Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-04-14
THE GovERNoRsHIP.


The withdrawal of Hon. II. a. Ay.
ers of ils name from connection with
the governorship, leaves bnt oue
avowed candidate in the Southwest
Lieutenant.Governor j. Hoge TYLER.
in point of fuct MIR. Ayers Lad never
announcei himself MS candidate
though his friends had urged his
claims. He is very much alive to the
impoi tance of having II man from the
Southwest for Governor at this time.
and while lie has hot declared for
Tyler he is ready to take ND the
choice of the section. There are in
dications that Southwest Virginia,
acting promptly can secure assistance
from other parts of the State that it
could not have hud n few weeks since.
Ihere Is no use to ask for the momi.
nation on question of justice to the
section 1t will have to be fought
for II secured. Compactly united it
would be in position to profit by any
possible division elsewhere. We
think Congl cssman o 'Fsrralls friends
have assumed too much when they
claim walk over for their candidnte.
The Pulaski News-Review saws
Since ITS Virginia has had 46 Gov.
ernors-The Southwest, embracing
all that vast section lying west of
Lyachburg, has during this iime had
but three of these Governors, viz. ::
james z. Preston, David Campbell
and JohntB. Floyd, the latter Being
elected i'll 1S49, forty-five wears aro'
The Valley has hnd two Governors
within the present generation, viz. ::
I'etcher and Holiday. Ought they
not now to genere usly yield the hon
or to the Southwest when we can
present candidate in every way
worthy to fill the position i? This is a
growing, developing portion OF the
State and much depends upon it in
the future. But few official positions
have beeu held by any of it's citizens
only one United States Senator, if
our memory serves us right.
The farmers now ask thu Demo
cratic party TO favor them with the
honor this time. Will it, do it We
believe our friends Of tho legal fra.
ternity will recognize this claim, es
pecially ms they will get in the next
of honors the attorney
9eneralship, five court of appeal
JudGeships, possibly the United
States Senator, to say nothing of nIl
tho circuit, county and corporation
judgeships. 1t is not fair to ask the
farmers to bo content to do the vot-
lug and have nothing but negative
positions that cost more than they
are worth 10 hold them. OF all these
governors only three or four of them
were farmers. Now the time is come
when they have in their ranks one
who has given Abundant evidence of
bis fitness to fulfill al the require
ments OF the Office Of governor.
Lieutentnnt Governor j. Hnge Tyler
has mover falterel or Airkered in re
Sponse TO every call made upon his
time and energies in the interest of
the State. He hns discharged the
duties of the Office of Lieut.. Gov. most
and efficiently We now
want him promoted and call upon
our eastern brethren to rally to his
support and our chief executive will
not only be a farmer but man fully
identified with the growth and pros.
perity of Virginia.
We propose in an early issue to set
forth some of the many services that
Lieutenant Governor Tyler has zen.
dered to the State of Virginia. and
to show TINT these services were
gratnitous and rendered freely aud
willingly by him with the sole idea
Of advancing the interests and pro-
gress of his State. and while we
would not detract one iota from the
netit, the abilities or the services of
any of the honored aspirants for the
high position, still we feel that the
Southwest and the farming interest
should be recognized now and in no
better way can this be done than by
Ihe nomination of j. Hoge Tyler for
Governor.