4 Giles county is the only county In
the district which has never gone Re-
publican. In the election of 1908 she
stood alone, with the city Of Bristol
in giving majorities for Bryan and
Byars. She Will not be so lonely In
! November. Yet with not many doubtful
or Republican votes to be gotten, Giles
will do her part In the result Giles
Il Democrats have always held their
heads up. There has never been the
feeling of dependency and inevitable
defeat which has hurt the party else
where. An active interest has always
been taken in political affairs. Demo-
Gratis elect the county officers. ant
4 quite an efficient organization has been
maintained. E.. A. Shumate is the coun-
/ ty organizer under the temporary cam
paign plan, G. N. otey. OF Wytheville
being the chairman for this State SEN
ator1al district. Former Senator Pey.
man for the Ninth District, lives In
this county. Mr.. st. Clair has great
4 work on his hands this year, and is
!, putting forth every effort.
Industrial life is taking hold of this
county. with the inevitable result OF
+ putting the people in closer touch with
national problems. Here, as else
where, is to be found the feeling that
all Is not right with the government
This feeling will help Mr.. Stuart.
Bland Interested.
The little county of Bland UP In the
mountains, is reported to be interested
!, too. The vote there is not large, and
usually the result is very close II
former years the Democrats securee
small maiorities. but latterly the Re-
publicans have been carrying It BY
from twenty-five to 100 votes. Politi-
cal feeling there In days gone by has
. Frequently been acute. 1t is likely tc
. he about a tie this year. Mr.. Stuart
9 Will do better In Bland than has any
Democratic candidate for Congress II
!, years, and probably less than twenty
Ave majority will be given for elthel
! nominee The Democrats may carry II
: Judge Martin Williams, in his race fol
\ the House of Delegates last year, actu
ally carried the county. in addition tc
securing tremendous majority u
i Giles. This was an unusual result, bu
there is a possibility that Mr.. Stuar
| Will repeat the feat. In 1897 Gile
county produced an earthquake OF he
own 1t shook up the county, cracked
! The courthouse walls, scattered hrick
| indiscrlminately upon the heads OF tn
citizenry, and convinced many thatth
i Judgment day had at last arrived. Fur
i thermore. unwilling to he selfish Will
the earthquake, " was allowed Y
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