Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-10-24
PURE ELECTIONS.

A Special meeting In lieu OF
the regular annual meeting was
hel by the FairElections Societ,
at Hotel Bristol. in Bristol, Tue
| day October 7th, 1913. The fol
lowing officers we've elected fol
the ensuing year:
j. f. Bullitt, President.
Geo. l.. Taylor, Secretary.
| C. f. Gauthier, Treasurer.
Vice Presidents.
Smythe. w. ID. Mount, w. c.,
Pendleton, ii. l.. Benham.
| Wythe, E. Lee Trinkle, w. S.
Pogue, Harry Robinson.
Pulaski. Jno: w. Hickman, B.
IC. Hurst, Jno. w. Draper.
Giles. Judge Bernard Mason,
w. f. Neel.
Bland, S. w. Williams, Jr., j.
ID. Honaker, John Hutchins.
Bristol City, G. F. Gautheir,
Jno. w. Price, James Cannon.
Lee,J. o. Woodward, j. r.
Legg, B. H. Sewell.
Wise, Charles Hall, Jr., Mayo
Cabell, Cyrus Bean.
Scott, Duran Keys, DIR. j. M.
Dougherty, l. p. Kane.
Dickinson, w. H. Rouse, E.
Fl. Sutherland, ]. H. Harris.
Buchanan, E. H. Witten, Geo.
Littz, r. G. Williams.
Russell. r. Walter Dickinson,
V. B. Gilmer, G. d. Thompson.
Tazewell, S. G. Graham, j.
Powell Royal, G. G. Harris.
Washington, H. E. Widener,
DR.. j. ID. Anderson, Jno. j.
Stuart.
All of the above officers are
the same as were elected last
year, except, G. F. Gautheir,
Treasurer, as elected to fill the
place of Mr.. A. 7. Lincoln,
whose Office as Treasurer was
vacated by the fact that he is
4 candidate for the legislature.
w. o. Mount elected as one O
the Vice Presidents for Smythc,
TO the place of Mr.. B. F. Buch-
man, whose Office is vacated by
the fact that he is candidate
for the Senate; H. L. Bonham,
elected to take the place of Mr..
A. L. Lincoln, as one of the
Vice Presidents for Smythe,
because of Mr.. Lincoln's
candidacy for the Legislature;
j. o. oodward, elected to take
the place of r. l.. Pennington,
one of the Vice Presidents of |
Lee county, for the same reason. |
and five other Vice Presidents
elected to fill vacancies caused |
by death, or refusal to serve.
q The meeting adopted a number
of resolutions for the purpose of
carrying out more effectively
the purpose of the Society; a
synopsis of the more important
being as follows:
THAT the President appoint
a Committee of five to carefully
existing laws on the
subject of elections and report
to a special meeting of the
Society to be held before the
next meeting of the Legislature,
such amendments of the laws as
in their opinion may be neces-
sary to secure fair elections.
This Committee will be announc-
ed LATER nv tha President
2-That the President of the
be and is directed to
prepare and send to all can
didates for Office throughout the
District pledge to the effect
that they will not, in the COM
ing election, use or countenance
the use of, money or other thing
of value to influence voters, and
will not in any other manner
violate the election laws; and
that he shall cause to be publish
ed in the newspapers the names
of all candidates who sign such
pledge, as well as the names of
those who refuse to sign the
same.
3-That each county organiza-
ton be urged to appoint one or
more members from each of the
political parties who will attend
the polls at the November
election for the purpose of pre-
venting election frauds and of
discovering and reporting any
such frauds as may occur.
The President was further
given power to offer rewards for
evidence leading to the convic-
tin of all persons guilty of
violation of, election laws be-
fore, at, or after the coming
election, and to take such other
steps as he might see necessary
to secure an absolutely fair cleo
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