Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-08-18
|DR GREEVfR TALKS
Expresses Hi m S e | f About
Things And The County
Convention In Particular
ADVERTISEMENT.
To the Republican Voters of Tazewell

County:
The recent action of the Republican
committee makes it necessary for me
to appear before you in public print.
On the 9th day of last March an
nounced myself candidate for clerk
against Mr.. John I. Barns. / made
my announcement subject to re.
publican convention, and l made that
announcement in good faith. Both my
friends and asked that this conven-
ton be held at once, and the party
organization, of which Mr.. Barns is
Chairman. went so far as to call the
republican committee together away
back in April for the purpose of al
lowing Mr.. Barns to resign and also to
call this convention. (See Tazewell
Republican, dated April 25, 1911. J.
When that convention met Mr..
Barns did not resign or offer his res
ignation. nor did he or his friends
mention a convention. We believed
then and we think so yet, that if it
was good politics TO call convention
the proper time was then and not now
SO as to allow the free and untra M
meled Republican voters to pass on
this matter between us.
Mr.. Barns and his associates, who
were and are in control of the party
organization, said, ono, will have no
convention; it is bad politics." Inas-
umch as they were in control of the
party organization and we could not
call this convention, l have gone on
with this canvass for the past five
months, believing there would be no
convention and making no preparation
whatever, for it. With two days no.
tice, Mr.. Barns, as chairman of the
committee, calls the committee to-
gether and on August Ord, the com
mittee. in cut and dried way, every
move mapped out before hand, calls a
convention to meet on September End,
not to name Republican ticket, but
candidate for Clerk only.
Now, Mr.. voter, please note that
MIR. Barns and his friends were in
complete control and that they have
had nearly four months since this
April meeting in which to prepare for
this, THEIR convention. During all
this time we were kept entirely in
the dark and were not expecting a
convention to be called unless a Dem
ocratic candidate appeared in the
field. Please note, no other candidate
has appeared, and no good reason has
arisen, so far as we can see, for call
ing this convention. other than that
they had gotten THEIR trap set, each
of THEIR men had been seen and
they believed that the time was OPP
perfume and the slaughter was ready.
Mr.. fairminded and honest voter, do
you believe this is a square deal?
Did not Uncle Joe Cannon meet his
Waterloo by failing to realize that
his day of usefulness was over and
that "the iron hand" would be no
longer tolerated? We believe like
conditions prevail in good old Taze-
well county today.
My friends, in this committee meet
ing, pointed out the unfairness of a
convention at this time, and under
these circumstances, and asked for
two things-frst, instead of this doc
tored convention, that an old time
mass meeting be called, in which ev-
cry voter might have the privilege of
standing up and being counted for the
man of his choice. Second, that a full
Republican ticket be placed in the
field. Both of our suggestions were
spurned and turned down-the old
time whip was cracked, held and
welded by the iron hand, and THEIR
Convention was called
Now Mr.. voter, we believe this to
be a free country. We believe each
| and every voter should have a voice
in the affairs of this county. We be-
lieve that the boy in the log cabin
! should have an equal show with the
one born in the manor. We believe
there is no place among the voters OF
this county for the blue blood" nc
holy of holies," into which only
"OUR PEOPLE" may enter. And
we don't believe we have been given
a square deal. We DON'T believe in
one man power. We DON'T believe in
ring rule. We DON'T believe the vot-
ers OF this county, great and grand a:
it is, in everything else that makes
progress, owe every Office in the coun.
ty to one man, any one set of men, o.
to any one family. We DON'T believ,
you voters will stand for any of thes,
therefore have decided to run thi
race through to finish, regardless
of any action that Mr.. Barns and hi
friends may take in THEIR conven
ton September End, and let the voter
settle this matter at the polls on No
vember 7th.
| If the voters of this county are i
favor of fair play and the square dea
and / know they are, believe the
will stand by me in this fight agains