Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-05-18
FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1888.


FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1883.
The Tennessee Democracy had n
rip|roaring time at its gubernatorial
convention. The Nashville Banner
says: ".At the midnight hour last
night, when the greater part of hui.
manity ON this side of the bali we
call earth was wrapped in slum5er
sweet, there was n scene of rip.ruar.
ing tumultuonsncss in the State capi.
tol which was rs amusing rs it was
indcscribable. Over q thousand men,
divided into opposing factions, stood
waving their hats and canes, swing
ing their arms, lcaping and capering
about in frantic furor, yelling. bawl-
ing, cheering, wlooping, shrickihg,
grooming, Kissing, growing, snaring,
fnorting, believing, howling, grunt.
ing, growing, whistling, speaking,
calling, squalling, hallooing, scrcech
ing, screaming and swearing. All Of
which combined to make u scene of
hurly-burly disorder and Wild coniu-
sion and swell avolumc Of clamorous
cacapIonous and ear piercing sound
that shocked and aG'rightcd the ar.
tlicted night. IL therc had been
about hundred Chinese songs to
lend their softer music to The shivcr-
ing symphony of dscord, VIC doubt
not the country would have been
saved. 1t WAS very amusing,
THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.
There seem to be strong differ.
cnces among western Democrats rs
to who shall be the Vests candidate
for Vice President. Gov. Gray. of
Indiana, had been considered in the
lead, but Hon. Joseph t. Mcdonald
has host ef friends in that State
and he is bitterly opposed to Gray
and will do all in his power to dcfca.
his aspirations for the nomination
MIR. McDonald's defeat fen election
to the recent State Convention was
very mortityin2, and as it was nc
complishel IN Gov Gray's interest,
he will be mado 10 bear the RESPONSE.
bility. With such feud raging, In
diana would probably be a very
doubtful State.
But who else can Indiana bring
forward ? OF course Mcdonald will
not do; for he is a party to the quar-.
rel. Voorhees, seemed strong can.
didate short time ago. But the
revival of the charges against him,
especially what he has been charged
saying against Lincon, can hardly
fail to weaken him. Ii we look over
into Illinois, i'll Which there is Il
fighting chance, and candidate from
which would probably be stronger
Ill Indiana now than one of It's OWL
sons, there is some good material
Gen. Black has fine WAY record and
is popular with the soldiers. Tho
disabled soldiers have received more
pensions under his administration,
oR the pcnsion Office han under thai
of his Republican predecessor II,
IS a candidate who lns suffered the
physical misfortune. but the poli,ica
gcei fortune, OF having been "shot
all to pieces He has q strong fol
lowing. There IS another gentleman
in that State, however, who is one Of
II not the most popular Democrat il
any department of the present ad
m'nistration, and who in Democrat,
favor stands only second TO the Pres
ident himself. He is Hon. A61ai T.
Stevenson, the First Assistant Post
master General. He is man of un
blemished character, and has ,
long record Of unsurpassed Demo
cratic activity and devotion. II.
holds the highest place held by any
Illinois Democrat under the Admin
istration. and lie received it becaus,
OF. his high standing in his own State
He is personally kno~n to COCO
many Virginians. who have learned
70 admire him for his many cxccllen
qualities one of the most prominen
OF which is his sterling Jacksoniai
Democracy. If it should be deter
mined that the candidate shall COM
fromsthe West Mr.. Stevenson will l.
toundsto. faye many supporters il
the South, as many, if not more thai
any other Western man.. AS tn
State has maintained heretofore an,