Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-05-26
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN LIE NAILED

1 AJOulO Sttty oGCAEb6 tsOnkASos
prominence are raising q great agi.
tation, (which has been taken up
with delight by many Of our demo
cratic excbanges,) over the charges
that five or six votes cast for Prohi-
bition Siler in Preston County in
1886, were counted for Flick or not
counted at all. The affidayits Of
several persons are produced that
they voted tor the ThiId Party can.
didate. Senator w. NJ. o. Dawson,
of KingwOod, nails this first cam.
paign lie to the mast head OF truth
let the Democratic papers take it
down If they eau, and acknowledge
their anxiety to credit Southern
election practices to West Va. The
next campaign story to be revived
is that the Republicans are Sung
Cling carloads OF colored repeaters
into the coal regions of West Vir
GINA from Maryland and other
States. Bring it along.
Mr.. Dawson says: Who are the
men who are thus charged, without a
particle of evidence to sustain it,
with fraud and perjury 7 The cleo
ton commissioners at Independence
were ex.Justice L. G. Baker, who is
not Republican; G.. w. Welmsley,
a Democrat, and now postmaster at
Independence; and Mr.. William
Sharpes, Republican. At Glades-
vile, the commissioners we're: Eu-
gene Shaffer, . Republican aud
prominent Baptist; George b. Jack.
son, Republican, and j. N. Sapp,
an ardent Democrat. These men
are all honest and upright as can
be found in West Virginia, even in
GLIDING third party partisans who
bring baseless charges which they
make no pretense Of sustaining.
Either these men are guilty, il any
one is, or the commissioners who
the County Court in 1886
are. They were: Ex-State Senator
Charles M. Bishop, Charles I. Law.
ton and Reason A. Pell than
whom, am fully justified in saying, !
three more honorable men cannot
be found anywhere.
Now what are the facts about this
business The official vote of this
county in 1886 was published ia the
kKJiagYaaa -Jq4faels the ReDublicau
alter the election. From this paper
quote as follows: |
"John 7. Siler, Prohibition candi-
late for Congress, received one vote
at Tunnelton, one at Kingwood, one
at Fellowsyille, one at Aurora, one
at Albrightsyille, too at Gainesville,
and sac at Independence" And
that Flick received 2,454 votes aud
Wilson 1,152 votes.
There's the vote as shown by the
poll. books and published to the
world two years ago.
Let Capt. Burt and Major Grand.
Oh learn from this that it is danger
ous to 60 off half cooked; and also,
that men who bring slanderous
charges against their Deighbors are
guilty Oft is not necessary to
say what. These matters are mat
5ers of public record, and these gen.
tlemen could have informed them.
selves of these facts by the little Ia
Dor of writing letter of inquiry.
Were they too busy to make votes
for the amendment flor whose ratifi.
cation they are so, oh so very anx.
ious) by abusing the people they
are trying to convert or pervert,
that they had no time to write such
. letteri
And you Mr.. Editor, gave these
charges an editorial "boOst"
in your issue of the 10Th. Seeing
that they are false, is it asking too
much to request you to publish this
to show intending immigrants that
we do have q free ballot and a fair |