Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-09-10
Neither Bond Nor Free"
(Bluefeld Daily Telegraph.

The Clinch Valley News rushes in
to inform us regarding the political
situation iii Taaewcll, and saws that
partisan feeling is no longer rampant
III that county and thli the voters Sc
Icet tho Lest man, etc. II ;.iso hints
mat there is no ISSUE IN the county
election except that q. wet and drv
and proceeds to close one of its art;-
Giles with Il review Of the reasons WHY
'azcwcll is happy, Il follows:
why should not farewell be poll
teal" happy She is happy every
ether way now anyhow. Great cronS,
line roads, good health. good schools.
good churches. high priced cattle and
sheep, and II great Democrat in the
White House, and in the governors;
mansion in Richmond why not 'hap-
py? The only people not happy an
parcntly over our condition and situa-
| ton live, IT seems, i'm Bluciicld, IN
, close proximity TO the rclepraDh
office. Don't disturb us. Let us alone.
look after the debt question i'm Wess
virginia and pay us what you owe us"
The law of politics is that the mi
nority party ALWAYS encourages indie
pendent movements. fusions. combine,
and IN fact amy other procedure than
inc nomination of straight tickets bv
the dominant party. We hear of the
i.rowng independence of voters. and
that NC ought to be selected for The m
'hIiitN M Just such proportion as y
I3'ty L. The minority factor. That Is
me active of the Clinch Valley News.
" Hu"ws that if the Republicans of
i"ZcWcil would nominate a straight
iickr. ana put it up that straigh.
republican ticket would be elected
ana 1t would no longer be necessary
'"' cahdldates 10 be carrying water
on ho:h shoulders" hut hat they
Wouid bc !reer TO exert themselves for
thair paity in national and state elcc-
Mons 'han hey can do under the sys-
lem that obtains in those counties
whore nc party politics are observed
IN the li!ling of county offices. Pros.
pective candidates and oIiceholders
under such conditions are "ncithcl
bond nor free"
We cannot understand why "wet
and dry" can rut any nru:e - =,
cc|"ty election in state that hn
IT.. cNiGe prohi5ltioa. However. NC
W. t1Niodsiy await dcvelorrnarts and
il'Lat'y see some ;:!1g new. Ia; n
.. n' hes the News happy 10 have n
& cat iwe.) D.nccra, in the cover
M mansion, who. ~ the way. !.
criticized for his part in the statewide
ilght, 1t might be happy if a wet man
held Il county Office provided he was
a Democrat, too.
The criticism of :: refusal to coll
conventions, refusal to permit the
rank and flo of the parties to name
candidates in the usual wav. is mo-,
local to region in "close proximity
10 the Telegraph office" 1t is such
laliure to read the times that has
| been the undoing of many in notifies
as well as other lines of human en-
deaVor. The desire to have the political
muZZle taken off comes from TaZe-
wen and the Republicans who are not
allowed to participate. They have re-
cognlZed the faulty nature of the old
convention and the power of the boss.
ana the primary law is the cure pro.
Vloed. "A government by the people
should be actually by the people and
not SUBJECT to the manipulations of
men who, by reason of the emplov-
ment of large numbers of labore,s
VINO, by reason of the control al
financial influences, or by other means
can dictate the personnel of the GOV
eminent. @0'
And then as parting shot we have
TINS: Don't disturb us. Let us alone
Look after the debt question in West
Virginia and pay us what YOU owe
us. That ought to last us for =
while, but it doesn't, and we arc
pushing our plate up for second
neiping. OF course any officeholders
trust does not want to be disturbed,
1T prefers to be let alone. That sen.
tlment is old as the hills. West Vir.
gina does not owe Virginia anything
Inc court found that it was indebted
TO some holders of bonds that had
; been bought in speculation. VIRGINIA
mas nothing to gain by settlement
Tor that state repudiated the portion
OF the debt she arbitrarily set aside
as West Virginia's share. and the
Judgment recently obtained by The
, bon,dholders is for the portion 50 SET
ASIDE. However, if we should nav the
deb saddled on us with the same
speed the old state is paying that nor.
ion she acknowledges, we would bav,
t several thousand years to discharet
1t, Tor we are advised that in the In
i, Quarter century it has been reduced
livery little. '""'o'