Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-10-18

SVAe, &c Will llholl DC tue case, III Is
to be presumed that the men who
voted for this jackson law would
not make such ''damphools" of them
selves as to 60 back on the very law
which they had SO recently made, and
then there would again be the devil
to pay. But, the question is again,
Nv hat are we going to do about it,"
Again, you sheer at what Mr.
hownslar had to say about rings"
aud "bosses." Was il not every word
the truth? And have we not been
governed by "riugs" and "bosses"
from time immemorial? Has it not
always been the case and will it not
always be the case? You may sneer
as you please about this charge of
rings and "besses," but you know
as we'll as any man that the charge
is just one and that YOU may desig
nate the charge ROT. or anything YOU
please, but that does not in the least
alter the case. The "rings" aud the
"bosses" do exist and are composed
mostly of our lawyers and politicians
around the courthouse and also, in "A
great measure. of our county CHAIR
men. Nor do We have far to 90 to
ascertain why they exercise the in
tiuence, which they do-not that thew
possess more brains than the average
citizen, but that they possess infinite
y more brass and CAB. The average
citizen and voter thinks that he has
made up his mind as to any political
measure or personal political pref
erence and straightway attends a
convention or assemblage of his par
ty, when, forthwith. one of those
graphiphOnes or talking machines
hobs up and the poor wavering devil
Is talked dead. Take. for example.
my friend Marsh" who was dele
gate TO ONE of our recent conventions
and spokesman in Roth, brighter
than pewter plate, ketner than a
whip saw and smarter than trick
dog, and 10y the time the average citi
zen was thoroughly harangued bv
him. he would not know whether he
stood upon his head or his heels and
would vote or do anything that this
political acroba, would tell him.
No "rings" OF bosses indeed the
woods are full of them. You say
that If the Tyler men are IN thv a.
cendancy, why did they u,, show
themselves at your Berrvville prima
~: And, then. Won Instance the
preference shown for rylrr los the
Greenway and Chapel primaries.
And pray what did thar preference
or those instructions amount 10: For
as soon as the convention met the
grsphiphones were put 10 work. they
were never more heard of again aud
II WAS Stralghtway proclaimed to the
world that the counties of Clarke and
Warren were instructed for Senator
Martin, when there is not man of
any Intelligence In either county, but
who knows that If the PEOPLE of the
counties could have had an opportu
nifty of expressing their preference.
1t would have been overwhelmingly
In favor of Gov. Tyler. Why. ask.
were not the PEOPLE all over the
state Gas was the case in "A few coun
ties, In which the sentiment was de-
cidedly IN favor of Tyler allowed to
voice their preference: I answer
simply because the whole machinery
was in the hands of the ''rings" and
"bosses". Why was 1t that Henry
Downing In the contest between Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee and this gander-eyed
Tom Martin, whom not one man i'm
five hundred in the State had before
ever heard of-why was it. | ask
that he should knowingly and will
fully misrepresent the wishes of his
people: Simply because he was one
of the ring" and one of the bosses,
and still you sneer at Kownslar's al
fusion to rings" and "bosses."
could, with pertinence, allude to the
great inconsistency of one of the fac
lions IN Warren county, who, two
years ago, opposed the nominee and
supported the independent, which is
now clamorous for the So called NOM
inee. but this communication is al
ready longer than it should be. Mr..
Warthen is NOT the legally nominated
candidate and you and Tom Gold and
Marsh. Mccormick and Charley
Broun and the whole "caboodle" can
not make him one. ! ask again. in
conclusion, what's to be done about
1T? l cannot see, unless another con
vention is held-there is time enough
for 1T. Or, how would it DO to sub
init the whole question to our State
Chairman? Anything to close up
this terrible muddle. X.
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