History of Clay and the Clay Hotel This article is written for the pur- pose of giving a thorough history of the Hotel at Clay, Clay township, by whom erected, owned and operated to the present day; and many incidents connected with its history; also, some facts of the village of Clay, tracing the

territories to be named after Union officers and govern them the same as the other territorial govern- ments in the United States. This view of Stevens doubtless, to a great extent, influenced his course in the case of Senator C. C. Clay, Jr., of Alabama, at the close of the war. Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr

first Monday of January, 1893. Being a Democrat in politics, he was the candidate of that party for the office of Judge at the general election held in the fall of 1892, but he was defeat- ed by Henry Clay Brubaker, the Re- publican candidate. After the expira- tion of his term of office, he resumed the