Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-07-11
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Clinch Valley News notes our
commentator of John Garland
Pollard's candidacy for Attor-
ney General; criticizes it as I'M
duly laudatory, pretends to dis
tressing bewilderment at our
classification of Mr.. Pollard as
a Progressive Democrat, "
and urges with great emphasis
that we explain precisely what
that term denotes. But the would
be pupil of The News is not con-
tent with being ludicrously pert.
1t quickly proceeds to doff role of
scholar and assume that of tea
cher, answers the question which
it addresses to us, showing that
it knows it all, and that from no
font of human thought or know
ledge does it need enlighten-
ment. Behold the Clinch Valley
News, so blithe and beautiful
and gay, as with its mighty in
tellect it penetrates the jungle
of public confession and mis-
understanding, and energies
with this precious TRUTH.
Henry Stuart is Progressive
Democrat, Martin and Swanson
are Progressive Democrats.
When Stuart ran for Congress
both these gentlemen came to
the district and did what they
could to secure his election.
Jones and Glass are Progressive
Democrats, SO are Congressman
Flood, Hay and all the rest. Mr..
Ellyson, Mr.. Moore, Governor
Mann are all Progressive Demo-
Gratis, as we see it, and all of
these are Wilson Democrats,
Bryan Democrats and going
ahead the best they know how. {"
Well, why the holler? The News
simply says that Mr.. Pollard is
Progressive Democrat. 1t didn't
challenge Judge Williams polit-
ical progressiveness. 1t said no
thing about that gentleman?
What's worrying our friend
Above all, why does that news
paper desire us to tell what is a
Progressive Democrat, when in
the next breath, it says it knows
and itself declares that Stuart,
Jones, Martin, Swanson, Flood,
Hay, Mann, Ellyson and all the
rest are Progressive Democrats,
Wilson Democrats, Bryan Dem
ocrats. BY the way, it omitted
Mr.. William F.Rhea from the
group. We suppose he comes in
under the classification of al
the rest" Surely our contempt.
rary didn't intend to slight him,
And Mr.. James Stone, too, anc
other State officers do they come
in with "all the rest?" We pre-.
sumo so. If so, glory be! Tc
what a united family of Demo
Gratis the Old Dominion car
proudly lay claim. All Wilson
Democrats, too, that's the best
part about it. Therefore, the
unanimous support of the Vir.
ginia delegation rendered the
New Jersey candidate from the
first ballot in the Baltimore con
vention to the last-therefore
the utter frankness of the cor
ganization in fighting for Wilson
in the Norfolk convention
therefore the scorn and fierce
resentment of the so-called cor,
ganization" at any plan prior tt
the Norfolk convention, to com
bine the support of all Other
Presidential aspirants against
Wilson; therefore our utter route
from the proposition that there
be reactionary tendencies anC
reactionary leaders in the Demo.
cratic party of Virginia. Why
had we not the prescience tc
divide that every Democratic
Representative in Congress from
Virginia - both Senators; Taylor
Elyson. Samuel Williams, Rhea,
Stone-the entire bunch of State
officers sand "all the rest" were
Progressive Democrats. Twas
too cruel, however, in our con
temporary after so masterfulIy
and convincingly clearing up
the situation, to have incident
ally brought us into the lime
light, exposed our mental blind
ness, laid bare our party contu-
macy, and wrecked all the struc-
ture of our hopes, by challenging
us to the task of rebutting the
view that even as all men are
born free and equal-so are all
Democrats progressive from
heels to head-no difference OBJ
tanning between them in view,
conviction. or standards of par
ty ethics and party usefulness.
Why did the bright star of
Clinch Valley journalism so Gym
ically twikle? Recurring to our
cOntempOrarY'S question ."What