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

vile. 'In ~ election Of 1890 Captain
'ohn Paui was The Republican can
didatc for Congress lie H. on. ~ Tho
leading young men OF NIrrlui, ar
hish character md pure life, IA. son
or DISTINGUISHED Judge and Conr.d
crate soldier. when war cn,u.. ,hor..r
ne wns entitled to exemption uuon
livery ground. though his Wiz. was IN.
'housh he haC grny-hair.d ,nothor
dependent upon him. he wen, into tn.
army went 10 France IN command e
Ms troops, and FOR forty-nIno daya
wa. continuously under the shcjl ana,
Sh"' Of the encmr upon the heights
az the Arsonne. This man wh"s. roc
ord Is a source OF pride to every y-irl
nian. upon hts return was nominated
by the Republican party Tor Com
gress In the seventh District Ills
distinguished sVrvice ami rrca, sac-i-
hce fnadn no appeal "a tho political
organization In Virginia, Thc Darna.
cratic electoral board 90 Chariu,;es-
Vile appointed negro to reprrsca:
him In each ~ tho precluc,r % ina,
cltri over hia protest and the prv,pr,
&c hin marty md 6 wac proved tha,
three OF those neeroe, voted tho Dem
ocratc ticket. although tho Law rav.
him on a Republican the right 10 on.
judge. AZ the Eniverr!tr Il virginia
precinct under the sacred PORTALS or
that institution aud In nigh, OF ,Io
tomb % Jefferson ,h!a DeuocraiFr
electoral board placed q negro JUDGE
who could neither read nor write, TO
pass npor tho rish; -. the professors
~ tho univcrsi,y aud ,hei- w!yo. to
vote In this Commonwealth,
There wore representative white
Republicans In charlottesville who
were willing to servo. TIL anpciut-
men' uf some ono u. them was urged.
az legal and mora, right OF the re.
publican party, But al, IN vain: Tho
Democratic organization needed thpa"
negro Judges In order to bc able TO
manipulate the votes aRainS; y brave
soldier and, thus control tho election
In that city, For them nothing else
counted,
We hare now Appealed To these
electoral loarda IN tho various coun-
,!+s to replac. these judges. WHO do
not represent tho Republican party
and Will not vote It's ticket. with
white Judges of character and stand
tho law, This appeal har becu In
vain. have personally challcny cd
Mr.. Trinklc in tho press 70 unite with
mo In demand for tn" removal Of
these judges. who constI;ut. an In
sult to every white citizen of this
Commonwealth. have no reply,
So long as ;his shameful condition
eNisr In Virginia all talk OF tho
Democratic organization ahou; white
supremacy" and white rovcrnmcn:'
all their talk ahou, clean politics
In Virrin!a-I> naus.at!nr hypocrlsy.
This is tho record OF tho pomo-
cratic party upon which MIR. Trinkir
plants his feet and which he adj.
vances n. the reason FOR his .lcc-
ton"
IL We are entrusted with control
or this state we propoa. TO end these
shameful conditions once for all: to
put an end to Hypocrisy and deal
frankly and Justly with the races In
Virginia. We do not propose TO have
any personal mixture or iuingl!ng OF
the races in the schools or anywhere
else in Virginia. Such suggestion.
made only by Democratic politicians.
is an insult 10 al! the people OF this
State. We do not propose to have
negroes holding Office over or repre-
sentinG white people in Virginia.
such a thing Is obviously Impossible.
We do not propose TO have negro
election judges 10 pass upon the right
OF the white men ana women of Vir-
ginia TO Vote as AT i,rcscnt-only the
Democratic organization wants this
To enable them To manipulate M
elections
We do propose to deal frankly ana
fairly with both the white people
and the negroes OF Virginia To give
to the negroes every opportunity for
development within their racial lines.
and the limits OF their social ACTIVITY:
TO aid them in the dcvelopnnt OF
their economic life: To sec that they
have justice, and that in the admins
tration of justice there is tut one
standard for white and black, rich
or poor alike. More than this no
man can ask; less than this no de-
cent government, can give.
Rcnpportiunmrnt
The Democratic candidate "plants
his feet upon the record" OF the
Democratic. party, but when faced
with that record. in the refusal TO
carry out the mandate OF the Con
stitution that the Legislative districts
shall be reapportioncd in 1912. and
every ten years thereafter. ne states
mat he is unable to say why this has
not tcen put into effect. lie has boon
in tho Senate for sin years. If he
had observed conditions there he
would have known that the reason
was that the present system gives
to certain sections Of the state CON