Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-07-28
Thompson RapS Eeiner.

I III utc SHNttn ~ NnaFloIlcSNlllC.
July %, MIR. koiner attempts TO
meet the issue raised a. To the fer
tilizer bill, for the preparation and
passage of which he claims the
credit.
MIR. Koiner 3eplores vitupera-
ton aud SANDER and 50 d. |. but |
defy MIR. koiner To prove there is
any SANDER i'm a demonstration of
the unhtness of a public officer by
a direct appeal To his record.
When that record shows him
guilty OF falSehood and deception
there IS no vituperation if that fact
is stated and proved.
do not care To- handy epithetS
with Mr.. koiner. but | will ana
I'VE his answer as | find il pub
llshed and show that it is more
luminous in what it omits than in
what it contains.
Tic says that j tell the people
absolutely nothing of my pubhc
record. When | announced my
candidacy, the press kindly noticed
my services as representative from
nay county in the Legislature and
IN the constitutional Convention.
also sS member OF the Board of
Visitors of the Virginia Agricul-
turisl and Mechanical College for
10 years. 10 years of which | was
Rector of the Board.
My record speaks for itself and
| defy MIR. koiner To find ANYTHING
IN the whole of it that is discredit-
able TO me as a man or represent
alive. and while | dislike to blow
rly own trumpet. msy bc par
Toned If refer to two services |
nave actually rendered Virgins.
nd PARTICULARLY the agricultural
population, that measure up in
usefulness To- any claim that MIR.
kolner can make for himself and
vastly more than he can prove.
In securing, in conjunction with
I Dr.. McBryde, the passage Of the
attic Quarantine Act and admire
iStering IL for 10 years as its Chair
man, rendered the cattle section
of Virginia a service which has
been of great value, in that cattle
IA Northern and Western Virginia
have been protected from Infection
from ticky cattle below the quar-
antine line, and the whole interest
relieved from the restrictions
threatened by the National Cover
sent and actually imposed before
.i0ve mentioned act was passed
As the mover. and successful
advocate without assistance on the
floor IN the Constitutional Conven.
uOn, of the amendment "Except
public roads, TO the prohibition
of the Old Constitution, So that il
now reads, Nor shall the State
become party to or become inter
ested 10 any work of internal i'm
provement, except public roads, =
| laid deep and sure in the Consti-
tuition itself the foundation that
alone makes possible the new
movement for good roads, that is
sweeping the State and which
promises so much for the upbuild-
ing of this old Commonwealth.
| can justly lay claim TO some
credit for this, rs without nv
thought and persistence in
making fight for this amend
ment, which i did three times be-
fore was successful in securing
its passage, what the State is now
doing would be impossible.
Can Mr.. Koiner prove an equal
service
As 10 Mr.. Koiner's connection
with the fertilizer bill for the prep
aratlon and passage of which he
now claims the credit.
have made no statement that
MIR. KOiner. Was in collision
with the fertilizer people in OPPOSE
uon TO the tonnage tax BILL" but
Hon l. j. Stration of Appomattox.
now member of the House of Del
egates, and the author of the Ton
mage Bill defeated by the fertilizer
people in lS97-twO years before
MIR. Koiner was appointed-and
author of the bill that became a
law IN 1899, does make the state
ment, and IL i backed up by the
written statement of Hon. J. h.
HUrSley, now Clerk OF the Circuit
Court of Appomattox County and
memper of the House of Delegates
IN the session of 1899 and the
patron Of the fertilizer bill passed
in that year.
In refutation of the specific
charge thus made in speeches at
Lebanon, July g, and Tazewell.
July Is, and published - MIR.
Koiner had no answer to make
until ! charged form the stump in
Harrlsonburg, on July 10, that.
Mr.. Koiner' administration reeks
with the stencil of falsehood and
deception" This had enough
dynamite in it to make him try to
defend himself, and he succeeded
IN securing letter from Hon. w.
ID. Cardwell- Mr.. Koiner, how
ever does not make it clear that he
quotes MIR. Cardw ellis letter in full.
but what he does quote is by no
means conclusive, but SAYS. land
the wording would rather imply
that something going before it had |
been Omittedl Il do know that
your earnest and active support at
the time it was pending, both in |
the committee and before the two