Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-10-15
THEY RIDICULE
LAMBS WORK.
Antis Poke Fun at tLynch-
burg Ticket.
Captain LUrV Boasts the Body
Gold Men won't Support
Mccall, Roller and lyons.

The State ticket nominated at
Lynchburg yesterday by the follow.
ers of Col. William Lamb has been
the cause of much amusing comment
among the anti convention Republi
cans here today.
They characterize tho ticket as
conspicuously weak. They say that
it will of course be supported by n
few who call themselves Republi.
cans, and whose only object in life is,
try for office, then get dissatisfied
aud finally conclude by joining in
anything which will give them an
opportunity to throw mud at the
Democratic party.
General Edgar Allen, when seen
this morning, said that he consider
ed the convention to have been one
of the biggest failures he had ever
known of, and with forced soberness
said that ho did not think that he
could SEQ his way clenr to support
its nominees. He then took up the
candidates ono by one and told how
they were conspicuously unrepre.
sentatives of the party.
Ho told Of how the representa-.
tion of many of the districts said to
have been duly represented at Lynch.
burg were men who did not even
live in the counties for which they
cast the vote and were, as in the
case Of Henrico, two men cast the
entire seventeen votes to which il
was entitled.
He said that Captain Lurty, to
whom he gave tho entire credit of
having gotten up tho convention,
had been cheated out of it's honors
by McCaull, and said that the form
ers speech, which is given below, is
very near the truth of the whole
matter.
CAPTAIN LURTY'S SPEECH.
The speech of Captain Lurty,
which followed, was remarkably bit
ter in its tone. He sarcastically
congratulated the convention upon
saving him n vast amount of time
and trouble and expenditure of
money, and broadly limited that
many votes had been cast from
counties where mass meetings to
elect delegates had not been held.
"If any one has cast such votes.r he
exclaimed. Il hope snakes will go to
bed with him tonight and the devil
raise with him in tine morning"
Then he INDUCED in long lecture
on honesty and said that if the Re.
pnblicans wanted fair elections they
ought to commence in their own
conventions. He invoked the bless
ing of God upon those who disliked
him, and denounced every mar who
had charged him ;'with writing
circular letter to tho niggers,D to
use his own language, "as nm infer.
nal liar. Do you understand that"
he asked scornfully, and then, again
thanking the convention for not
nominating him. he announced that
he was too old to wait for the party
to give him the nomination and re
turned TO his seat, without having
said word in support of his sue
cessful rival. A few minutes later
he left the ball"
SAY THEY WON'T SUPPORT 1T.
| IF the members of the ticket nom.
in. tied at Lynchburg yesterday rely
on any considerable support from
assistant republicans they will be
badly disappo >'nted. A prominent
supporter of the old cause last fall
said today that while ono few would
vote for the Lynchburg t.'"ket 1t was
his opinion that by far the greater
number oflthoso who voted Mt oil
would cast their ballots for the reg
ular Democratic nominees. He,hOw-
ever, expressed it as his firm belief
that by far the greater majority
would, like himself, refrain from TAX
ing any part IN the election Had
Lamb Republicans used more ciscre
ton in their choice of candidates
and put up general Walker and Cap
tain Lurty he said the result might
have been different, and he was not