Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08

cratic standard through the Ninth
with stirring message to all
Democrats and to all independents
and To all Republicans who are
not welded to an empty emblem And
The whole district is listening to him
as 1t has not listened to a candidate I'm
| a generation.
NEVER BEFORE so MUCH
! DEMOCRATIC ENTHUSIASM
! Il have been watching Ninth District
campaigns for twenty-five years." said
II. O. Peters. of Bristol. land have not
In all that time seen tho people Of this
district as aroused M they are I'm the
present one. ] have still to hear OF a
single Democrat in the whole district
who Is not enthusiastically behind our
candidate. He has united them as they
have never been united before"
Mr.. Peters liz a member Of the Ninth
District Democratic Committee and is
in the inner circle of Mr.. Trnkle's adj
visers. He is not given to cXtravagant
statements. Immensely popular with
all classes of people. Democrats and
Republicans alike. he was himself
looked upon by the Democrats as q
likely candidate.
found him in his office ut Bristol
debating Il letter and talking over the
telephone at one and the same time.
n dark -complectioned, sparsely built
| man whose temperament makes II i'm
possible for him to sit or stand still
for more than thirty seconds at a time
Il want to know just why you think
/ Mr.. Trinkle is going to win-what
your grounds are for such n belief" ]
began.
TRINKLE's POPULARITY AND
ABILITY AS CAMPAIGNI;R
Because. sir" he replied. without a
seconds hesitation. his keen black eyes
kindling. Lee Trinkle Is personally
the most popular man that has ever
led a Democratic fight In this district.
Because he is the most remarka BILE
campaiEncr that this district has ever
seen. Because the Democratic party
for the first time I'm its history has
become a genuinely progressive party.
and Mr. Trinkle Is the standard bearer
of that party. Because the people OF
the United States and the people OF the
Ninth District OF Virginia are satisfied
with the present national admintstra-
ton and want a man who will hold up
its hands instead of antaEonize II. Be
cause the independent voters OF the
district arc coming over to us by
scores and hundreds. because the Demo-
Gratis are aroused as they have never
been aroused before. because the Re-
publicanS are wholly without enthusi-
aSm. because"
Here Mr.. Peters ran out OF breath.
His law partner looked in from the
adjoining Office to learn the cause OF
excitement Once aroused. Mr.. Peters
talks with heart, soul and hands
At Trinkle headquarters. n block or
two from Mr.. Peters office. the same
confidence prevails. The manager.
Frank r. Caldwell. is a giant who
ca, u hn
four. in his tan shoes. weighs 200
pounds more or less. and has skin as
pink and fair as a debutantc'S.
From this Office is administered
campaign which reaches out to every
one of the $40 precincts in the district.
A long distance telephone line is in
almost continuous use, and the endless
patter OF messenger boys with tele-
grams stops only with the o'clock
whistle, and sometimes not even then.
Reports filed with Mr.. Caldwell by
workers In every county and precinct
In the district discredit another ia
vorite story that the Republicans be-
gan to spread early i'll tho campaign
namely. that a large number of Dem
ocrats have failed to qualify ana viii
ba debarred from voting in the com
ing election.
DEMOCRATS ARE QUALIFIED
DECLARES MANAGER CALDWELL,
There is nothing to it-positively |
nothing" said Mr.. Caldwell. I'm one |
or two counties there are a number Of
hoaters--mcn who are ready to sell out
to the highest bidder. In the past |
IL has been the practice Of both parties |
TO bestir themselves In seeing that |
these foatcrs are qualified to vote. Too |
often. the Democrats have found to |
their cost that noaters, placed on tho
voting lists through their initiative.
took advantage OF their franchise to
sell out to the Republicans who seem |
always to be plcntifuily supplied with |
money.
. "In this campaign the real Demo
Gratis are all. or nearly all. qualified to |
vote Many OF the foaters are not |
Consequently, there will be fewer votes
for the Republicans to buy"
Tho buying Of votes on election day |
was "a lourishing industry In the old |
days OF the fghting Ninth. The price |
ranged from two drinks to 50 for the |
culls. and ran up to SIS and $40 for the |
picked and fancy. The industry was
largely in Republican hands. although |
occasionally. the Democrats undertook
to fight the enemy with his own are.
But at this game the Republicans were