Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-09-02
A Defense of the Hon. Mr.. Dorr.

A pretty nara story mas Deeh III cI-
culation for some weeks past concerns
ing Congressman c. P. Dorr, of the
Charleston district, this State, and at
last it has gotten into the newspapers.
1t was said that Mr.. Dorr met lady
who was travelling alone, and after she
had retired to her berth in the sleep
ing-car he most shamefully insulted
her, and even attempted to enter her
apartment. The conductor was in
formed of the matter, and lost no time
in kicking the offender from the car
The conductor had the railroad passes
of the fellow, and they bore the name
of Hon. C. P. Dorr. The railroad men
were not at all careful in their con-
versation concerning the matter, and
the story leaked out, much to Mr.
DORIS discontinue. Now comes the
Mcdowell Recorder, stalwart Repub-
Ican newspaper, and gives the Con-
gresham the benefit of the following
explanation. Perhaps it helps mat
tiers and perhaps it doesn't:
THE truth is that the young lady
in question was grievously and shame
fully insulted by a man who pretend
ed to be Mr.. Dorr, and that the con-
ductor of the car, when he learned
the facts, made the guilty man get out
of his berth and leave the car, rightly
saying that no such BLACKBOARD and
rufian should be allowed to ride in
the same car with decent people. 1t
is also true that the conductor thought
at the time, and we are informed still
thinks, Mr.. Dorr was the party, and
it is here that the mistake occurs
which does our Congressman such in
Justice. The man guilty Of this dis
graceful act was not Mr.. Dorr himself,
but a friend of his to whom he had
loaned his railroad pass, and who by
representing himself to be the party
to whom the pass was issued subjected
Mr.. Dorr to this unjust suspicion.
This, we understand, isMr. DORIS ex-
PLANTATION, and we insist that mere
suspicion should not outweigh mans
word in serious case like this He
is certainly entitled to the benefit of
the doubt. There is a moral to be
drawn from this incident. Had Mr..
Dorr been more circumspect in select
ing his friends, he would not have to
defend himself from this charge. Men
of such low, bestial habits and de-
PRAYED characters are not the men that
the representative of this great district
should have as his intimate friends,
and the intimacy between the two
seems to have been so close that Mr..
Dorr even loaned him a railroad pass
which was issued to Mr.. Dorr as a
compliment to his official position, is
not transferable, and which he could
not honorably let any one else use.
We hope this experience will make
him more careful in the selection of
his associates. If anything is needed
to show this creature up in his true
light, it is his silence at this time,
when rumor is charging Mr.. Dorr with
this vile action. Were he a true friend
he would come out and acknowledge
his fault. Were not Mr.. Dorr more
generous than most Of men he would
come out openly and expose this false
friend who has so grossly abused his
confidence and blackened his charge
ter. We have in this matter defended
Mr.. Dorr on our own mQtdon, because
we think justice DEMANDS it, but if he
desires to let therublic know the full
particulars of the occurrence and de-
,a0unce the man who was riding on
his railroad pass at the time, we shall
cheerfully extend to him the courtesy
of our columns for the purpose.