The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-25
sLEMp, THE 1NcEND1ARY.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1910.
LEMP, THE INCENDIARY.
The last lingering doubt as to the
unftness OF slemp for public Office
has been swept away. Stuart's splen-
did gains in the Ninth have exas-
perated the Republican candidate for
Congress in thai district to the point
OF desperation. Proving his untrust-
worthiness for public office, slemp has
been running around IN the Ninth Dis
trict urging his followers to be ready
to use their guns on election day.
MI. G.. +. Jones, a well-known cit
izen Of Big stone Gap, has made an
atidavit that on last Wednesday he
heard slemp deliver a speech at Con-
trary School House, Buchanan county,,
and that in the course of his remarks
Slemp said in substance and in as
near the exact words as MT. Jones can
recall:
Boys, we've got the election won II
they don't steal 1t from US. They have
started out to steal 1t through the
registration. All q nan had to do was
to say that he was for Stuart and he
could be registered. Out at my place
they went SO far as to write q mans
name while he held his hand on the
pen. Boys, I want o to stand by the
ballot box out here with your hands
on your guns"
Several men 1 the crowd yelled out
Wen dolit!"
Isn't that prope language from the
lips of q man who seeks to take a
seat In Congress? This fiery youth who
leads the Republican forces wishes to
be one of the national lawmakers, yet
he would elect himself by appeals to
the mob spirit and disrespcct of law
and order. Isn't that fine talk to come
from a member OF Congress? Is Slemp
what the Colonel calls .idead-game?"
intimidation and force-possibly
: bloodshed-is the platform on which
this desperate champion OF. alost cause
is standing. Threats OF the gun are
unmistakable signs that sound argu-
ment is lacking on the part of the
is the last refuge of an expiring poll
ticlan.
In this day and time. when we are
supposed to be civilized, when law
and order are supposed to reign, this
dark-haired Republican stirrer OF
strife. a man who is a member
of Congress.rw who has been paraded as
an honor graduate of a leading edu-
cational institution In the Old Do
minion. forward and advises
citizens to be armed on election day.
Is it not a splendid spectacle? Is It
no a great honor to Virginia to have
in-public life so heroic figure as
h Hon. CD. slemp?
Yet. let US inquire If there be any
truth in what slemp says about the
Improper registration Of voters. In
reply under oath to the allegations
of Slemp, G. {. Garter, registrar al
the ~precinstr where Slemp votes, nails
then as fafsehoods. Denying that he
has lone n improper act, MI. Carter
adds:
I have performed my duties under
the law impartially as between Demo
Gratis and Reublicans and the appli-
cations made to me for registration
are on file In my papers, as the law
requires, and speak for themselves
The leading Republican workers al
this precinct have frequently assured
me that MY acts have been perfectly
fair and satisfactory to them,
What is behind all this? What is
the meaning Of the writing on the
wall? What does 1t all signify?
It means that Stuart is assured OF
success in the Ninth District. The
issue there.is largely an issue between
men,. and he law-abiding and Cod
fearing citizens Of that district are
not to be awed by any wild threats
of Slemp or his satellites. Stuart is
the candidate OF law and order, slemp
is the candidate of the mob.
The slemp platform and the slemr
campaign have been tissues of false
hood and frightened threats. The
people Of the Ninth willspay little at
tendon to slemp's mud-slinginga and
less attention to his .pistol-toting'
policy.
Boys. / want, You to stand by tbs
ballot box out here with your hand
on your guns"
They may tand thare with theil
guns. they may do what they will, bu
they can never by such means defea
the election Of stuart. The fearless
electorate Of the Ninth Will do its duty
and all the guns that slemp can mus
ter cannot keep Stuart from comm,
into his W
Hall and farewell, slemp, the gun
candidate!
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