Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-04-03

Il
| wished the election te be held at
every precinct in the county, not only
on account Of the people of the pre-.
cinct, but because knew that the
gentleman whom favored for the
cooyention. Mr.. Moore, would be the
greatest loser. a. his many friends at
the precincts not open might not get
to the polls.
The Warren chairman, and he, |
understood, WAS backed by his com
mittee, would not yield the point
AS would not aud could not accept
the first proposition, was compelled
to accept the other. l yielded the
point the more readily because | knew
that all previous primaries, with pos
lily one exception, had beeu held
IN the same way. AS TO the hour,
my recollection is that our primaries
have always been held in the after
noonfron Que O'clock until sund own.
L know that the most largely attend
ri and holly contested primary ever
held in the county was held inst as
these will be, st the four precincts
aud commencing at one O'clock.
| am perfectly willing to leave INV
action in the hands of the people; so
far. none OF those who will be incon
Nenienced have complained To me-
by their verdict | AIN willing to
stand. l have been their servant
FOR years, no charge of unfairness or
double dealing has ever been made
against me, even by those who, for
the time being, were opposed to me.
Ii has remained for this new tribune
of the people, who. until now, has
heen 10y my side in fractional and 9th
ct fights to accuse me of knavery
and imbecility. Gag law" trick
cry and jobbery" are phantoms of
his brain which all right thinking
people will lay 10 his disorded and
diseased Imagination. Upon what
meat doth this great Caesar feed"
that he has got 10 be the self ap
pointed censor of men who have
lived half a century in the open dav
among their fellow citizens? One
would think that he passed the elo
quence of Daniel TO hear him at the
street corners or the political wisdom
of Croker to see him Fastening here
aud there, 10y day aud by night. on
cars, IN buggivS, ON foot. arranging
the disposal of Offices for two coun
ties, even the districts are subject to
his will
Hear his sentence, all We office
holders who have darel TO sign your
names 10 the letter 10 MIR. Moore.
Hear, also, all We aspirants for office,
"all, yes, ''all' are doomed To ever
tasting and eternal political ruin
Truly II BOSS has arisen-let the earth
tremble! With his pen, which
reaches from the pig sty TO the stars.
he has driven the Sage of White Post
aud Carter Louthan into retirement.
His unfairnrss is shown by the clos
ing sentence of his letter in which he
predicts that the boom cases will be
put off At Mr.. Moore's instance 10
help his candidacy, when he knew Al
the very time he wrote the words that
his own counsel had then an iniunc
ton stopping the trial of those cases
he has had much TO SAY of the letter
signed 10y LA of the most reputable
aud Intelligent citizens of the county.
men frou every section, from every
faction. if there are any factions.
which | most alphabetically DENY,
men from every walk in life, men
who were stock holders in the Land
Company and men who had no IN.
terest IN the company, all represen
tative men of sound mind incapable
of lending themselves to political
ar any other trickery, looaed up to by
their fellow citizens for their biOb
character. He presumes to charge
them with imbecilitY or cOnniver
ance at dark lantern political trick.
There has been so much distortino
and perverting of facts MS to that
paper that feel that il is now time
to let the truth be set before the pub
tic. Sometime III the mouth of Sen
TENDER last | was told by II gentle |
man that he and others had signed y
paper requesting Mr. Moore to be u
candidate for the convention. IL
looked il up and found thereon the
names of n number of the best citi. |
zens of Greenway aud of Berryville |
aud vicinity, among them several |
gentleman who were stock holders in |
the Land Company, and there wasen'l
fool or rascal i'll the whole lot. Tb.
paper was than sent to Boyce ana
received the endorsement there ot
many more good people. also to tn.
Wildwood neigbhOrhoOd and to Mt
Airy where N large number signed il.
myself secured the names of man,
from Lougmarsh. only asking such |
IS | happened to meet in town or OF
The road. Then the Presidential
campaign came upon me, made ne
'ttOrt at all 10 obtain more signatures
about two weeks after the election.
took the paper To the office of tn,