Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-10-23
EAGLES rs. ToM TyTs.

iucSuay was tho biggest day,
politically, that has struck Taze
well in wears. The day was pleas.
ant and bright and the people be.
gan to arrive ut an early honr, as
both parties had advertised it ex.
tcnsively that there would be
speaking galore"
Messrs. j. a. Faw, OF Bristol: j.
Hogc Tyler, of Pulaski county, and
JAS. W.,Marshall, of Craig county,
addressed the Democrats, while
Mcssrs. w. Q. Plumer of New
York; IL. n. Hamilton, of Bristol,
and Judge q. j. Holbrook, of Blue.
field, addressed the Republicans,
the Democrats speaking in the
Town Hall and the Republicans
holding forth in front of the court
house. Both parties had large
crowds, but the crowd in the Hall
seemed to us, after a careful sur.
vey of both crowds, somewhat tho
largest.
Col. Faw opened the speaking
for the Democrats in speech of
one hour and ID half, and soon con-
-vinced his audience that he was
an all 'rOlmd orator and knew
what he was talking about. He
was followed by Hon. j. Hoge Ty
Ter, who received an ovation as he
stepped to the front of the stage,
and amid cheers was hailed by
the dcnscly packed crowd es the
next Governor of Virginia. He
made q short but exceedingly in.
tcresting speech. Hon. James w.
Marshall, last, but not least, then
took the stage and made one of
his inimitable speeches.. AT times
all of the speakers were cheercd to
tho echo, and at the mention of
the name of William Jennings
Bryan, the crowd fairly went wild.
We had desired to hear the
speech Of Mr.. Plumer, but arrived
at the court house % little too late,
but had the pleasure Of hearing
Mr.. Hamilton entertain his party
with q number Of amusing alec.
dOtcs for about halfa hour, and
wish we could remember some of
them that we might give them to
our readers rs a specimen of tho
argument he put up.in favor of
the gold standard. He nsed one
to illustrate the two, parties, and
it run something like this: ga lit.
tie Tom Tit desiring to soar high.
er than the Eagle attached him
self to that noble bird, but was
discovered after they had reached
great height, and was pecked of
by the mighty bird of the air and
in falling alightcd OF the rail of q
barn yard fence, and has remain.
ell there ever since.v lie then
compared the Republican party to
the eagle and the Democrats to
the Tom Tit. But we are rather
inclined to change his figure of
speech, for the Eagle of Bristol
City was soaring aloft amid The
tempestuous cheers of a large
crowd in well rounded sentences
and fine, cutting argument in tho
Town Hall, while the Tom Tit of
the same city, stood
"Wearily singing his willow willow,
tit-willow."
The Republican speakers were
offered an opportunity to prove
their claim to the title of Eagle
before the great crowd in town
Tuesday, but they respectfully
declined"
Judge Holbrook followed Mr..
Hamilton and made-but no we
will draw the mantle of charity, as
are taught to cover up our broth
er's shortcomings.
We were sorry to miss hearing
Mr.Plumer,as wehave been told he
made a good speech, and we would
liked to have heard it.
The Republican contingent from
Pocahontas brought the cOlored
band Of that city with them and
discoursed some good music OIL the
street in the morning and after
tho IapDar Enncart Rand nlayad