Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1882-07-15

4tr.av surprise some Of orr people 10 learn
th1rthc ffec Press. of this place, and one or
two Republican papers, are about the only
tssaiQe- in Che district that support Judge
NcLc aud oppose Mr.. Lucas Tor Congress 10
fsreverthclo,s afa-t. and in discrimination OF
n weref,- our readers 90 numerous quotations
FROM our district exchanges ia this and pTeVi-
Gus is>uc-Spirt ~ Jacar
Maybe it would-butit isn't true. We
find a late number of the Fairmont hdc2
in favor Of Judge Hoge, SO much so, in
deed. that it endorses the remarks Of 9
Wheeling paper which said;
judge Ho-c LAS had one term in office and
I'm that short time a. Washington whisrerlnss
are reli Alc. he has assembled o. the lead ot the
West Virginia delegation ip the House, ana l.
o. ~Rrnrc>cuati-c -hai the state may We'll oe
proud of. Aud moreover we have vet 70 hear
Of n-iu.i. ilstilabic complaint ot his course
mCou-r,>s. This thing 0f throwing a good
man overheard simply tOrthe purpose OF graft
fviuc the --~ cf another mans selfish ainpl-
ton. ira political pest that should not be toll
cratc5 and wee trust the people OF the second
Dis-r.ct vil lct accordingly AND return Jhus'
H.
IT'S reference to quotations from district
papers doesn't amount TO a hill of beans in
the face of the fac,that the people have, in
some OF the Counties, spoken out, and EN-
phahcallv. too. FOX instance he quotes
FROM the R7aacy Intel g1ercr. Mr.. Lucas
claimed Hampshire solid, and now admits
getting only Eve of fifteen. Il quotes tie
N-r Do--'eq. Norean,own, claimed the
County solid for Lucas, admits he didn't get
it and does not tell half the truth concern
ing Tire delegation eppoiuted. ItQuotes the
P.uInpi Fa.al,d'er-that does not repre-
sent the horcs. democracy Of Barbour Cour-
tv. 1t IS q paper tbs, tursted its Gall
bladder upon judge Hoge because he could
not Dee imposed upon. 1t quotes the Graz
ta Et4ls. which Is disposed to support the
gentleman endorsed by the Eastern Coun-
ties. and is faulty in its information that the
Eastern Counties are for Lucas. The re-
verse IS the fact snd it win, upon knowl-
edge Of SC. support Judge Hose with all its
ability. It quotes from the Mooretie,d Er-
qn rhict does ao, and could not from
the very nature of the case, represent the
democracy of Hardy. d. O. Maupin, edi-
q r-dodor1us ol~eor2rsar,ne mauPin. It
quotes PIE Preston County 1rgD-a paper
influenced unduly, no doubt, by MIR. Jno.
Barton P1vncs mcmorandum-eyidcnces
os ..e ;u~a,curacy oflismemory auda slam
der upon Che fair name Of Judge Hogc.
We ezpec, the 1r7qs to have is eyes open
cd. ana ,he good sense to make proper
amends.
The people can nominate and elect Judge
Hoee, and THE FREE PRESS is not ashamed
eseu 90 be- alone with the people.
Utherc IS any one distinctive fact in this
canvas thus far developed, it is that Nr-
Lucas friend. Juo. Barton Payne, proposed
to sell The Lucas delegation for a consjdera-
zion SIS &c lac owned them as So much goods
and chaeels. ], IS equally well established
chat Judge Hoge rejected the oiJe.-rciused
30 buy that which 1jr. Payne did not OWE.
" Democrat. writing from Hardy, was at
Fairmoat and positively asserts it, and the
editor of theN nominal phcnomiual
or abdominal, was there, and in his issue OF
the 4.b OBJ April says; As for aay bargain
ana arr5u-cmeu,V are entirely In tAcI dark.
The p7oa. ia bargain f. a3m;t,ci-iis con-
summation IS fatty denied. L is among
the Mistakes of Daniel q parade this
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