Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-08-19
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DISTRICT CONVENTION.

NV NeicouleS bO Gne Do1nOCrutlc
convention of the Ninth Con gression.
al District of Virginia cat return
home with. the proud satisf action OF
hnrjng ably discharged thei1, duty
We have never Witnessed o. larger
assemblnge of representative men at
any Congressional conventj on. We
have never seen any convention
where harmony and unity of purpose.
were more marked, nor one whore.
the announcement of tho result of It's
deliberations was received with more.
enthusiasm.
The platform presented by .H. NJ
Snythe, of Tazewell, was !, gem: a.
brsef and suceinct statement of tho
position occupied by the Do nocrntic.
party on the issues of the ny; full
endorsement of the national platform
adopted Mt Chicago in it's daiiance Of
halfway measures and it's vigorous
opposition to the position OF tho Re
publican party on the two questions
upon which this great battle of bal
lots is to bo fought-tho tmiT and
the force bill.
The impressive manner in which
the resolutions relating to TIN, distin,
guished services and untinr,lv death
of Hon. John s.. Barbour, latio u. S.
Senator from Virginia, wore received,
all the vast audience stunchng aud
with heads uncovered, will long be
remembered by those present. 1t is
a tribute Which al! men are glad to
pay to distinguished worth.
The convention was held in a mag
nificent tent handsomely de, Grated
with bunting,. aifording alb andant
room for the thousands who assem-
bled to test the capacity and hospi-
tality of our sister city on tho Cjincn,
and it is needless to say to those
who know our Hashmg, public spirit.
ed neighbor, that she fully Carried
out her promises to take caro- OF all
who came. %
The convention met Mt noon for
temporary organization and w. A.
RAIDER, of Bristol, wls electe;a chair
man,. and DR.. Nj. B Spencer, OF Lee,
secretary. After the usual routine
the convention adjourned for dinner
The permanent orgellizati was
effected with W. e. Burns, of Rus.
sell, in the chair, and w. II. Tom.
hey, of Washington, secretary.
Mr. Burns formally oponed the
convention with brief but excellent
speech of thanks for the honor con.
ferred upon him.
After the reports of committees
the nomination of. candidate for
Congress from this district was in
order and IA roll Of counties was call
ed.
Bland was The first and Judge,
Williams, of that county, yielded her.
place to the county of Lee.
Judge Charles Duncan, of Lae, ad =
vanced to the platform aud amidst
enthusiastic applause, in vigorous.
speech, remarkable for manly and
patriotic self abnegation, placed in.
nomination James W. Marshall, Of:
Craig. In moment dozen dele.
gates Were on their feet, and mo.
ton to make Judge Marshall;s nomi..
nation by acclamation was put and
Carried, and in twenty five minutes
from the time the convention was
opened The committee was on it's way
to inform the next representative to
the Congress of the United States
from the Ninth District that he had
received the unanimous vote of the
convention.
during the absence OF the com
mittee our able countyman, H. NJ.
Smythe, made one of his character
istic speeches marked by that pur-
ity of diction and oratorioal finish
which always charms the ears of his
hearers. We exppct to see lots of
good things from the "Goyernor's'
trenchant peu during the campaign
and hope we will hear bin often
between this aud the eighth Of No.
vember.
When Judge Marshall entered
the tent you would haye thought
that his Kansas namesake had,
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