Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22
WANT GILLESPIE
FOR GOVERNOR
The Republicans o! Buchanan County Meet
in Mass Meeting and Elect Delegates
to Newport News Convention
Instruct for Gillespie.

The Republicans of Buchanan county
met at Grundy, Va, July II, 1909, for
the purpose of selecting delegates and
alternates to the State convention at
Newport News, Va, and also for the
purpose of selecting delegates and al
ternates to the convention to be held at
Richlands, for the purpose of nOminat-
ing a candidate for representative in
the Legislature for the district compos-
ed of Tazewell and Buchanan counties.
County Chairman L. A. Mothena,
called the meeting to order, and upon
motion, F. B. Kiser was elected tenn
porary chairman and w. ]. Sisk, secre-
tary. Upon motion the Republicans
present for each Magisterial District
were selected as a committee for the
purpose of naming the delegates and
alternates from each district. The fol-
lowing delegates and alternates were
reported:
GRUNDY DISTRICT.
Delegates to Newport News-E. H.
Witten, S. R. Hurley, John A. Looney,
Joe Looney. Alternates-H. w. Comp
ton, J. T. Looney, VIM. Shortridge and
Glenn Ratliff.
HIGHLANDS CONVENTION
Delegates-L B. Hackney, 1. N.
Boyd, L. A. Mothena, and Glenn Rat
lift. Alternates-John C. Mccoy, W.
w. Baldwin, John Deskins and Alex
Shortridge.
ROCK LICK DISTRICT.
Delegates to Newport News-Geo.
w. Litz, A. A. Kopp, Green Charles
and J. ]. Jackson. Alternates Riley
Lester, Joshua Justice, Arthur Charles
and w. L. Looney.
HIGHLANDS CONVENTION
Delegates-A. A. Ratliff, ]. J. Jack
son, Geo. w. Litz and John H. Dotson.
Alternates-Geo. C. Charles, J. C.
Chaney, Joshua Justice and Riley Les
ter.
GARDEN DISTRICT.
Delegates to Newport News-John
A. Cook, M. B. Ratliff, w. T. Davis,
W. j. Sisk. Alternates-W. P. Vance,
j. M. Ratliff, G. M. Sisk and ]. w.
Jackson.
Upon motion the reports of the COM
mittees from the various districts were
approved.
A committee was then appointed to
draft resolutions which are as follows:
1st. We heartily endorse the ad-
mirable course taken by our President,
VIM. II. Taft, in seeking to unite this
nation into one family of brotherhood,
of love and good will; recognizing no
section, giving to all broad and liberal
participation in the affairs of this gov
ernment.
End. We heartily endorse and COM
mend the services rendered our party
by c. Bascom Slemp, our State Chair
man, and his services and course taken
in Congress in the interest of all the
people of his district
j. ]. JACKSON,
JOHN A. Cook,
w. A. DAUHERTY,
Committee.
BY the unanimous vote of the Repub-
hcans present in mass meeting, it was
ordered that the delegates to the Rich
lands convention be, and they are here
by instructed to vote in said convention
for the nomination of Hon. John M
Ratliff, of Buchanan county, as oul
candidate to represent the counties o1
Buchanan and Tazewell in the next
House of Delegates of Virginia, and we
earnestly commend the distinguished
gentleman to the Republicans of Taze.
well county and sincerely solicit theil
support, not only in the Richlands con-
vention, but at the coming November
election.
1t seemed to be the unanimous wish
of all the Republicans that Hon. A. p.
Gillespie, of Tazewell, would accept the
nomination for Governor of the State OF
Virginia, and if he could be induced tC
accept said nomination, we believe that
every Republican in Buchanan county
would gladly give him their support al
the coming election.
Upon motion it was ordered that 6
copy of the proceedings of this meeting
be sent to the Tazewell Republican anC
Sandy Valley News for publication.
Upon motion the mass meeting ad
journed.
F. B. KIsER, Chairman.
w. ]. SIsK, Secretary.
IA r EiIlpsnio pavpe RrisfnI