Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-11-03

quarters. 1t takes nancy to pay
stenographers and Office help. 1t
takes money to have campaign docu-
ments printed and mailed, and dozens
of other proper and legitimate items
of expense that might be mentioned.
All these items must be paid by
somebody, and it is hardly fair to
impose the burden all on the candi-
date of the party. For these purposes
only Mr.. Byrd requested small indi-
vidual contributions from Democrats
all over the state.
In this respect the Democrats are
not so fortunately situated as the Re-
2ublicans, as the following facts will
show:
% MIR. Slemp's extension of re-
marks in the congressional record,
| winch was solely an attack upon in
dividuai members of the Democratic
party IN the 9th district, was printed
at the cost of the government and
Will be scattered to every nook and
corner of the district at the EXPENSE
OF the Government.
10 While congress was still in
session, Mr.. Slemp moved his office.
pag ana baggage, from Washington
20 Abingdon, SO the newspapers stat
ed, and his secretary, whose salary
is conveniently paid by the Govern.
mcnt, and who is paid to serve all
the, people of the district, Democrats
and Republicans alike, is to help out
at Republican headquarters to the end
of the campaign.
Practically every ofIice-holder in
the district, and there is almost an
army of them, is being used exclusi-
veiy for campaign. purposes, in plain
violation OF the rules and regulations
OF every governmental department,
and In violation of every law of de-
cehcy, and they have all been assess
CD for the campaign this year, just
as surely. as they were i'll 1907 and in
all previous years, as charged by
Colonel Il. Bailey.
Surely if Republicans are allowed
all these advantages in conducting
their campaign, ut the expense Of
the taxpayers and in violation of ey-
cry law of honesty and fair play. it
should not be such q terrible crime
Tor the Democrats to take up a col
lection from individual members of
the party to defray legitimate ex-
penses of the campaign.
In the communication quoted by Mr..
Slemp, l said:
I Democrats have used money ill
egaliiy in elections in this district,
admit, and as every one knows, but
Mr.. Slemp's friends have in his be-
half election after election"
Mr.. Slemp conveniently, but rath-
or unfairly, quotes only the part re-
ferring to the use of money on a
small scale by Democrats and stops
short, using that part of the SEN
tence to bolster up his argument, and
neither denying nor affirming the
charge that he profited by the illegal
use Of money OH gigantic scale year
after year.
admit that Democrats are lust
human beings and that some of them
have used money illegally in cleo
tons On the other hand, Mr.. Slemp
would have the people believe that
his followers are composed entirely of
martyrs, crusaders and patriots, to
use his own terms describing them,
and that they are even now sproutinp
wings for the long flights to the ethe.
real regions beyond
Some of these very martyrs" and
crusaders" are Offering the astound
ing price of $4,000 per vote for Mr..
Hasssinger in this county and leaving
Shiny trail of corruption and brib
cry from one end of the country to
tho other.
Mr.. Slemp, in his extnsieon of re-
marks in the congressional record.
made such ado over the fact, as he
alleged, that w. p. Borgess., leading
merchant and honored citizen, who
had been registrar at Richards for
more, than twenty years, was sum
marily removed by the electoral board
Ut Tazewell county last spring and a
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