Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-02-02

"St Dat VfSW cut TINS proposal OF
mine: can, aud fearing he can't.
viii state it. The Dosior said 10 me
q have been sent for 10 come TO
huntsville this evening to consult
over putting in petition for local
option election at next court, and |
am going there to stop it, as | don't
want the people stirred up on the
exc Ct this political election. ]
heard nothing more OF the matter,
but suppose hc went and stopped
It, aud Il he had the power to stop it
then be has il TO do so again, and if
be Is as much opposed to agitation as
ne claims, be will continue to stop it,.
The Doctor seems deeply concerned
over my saying that | had the kindli-
est feelings for the people of Wheal
ton. Wei, ! am proud to say that /
have the same for mankind without
u single exception. 1 include you
particularly, and will go further, and
say that for a good many of the peo-
pie OF Wheaton | have more than a
kindly feeling, bat don't become
alarmed; | have no designs on the
Wbealton people. l have no idea of
running for any Office or of going
into the oyster business, aud as to the
lumber business, they don't deal with
me now anyway, and / have no
desire to press them to do so against
their inclination. | am not the least
sore over il either. look upon it
as the result of circumstances, and
not for any thing they have against
me. You know full well that
the apparent neglect you por-
tray so viyidly and call their atten-
ton to so uncharitably is also the
result of circumstances and not
from any want of good will for them,
and You ought to be ashamed to
attempt to unjustly prejudice a PEG
pie who don't know me as YOU do.
DOctor,are you quite sure that your
attentions are prompted by that big
sympathy bump you claim to have?
The Doctor seems surprised that II
should have referred to Mr.. Jones in
this controversy with him. Well,
it was simply because he did. In
replying to him | am compelled to
follow the path he led me.
You say Mr.. Jones is too big al
man for either of us to tackle.
Please leave me to decide this for
myself. | don't think any man
holding a trust given him by the
people is too big for any of the peo-
pie to tackle; when he becomes so big
that the people fear to tackle him,
they had better leave him at home
as unmanageable and therefore unfit
to do their will. On the other hand, |
| am perfectly willing to accord to
Mr.. Jones all the honor the Doctor
ascribes to him.
The Doctor is rightin saying am
opposed to primaries because they
are run by local politicians, but sur
prises me by saying, that at my pre-.
clnct they are run by the people.
thought that at my precinct they
were run 10y the Doctor. He saws
| have failed to be selected
to represent the people so often
as delegate that he is not sur
prised at my disgust, etc. Well,
don't think | ever attended but two
primaries at my precinct in my life
and at the first one the Doctor
smiled on me and had me Sc.
lected as delegate to represent the
people. At the second the Doc.
tor frowned on me and his right
hand man said he would see me in
HI before | should represent the
people again. This was indeed dis
gusting and maybe the Doctor is
right.
The Doctor in both Of his articles
has made sweeping charges about my
being responsible for good deal Of
the bad feeling, etc, but hasn't at
tempted to cite word or act of mine
to substantiate his charges. Now
Doctor if You should see fit to reply
to this instead of running over lot
OF petty personality, | propose that
you devote your next article to what
you think brought on these "bitter
fights" and who is responsible for
them, and give you liberty to give
my full record in connection with
them, provided l have the per-
mission to give yours. ] am no,
anxious TO do this though, and
really hope the Doctor will
not continue the controversy. /
would have been perfectly willing
tor him to have given me, 'last lag'