Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-09-27
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TAZEWELL AND BUCHANAN IN
THE LEGISLATURE

counties, particularly TO the members
of the Republican party who read this
paper. We have a large number of
them on our list, and many of them
are the best citizens Of the community
and District, and who we believe, have
the interest of their county, and the
welfare OF their children and the future
at heart We address Il few plain words
to these good citizens and ask them TO
think them over candidly and serious
ly, in the same friendly, earnest spirit
in which they are written. And, first
you belong TO the dominant, political
party in this county. You can elect any
one TO the General Assembly whom
you choose to endorse. He may be
qualified OF not, good man OF bad
one, a mau capable of representing
you or incapable-it matters not. you
can elect him if you choose TO do so,by
mere force of numbers. The county,
therefore, with all its great interests,
is In your hands and control. Upon you
rests the responsibility. II this county
and Buchanan are 10 have strong
effectual and efficient representation
in the General Assembly Of Virginia
depends upon how you vote in Nov
ember Whether OF not you have a
man there who will be a representa-
tive OF the best among you or not will
be n matter o. your own choosing and
option. For, remember, communi-
ty or a party, political or commercial.
is judged and rated by the men whom
they send out as their representatives.
And, more important, still, if pos
sible, the man who goes to Richmond,
as member of the General Assembly,
goes there as a law-maker. This great
district will have such laws as he shall
be able to frame and get through, or
such laws as you may not desire, and
and he unable to defeat. This is an
all-important consideration There is
demanded now special legislation in
the interest Of loads, schools and other
important matters. Tazewen and
Buchanan need a strong, progressive
determined man there TO see TO it that
we get what we want and ought TO
have, and it is in the power of the Re
publican party in this district to send
such man TO Richmond as can get
such legislation as we want and ought
TO have, or to send there a figure head,
who knows nothing in the world about
law-making or public needs, and thus
deprive the district Of any representa-
ton whatever. We repeat it, the Re
publican party has this entire matter
under their entire control. The country
at large, as we'll as homefolk know
this, and will place the responsibility
where 1t belongs. The party has men
In this section who are capable and
strengthen whose presence and in
tluence in the General Assembly would
do honor to their constituents, as well
as to the great party of the nation. and
whose influence would forward the
great development of this great district
And 1t is needless to say, that il is
their bounden duty to send such a man
to the Legislature, and no other. No
political party has the right to impose
an inefficient man upon the people Just
because it has the power, by force of
numbers to do so. Might doesn't
make right, ia this regard, and when
any party, manipulated by few party,
leaders, tries to put an inefficient man
into office the people at large irr S.
pective OF party, should rise up, and
administer singing rebuke, such as
would not soon be forgotten.
And, now, as patriotic, true citizens
OF this district, you are asked TO con.
slider these things. If your candidate
Is such a man as can fill the bill and
meet the requirements, all well and
good. III not then put the responsible
ty upon others. Isn't 1t preferable to
have no representative at all than one
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