Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-05-19
Mr.. Gri8Sby Replies.

sive language. Relative To that |
Will say that MIR. Reardon came 10
me early in the canvass and pro.
posed to make a clean fight at
once accepted his proposition. and
have strictly adhered 10 the same.
And / will say further ia, # MIR.
keardon proposes Go iiSrrgard his
promise and enter inio mud
Singing campaign (ph;ca h., ar,i-
Gle irHicate>l. r.tus.d Ca De led
INTO such contest. I dir.rt the
voters attention To- mr cs,d. and
request them 10 consider il with
reference tu the language used bv
my opponent. Mr Il srdon. and
decide whcthcr j, deserve, such an
answer. lie charges ti.t Ian lot
expressing my honeSt views. and
ot getting those uf ny opponents.
but only "a wordy political produc.
ton of my own. In which | seek f.
enlist support OF the people hon
estly seeking the truth. Again.
nc asks, May | here ask MIR
Grigsby if lac considers his
opponents sufficiently influential
with men of the character. caliber.
standing. etc, of those men who
compose the executive committees
for the two counties. to direct
them in their official duties. |
answer, emphaticallv. NO. /
found. after going into Warren
county. tat the committee which
WAS ,,mi used of twelve members.
stood practically solid against
allowing ;hc contest to come into
Warren county. Rut the Warren
committee claim that ,hcv propose
u ~ kr Such action 9S vii, save 20
Clarke c"uojy people The 'gii. 10
name ihyir choice. Further. | all
say ,i't uuly four mcmhr,~ .f Ga.
Clsl b.. committee ,ian. for tine
primary To- be held throughout
the district Clarke and Warrcn)
the same day, and these four arc
In favor Of the nomination OF Mr..
Reardon and are commonly
known as his friends and trusted
lieutenantS in this fight. Mr..
Reardon Informed me that after a
conference with Mr.. X. ii. Lee.
chairman of the con. nittee. that
he (Nlr. Lee) now says that he
believes it could be 80 arranged
that Clarke county could select the
nominee. As To Mr.. Reardon's
assertion that GrigSby knows that
certain of his opponents can poll
practically the entire vote OF War
rem county, and that Grigsby
knows that hc has nothing TO lose
in Warren county, and that
Grigsby is trying To curry favor
with Clarke voters, and other
political clap.trap and chat of like
nature, / consider il. beneath any
notice except contempt. Again,
MIR. Reardou demands that | show
in what way hc has acted unfairly.
| have never charged in my card
las any intelligent man can scc)
that any of my opponents acted
unfairly. However, | will state
Mr.. Reardon's position as | have
seen it. He from the first claimed
to favor Clarke choosing the NOM
inee. When the executive COM
mittee of Clarke met some time
ago, | asked Mr.. Reardon If he
would advocate, before the COM
mittee. the right of Clarke to select
the nominee. He said, No; that
he did not propose to interfere
with the committees; but Wa in
favor of Clarke having the nominee.
When we went before the commit
tee, | proposed that Clarke hold Il
primary, name their choice, and
Warren committee be reQuCs;,d
to endorse that choice; or that
Clarke hold its primary on Il
different and previous date from
Warren. Chairman Lee opposed
the proposition. and Mr.. Reardon
agreed with him and declared that
he thought it could not be h"ld
under any method which would
depart from the plan of holding
it throughout the district on the
same day. After | read the sec
ton of the primary plan, thought
then and think now that we could
change the method of holdir = it
under the general plan. ! pro-
posed a delegated primary conven-
Ition, or any other plan which the
tcommittee could or would adopt,
I which would save To Clarke the
right to select the nominee. Thr
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