West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-10-30
NOT CONFIDENTIAL.


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as the ''Soldier candidate" Now
my friends know that am not am
ex-soldicr, neither have l been pass
ing as soldier candidate, but am
probably as good friend to them
as my worthy friend Dawson. -
While an glad TO know that |
have the support of Mr., Carr i'm my
candidacy, | can tr0thfuny say.
that il was a voluntary act on his
part and his'letter was written with
out my solicitation.
~. Dawson makes great fuss
about the "Not Confidential" cir
c tar, and in voice that is sschild
like and bland" he declares that he
would not be guilty of printing any
thing ef the kind. This all sounds
very nice. but the truth OF the mat
ter is. that Secerol hundred of ne
.firSt copies ofthe "Not CoafdeRtioi"
icere printed at the Journal office.
MIR. Dawson says that it is u l3iag
circular. Let us see If there is not
some truth in it.
Mr.. Dawson won't deny that in
1883 he printed the Republican
tickets in blue ink. which was n di-
rect violation of the law.
Mr.. Dawson won't deny that Mr..
Watson used red stickers on Repub-
lican tickets, which was an open
confession that he was not the rcgu-
llar NOMINEE.
Mr.. Dawson won't deny that John
NJ. Crane has brought suit against
Mr.. Watson for FIVE hundred dollars
for services rendered. and that
Messrs. Wotring & Elliott are his
attorneys. And / want to state
right here, that | had nothing what.
ever TO do with bringing this suit.
either directly or indirectly, and
knew nothing about it until several
days after il had been entered.
Mr.. Dawson won't deny that he
went to MIR. Thomas b. Jackson
and tried to induce him to say moth
ing about the gold watch and breast
pm business, and Mr.. Watson won't
deny that he wrote to Mr.. Jackson
in regard to the same matter.
There are other matters in the
circular of which | might speak,
but this is sufficient TO prove that
there is at least some truth in it.
Mr.. Dawson evidently thought it
very funny when he wrote that letter
to Mr.. John Harader, in which he
did not speak in a very complimon-
tarY manner Of Hon. W. III. Glover.
The letter he wrote TO MIR. Thomas
Ryan was still more humorous. He
says he didn't use tho word dsserter,
but probably his memory is at fault.
Mr.. Dawson probably Thought he
WAS doing n funny thing when he
wrote and printed the Fur Play"
circuliH. in which be declared tsat
Mr.. Watson did not authorize his
name 60 be placed before the Com
nittce ia 1888. Mr.. Glover sv ears
that he did and DR.. J. $. Nedrow
has II letter from Mr.. Watson in
which lie fWatson) asks tho Doctor
to support him b,f9ro this same
Committee. There is also another
liiid wit from ". ". Arnett. Jr. q,
which disproyes ~ assertion made
against DIR. James a. Cox in this
sane ',Fair Play circular.
Mr.. Dawson evidently thought
lslse WAS doing very funny thing
when hc wrote. printed and d.strib
Itcd the circular clllcd "Rot1 and
Reflect" tic object OF which il 10
inislead TIC people 10 believe That /
,m Responsible for the "Coniiden.
tiH" circular. II My not prove TO
ije 50 fanny for MIR. D4wson and
his henchmcn. WI be under oh
igltions 10 any friend who will
/ send me the name OF any person
who says that am the author Of
said circular. or that | am in any
way responsible for its distribution.
! Mr.. Dawson goes on 90 tell why this
circular was written, its object, etc.
lin fact, Mr.. ID. seems TO know
more about il than any one else.
Now, have some friends who won't
vote for me--Mr. Dawson, for in
stance. Am / to be held response
bic for what all my friends do IL
so, | would be i'm trouble contin-
ually. For instance, have a friend
who was playing the very honora-
bic 81 role Of eaves-dropping on a
young couple in a Preston county
town-my friend was caught in the
act and got a beautiful pair Of black
eyes and a very sore head for his
trouble. Now, according to my
friend Dawson's line OF reasoning,
ought to have been punished for
the eaves-droppicg and my friend
should have went scot free. ] will
give the name Of the above person to
any one who calls on me, but il
must be treated as strictly "confi-
Dental
Mr.. Dawson is shrewd politician,
a brilliant, forcible ana sarcastic
writer, and has acquired, by long
practice. a knack of saying very
mean, disagrecable and misleading
things against a person that he has
pledged himself to defeat. lie has
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