Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-06-29

that shortly after Mr.. Stuart's nomina.
ton for Congress, that Mr.. Tate Irvine
called a meeting of the leaders from
each county in the district to assemble
at Bristol for the purpose of ascertain
ing how much money it would REQUIRE
TO pay the poll-taxes of delinouents,
and urged ali to whom he sent his cir
cular letter to come to the meeting pre-
pared to say how much would Re needed
Tor each county. This meeting was
held, arrangements were made for
raising the money and more than
twenty thousand dollars was expended
on qualifying delinquent Democrats and
fOaters. 1t will be remembered that
after these poll-taxes were paid Frank
"ysor sent out circular letter to pre-
cinct workers to enumerate the fioaters
at each precinct for the purpose of
holding them in hand until the election.
Then checkers were sent out in the diff
terent counties, and we have been told
that these checkers found about six
thousand fioaters, most of whom had
been qualified to vote from the Demo-
cratic poll-tax fund.
Perhaps there may be a double pur-
pose In this last unlawful effort of the
democratic workers to pay poll taxes in
Russell county. They may have been
looking to the coming Senatorial pri-
mary as well as to the election next
fall. Speaking of the contest between
the machine and anti-machine Demo-
Gratis, the Roanoke Times in its issue of
March z, 1911, said:
I'VE know Mr.. Stuart will vote
for Mr.. Jones for he has said he will
and he is man of his word. We
understand the boys out that wav
are scheming up joke on Henry to
give him the happy ha-ha and prove
his veracity. They are trying to
arrange and agree that the Stuart
vote shall be the only one cast for
Jones In Russell. If thew
can fix it up like they want it the
state will see from the returns from
Russell that Mr.. Stuart kept his
word and voted for Mr.. Jones. for
that one vote for purity amid a null
tituoe OF Swanson sinners will CLEAN
out like a long golden hair on a
broadcloth coat of a brunett's hus-
band. But we do not find the name
OF Stuart in the list of those active
ly In sympathy with the Democratic
League uprising. And the hole is a
big one and will cause some chuck
ling in the Southwest.
1t may be that this sending of men
around to get orders from delinquent
voters to have their poll taxes paid out
of corruption fund is a part of the
scheme "of the boys out that wav' To
put up joke on Henry to give him
the happy ha-ha and prove his verac-
ity." Is it improbable that this same
kind of scheming has been operated in
all the counties of the Ninth district
and, perhaps, many counties in other
sections of the State? Possibly the
State Democratic League NAV be able
to find out
The Roanoke Times in its editorial:
Crooked Election Work." not only
misrepresents the conduct of the Re-
publican treasurer of Russell and the
methods of the Republicans of the Ninth
district, but falsifies the purposes of
the Democrats as shown by consistent
record of fraud that has covered more
than twenty-five years. The Times
says:
I'VE have every reason to believe
that the Democrats of Virginia are
entirely earnest and honest in DUR
pose to have elections absolutely fair
and straight. All of us of
all parties should work together for
honesty and clean methods"
II these expressions are sincere, WHY
do you keep as your workers and mana
gers the "boys" you hired and taught
to steal from Republicans? You have
the same men in control who
twice robbed General Walker of a seat
in Congress and who tried to rob Colonel
Slemp in 1902. If you want ito have
elections absolutely fair and straight. +"
why don't you insist upon putting the
election machinery in the hands of men
who are absolutely clean and straight?
Why use all effort to prove that the Re-