Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-03-30
LET'S HAVE THE TRUTH.

mentions OeieRate johnson, of Mont
gomery county, as among the activ.
candidates for the position and goes or
to point out that The Ninth District
which is given to the habit of send 20
Republicans to the General Assembly.
has more patronage than any other dis
trict in the State. There are few de-
partments in the State which have not
at least one man. and in snme instance
two from the Ninth District"
Seeing that the patronage in Richmouc
IL entirely at the dispo salof Democrs ,r
officials. it would sem queer that e
only Republican district in the St.
should be given (proporuonally) tn.
lions share of it. Is the allegation
true? Along the same line the cha-g,
has been made that the SOUTHWEST
counties pay less revenue into the Stat
treasury in proportion to their weal,l
snd population than other sections of
the Commonwealth, that the assess
ments of property are much b, low ~
taxable value, that many of them draw
from the State for criminal expens, s.
schools and pensions more money thar
they contribute, though as to the latter
item they furnished fewer troops to IN,
Confederate army pro rata of NAL
adults than other sections. If these &C
cusstions are untrue, it is high tim,
that facts and figures were produced t,
disprove them. If they are true, it i,
high time that such conditions shoul,
be brought to an end.-Norfolk Virgin
ian-Pilot.
We are surprised that our esteemed
Norfolk contemporary should fall into
the error of placing Montgomery coun-
ty in the Ninth District 1t just shows
how careless are the daily papers in the
eastern part of the State in forming
their estimate of political and Other
conditions in this district. Having
made this absurd mistake, we are not
astonished that the Virginian- Pilot alsc
falls into the error of accepting a.
true the untruths that have been told
about the Southwestern counties paying
les revenue into the State treasury in
proportion to their wealth and popula-
ton than any otner sections of the Com
monwealth. Or that it should claim
that many of these counties draw from
the State more money for criminal ex-
penses than they contribute. But the
unkindest and most incorrect charge is
that these mountain counties furnish
ed fewer troops to the Confederate
army pro rata of male adults than other
sections"
The Southwestern counties sent
thousands of thei- sons to battle for the
Confederate cause.-the great county of
Tazewell alone contributing more than
a thousand Many of these fought for
the Confederacy for four long years in
the northern and eastern parts of the
State, and many of them fell and were
buried on the battle fields there. Of
the thousands of brave men sent to the
army from Southwestern Virginia not
more than ten per cent. were slave
holders or the sons of shareholders.
But these things are but of little mo-
ment to the hungry office-holders and
office-seekers of the eastern sections of
the State. They begrudge every crumb
of patronage that is permitted to fall
to man, Democrat or Republican, in
the Ninth District, ard those crumbs
are most frequently bestowed on men
who are not natives here or whose an
cestors have in recent years come to
the mountains. The Virginian- Pilot
says:
Seeing that the patronage in Rich
mond is entirely at the Disposal of Dem
ocratic officials, it would seem queer
that the only Republican district in the
State should be given (proportionally)
the lions share of it,
This is but more euphonious way of
saying as was said when T. A. Lynch
If Tazewell county. was candidate for
:lerk of the State Senate a little over
,hree years ago: That id black Re-
publican district is not entitled to and
hall not receive anything"
This is the aDimus of the office hold
ng trust which has its headquarters at
Richmond. Il
Possibly the Democrats out here may
hink they are being fairly treated, but !
hey must be very easily satisfied if
hey do. The Ninth District last year
ave one-fourth of the Democratic
ote that was polled in Virginia. What
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