Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-08-22
Another Good Candidate For the
Legislature.

Editor Cllnch Valley News.
Allow me space in your issue
of this week for a suggestion.
We find existing today in a
peculiar and unique political
condition in Virginia. Instead
of men being urged for>election
to Office as representative of the
old parties with well defined view
upon the past economical ques--
tons that have in the past con-
stituted the dividing line be-
tween the two they are now
spoken of as machine or Anti
Machine Democrats. Roosevelt
progressives or Taft stand pat
Republicans. The split in the
old Republican party, with it's
record of hatred and animosity to
the South and Southern interest,
notably displayed in the Internal
Revenue plan, and the persistent
attempt as ensured by the Force.
Bill to place the whole election
machinery under the control
and management of the federal
government, is of too recent oc
curence to require lengthy con-
sideration. 1t is sucffient to
say, that if the Democrats will
take advantage of the situation,
I through a wise and conservative
course that Tazewell and Buchan-
an counties can be represented
in the next general assembly
by a Democrat. To accomplish
this result, we must nominate
and must do 50 at once, q man
without reproach, whose help
and honorable dealings in private
as we'll as public, command the
respect and confidenc of all the
people, l believe in the faith
and principles handed down by
Thomas Jefferson, whose life
was devoted to the great fight
for equal opportunity and adj
vantage for all the people irespec-
tive of party. The time has
come for all frills and flowers
such as, Machine and Anti
Machine to be relegated to the
rear. Nominate a good and re-
liable man fully equipped for the
discharge of the responsibilities
of the office, to be intelligent
and patriotic and we will have
no difficulty in electing him. |
feel that we have the man in
person Of George r. Mccall of
Raven, who combines in a
high degree all the requisites
that go to make up the proper
representative for these two
great and progressive counties.
The people of both counties
know this good and worthy
citizen. Born and living in Taze-
well all his life, but so near the
Buchanan line as to be one of
them. Place in his hands the
flag and let every private in the
ranks do his duty fully, be he
machine or anti-machine Demo-
crat, or Roosevelt Progressive,
who has shown a disposition to
cooperate in the great fight to
free the American people from
the oppression and unjust bur-
den imposed upon them by the
trusts and monopolies; whose
parent is the standpat or Taft
element of the Republican party,
appeal to the voters of this
legislative district to lay aside
all fractional spirit, and stepping
shoulder to shoulder march to
the polls in November with the
satisfied assurance that our NOM
inee will be triumphantly elect
ed.
1t is especially important at
this time, with the tax and
temperance issues as the two
paramount ones, that we should
have representative in full and
hearty accord with the Democrat
party in the State, and not a
member who will be in his
political faith almost solitary
and alone from this section,
without voice or power in aiding
or shaping legislative action that
will rebound to the best inter-
ests of the great and progressive
Southwestern portion of orr he