Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-12-01
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peper Exponent, was the most
..nounced of all partisans ON the
n, Of Judge Mann. His paper
e..., hristled. week after week.
r. the plain text Of trenchant
I.,,r.,l remark. was added the
,,,,,o One issue of the Ex-
.,.nt containing two cartoons
deroga,ory Of Mr.. Tucker, had
S,,,.ui ide circulation as Il campaign
4 ,nn.cu, in the interest of Judge
M,nn.
H., candidate won
Immediately after the primary the
rxnoncnt'~ editorial page disap-
.,,rrd L. continued to be a lively.
r,ssip, newspaper, but news and
oJver,ising crowded out the edi-
torial column
30 far as The Journal rcc''llec-
,iop extends. there has not been
lime of editorial in the Exponent
since about the time of the primary
until this weeks issue, which
reached here today.
Editor Green resppears this
week in solid two column shot
directed at those who, accepted be-
lief. will largely direct legislation
a, the approaching session of the
General Assembly. and who have
let the word go forth that there
will be no temperance legislation
at the 1910 meeting of the As
semhly.
4 casual reader might not APP
preciatc the significance of this
powerful editorial. The Journal
interpretS it 10 mean the beginning
Of warfare among those in the
organization ranks over the ques-
tion of liquor legislation. Listen
10 the Exponent for moment:
Who l. the man that is going to
exert his influence towards pre-
venting this right (the right OF the
people TO vote ON Statewide prohi-
biiionll l. il Speaker Byrdl l. il
Governor Swsnsonl Is il Cover
nor-elcct Mann! These are the
three men who will exercise "A
potent influence Upon the le-isla-
ton to be. or not To be, enacted IN
Richmond this winter. Will any
one, or ali three of them combined.
undertake to deprive the people of
the God given right of self-govern-
meut!'
ltmust Toe remembered that these
questions are not asked by q politi-
cal outsider. They are not the
oulcropping> of anti-organizatiom
prejudice. They come from man
than whom there is none more in
the confidence ofthe organizations
blg leaders. lf the bold editor of
the Exponent has not substantial
reason for his misgivings it will be-
aSurprl>e. As to Speaker Byrd,
the Exponent has his quoted word.
Is To Governor Swanson. The
journal does not know. A. to
Governor-elect Mann-weu, it is
at least mildly surprising that his
foremost newspaper champion in
primary campaign should intimate
Il doubt of the Governor-elect's 5
Slaunch adherence to the cause of
temperance and the Anti-Saloon
League.
In another paragraph Judge
Mann'S late champion says it was
dlthcult for the people of Virginia
TO credit Speaker Byrd with being
The real representative of those
WhodeSired temperance. Proceed
'ng' the Exponent says: How
ever, IN view of the faot that the
"''nnc"ment (Mr. Byrd's decla-
'"'l'" as 3" NO further legislatiuu)
"a> ""t al that time controvertcd
'".c who are we'll known To- be
~l and sincere advncat, ;
."r mcvement for local option
''" r'ohibi,ion. there was no other
' q" b'' formed than that ih,.
"t '"rcc> o' Virginia hse
t~i np Il their car.
49,. p" -e'S no iurthei glory than
srr recent victories in
r'snn contests and
'aH"h of The IIonorabl,
.'''m Hodges Mann Ia the oflicr
' ''.v ro.rof Virginia.
Exponent concludes from,
''-u'~ 'hs, Speaker Byrd
Hi eiihoui his host. y
A. 'c'd icsdcr of ,hc anti
forces is Rev. James Can
H'r, Jr.
:" ENpnnent is thoroughly
Na' members of tie