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


gate thoroughly all reported viola
tions of the election laws. This warn
ing had better be needed.
Every indication points to fair
and honest election in in Tazewell
county so far as the Democratic or
ganization of the county is concerned.
The electoral board, at meeting
at North Tazewell Tuesday. removed
the last stumbling block in the way
of the Repubicans-by giving them
the privilege of naming their Judge
and clerk for the election next Tues
day. IL developed, however, that the
Republican organization were not as
anxious for judges as they have ap-
penred to be, making only three
changes in the county-Cedar Bluff,
Pocahontas and Dry Fork The Re
publican judges. heretofore serving at
these precincts have been asked to
resign and the Republican county
committee substituted other men i'm
their place. BY this act the Demo-
cratic electoral board have indicated
that they favor giving the minority
party in the State square deal
Coincident with this concession on
the part of the electoral board, the
head of the Republican organization
of the county, and many of the lead
ers have refused to sign the pure
election pledge-an agreement enter
ed into at Bristol last week, wherein
representatives of each party in the
Ninth district bind themselves to use
their efforts and influence next week
to prevent the corruption of the cleo
torate-a crime that has obtained In
the Ninth district to such an extent
that it can be no longer winked at by
law abiding citizens. The chairman
of the Republican party of the county
gave as his reason for refusing to
sign the pledge, that it made him
spy upon his "fellow citizens" 4"
which requirement he thought was
unfair and unnecessary The Demo-
cratic county chairman, however, was
willing to lend his aid and influence
to the help clense the county and
district. The fact that the head of
the Republican party in the county
has refused openly to become a party
to the cleansing" proposed by the
pure election society is causing con-
siderable talk and some criticism
here. The following is the
pledge, which has been signed by
large number of people in the county:
"We, the Undersigned, by signing
this paper, hereby become members
of the Fair Elections Society of the
Ninth Congressional District of vir-
ginia. and as such we mutually
pledge ourselves as follows:
81. We will not. 60 long as we are
members of this Society. subscribe
or give any money or other thing of
value to any campaign fund in any
election whatever, except for legiti-
mate and lawful campaign expenses.
"2. We will not ourselves know
ingly violate any election law of the
United States or the State of Vir-
ginia. and we will whenever practi-
cable attend the polls at every cleo
tion and do what we reasonably can
to have the same conducted in accord
ance with law, and to discover any
violations of law which anyone may
be guilty of. either at, before, or
after, the election, and that we will
report all such violations of law to
the proper heads of this society. and,
thereafter, in case of prosecution Of
such offense, to do all that we pro-
perly can in the aid thereof; and fur
ther that we will do all in our power