Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-11-01
7. R. KNOCKS SLEMP

Wise, Va. Oct. &c. i. J. Bever-
ly, sheriff of Wise county. and a
Highly respected citizen, today made
public the following correspondence ::
"Wise, Va, Oct. II. 1912.
"To Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
Chicago, ILL.,,
"My dear Sir: was elected high
sheriff of this county on the Progress
i've Republican ticket in the election
of 1911. Wise county was the lead
ing county in the Progressive
movement in Virginia. This county is
one of the counties that composes the
Ninth Virginia district This district
has been represented in congress by
Hon. C. Bascom Slemp for several
terms. Mr.. Slemp is a candidate for
re- election this fall. He is State
chairman of the Republican party in
Virginia. He called the convention
that elected delegates to the Chicago
convention early last spring, ere the
snow had gone. He was u delegate at
large and the real boss of the Virginia
delegation to the Chicago convention
which nominated Mr.. Taft and his
delegation was really a packed affair,
as you know, having contested the
delegation. If we had had fair deal,
| believe the Virginia delegation
would have been for you.
Hon. Walter Graham, of Graham,
Va, is candidate for Congress in
this district on the Progressive ticket.
Many of your followers are not sup
porting him but are supporting MIR.
Slemp, and Mr.. Slemp and some of
them are saying he is as goo6 Pro-
gressive as you are, Notwithstanding
he is for Mr.. Taft. They say you do
not endorse Mr.. Graham s candidacy
but endorse Mr.. Slemp. Mr.. Graham
was a delegate to the convention
which nominated you for president on
the Progressive ticket. While | am
not intimately acquainted with MIR.
Graham. | understand that he is an
honorable. upright gentleman and is
n Progressive. He is making a cam
paign of the district.
''In view of these facts, want to
ask You to wire me fully at once,
and also write me, which you endorse,
MIR. Graham or Mr.. Siemp. Regret
ting deeply your recent wounding and
assuring you of my admiration, am,
Faithfully yours,
Signed, "I. BEVERLY.
New York. Oct. 10, 1912.
"To Mr.. |. j. Beverly,
Wise, Va,
"My Dear Sir: Yours of October
II. addressed to Col. Roosevelt and
forwarded to me, has just been re-
ceived. AS Colonel Roosevelt is now
confined in hospital in Chicago. it
is impossible for him to answer cor
respondence. Surely, there must be
some misunderstanding in the Ninth
Virginia district, if any one is rest
ing under the misapprehension that
Colonel Roosevelt and the national
Progressive party are backing any
candidate on either the Republican or
Democratic tickets. Colonel Roosevelt
and the national committee are for
the election of our own candidates for
congress on the Progressive ticket in
every district in the United States.
Col. Roosevelt and the national COM
mittee are for the election of Hon.
Walter Graham, our congressional
candidate in the Ninth Virginia dis
trict, and are opposed to the election
of MIR. Slemp, the Republican nomi-
nee, as well as the Democratic nomi-
nee for congress in the Ninth district.
Mr.. Slemp was delegate to the Chi
cago convention in June and voted
against the nomination of Col. Roose-
welt and for the nomination of MIR.
Taft. He was one of the most active
opponents of Col. Roosevelt at the
Chicago convention. He is not EMIT
led to any support by the friends of
Col. Roosevelt or the Progressive
cause in the present campaign.
trust you will give full publicity to
this statement.
Yours very truly,
"Signed. "JOS. M. DIXON,
Chairman National Com.