Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-25

No free government can be built upon
such system, which is a denis1 ot
everything that our rien fought for In
France. or that our forefathers died
rs establish:
II IL not surprising that the young
men Of Virginia are leaving the State
by the thousands. II Is not surpris-
Ing that the whole political md
economic life of this State Is stng
nant; that is school system Is a po-
1iticni machine. and its tax a-a,em Is
AL unbearabie burden, for n govern
ment founded upon repression and
fraud niwnya has been. md aIway7
VIII be. dentructive nf pyHtirnl free
aem and VI social nnd economic prog
re%~.
This ia the record" OF tho ,o,,,
crh''r party upon whirh Mr.. Tr,nn, 6
plants his feet" aud which he aa
rhncen as the "renson for hi, .,.,
ton"
The Republican party refuse. :,
accept this condition. II dew,nds -.
'"r'r or Vi" ei"vtcriol lawn which vii,
r"-enfranehiss the urea, body NJ ,,e
Wh''" people nf this State, which viii,
encourage voting by "competent and
lualh'd personE." while protecting
the state md local governments from
any Hanger Of control by the "irn,.
rant aud incompetent" and thi, re-.
''re" system he submitted TO tho
people for adoption or rejection,
MT. Trinklr's. Race "SkcIctos..
h"iere passing from thi. suffice. Of
government rcorganizat!on. Witch /.
fundamental In any program ,f
'"r" in Virginia. II seems ne,e,.,v
=" point out once for ali tho rank
hNp"cracy "f the Democratic ,rp.,,.
Htt!"n in its effort To fripb,,, -,
p""pi" Of Virginia with the r,co
question which Mr., Trinklo pr,,o-Ir
calls "sk"lcton''-a Jc,J nj,
"sc'"' only To frighten children,
'h"S imposed upon the pcon,o .,
mas stat" Constitution which s,-uo,
at tho very basis of tho ,o,,,o,,
rights OF every citizen and ma. dc.
s'roycd IN" political freedom, mr.,
progress OF tho state by tho man.
""'e OF 'orty-scvcn men in v!oIatjo,
OF the pliehtcd faith of thu. nav
and urged as reason for ,hlr ,oro.
ih'i"nary act tina, /; would remov.
'he race question from polite, in
virginia Having thus usoa mi,
"Neieton I" force the people 10 nc.
cep' disfranchiscmen, for tho h,noo,
OF an office holding class. thov h.vo
continued To bring this sam. race
question back !n,o every election.
9'"'' or national. u frirht.n IN. PEG.
~" INTO supporting The Democratic
ticket with which they we.c no, in
sympathy, In every national cleo.
ton they have told us in fcrv.nt
terms that the election OF a Rcpub,i-
can President and Congress meant
IN" appointment Of negroes to Of
Tee in Virginia. The Republican marty
has been in control OF the government
since 1896. with tho exception OF
eight years and in that time no negro
commonwealtte Yet they continue in
each election To predict this result,
entirely Obvious o. the facts. How
long can the people OF Virginia he
deceived by such methods?
II is even worse In state elections
They know. and every thoughtful per-
son knows. that the white people Of
Virginia. without regard to party,
have Il fixed policy and conviction as
To the personal and political relation
OF the races. They know that II is
false and an Insult to the intelligent
people who constitute the Republican
party in this State. TO say that these
people would think IT doing anything
which would disturb the social and
political relations in this state or
bring about any mixture O, the races
or give TO the negroes OF the State
any official position over any white
people in our State OF local affairs
They know tina, such action would nc
unfair 10 both races. impossible OF
performance and opposed TO every
principle OF free and efficient govern
ment. Yet they continue their often
sirc course OF urging this view to
arouse the prejudice of the people OF
Virginia, and to secure their support
OF party which'no longer stands for
any principle. but only for its main
tcnancr in office.
Certain Democratic speakers have
gone so far as to assert that twenty
three young white men have recently
been removed from office in the Rich
mond post office and Twenty-Five
negroes appointed in their places
The postmaster in Richmond is n
democrat. The Republicans have
nothing to do with the personnel OF
that office. But there is no word of
truth In the statement 1t was denied
when IL was first put out have
an official letter from the postmaster
stating il is utterly without founda-
ton. This. however. does not deter
these speakers from repeating the
statement in an effort To deceive the
people and arouse their prejudice.
But the hypocrisy Of this organiza-
tion becomes even more manifest
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