Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-05-23
A FEW PLANKS OF OUR
PLATFORM.

In another column will be
found an editorial from The
Roanoke Times replying to a
request made last week that The
Times explain its statement that
most of the editorial policies of
the Clinch Valley News are
wrong. Three are three counts,
as the lawyers say statewide
prohibition, endorsement Of Mr..
Bryan and opposition to Senators
Martin and Swanson and the
practical work and managem ent
of our State government es c
three mistaken policies" make
up, as far as stated, The Times
soft impeachment. We con-
graduate ourselves-got one of
the boys to pat us on the back.
In the estimation of a very large
number of the "best people" in
this section and in other sec
tions, these policies" which
The Times considers wrong"
are considered prominently
proper and right. However, we
must respectfully demur to the
charge, that the Clinch Valley
News is hostile to Senator's
Martin and Swanson. Where
The Times got this idea or i'm
preston we are at a loss to
know. Several times we have
criticised the Senators and "the
management of the State
government when we thought
proper, but we are not now nor
have ever been, hostile, or made
a fight against the dominance
of our two United States SEN
ators." Tine Clinch Valley News
has supported each of them
heartily in every campaign. In
this territory the Clinch Vale y
News has been criticised upon
being "a machine publication"
for years. The Clinch Valley
News has supported the powers
that be from Governor all the
way through, with a few minor
exceptions for fifteen or more
years. Where brother Williams
got the idea that we are agains
the State government we are at
a loss to guess, unless it be due
to the fact that he does not
observe closely our editorial
columns. Certain it is, as a wise
friend remarked when he read
the editorial in The Times,
"some folks about here would
think more of the Clinch Valley
News if it were against Martin
and Swanson" We believe the
two United States Senators are
wise, heightened gentlemen,
generally right sometimes, like
the rest of us-wrong, and de-
serving of criticism, but we
have no sort of sympathy with
the small crowd of "kickers"
who are continually throwing
mud at the managers of the
State government. We are glad
to have the opportunity to set
ourselves right in this matter.
AS to being wrong" in sup
porting Mr.. Bryan, this has been
our chief source of JOY and
qualification. Before we entered
the newspaper business and
ever since, we have sworn by"
Mr.. Bryan. Nearly twenty years
have passed twenty years of
severe testing in all sorts of
crucibles, and he rings true to-
day. Not a single policy adj
vocated by him but has proven
to have been correct. not except
ing his free silver craze"
which in principle, was only a
scheme to increase the volume
OF our currency. This scheme
was carried out and effected by
the great increase in gold
production from Alask. a, We
plead guilty to the charge of
warm and earnest endorsement
of Mr.. Bryan" Americas's most
distinguished and influential
Christian statesman. We stand
shoulder to shoulder with about
Z million American voters and
millions Of others not voters, in
warm and earnest endorsement
of Mr.. Bryan"
The other wrong policy" is
statewide prohibition. In this,
too, we stand with the majority,
and on the side of morality and
religion. To favor the prohibition
OF the greatest evil in the land.
by law as far as possible, should
be not only the pleaure but the
duty, so it strikes US, of every
patriotic newspaper in the land
And 50. we differ. 1t is well,
perhl ;js on most questions, that
we should. Both of us are
honest, and trying to give the
best thought and advice we
have"
The editor of this paper
thanks Tho Times for lie oond;l