Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-03

man rested OH his laurels. Tie nerer
offered another resolution during his whote
Senatorial career.
The Charlestown Free Press tells Of
a vote Of Mr. Harman's that ought TO
conclusively settle his chance Of get
ting anything like a decent vote in
this county.
Mr.. Hartman, the Republican candi-
date for Congress against Hon. VIM.
l.. Wilson, is not unknown to fame.
He was a member of the West Vir
ginia Senate in 1870 In the Journal
of that body for Tuesday, January %,
1870, we find the following:
Senate Bill No. 4, "A Bill exempt
ing Edward f. Cooke, Of Jefferson
county, from the provisions OF section
3, of chapter 119, of the Code, was
read the second time and ordered to
its engrossment and third reading;
and being forthwith engrossed, on
motion of Mr.. Koonce, the rule was
regularly suspended for the purpose,
the bill was read the third time this
day and passed with its title.
The yeas were Il (among them
Messrs Gold and Koonce, OF Berke-
ley and Jefferson, respectively and
the nays 2-Doolittle and Hartman.
The object of the bill was to permit
Mr.. Cooke, a venerable citizen of JEFF
ferson, to resume the duties ofhis pro-
fession the law.
1t was an admirable association of
names-Harm-an with Dooittle. And
this man, proscriptive to the extent
of being almost alone in his maligni-
ty, has the temerity to expect votes in
Jefferson county against its most dis
tinguished citizen 1t staggers us to
believe that any self-respecting man,
Democrat or Republican, in our midst
can go to the polls and vote for him.
DO men gather grapes OF thorns or
figs of thistles ?" In 1870 Mr.. Har-
mali was member of the West Nir-
ginia Senate. On February 18th Of
that year, message from the House
of Delegates by Mr.. Brannon an
nounced to the Senate the adoption
of. and asked concurrence in, House
Joint resolution No. IS, raising joint
committee to investigate several H.
legal railroad charges for freight and
passengers Mr. Hartman rose in his
seat and mored to lag the resolution on
the table. Senate Journal; PIP. 81 and
aS.) Will Mr.. Hartman rise and explain
Will he deny that when he moved
to table that resolution he had free
pass in his pocket and then enjoyed
special privileges in the shipment of
stock ? If elected to Congress would
he vote to repeal the Interstate Com
MERGE Act ? Mr.. Elkins had measured
his man before he nominated him.
Charlestown Spirit.
In 1883 Mr.. Harmon was member
of the Legislature from Grant coun-
ty, and when House Bill No. 90, "A
bill regulating the working and prop
er ventilation and drainage of coal
mines, and providing for the appoint
ment of mine Inspector a bill that
has done more for the miners health,
comfort and safety than any measure
ever offered for their relief, came up
for passage, Mr.. Hartman is recorded
among those voting against it. This
is the man that now poses as the
friend of the miner and the laboring
man.
The Romney IntelHgencer, a news
paper published in the county adj
joining Mr.. Harman's, tells the follow
ing anecdotes concerning this thrifty
gentlemen Rev. George Hartman,
Republican candidate for Congress in
this district, is a local preacher of
kind by no means numerous-that is,
he is a believer in free Gospel"
He takes up no collections in church
but, as he is shrewd cattle buyer
there are some malevolent persons
who say that the involuntary contri-
buttons made to his exchequer by
members of his flock who are not
quite so sharp as himself, while dis
posing Of their stock to him, would
purchase a good many tracts, cat
echisms, etc, and might even be suf-
ficient to pay his toll bills-that is, if
any toll were charged him. Apropos
of his disposition to secure his salary
as pastor in the same insidious man
ner as that in which the money to
pay the expenses of the United States
government is raised, we give below
two anecdotes, for whose correctness
we cannot vouch, except to say that
we got them from good authority.
The first is to the effect that the
reverend gentleman was preaching
one Sunday when through the win
dow of the church he espied drove
of cattle going along the road. True
to his business instincts he stopped
short in his discourse, looked at the
herd attentively for several seconds,
and then, with the remark, Not fat
enough for market, resumed his ser
mon.
The other story comes from Jake
Wolford, of Reed Creek, Tucker
county. Jake had heard Mr.. Har-
man preach one night and the next
day sold him what stock he had on
hand. He was badly beaten in the
deal, and meeting the expounder of
Holy Writ in the road some time
afterward, he said to him:
Mr.. Hartman. there is one of two
things that you ought to do