West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-10-23
CAPT. CARR WRITES A CARD.
The Ex'Boss and the Soldiers---.His
Great Love FOR Them as shown
Up by One OF the Boys.
TERRA Alta. w. VA. Oct. 20

the correspondent from Terra Alta
takes occasion to make vigorou,
assault on me for supporting tn,
independent candidate for Clerk oi
the Circuit Court. | will Just stat,
in the beginning that the CORES.
pendent knows that he was msrcp.
resenting me, and was. therefore,
ashamed to- sign his name. And
also that used none of his insur.
ance money to pay my expenses.
positively received no money from
any one to pay my expenses. Now,
as TO my supporting MIR. White for
Circuit Clerk, do not deny il, and
Will give some of my reasons for
doing so. / believe that he is com
potent to perform the duties of the
office, and that he was unfairly
treated in tho campaign of 1888,
when Mr.. Watson's friends caused
to be circulated the report that his
brother would not support him. -
The truth OF the matter is, that his
brother did not have vote at that
time and could not vote for any one.
1T is fact that there are n great
many old soldiers in Preston county
and that the majority of them vote
the Republican ticket. thereby
making it possible for Preston coun-
ty to roll up such largo majority,
and us soldier myself, should
like to see my comrades have some
recognition, but that seems to bc
an impossibility, then think | am
justifiable in using my influence TO
turn down the leaders who work
against us. Can any one tell me
when Mr.. Dawson has advocated the
election Of an old soldier in this
county to any paying Offices? |
think not.
In the recent Primary election
when Hon. W. III. Glover, an old
soldier, was n candidate for Clerk
of the CiIcuit Court, Mr.. Dawson
did everything he could against him
and wrote letters to different per-
sons in the county urging them to
work against him. Mr.. Dawson de-
MES that he did this, but / under
stand that Mr.. ID. M. Wotring has
one of these letters, and | thin k he
owes it to Mr.. Glover and his friends
to publish it and show Mr.. Dawson
up in Ing true light. With all due
respect to Mr.. Wotring as chairman
of the Republican County Execu-
tive Committee, we ask, is he treat
ing the old soldiers right by with
holding this letter Of Mr.. Dawson
In 1888, when ID. II. jackson,
another old soldier, was candidate
ror Sheriff, and after he had been
fairly nominated in the Primary
election, Mr.. Dawson dld every
thing to defeat him simply because
he had promised the nomination to
some one else. He used his inilu-
ence to rule him out and give the
nomination to another person. Mr..
Jackson came out as an indepen-
dent candidate and was elected
with the help OF Democratic votes,
and think we do no wrong in sup
porting their Independent candidate
now. To further show Mr.. Daw-
sons love for the soldier, we will
just remind them Of an incident
that occurred in a Republican Con-
vcntlon in 1884 ut Terra Alta Mr.
James NJ. Chidester, Il one-armed
soldier, was placed in nomination
for Sheriff, but was defeated, and
on the announcement Of the vote
one of the delegates made this re-
mark "Bring on another soldier
without legs or arms and we will
slaughter him" Now, we do not
hold the Republican party respon-
siblc for this, but we do blame Mr..
Dawson, who was the acknowledged
leader Of the party at that time, for
not making an apology for this un-
kind and uncalled for remark.
Will Mr.. Dawson deny that he
promised his support TO r. NJ. Huff
man, q one-legged soldier, for
House OF Delegates on the West
side at the late Primary? Will he
deny that after Mr.. Huffman had
announced himself he then pre-
vailed OF Joseph w. Davis to an
nounce himself, and then TO fur
ther insure Mr.. Huffman's defeat,
he wrote TO another gentleman in
Reno district 20 announce himself
candidate for the same Office as
"Hufman must be defeated" IL
must be said 10 the last gentleman's
credit that he refused to become a
party to such an outrageous trans
action.
it will also be remembered that
in 1888 Mr.. Dawson caused the Re.
publican tickets TO be printed i'm
blue iHk, which vas direct viola
ton Of the law, and had they not
have been called in would have
caused him to have been heavily
fined and imprisoned and would
have caused the loss OF many Re.
publican votes IN Preston county.
Now, my soldier friends, what do
you think Of n man who will resort
TO such desperate measures TO elect
a Clerk Of the Circuit Court? But
We know that Mr.. Dawson docs not