Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-07-22
Was Held on Time as
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ion, July IA.


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 a 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, street corners and
everywhere else, aud strange to say very
few of them were discussing not Wal
ker, but Rhea. This to us was a 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
and courteous j. Harvey Wood, of Bris-
tol, had been selected as temporary
a chairman and was afterwar IS made per-
Nmauent chairman of the convention
And just here we want to state that he
presided with the dignity of manner
and fairness OF ruling which charac-
terizes all his actions, both public and
private. His speech accepting the
chairmanship was by far the MOTT sem
sible thing which occurred at the con-
vention.
The van-astor bilt of the party, whose
shome is at Marion, was the first hero to
fall in the action. The Genearl detec-
ted an ugly feeling in Van 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-''iust able
to ride" was all. He rode too, he did
Soon after the permanent organiza-
ton 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
a list of charges against Judge w. F.
Rhea, the democratic nominee for con-
gress. Mr.. Slack said he was a 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 g.o.p This trouble
last d for some, time but it vas settled
amicably?(Just like the old Presbyterian
elder settled down to love the Catholic
Priest) The Hilarious Statesman from
the southwest part of Washington coun-
ty was Very much in evidence, as was
the Sanctified Statesman from the Rich
,sxalley of Smyth county. During the
.,lme 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 hi, Republican
ism was very new, and in unmistek-
able emphasis, informed him that ii
was but very short time since he (the
Scribe) was eating democratic corn and
A answering to- the curb of the demo
CTdtiC Dit
< The "flatform" didn't suit the anti
quated yet lively brother from Russell
county, who said it was contradictor,
and otherwise unsatisfactory, but mar
who had any will of his own in tn,
Gen rails convention "want wanted
and II was hissed down.
The platform was adopted Just al
the gen raj had fixed it
II. Teyton Gray, for r.nerly of Bristol
tore OF 4 f,w stripes of the red whit
and blue ;.ld sai,.: We ale leic (
nom nate &C., General Jecms Tn
dashing statesman said that Wake