Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-17
MUNCY FLAYS
GENERAL AYERS.
Cites Record Of Democratic Congressional
Nominee and DeClas There is Nothing
In Common Between HIN And Those
Who Live BY Honest Toll,

Some of the democratic papers of the
Ninth district and elsewhere in Virginia
are very much disturbed because the
Hon. Thomas ]. Muncy in a recent
speech referred to the "soop- houses"
OF '93. 1t is but natural that they should
want to forget the dire results that fol-
lowed Cleveland's administration, but it
does not seem right that they should be
allowed to plead the statute of limita-
ton for the results that followed the
democi attic mal-administration of the
affairs of the Nation the only time, in
half century, they were given into their
party's care. Granting their request,
however, Mr. Muncy allowed their plea
and in answer to their request for
new speech" in an address delivered
at Big Stone Gap on Monday said, in
part. as follows:
Fellow Citizens:-
General r. A. Ayers comes before
you and asks that you elect him to the
Congress of the United States, and you
have a right to investigate as to the
reputation and character of General
Ayers. His official and political acts
are part Of the history of the great
southwest, and l propose to keep them
before the people Of this district till
after the election in November, lest we
forget, lest we forget l never knew
a man who did decent action that
wanted it forgotten. | never knew a
man that did anything for the better
ment of the condition of humanity that
did not want it to live on and on for
ever. Not only so. but he expects his
friends, with loving hands, to inscribe
it upon the marble which marks his last
resting place, that they may be read Of
all men as the years go by. But when
a man does something mean, when
man does that which brings the crimson
blush of shame to the cheeks of his
children, he pleads limitation to that
act. He says, You must not speak of
these things. They are old and shop
worn and threadbare. People are tired
of hearing about them, give US some
thing new. ANY man that will talk of
these things is not gentleman
81 do not know whether, according to
the democratic standard, l am gentle
man or not, and do not know that it is
true that gentleman cannot give it's
record, but l admit that a gentleman
hates to give the record of General
Ayers and the democratic party, and
admit also that a gentleman hates to
read that record; but l give it just the
same. Not because love to do so, but
because believe it is to the best inter-
ests of my country to give it.
General Ayers prates about honesty
in elections, and says he does not want
the certificate of election secured by
fraud. Yet, he has accepted the nomi-
nation from a party which called it's
convention in March for the express
and avowed purpose of nominating a
msn who could and would make arrange
ments to pay the poll taxes of the men
he himself had helped to disfranchise by
the new constitution, this too, after he
had said: That no man who fails to
personally pay his poll tax six months
prior to the election should be allowed
to vote Immediately after this con-
vention meeting was held for the
avowed purpose of raising money to
pay the poll taxes of certain democratic
voters, thus seeking to nullify portion
of the constitution that General Ayers