The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-02
1T F ALLIED.
Greed Collins and others Visit
clarksburg for the Pur-
pose Of Playing a
Bold Game.
POLIrICAL TRICKERY ExPosrn
The BoodIers struck an Honest Man
When they Met E. X. Stout. or
Clarksburg.

Ol. COkeley, creed Collins. the
political trickster of Ritchie, with
his barrel. accompanied BY the
Democratic chairman of Ritchie.
all reached Clarksburg and took
a room at the Walker House
The next move was to secretly
get E. X. Stout, Populist cam
didate for Senate to come to the
aforesaid room in order that they
might get him to withdraw from
the race in favor of Duty, the
Democratic candidate for the
Senate. Mr.. Stout is a man
whose honor has neve. been
questioned and a man who is
above doing any thing dishonora-
BILE. He had heard that the
Ritchie crowd, under Collins.
would probably try to buy him
off and his first utterance after
he met them was to warn them
that they dare not mention
money to him. This Knocked.
them off their pins completely
and after making frantic appeals
to him and offering to enter in
various deals all of which were
rejected by Mr.. Stout, they sor-
rowfully departed. They were
wiserthan when they came. They
tried the wrong man when
they struck Stout and it is upon
his statement hatthe above facts
are based. The effort to reduce
Stuart Reeds vote certainly has
been desperate one.
Harrison county will increase
her majority over 100.
Some more lies are to be circu-
lated. Republicans stand true
to your colorsl
Mr.. T. c. johnson. mer-
chant of Rockford, has been
spending several days at Wheel
ing and some points in the vest,
Its certainly in bad taste for
U. L. Wolfe or his Clarksburg
Tribune to accuse any one of
forgery"
j. Est. John, of Washington,
the inventor of the beautiful
artificial paving stone is intro
ducing his work here and meet
ing with much encouragement.
Mr.. Cakes, the electric photo
grapher, is still making flash
light views and is meeting with
splendid success. He took a
view of the banquet of the Royal
Arch Masons on Tuesday night.
One of the prettiest decorated
halls we have seen this year was
the opera house at Shinnston on
last Wednesday night. 1t was
the work of the little girls oil the
city. The Republicans of Shinns-
ton are true as steel and they
never leave any thing undone.
Will Mr.. Posts scheme to play
a double part and make people
believe he is on both sides of the
license question, win him votes
on both sides We think not.
The most of the people know
where he really stands.
Faris has often spent weeks in
Harrison county working for the
success of the Republican ticket.
He has travelled over the hills,
through storm and sleet, working
for his Republican friends. His
father was always one of the
most loyal workers. What Re.
publican could vote AGAINST
Faris
You do not have 10 pay the
cost of other tailors travelling
long distances to see you when
you buy your tailor made suits
from the Clarksburg Tailoring
Co., where You have a large
stock of elegant goods TO select
from and do not have to depend
on the uncut and very unsatls.
factory way of selecting from
small samples. All work euaran.
teed. 5Iot
The Republican rally at
Bridgeport Tuesday night was
one of the best of the campaign.
The opera house was crowded
with attentive listeners. The First
Regiment band of Clarksburg
furnished excellent music
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