Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-30

, the Republicans are "straddling" as
they have always "stradd;ed," and
moving neither backwards or for
wards. They are the same, yes, the
same, and afraid of their honest con-
victions; afraid to talk out in "meet-
ln'' and tell what they favor. Too
hypocritical, too weak, too cowardly to
say out loud, what they favor. This
is no time for weaklings. There new
er was, and there never will be time.
when weddings will be in demand.
The two old parties today are largely
the same in many respects, both cor
rupt as HI; and seeking the same
lthing-spoils and graft. Tweedle-
,dec-tweedlc-dum. Both largely advo-
cate the same things-to which all
true Progressives are opposed, and to
which the party is opposed.
venture the assertion, here and
now, my countrymen, that the old
"stand-pnt" Republican party will
not NAY candidate for president i'm
1916. The rotten old wreck-what is
left of twill share the fate of the
old Wing party, and the fate of the
moving, acting, partsans, that manip-
ulated, instigated and carried through
the grand larceny at Chicago. 1t has
already shared n part of it's defeat,
and will eventually get all that is
coming to both the party and it's
thievlng members, and still go lower
and lower in defeat, and finally land
in hell, where it and the demons who
wrecked it, belong. Their home, their
destiny, the bed upon which they
made. and chose to lie.
Again my prohibition friends: l
am not through with you. want to
tell you some more. Listen what our
/ IN hn x,,h,, oil
tion-thc liquor traffic; the most dire
full and damnable demon on earth to.
day. The cause, yes the drastic
cause, that dcthrones the reason of hu.
manity-that steals the brains of men.
that robs the virtue of women, and
that dcgrades the honor and character
of male and female alike; that saps
the very foundation of all that is good
and true; that enters the homes of
our honest and upright citizens, and
leads nm on and on, until homes are
destroyed and torn asundcr, and wivc,
are widowed, children made orphans,
mis- tuil our jails and pcnitentiaries,
| creates criminals and prostitutes, cor
iupts the very souls of the immortal
beings That God created and made i'm
HIS own image, and sends them to
pcrdition and I'm everlasting punish
mont. | could 90 on here for hours
upon top of hours, and then not be
able to tell you onc-hnlf of all the evils
OF the demon, ruin, and INVESTIGATION.
| will now tell you what the great
Progressive Party has to say upon
this subject, the second party i'm
point of numbers in this great milton.
listcn;-M listen:
"rhc traffic in Intoxicating liquors
Tor beverage purposes is II great
moral and political wrong and an eco
monte waste.
we denounce and oppose the So
called home-rulc amendment to the
constitution submitted by the liquor
intcrtss; we pledge our party to the
adoption of the state wide prohibition
amendment initiated by the temper
nncc people, and, until prohibition is
adopted, we pledge our party to the
maintenance and strict enforcement OF
the local option laws; we favor an
amendment to the Federal Constitu-
tlon providing national prohibition Of
the liquor traffic, the enactment of
statutory laws in support thereof and
the strict enforcement of the lnws en-
nctcd, and we charge both the Repub-
licnn and Democratic parties with
complete subserviencc to the brew
ers."
The Progressive party is not only
true, capable, clean, honest and pure
organization, but il is both liberal
and conservative. We believe in pro-
tecting the rights, privileges and lib
critics of I'LL men, and not only do we
look after men, but women of the
country, too. Sec whnt our platform
says:
believing that the United States
cannot justly claim to be II true dem
ocrncy while il denies political rights
on account of sex, we pledge our sup
port to the constitutional amendment
granting suffrage to the women of the
country"
To this clause l say: Amen and
Amen. Glory and honor to the la
dics--all praisc-to true wives, moth
ers, daughters, and last, but not
least" sweethearts." My God: Take
| away the women and children from
this land, and what would it be? Even
FOR the shortest space of time, the
most fertile brain cannot in a thous-
and years produce language, words,
| applicable to describe the utter desc
lation and horrible condition in which
we would find ourselves, if the women
were not here. They should vote, yes,
why? Because they are pure minded,
and more patriotic than large per
cent. of the male population, who ex-
crcise the privilege Of voting upon our
present laws.
In 1912 the party had 1872 congress
si0nal candidates in districts outside
of the South, but then, as now had
but few precinct organizations, and
yet 20 of these candidates were elect
ed to Congress.
In 1916, it is the expectation of our
party leaders, to have a complete ma
tional organization, and to have a
congressional candidate in every dis
trict in the United States. We are
bound to say that nothing political
seems more certain than that the Pro-
gressive party will survive. The Re-
publican party, is n party that almost
faces the hour of it's dissolution. 1t
has been great, and honor is due to
its. glorious past, but tbs day is gone.