Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-24

Committee RepRdiateS Him-Result
of a Deliberate Plot on the Part of
the Bosses to Ruin Their Strong OPP
ponent How it was Worked.
Romeo ii. Freer's friends have
repudiated him. They will make
public announcement of it in short
time. His boom is busted and the
committees that had the matter in
charge in the several Congressional
districts have dissolved and there
is no opposition to A. b. White for
governor in the republican party.
The acts of Freef himself have
constrained the party to take this
step. He had fallen from grace and
is treading again the paths that
made him disgraced man years
ago and from which he had appar
emily reformed. 1t is limited that
dark conspiracy on the part Of the
leaders of his own party who were
friends of White has resulted in the
downfall of the beloved leader.
Thursday was to have been
great day for the Ffeer people. A
number OF monster meetings had
been scheduled to take place in
Preston county. The time came and
the people were present. Freer did
not turn up. At that moment he
was in Parkersburg recovering some
what from the terrible excuses into
which he had been plunged.
On Wednesday evening he was to
have left Washington for Preston
county. His enemies knew of this
and with devilish cunning Con
gresham Dovenor got with the I'M
suspecting victim. By the use OF
divers seductions Freer was induced
to taste again the wine that had
proven to be his greatest enemy
When the time came for him to
leave Washington he was maudlin
and missed the train.
Later he caught a train and pass
ed through several Of the towns in
Preston where enormous crowds had
gathered to greet him but he was
not in evidence. Hon. John W. Ma
son had gone up to be present at
Rowlesburg and he dismissed the
crowd that had gathered. Going
back on the train he discovered from
the conductor that Freer was on the
train and was very drunk. The
helpless man was taken in charge
by Mason and taken to Parkersburg.
A large number of Morgantown
people who had started for Preston
county returned the next morning
without word as to the reason for
the sudden ending of their trip. 1t
soon came out however and they an
nounced that they were done with
Freer and that no further effort
would be made to nominate any one
in opposition to A. B. White.
Mr.. w. e. Glasscock OF Morgan
town was chairman of the Freer COM
mittee in this district and from let
tiers that he had received from over
the district and state he was satisfied
that Freer would have been nominat-
ed if this false step had not been TAX
en- As it is with heavy heart he
and the rest Of the committee have
decided to take no further part IN the
campaign before the convention.
1t is the second time, this spring
that Freer has fallen. The first time
was on the occasion of the proffer of
truce between White and himself
which came from White when the
Parkersburg man thought that he had
lost. The proposition was made that
they both retire from the race in the
interests of party harmony. The
Ritchie man thought that he had
victory in his grasp and he refused
the proffer.
About this time the first fall came.
His friends knew Of it but with a
commendable loyalty they said moth
ing Now the second one has come
and they can withstand it no longer.
They have decided one and all to let
the matter drop and let Freer go the
way that he has chosen.
No man, in public life in the state
was more respected and loved than he
was In Morgantown and no where has
the news come as such personal
matter as it has here. His friends are
feeling very much downcast over the
fall of their idol and they cannot hide
the fact that they are full OF bitter
ness against those who are responsible
and on whose heads is the blood of
their victim.
Married.
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ThursdtE March 22nd 1000 hY Rev