The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
sTALwART DEMOCRATS OF THE
EAST END BREAK ICE OF
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
MAKE A GOOD START
RICHARD EVELYN BYRD Is pRE-
SENT, ASSISTS AT THE BIRTH
OF THE CLUB AND NAMES
THE BABY.

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1ond. At the suggestion Of Richard i
.yelyn Byrd, who was present and /
ssisted at The birth Of the organiza-
Ion II was christened the Jefferson
I. ard wilson Marshall Montague GiQo' Z
John j. Bake, u well known atlor- (
ey OF the Last End, who called the
4uetir-- to oruer, was chosen as p1eai- f
emit Horace ~ Hawkins was elocted I
ecretary and John r. ChaIieton
treasurer.
air. Blake explained the purposes Of +
he cldb---to enroll every Democrat III f
he ward for active work. 10 get every
otter to cast his ballot and 10 arouse +
among the people III the !
ivy generally. Some thirty or more (
MEMBERS were enrolled at the very
,utset and cards are TO be issued Tor {
Members and distributed throughout I
ho ward
BYRD Makes Address.
Speaker Richard +. byrd, who has /
been designated by Chairman NC.
suubs to promote the formation OF
Hubs in this state. was on manu- ana
1t the request Of the president made
IN address OF fifteen minutes in Whleh
le declared that the methods pGF
3ued ana the dispatch with which the
business was attended insured sue
cessfuI and model organization.
MIR. Wilson has declared. and very
rightly, that he wants TO have the
active support and endorsement OF
every Democrat, and he has also de-
rlared that he will not accept the con-
Of any person which may
mean the carrying Of any sort of an
said MIR. Byrd In other
words, the enormous expenses Of the
campaign are to lie met by the con-
tr4butions Of the individual members
Of the party. These EXPENSES are
very heavy, and 1t Is necessary that
each club shall have q committee To
solicit these funds Ii is all Very well
for the papers {" undertake to raiSe
money for the campaign, but the
average business man VIII not SIT
down and coldly send in his eontribu-
tiun. The average man wants to he
asked to cnntrlhHtc MIA cash, and the
average Democrats will not hesitate
to come down with a dollar. five dol
lars, a half dollar or = quarter.
Il want to say that believe that
the best evidence that can be adduced
Is 20 use one Republican 1gninst
another, MIR. La Toilette SAYS that
the only difference between Taft and
Roosevelt is the difference between
Welt attempted TO commit petit lar
ceny at Chicago ana failed; Mr.. Taft
attempted grand larceny at the same
place and succeeded.
Colonel Roosevelt has u idea that
he would tear down the foundations
OF the government and rebuild along
sociaIistic and commun4stic lines. MIR
Wilson does not believe that His idea
Is to reform existing government and
to keep intact the best ideas Of the
founders Of the republic That is tho
difference between the two men Mir.
Taft can very readily be eliminated
from the equation.
Analyses Two Parties.
Mr. Byrd went into a brief analysis
OF the two parties. declaring that a.
no time IN the history of the GOV
eminent had the trusts grown go fast
as during the time that Roosevelt WAS
At thc helm. Perkins, the man with
the money bags. said Mr.. Byrd, Is a
friend Of Roosevelt. RooseVrlt's idea
Of bad trusts was that the good ones
contributed to his campaign and the
had ones q q not. Perkins, he explain
cd, was Pierpont Morgan's man, the
representative Of the HarNests and
other good trusts, which were en-
gagged IN the EFFORT to eject Mir. Roose-
Welt. And MIR. Perkins WAS the own
or and operator OF a plant allied
with tho harvester trust, working wo-
men ten hours a day. refusing to let
them sit down in that time, and
falling to comply with any OF the
! LABOR laws Of the State OF New York
/ Classmates at College.
/ Y have known MIR. Wilson for thir-
! " years. and / am proud TO claim
/ his friendship, He was my classmatt
/ at college. He went into politics in
! New Jersey. was elected governor q:
the state. and by sheer force Al
strength Of character he has accom-
/ plshed more than any other man In
the world. lie has ridded that State
| Of bosses, He has upset the corrupt
! bargain between both the old par.
/ ties. and he Is fast bringing to tn,
front and making progressive State
/ out Of one Of the most trust ridder
( and m0ssback States OF the In on
Mr.. Byrd urged the cooperation
: of the clubs in the State, a gettinl
1 together. "A concert OF effort. He be-
lieyed that much could and would bt
accomplished
His remarks were greeted with ap,
plause, and President blake thanked
him for his presence and address. A
the request of MIR. Blake, MIR, Byrc
was asked to designate the name Of
the club. and the name above wa
adopted
Mat Davis, Of the East End asso
citation, who was among tho first Il
enlist for the campaign, moved tina
two Vice presidents for zach precinc
be named by the president. and thi,
was agreed to.
Treasurer Charlton moyed. and th'
club adopted. a motion to authorize
the president TO name the variou!
committees that might he necessary
ana also 10 determine just what mum
her should he embraced in each com
mittee,
To Name Vice Presidents.
Because OF the pending campaign
for the administrative beard the clul
decided TO refer to the president anC
the Vice presidents the time and place
for the future meetings. The I~es
dent urgca that each member en- u
and forVpri to the secretary TIN
names OF each voter IN the ward
MIR. Byrd announced that on Tues
day he wogld 20 TO FarmSille anC
max" an atf>sess and proceed viii
the orea nlzation or a club In tina
place He expects TO see several othe
clubs organized Ia this city AT Al
early date and Wit be very glad L
communicate with the ,.oters In cacl
ward with the end in view.
Last night several ladies In tn
Vicinity Of the park were seen at th'
Injecting, listening to the proceeding
\ and taking the keenest interest in ~
that was said and done, It was sug
lcested that perhaps tney were gettinl
n line on tho manner OF handling
meeting fot political purposes Wit