Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-08-17
REPUBLICANS VAIL FROM IN.
DIANA.

A dispatch from MI. Vernon. fnd
dated August 10, says: a Cleveland
and Thurman polo, one hundred and
fifty feet high, was erected with ap-
propriate exercises in this city by on,
thusiastic Democrats last evening.
10 day Mrs. Wm. Storton, travel.
ing agent for the Evansville journal,
tho Republican organ of this district,
called OH Judge William z. Edison
and expressed regret that he had
been defeated ut the late State Con-
ventlon for nomination as Judge of
the Supreme Court.
Judge Edison replied :-"Aiter the
nomination of General Hovey for
Governor 1 am to DO congratulated
on my defeat i'll The convention and
should not be condoled with, for
General Hovey's candidacy has
changed the Republican campaign in
Indiana FROM an aggressive one to
that Of the defensive, which, with the
local option plank adopted, will GER
tainly defeat Hovey, MS well as Har-
rison and Morton"
Tho Judge also said I'll allowed
my name to go before the ccnven-
ton after the nomination of Hovey
for the express purpose of COMPEL
ing Bruce Cnrr and the 'slick six"
gang, of indianapolis. to show their
hand, they being under pledges to
me for having influenced Poscy coun
ty to give tile deciding vote i'll the
District Convention in favor of Iar
rison delegates to Chicago, which
made the Indiana delegation solid.
Having been an advocate of General
Harrison's nomination for the Presi
dency for number Of years. did
this very consistently and with good
faith"
The Judge IS one of the most
prominent and popular Republicans
i'll Southern Indiana, hos been twice
honorod by his party within the past
twelve years with the nomination for
Judge OF the State Supreme Court,
and he now thinks the late Rcpubli-
can State Convention made big
hlunder that will prove fatal to the
party by defeating the national Re
publican ticket.
by order Of w. Il. Martin, Chair.
man Of Graham precinct, there was
meeting Of the citizens held in the
Methodist church at Graham, Va.
August IL, 1883.
The chairman stated that the Oh
ject Of the meeting was to take steps
toward supprcssing the illicit liquor
traffic hy aiding our officers in all
legitimate and honorable ways that
we can. AS q majority of our voters
said over two years ago that we
should have local prohibition.
j. W. Hicks moved that the chair.
man and secretary of this meeting
constitute committee to draft rcso-
lutions and send copy of these pro
ceedings to each of our county pa
pcrs. The motion was carried and
the committee ordered to report.
WHEREAS over two years ago The
people expressed themselves in no
uncertain way that the sale of intoxi-
eating drink w?s q curse to our peo-
pie and by vote Of 700 majority de
| clarcd for LEGAL prohibition. And
WHEREAS there has been no legal
overriding of the will of the people
as then expressed, but that the illegal
trailic OF whiskcy has been at times
curse and an annoyance to the
peace and dignity Of our District, And
WHEREAS at meeting of Clear
Fork Magistcrial District in conven-
eion Ut thls place on the 18th day of
July, 1883, for the purpose of organ
izing preparatory to engaging in an
election which had been ordered to
held on the 18th day of August, 1883,
to take the sense of the qualified
voters Of Clear Fork District as to
whether or not the sale OF intoxicar.
ing drink should be lcgalized, And
WHEREAS we believing it our duty
rallied to the beating of the election
drum, opposing again lcgalizing the
sale OF whisky in our District We
believe it equally our duty as citi.
zens who love society, law and order
to project our zeal and opposition
against the Illicit whisky traffic. Law
not enforced is dead.
LIST. ReSotred, That We ask the
chairman of each voting precinct in
the Clear Fork Magisterial District
to hold meeting in their respective
precincts as early rs practicable