Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-10-22
Hood5c D;ffS are the only pills TO take
AAOOu . \ hao with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
personal TO JOHN T. ncuRAw.

PER S0NAL TO JOHN /. IlcuKAW.
The inherent bent and inclination
of John T. McGraw's mind is to be
dishonest. He believes men are gov
erned by prejudice and passion rather
than by reason and sound Judgment.
This is conspicuously shown by his
campaign methods. In 1894 he pro-
posed to capture the earth for Wilson
with 'e1oduence on wheels, bar
becues and brass band parades. That
dia not win. This year he sends
over into Hampshire tramp, sailing
under false pretences, to talk upon
Democracy, as Republican OF course.
In 1906 he had female "orator" to
canvass Preston. He has secured the
services Of J. 6. Nigh and Alex Leeds,
OF Grafton to circulate lying circulars
to the old soldiers and A. l.. Hettner
to get out scurrilous circular about
Dayton aud his disappointed post Of
flee aspirations. His own speeches
are nothing in the world but lying
Misrepresentation OF Dayton S record.
He knows these things he is saying
are false and untrue because they
have been fully shown to be such yet
he continues to peddle them about in
order to cloud the true issues. In the
Joint debate at Berkeley Springs IN
his closing, when there was no chance
to answer, in order to get out OF the
hole Dayton put him in, he bfazenly
stated that calves, cattle and sheep
were on the free list in the Dingley
Bill. If he ever saw the Dingley Bill
he knows this statement was lie
outright. But that is his forte. He
is a natural born liar and hopes by
this art to break into Congress. We
dislike speaking so plainly but 1t is
necessary tor by his course he has
forfeited all right to any honest mans
respect. Say nothing about the tar
if question, the money question,
nothing about wool, abuse Dayton is
the command to his organs and polit-
ical managers.
Mr.. McGraw, you do not count the
costs of this dirty kind of a campaign,
and you will find that it will react
with terrible force. We regret you
have not manhood enough and hon
esty enough to be decent and truth
full and if you have not and want
yourself exposed you shall have it.
Here are two facts that show your
character and which you cannot deny:
First, In 1894 you were VIM. l..
Wilson'S campaign manager. Under
the false and cruel free-trade policy
you and Wilson then advocated, wool
went down with jump to IS cents a
pound. This was having a telling
effect. To counteract it you called in
a Democratic wool-buyer, of Barbour
county, and instructed him to buy
wool, after most of it had been sold
by the farmers, and pay 20 cents a
pound for it promising him that If he
had to sell it for less price you would
make up to him the difference. He
followed your instructions, bought a
quantity of wool at 20 cents and it
was heralded all over that county that
he had so done and that the Republi-
cans were lying about its decline in
price because of its being on the free
list. The buyer sold the wool (Which,
by the bye, he had under your in
structions bought from Republicans
for the greater effect at IA or IS cents
a pound and sent you the bill for the
difference and you refused to pay it,
and have not yet paid it and cannot
pay it, tor that Democratic wool buy
err would not take a cent Of your mon
ey now under any circumstances. He
is lifelong Democrat, but he wears
a Dayton button and openly avows
he will not under any circumstances
vote for you because you are dishon-
est and will not stick to your con-
tracts and pay your debts, and fur
Their to carry out the same dirty
scheme to deceive the farmers and
get them to vote for Wilson you en-
tered into similar contract with a
man in your own county. lie knew