Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-07-22
WALKERS
CONVENTION
Was Held on Time as
Advertised For, Mar
ion, July ID.

Elaborate affairs have to be handled
clabofately, and the lateness of our re-
port of Gen. Walkers convention is
due to this reason, and this we hope
will be appreciated by our readers.
We joined the first expedition out of
Bristol on Wednesday evening, and to
the ira In la tee dee of crazy woman
ratified up to Marion on the evening of
the 18th.
The asylum people were ready for us,
and evidently expecting us, for when
the train stopped at Marion porter for
the asylum grabbed the woman by the
arm and with wavo of his hand to the
balance of US, yelled ont, Everybody
right this way to the asylum" The
"trooly loyle" were gathering, and the
next train from the east brought the
general and his delegates from cup the
country" Lots of them were to be
found in hotel Offices, stre ct corners and
everywhere else, aud strange to say very
few of them were discussing not Val
ker, but Rhea. This to us was little
peculiar and added intensly to our be
lief that Rhea's nomination and candi-
dacy was ''misero" to the political
anatomy of the G. o. p. in the 9th dis
trict.
Finally the hour arrived for the con-
vention to assemble. 1t met in Seauer S
Opera House. The handsome, gallant
tol, had been selected rs temporary
chairman and was afterwar IS made per-
'mauent chairman of the convention.
And just here we want to state that he
presided with the dignity of manner
nni fairness OF ruling which charac-
terizes all his actions, both public and
private. His speech accepting the
chairmanship was by far the MOTT SEN
sible thing which occurred at the con-
vention
Tho Van-astor bilt of the party, whose
lhome is at Marion, was the first hero to
fall in the action. The Genearl detec-
ted an ugly feeling in Ivan" towards
the man he wanted for the for the dis
trict Craftsmanship and consequently
administered grape and corn" until
Van -astor bilt was hors de combat well,
not exactly that. but unable to do
effective work in the field-'just able
to ride" was all He rode too, he did
Soon after the permanent organiza-
Fon was effected, Hon. w. F. Bailey,
of Bristol, moved that the convention
extend privileged courtesics to Mr.. c..
II. Slack. The motion was carried and
Mr. Slack took the stage and after
preliminary remarks proceeded to read
u list of charges against Judge w. F.
Rhea, the democratic nominee for con-
gress. Mr.. Slack said he was n demo-
crat himself,
In the selection of three members of
the state central committee, somebody
Slipped cog" and there was trouble
in the rauks of rhe 6. o. p. This trouble
last d for some, time but it was settled
amicably?(Just like the old Presbyterian
older settled down to love the Catholic
Priest) The Hilarious Statesman from
the southwest part of Washington coun-
ty was Very much in evidence, MS was
the Sanctified Statesman from the Rich
,sxelley of Smyth county. During the
.,!ine of it, Col. Jim Browning, the dash
ing statesman from Tazewell county,
took occasion to tell the Scribe from
Tazewell town few things. He in
formed the Scribe that his Republican
ism was very new, and in unmist,k-
able emphasis, informed him that it
was but very short time since he (the
Scribe) was eating democratic corn and
4 answering to- the curb of the demo
cratic bit.
.1The "fatform" didn't suit the anti.
qnated yet lively brother from Russell
county, who said it was contradictory
and otherwise unsatisfactory, but mar
who had any will of his own in the
Gen rails convention "want wanted
and Ii was hissed down.