The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-11-01
Candidates
Agree
Not to Spend Any Money in
Election Next Tuesday.

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use money or whiskey i'm the
coming election. We print be-
low two forms of pledges, one
of which we understand has
been signed by all of the can
didates of both parties, and the
other by the county chairman
and the county aud precinct
committeeman. We have not
been furnished with the names
Of the signers of these pledges,
but we are assured that at the
time we go to press all candi-
dates, Democratic, Republican
and Independent for county of.
fees, aud most of those for the
district offices. and both county
chairman and most of the coun
ty committee and precinct com
nitteemen of both parties have
signed and others are expected
20 Sign
This is a Grand movement in
the right direction. Judge
Skeen has served notice that he
lis going to exhaust every
means at his command to on
force the law, hurt whom it
may. The public sentiment in
this county its behind him. An
good citizens now have a
chance to join together and
stamp out forever the curse of
vote selling Let us hold NJ
Judge Skeen's hands and have
fair, honest and unbought
election.
The following are the pledges
referred to:
We, the respective county
and precinct chairman and
members Of the county and pre-
cinct committees of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties
Of the county of Wise hereby
agree and pledge ourselves,
each TO the other, not to use
any money, whiskey or other
thing of value, or knowingly
permit the same to be done by
any member of the party to
which we respectively belong
for the purpose of buying or in .
iiuencing any voter in casting
his vote at the election to be
held i'll Wise county on Novem-
Der q, 1911, and this applies to
such use of money either be-
fore, on or after the said date.
And we further agree and
pledge ourselves to use all hon.
orable means to ascertain
whether any one, either of our
own or the opposite party,
makes any such use of money
whiskey or other thing of value,
and if we learn of the same to
report it promptly, together
with all the facts and names to
the Judge of the Circuit Court
of Wise county, or to Il grand
Jury called by said court for the
purpose of Investigating bribery
at said election
We, the undersigned candi-
dates for the various offices TO
be voted for by the voters of
Wise county, or magisterial
districts thereof, at the election
to be held November 9TH, 1911,
do hereby agree and pledge
ourselves, each to the other,
that we will not, directly or
Indirectly, use any money.
whiskey, or other thing of
value for the purpose OF buying
or influencing any voter, either
before the day of election, on
the day of election or after the
day of election; and we further
agree and pledge ourselves to
use all honorable means with
our friends and supporters TO
the end that none of them shall,
directly or indirectly, in our
behalf, use any money, wills
key or other thing of value for
such purpose.
And we further agree and
pledge ourselves to use all
honorable means to find out if
any person before, at or after
said election uses any money
whiskey or other thing of value
for such purpose, and to report
the same with facts and names
promptly to the judge of the
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