Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-20
:. IN A HOLE. u j.
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Candidate Chapman Uses His
"Friends" to Climb Out.
WAS LIKE JOSEPH OF OLD.
The Office Of Oil Inspector Worked
a Wonderful Charm.
WHY M'LEAN SWITCHED HOUGH,
Trying to Fool the Miners Into Aiding
the Mclean Senatorial
Candidacy. i.
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WAS LIKE JOSEPH OF OLD.
1HY M'LEAN SWITCHED HoUGH.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The Democratic warriors made ter
rible mistake when they declared that
III. l.. Chapman is the best friend the
miners ever had" The proposition is
ridiculous, and has proved to be very
annoying to Mr.. Chapman. Like Jo-
seph of old, his Democratic brothers
have left him in hole. He has raised
his voice (Which is much more DOW
erful than his argumenD and appealed
to all the officials of the Ohio Miners
union, from 1882 down to the present
to come to his rescue.
Lo! and behold! We see John Nc
Bride, N. R. Hysell and Pat McBrydo
galloping for dear life in the direction
of the sound, and as they reached the
hole one of them looked down, and
smilingly said: Hello, Chapman, what
are you doing there?"
voice from below answered. ooh.
h-ll! go and ask Dan McConville,
Allen o. Myers and Bill Taylor, blum
dering fools, they put me in this hole.
Say, John, will the Office of oil inspec.
tor of Ohio pull me out of here?"
Il guess So" said John.
You shall have it. Pull up"
But we have no rope" said Pat.
And / am broke" said Hysell.
Here" said Horace" take this
pociietbook.
Don't get mad, Chapman said
Mack. We'll get you out"
Pat was let down into the hole cling
ing to Mails feet, while John held Mai
half out of the hole. No sooner was
Pat at the bottom than Chapman, with
the agility of cat, was climbing over
him, and as he landed on top he put
his arms around Johns neck and said
Faithful John, this is not the frs,
time that you have helped me out"
And now Chapman seems to con-
sole himself in the hope that the min.
ing vote will come to his support and
land him safe in the gubernatorial
chair.
John Mcbride is a diplomat of the
first order. The knowledge that he
was the father OF the scheme tha,
compelled the Mclean forces to sup-
port the nomination of Chapman in
confined to a few close friends in Co.
lumbus. The contract was made be-
tween che two Johns by the use of q
long distance telephone as follows:
Mclean, we must nominate Chap
of the miners and we can elect him.
You must withdraw your favorite in
his favor. With Chapman we can
carry both branches of the legislature.
But if your forces fail to supper
Chapman, we will defeat you for Unit
ed States senator"
Immediately John Mclean com
manded his forces to fall in line for
and John Mcbride is almost
ticliled to death over the result. But
1t is evident from the transaction that
wise men make mistakes" Mr.. Nc
Bride, with all his ability, cannot
hoodwirk or influence tAe miners to
support Chapman. They are onto tho
racket and The game is up. They can
not afford to honor a man with the
governorship of Ohio that positively
refuses to pay living wages to MS en-
ployes. They never will allow man
with tally sheet forgery record" to
represent them in the senate of the
United States. The miners are con-
sistant, if some of their former lead
ers are not. COAL MINER.