Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-06-30
Some Vital Questions for the People 10
Ask Themselves.


proposition Of Highway Commissioner
Wilson, of bonding each county for one
hundred thousand dollars or ten millions
10y the State 10 be used 10 build fifty
miles of so called scientific road in each
County; bonds 10 run thirty-four years;
interest on same half million year or
five thousand to the county; half of the
interest to be appropriated out Of State
taxes hut not available each year until
we shall raise an additional like amount.
/ y fine proposition for the professionals
but absurd proposition for the farmers
and tax payers. Mr.. Wilson by speeches
and otherwise is trying 10 create a senti-
ment for said proposition which would
cost Us about Seven Hundred Thousand
Dollars annually for interest and addi-
/ tiOnal officers. DO not the other candi.
/ dates show 10y their actions and writings
/ tsat they are much more concerned as
TO how they can manipulate the voters
\ 10 get the nominations IL they have
I found ont they do not want Warren
/ county or that Warren county does not
want to help make the nomination and
/ too If they have believed all the while
that it was and is now the inalienable
/ right OF Clarke alone to name the LeCis
tive nominee this time, why were they so
I long arriving at their agreement Ipro-
I posed to Messrs Grigsby and Catlets ~
well as Mr.. Struder on the Goth of Nav
tina, I would agree 10 hold legislative
/ primary 10 Clarke slone the last week in
I July. l also saw Mr.. Reardon some DAYS
afterwards and proposed same to him.
which proposition was declined, as
T plsinly shown by COURIER. Whyy The
answer is self-evident Could there be a
more inopportune time or a more incon-
venient season in which to hold a pri-
mary than latter part Of Junes
think the right and convenience OF
The taxpayer and voter is paramount to
the aspirations Of any individual. We
must recognize the fact that the people
are the throne of power and will surely
assert their rule sooner or later. as the
I people will not bc fooled all the time by
the trained and retained politicians
who keeps their axes sharp on the
grindstone Of tyrsnnical taxation and
cut deeper and deeper upon the burden
bearing people
We must and viii have relief from the
Gice-holdinC trust on which all IN,
other trusts rest. and All Of which have
one hand in the peoples pocket and the
other at our Threats trying To throttle
freedom OF speech and Of the press
wherein, as Jefferson says. lay the safety
OF our people
In the language OF Henry, shall We
lie supinely upon our backs hugging The
dolusive phantom Of hope until our
enemies shall have bound Us hand and
foot, They tell Us We are weak. unable
10 cope with SO formidable an adversary.
but when shall we grow strongers Shall
we gather strength 10y irresoluiion and
inscuons Sirs, we are not weak If We
make proper use of those means which
the God Of nature hath placed in our
power"
Have not the office holders trusts. in
conjunction with all other trusts. become
almost as formidable foe as that
with which our forefathers had to cope
-Iyrannical taxation and oppression
without representations
Shall we not introduce a bill cutting
down the excessive appropriations and
salaries, beginning with that Of the gen.
eral assemblymen, the point Of response
biliiy for the excessive taxation imposed
upon the public: II not, why not? Let
all consider and answer at the polls on
July Il.
should We not also pass a law for
initiative: Let the people hatch their
own laws as they must hover them.
Referendum: Let the people retain
power OF ratification or veto. Recall.
/ Let our representative be recalled if he
fails 10 discharge his full duty.
Do not we hear some people, perhaps
Influenced by the siren song of the pro
fessional boss or dictator who holds
sinister sway, say we cannot succeed in
passing laws for retrenchment and
reform.
say, fellow citizens, we can, must and
will. Our temporal salvation, as well as
our eternal salvation, in large measure
I depends on our ability to hand down, as
did our forefathers, the boon of equal
opportunity 10 all, and not permit any
INSCRIPTIONS cunning ring, set or boss
to insiduously fasten a mighty despotic
empire upon our fair land of the free
and home of the brave.
See the influences at work coiliDr
around our institutions of education.
Read Bishop Chambers recent eXposi-
tion Of that general education board.
controlled by board offfteen members.
who are seeking with a fund of more
than hundred millions to control the
education of rising generations of our
nation. What happened in Greece and
other European nations may happen here
If we do not forestall it in time. CLAW
says, There in Greece occurred one of
tie most brutal wars that ever stained
tie earth or shocked high heaven win
the ierocious deed OF brutal soilderv.
so on 10y the clergy and followers of a
fana'icai religion. rioting in excess nf
blood and buichery, at the mere details
Of which the heart sickens, all this per2-
eHaied upon a Christian people"
! -hsl, - elected. Introduce = bjllin 81,
effective manner for retrenchment ard
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