Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-10-06

instead O. sayIn them the sum of $3.50,
600 per year.
Who is the A anias?
In tht, sam. address Mr.. Stuart
stated; 10 M letter Of acceptance l
promised to do Ill in my power to take
the public free school system of Virgin
} ia out Of politics, ard contend We have
done it" Have they done it?
Who is the ANanias?
In this same address Mr.. Stuart spoke
Of the suffrage laws as "prescrip
ton" He said;
"A medicine that would cure the sick
man would kill the well man as both
must take the same prescription, the
question was TO the SICK man, how weak
will 1t cure you ami to the well man how
strong can you stand it?''
The Lebanon News said: 'He de-
clared however, that it would be efTec-
tive, and that under its provisions NO
WHITE MAN WOULD BE DlSFRAN-
CHISED.
What the necessity for administering
medicine that might kill to the well
mani" How many white men have
been killed by DR.. Stuart's medicine?
Who is the Ananias?
MIR. Stuart further declared in his
Lebanon speech: That any white man
who could register under the law as it
is today can register under the new
constitution"
Under the old law all that was neces-
sary for man to register was to be an
honest man, not an idiot or insane per-
son, or convicted felon, having been a
resident of the State twelve months and
OF the county or city three months.
Under the new constitution he has, in
addition to the requirements of the old
law, to be resident of the State two
years and of the county or city one year
before he can register. When undertake
ing to register in 1902 and 1908 he had
to be a taxpayer to the amount of sI.OO
on property, to be an old soldier or the
son of soldier, or take Mr.. Stuart
nauseating and deadly dose-the "un-
Outstanding clause. Some took it and
lived, Others took it and died, and MANY
refused to take it when they saw its
deadly effect upon their neighbors and
friends. Speak ing of these, MIR. Stuart
in his Lebanon speech said: IF he
fails to register 1 want him to come to
me end tell me he reason why"
And the poll tax qualification for reg
istering and voting has been placed as a
permanent provision in the new consti-
tution-also a permanent educational
qualification. How does this conform
to Mr.. Stuart's promise that 1.-THE poor
est and most uneducated white man can
and will vote unGer the provisions of any
of the bills?"
Who is the Ananias?
But Mr.. Stuart, for all his sins of omis-
sion and commission in connection with
the making of new constitution, pleads
in extenuation that his ardent desire to
preserve for the white race supremacy
in the affairs of Virginia. Was this hi.
honest intention and was it fairly exc.
cuted?
To make the white race honestly GIL
preme the power to control must be
falriy and equally distributed among
the white men of the State; and this
can only be done by giving as nearly as
possible the same representation value
to each and every white man in each
and every county, city or community.
Has this been done, or has the repre-
sentation been distributed partially and
unequally, SO as to give preferred class
es of white men in certain sections of
the State vastly superior representa-
ton value, and investing them with
supreme dominating power in the af-
fairs of our government?
Mr.. Stuart gave his voice and effort
to adopt into the new constitution a leg
islative apportionment which has rob-
bed the white men of the Ninth district
of their fair share of representation in
the State legislature. He has given to
white men in counties east of the Blue
Ridge representation value five times az
great as he has given to the white men
of Tazewell and Buchanan counties;
three times as great as he has given to