Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-12-02
Thanks the People.


To the people OF the Ninth district:
The campaign of 1898 has
passed into history, and | write
this short communication in gra
clous acknowledgements of the
splendif services of my friends and
supporters everywhere.
To the District committee and
the Congressional Campaign com
mittre-to the county cLairmen
and committees and the precinct
chairmen and c0mmittees-to the
thousands ofpatriotic farmers who
have suffered so patiently under
the accommodating evils Of unwise
legislation-to that great body of
Intelligent workmgmen whose
homes have so kcenly felt the
cruel effects of pernicious laws-to
the noble ministers of the gospel
who SO loyalty espoused my cause
so far as their sacred calling would
admid-tO that large and intelli-
gent body Of commercial travel
erS who, with so much zeal and
ardor gave me their active and and
Infiucnce-to the boys and Young
men who rallied to my support
with so much enthusiasm and de-
termlnalion-to the physicians.
merchants, lawyers, and all
classes of our citizcns-to each
and all L return my Sincerest
thanks and renew to them the
promise that my official career will
he such as to merit their conlii.
dence and approval. | especially
acknowledge my great indebted
ness TO the Democratic press of
the district for it's able aud superb
support Of our cause and its too
partial kindness % me. The Bris-
tol Tribune, Bristol Times. Courier,
Glade Springs Journal, Marion
Democrat, Rural Retreat Times.
Wythevillc Dispatch, Pulaski
News-Review, Pearsburg Virgin
ian. Newcastle Record, CLINCM
VALLEY NEWS, Grundy Messen.
ger, Bland Southwest, Lebanon
News, Southwest Journal, Big
Stone Gap Post and Southwest
Virginian, constituted wonder.
tul force in achieving our great
victory over desperate enemy,
an enormous corruption fund, and
the most shameful intimidation of
employees. | may be pardoned
for here expressing the hope that
our friends will in the future ex-
tend all possible aid and encour-
agement to our weekly newspa-
pers, so as to secure for them a
wider circulation and influence.
We must all recognize their un
selfish patriotism and the great
power which they can WELD in the
cause of good government and
they are deserving of Our best
support.
cannot close without express
sing my deep sense of gratitude to
the noble women of the district
whose presence at speakings, gifts
OF flowers and assuring encoura ge.
ment will, so long as | live, be the
sweetest recollection Of q memora.
bile campaign.
must also record my grateful
appreciation of the support of
many Republicans throughout the
district, and especially in my
home city, where | received more
votes than my opponent from
those who did not agree with my
political views. If ! had been de.
feated, | would have found abun.
dant consolation i'll the fact that
my home city, where | have lived
for twenty years, polled the largest
vote in its history, and that nv
neighbors and friends, without re-
gard to politics, aided in givin o.
me majority of Al, a gain of
44O over two years ago. have "a
right to be, and am proud of this
very unusual manifestation of con.
fidence and friendship.
Let ne urge our friends to keep
the superb party organization
which has hppn t,n,.in.tnI -,