Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1912-04-26
SHOULD TAzEWFLL
SHOW PREFERENCE?
Opposition to Instructing in
View of Changing Political
Conditions in theCountry
Editor c. V. News,

the County Convention to send dele.
gates to the State Convention at Nor.
folk, which latter convention will
select delegates to the Nationa
Democratic Convention at Baltimore
to choose Democratic candidate foi
President. There are some fears,
though apparently very slight, that
there will be an effort to instruct the
delegates of our County to the Nor.
folk Convention TO WORK AND
VOTE SPECIALLY for delegates to
support some selected candidate for
President. believe this would be
extremely injudicious with the lights
We now have and will have on the
18th of May.
Six months ago | vemember of see
ing a newspaper of great influence,
stating that never in the history of
both the great parties had people
been so at sea as to who would be
nominated for President on either
side. AS each State Convention is
held this prophecy is seeming NOR e
nearly to be fulfilled A few months
ago the Republicans made fun of the
candidacy of Roosevelt now he has
about as many delegates as President
Taft About the same time many
Democrats made light of Champ
Clark's candidacy. Now, so far, he
is ahead.
The great duty that now devolves
upon this nation is to elect a Demo-
crat. If it does not do so, it difficult
to tell what is to boone of us. Our
County Convention to appoint dele
gates to the Ninth District Conven-
ton at Bristol refused to instruct and
the Bristol Convention confirmed its
wisdom by refusing to do so too. If,
after the delegates meet in conven-
tion at Norfolk, they deem it wise
then to instruct for some one, let
them do so. but let our men from
Tazewell go free and untrameIled.
Get men of brains, good balance and
prudence, and trust them, and see
that they go.
| understand that the city of Rich
mond has refused to instruct. Wise
county is one of the few, if not the
only county, so far. that has in
structed.
When instructions are sought, the
advocate generally says something
good about his favorite and something
detrimental about all the others. The
men we now present are all worthy
of the exalted place.
Yours truly,
DEMOCRAT.
A few weeks ago there seemed TO
be no good reason why delegates from
this county to the state convention
should not be instructed. In the be-
ginning of the campaign and some
weeks following, everything and ev-
erybody seemd to be for Wilson, not
only here but all over the country.
To make his nomination harmonoiusly
unanimous seemed to be the desire
and aim of the majority. The situa-
tion has changed. Clark and Under
wood are coming to the front rapidly.
Harmon seems to be losing ground.
The situation is further complicated
by the unexpected candidacy of Roos-
evelt. Taft, like Harmon, does not
now seem to be in tn race. The Dem
ocrats can win this year if no mitsake
or discord occurs. AS to which candi-
date should be nominated by the
Democrats no one man can afforI to
suggest. We all have our preferences
perhaps, but these preferences should
yield to the opinion of the majority.
After careful deliberation at Norfolk
it is thought best to instruct, it will
be done. We still believe Wilson
should be the nominee IF HE CAN
WIN. Clark is equally acceptable,
with the same proviso. Wilson SEEM
ed to US by far the strongest man ir
the beginning, and we favored in
ssructing for him then, as we said
with the lights before u.s. Recent
development have changed the look,
of things and now we no NOR,
can tell which of the two, Wilson
or Clark, will be stronger candidate
If Mr. Bryan, who is favorable t,
either, cannot say which one, how cal
"a little fellow like me, do so
Hence. like Democrat, we fayo
leaving this matter to wiser heads
Judge sc. Graham, whose opinio
on matters generally as we'll as O
law specifically, commands respect
when asked the other day what h
thought of the political situation
said:
81 have been, as you know, favo,
able to the nomination of Governo
Harman, as candidate for the Pres
dency. l believe him to be strong
good and great mon Pnt .ooo