Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-03

W. SSe"J OiieeS uhu huoPt
a Ringing Platform Calling for
Many Needed Reforms.
The Republicans of Grayson county
met in convention at independence on
July 25th and nominated the following
ticket for county and district Offices:
For House of Delegates NJ. Fulton.
For Treasurer-V. E. Cornett.
For Clerk-I. b. Bryant.
For Sheriff-H. A. Hoffman.
For Commemorative Attorney--P. L.
Harrington.
OLD TOWN DISTRICT
For Supervisor-H. E. Edwards.
For Commissioner of Revenue-A. s.
Lawson.
ELK CREEK DISTRICT.
For Supervisor-Henry Graybeal.
For Commissioner of Revenues. G.
Morton.
WILSON DISTRICT.
For Supervisor H. Spencer.
For Commissioner of Revenue-E. L.
Robbins.
The convention was the largest that
ever met in Grayson county and the
candidates were all in a genial spirit
and those who were defeated took it in
the best of humor, and taking as
whole everybody was surprised at the
spirit of harmony that existed through
out the entire convention.
Everybody went away from the con-
vention with a determination of doing
their part of rolling up larger major
ity for the ticket than Grayson has ever
given heretofore.
The following ringing resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved: 1st. That all the officers
in the State who serve over us should
and ought to be elected by the people;
that all persons who vote for Governor,
member of Congress and the President
of the United States is possessed of
sufficient intelligence and is in every
way competent to vote and help elect
every officer in the State; that our
school trustees, county superintendent
of public instruction, judges of our
courts, the State corporation commits
sioners and auditor of public accounts,
officers now appointed should be elected
by the people.
End. That we are unalterably oppos-
ed to the property qualification men
toned IN section 80 of article IL of our
State Constitution as a prerequisite to
voting, and that if it is ever recon-
mended by a representative of this
county and enacted into law it will de-
prive three-fourths of the voters of this
county of the rights of suffrage.
3rd. That we are entitled to and
ought to have minority representation
on the Electoral Board of this and every
other county in this State; that the
Republican party ought to select at
least one judge and one clerk at each
precinct to assist in holding elections,
and that representation should be given
US on the canvassing board of election
SOA'ioSiOhSiSS IHdI IL Is manlI
unjust and unfair to have the registrar.
the electoral board, two of the judges,
both clerks, and the commissioners of
election all belonging to one party.
4th. That as there are only a few
surviving Confederate soldiers of the
Civil War. we favor more liberal pen
sions to them and their widows than
they are now getting.
9th. That we are opposed to the large
appropriations which have been made
and are being made by our State to the
universities, colleges and higher institu-
tions of learning to the detriment of our
common free schools, and which has re-
duced the length of the term of our
schools and kept the common school
teachers wages so low that it is con-
stantly driving our best teachers out of
the business. We favor longer terms
for our free schools and better wages SO
as to secure the best teachers.