Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-05-16
VOTE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION.
Berryyille, Va, MAY Ia. 1900

Vi@t,-eCefy MAI NnV NanIS ~ Nave
} a more economical a0ululsIral,on a.,
affairs in 1ne ota.e "a NIGStula ,nau
10 pVSsiVIe Wnuv1 vac pivsrnI OOustl.
VoIiVn, occTy nian " uV OellvNS 60 IA Inc
"isu"h "a Tie niaJVnA ruIe, etera
man VINO tnInAs AZ ~ tuv Interest Oh
our lAItAo county Vi OiaIAe 20 mann
tain lts posiuOn, as tue ponucal
game EocA VI TIE aiIel, uas a
plain anu "a manifest Uut1 ~ perform
on AhuEsuay, Nday <4In, Oy casting
MS OaiiVI AOI a OVAsIltuIIouaI Oun-
NenlIVn. a. ne uVeS VInerMlse nc votes
against the otaIe platform, auu lalls
~ support us parry. We eieCteU our
ueleSaIes, anu INSTRUCTED them, anu
sent them ~ repIeseul us, al Tue re
cent party OOuN entiOn IA Lne OILy uN
tne Sea. Inc majority % tne demo
cratic voters ia tnIs ota1e, tnrOugn
thelI representatives, tneTe eNpIvssvu
themselves IN IaNor Vi UNCONSTITUTIONAL
convention; IN eUect, they SAID. tne
+ l Underwood cOnNenuOn MasareilcI oil
Carpet bag glsn; tnat IL was 1Orceu
I upon Ihe people vi TINS otaIe AT a
time when Tue voice Vi It's vest citizen
snip ha0 0een nuSneU W tne DAY Ouet,
anu such al Instrument was 40 IUug-
er 10 ue tolerated.
nc time Is now too short 10 nave
any nope % educating the unInIUI ~
ca OI Tie advantages Vi u cOust4lu
uUuaI convention, UuJ the luea
ol suCn convention should ap-
peal " the sound sense ot any mau
VINO 1aFOrs economy IN our State gov
erumsnt, as IL mas Ueen - thoroughly
demonstrated tnat our expenses could
Ue reduced al least one Lulrd. Mis-
slSslppI uaO u constitution sIullar 10
Vuts, auu the PROOF OF tue pudding
OeihS ia the eatlug, Is IL not true JuaJ
We can MaNe the SauIe prOyemenLs
ia ours. a. she ala ia hers: ami, Is IL
not 1urther true tnat IL she reapeu
benefits IRON change, We can 40
the same now.
Dame bumOr has Ii, that Olu
Lather Orliutn is going aOOuJ among
tne people trying ~ secure votes
against the cOusJlLu LIUuaI contention.
IL This DC true, Al VIII DC Well 10 lie
member That Rather Griffin has ueg-
er been d leader Ot ,he people, Out
follower always. HIS political sue
cess IN the past, has been a purely
PERSONAL one, and he owes II TO tue
Iact, that tile dear old gentleman has
always pracuced the Golden RuIe IA
puOllc AMI private lie. Mr.. Griffith
mas out TO KNOW tnaJ man Is not d
1rIIhth voter, ana nc begins 10 snow
especial Difference AMI kluduess 10
tH0t man. 1 have known OF Instances
where hungry meu have Ted at Mr..
griffith table, when he knew that
lney were neither his friends nOr ms
supporters. he people have shown
their appreciation Ot MrGuihth's lov-
lug KINDNESS by retaining hun IN OF
ice. But nov the OH gentleman
makes the mistake OF trying 10 lead
his friends against their party: OF
peIs uaOIuS tnem 70 vote against
constitutional con VentIOn alter Tie
party has declared Tor IL, IN the regu-
lar way, AND has made Il an Issue.
HAD anyone confronted the old gen
tlemau Win the statement some uue
BACK, that lie was 40 democrat. ami
Ihat the time would shortly cOme
when ne would Use his influence
against the party platform, and put
himself above his party, he would
nave Oeeu grIevOusly nurJ. But. now
IL Is said mat the OH fellow tears
that one OF Tue results OF TIE cOu,en
ton would DC his custer trOm ollice. /
No suggestion has Oeen made Ia the
State papers tnat tnis particular Of /
Ice 10 10 DC abolished. NecOuld not /
10 without IA commissioner OF the
revenue, anu the only way 10 look AT
the matter Is, tue OId gentleman Is .
unnecessarily alarmed, aud give him /
a pat On the OacA, ami tell hIm MS .
Tears are grOuudless
suppose that Clarke democrats /
were 10 vote against the convention.
II would only show that the party ties
In the county at Clarke are weak. 1t
would be a loss Of political prestige
TO us IN the State democracy. if We
break ranks on May 24th, what Will
Keep us together IN November: We
are now on the first firing line of the
great National light, and any weak.
ness IN front nor, Is bound to be no.
tlced by the rest of the State, and
put as ia the rear. Do not let over
confidence stare us in the face either.
but let us have big vote Oh MAY II.
DO not let Greenway and Long Marsh
wreSt the colors from us. They in
structed their delegates to vote for
the convention, and they lined no
with the blg majority in the State for
the contention. Battletoyn was with
the minority, but surely, now that the
delegates have taken part in the State
convention, and nave come back and
reported that they represented US ~