South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-06-03


pointed. Mr.. Marshall replied, We.
he was, that il was '.irrevccably
fixed" or words to that effect
that Dir. rider would be on the
committee 10 appoint delegates aud
that said committee would be add
ed to the delegates. Mr. EndIei
then said he could not 90 as he could
not afford to pay his expenses &c
Parkersburg and back, then Mr.
Marshall replied, that will make nc
difference you must 20 and / will
see that your expenses ire paid OIL
words to that effect. Mr.. Endier
then very properly SAID. he would
not allow that. 1t is known that
Mr.. Marshall four years ago, offer
ed to pay and did pay the expenses
OF delegates to go to the State con-
vention and to vote for Mr. Duffy.
Who supplied tho doodle TO Mr..
Marshal! 1t is intimated that
those gentlemen above named were
acting in conjunction with those
members OF the Farmers Alliance,
who had committed Themselves to
the Bland silver bill or at least with
the confident expectation that these
members would cooperate with them
in the meeting. FEASIBILITY is Civ
en- to these statements by the fact
that the programme thus prepared
was almost literally carried out.
The chairman, the secretaries, and
eleven out of the fourteen members
on tho committee to appoint dele
gates, are said to be members of the
Alliance, as also it is believed were
decided majority of the delegates
appointed, and it looks very much
as If the democratic party of lamp
shire Is to be mere tail to fly the
Alliance kite. That all, that the
other members of the party have TO
do, is to mcekly and subm;ssively
carry out the edicts of the Alliance
and these self constituted guardians
and bosses Of the party. Democrats
Of Hampshire you have ever stood
by your principles, you have ever
opposed corruption, and all at
tempts to make your pariya mere
machine, to give effect to the sell
fish wishes and interests of q few.
Are you now willing that these
things, if they be true, and which
are currently reported, shall be up
proved? Let the gentlemen nam
cd, state each OF them, what are
the facts about the meeting in the
Review Office, and let Mr.. johnson
state whether he, as chairman, Sc
lected the committee to appoint
delegates, and IL not, who furnish
ed him with the list. Let Mr.. Isaac
Pancake and Mr. ID. w. Endler
state their agency in the matter
and why Mr.. II. Keller was select
ed delegate to represent The Rom
ney district in the Parkersburg con-
vention, ospf cially Mr.. Isaac Pan
cake who has heretofore been known
to oppose the appointment of ron
residents to represent our people.
This gentleman has for mum Dor of
years resided in the city of Wash
ington most of the time, an Office
holder under the Democratic House.
a part of the time holding no office,
but residing in the city, and now an
ofiice-holder under the Republican
Senate. Why was this gentleman
taken from the discharge of the du-
tics, for which he ia paid by the
people, to go all the way to parkers-
burg to select orr State candidates?
Was there no democrat living IN
Romney district that could repre-
sent the party? Whose axe is Mr..
Keller sent there to grind? Let
the light on gentlemen. The peo-
pic have right to know.
j. a. PANCAKE,
g. HARRISON,
q. w. PARSONS,
Il NJ. WASHINGTON,
JOHN S. PANCAKE,
M. RLUE,
WM. HAss,
S. III. WILLIAMS,
Il. +. BERKELEY.