Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-07-21
THE NEW COUNTY CHAIRMAN

Mr.. III. M. Smyth has an article in
another column of this paper, which
will be read with some interest lust
at this time, and his suggestions
should be calmly considered. AS to
the statement that an entirely new
committee should have been elected
there are differences of opinion. At
any rate it is too late now. MIR.
Smyth could have attended the meet
ing last Saturday, and presented his
views, and would have done so, per
haps, if he had known of the meeting
which had been advertised for several
weeks beforehand, but which notice
escaped him. The County Committee
has been elected, and best or not best.
the best must be made of it. The
committee is composed of good, true
Democrats, so far as we know, and
there should not be any dissensions
among us. The mistakes" referred
to by our friend must be corrected
not by making other mistakes, and
discord among us will only further
exaggerate whatever of mistakes may
have been made. This is the time of
Democratic jubilee everywhere and
discord nowhere. Let there be none in
Tazewell, or in the ninth district, nor
anywhere else, neither o, err the cleo
ton of county committee and chair
man, United States Senators, or any
other officers to be chosen.
Every man has a right to his own
opinion, and right to express the
same, but in all questions of expe.
diency the majority have and hold the
inalienable right of decision and OF
rule. Let the People Rule.
Mr.. Smyth suggests further that q
new county chairman should be elect
ed, IAN active, able and disinterested
successor to Chairman Higginboth-
am. We all agree that the Chair
man should be "active, able and dis
interested. We don't know what orr
friend meant to include in the word
'disinterested." Certainly the new
chaimarn, whether it be MIR. Higgin
botham or some other good man
should be very much interested in the
success of the party in the county.
and not interested in any scheme. al
lance or ENHANCEMENT which would
prove handicap. In everything DO
iitical, so far as we know, MI. Hip-
ginbotham has stood -four square. {"
Some of us found it hard to forgive
him for lining up in opposition to
the bond issue, and perhaps our friend
had this in mind when he wrote down
that word "disinterested. We don't
know. In every POLITICAL fight he has
stood firm for Democracy, even when
family ties were such as to temnt
him, and in the only campaign of i'm
portance waged during his administra-
tion the county rolled up magnifi-
cent vote. He seems to one who CON-
fesses, however, to no great political
acumen, to have good record. That
dreadful bond issue business-tbat's
the trouble. Had that been a political
campaign, all would have been over
with the county chairman. But when
1T is remembered that other good
democrats were also lined up on the
same side, and many leading Repub-
iicans on the other side, the political
phase of the issue is difficult to dis
cover. However, if better man than
Mr.. HIgginboatham can be found for
the ieadership-a more intelligent
aggressive or prudent man, why, by
all means, put him in charge, and
without verbal authority to do SO we
feel safe in saying that no Democrat
III the county will more readily
icquiesce than will Mr.. Higginboth-
I'm himself. Will it not be best. in
stead of saying or doing anything to