The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Without Guile
fe shssMen Who Have Held
County Offices in Harrison.

ditor Of the Telegram:
We are one Of those misguided NOR
tails who contended that new repu5li-
can paper might tend to strengthen,
purify and perpetnate the republican
party in power in Harrison county. =
The Herald was welcomed by many
OF us when 1t came to our homes pro-
Tossing loyalty to that great party
that has done SO much for the county
and has brought our state tothe high
est pinnacle of progress and prosperi-
ty. We can recall the conditions In
Harrison county when the Offices were
held by democrats.
The republican party came into
power promising to correct many evils
and to inaugurate reforms In certain
offices where rottenness AMI corrup-
ton held "high carnival
For more than ten years the repub-
licans have controlled the offices in
this county and to say that it has
been a decade of progress and advance
ment is not enough-it has been a
period notable in our hlstory-the
proudest page in the chronology Of re-
publican glory.
The purest and best manhood OF the
county--all loyal republicans-have
been called from farm, forge and vii
lage to I'LL offices of trust in the coun-
" during these years, and there has
been no suggestion Of scandal-no
faint OF corruption, unless we stop to
notice the stereotyped, anti-election
calamity howl Of the democratic or
gan, which is periodically rebuked by
the voters, who at each succeeding
election have ratified republican nom.
nations bymajorities that grow larger
as the years go by.
We naturally expect democratic
newspapers to assail and Willy the
men who have carried the republican
banner to victory and filed the Offices
with credit to themselves and honor
to their party.
Islander and abuse have ever been
the favorite weapons of our erratic
friends on the other side; but to the
utter amazement Of all patriotic re-
publicans the Herald has taken the
initiative In seeking to disrupt the
party by falsifying history and malign-
ing men who have been Instrumental
in building up the republican party in
Harrison county.
The Herald says corrupt 'ringr
has controlled conventions and eiec.
tiops and brands those who have held
county offices, from the highest to the
lowest-sherlffs, assessors. poStmasters.
road surveyors and all Others, as u
gang OF "eyil doors with nu political
conscience. Would republi.au
newspaper make such statement?
We want to say right here, in de-
tense of the office holders, so Wiley
slandered by the Herald, that no other
county in the state can point to such
a galaxy of splendid officials as those
who have been elevated to POSITIONS OF
trust by the republicans Of Harrison
county. VIII, are they? Suppose we
call the roll. Sherifls, stand up.
Holmes, Alexander, Lang and Elem
ing! All sold line'' Harrisonians,
proud OF their county. Men Of unsul-
lied character and high ideals, who
were chosen by the people.
The first three named have retired
to private life after giving the county
most faithful service and no insinua-
tions Of the Herald can dim their well
earned popularity.
For clerks Of circuit court, we have
had Henry Raymond, Of ClaIksburg,
and Enoch Tetrick, farmer OF Sar-
dis, while Chas. w. Lynch, Philip Cliff
ford, Mai. A.. G. Moore and ]. E. Law
constitute the Herald's terrible and
threatening octopus" that has coiled
its awful arms around the Office OF
prosecuting attorney.
For members OF the legislature we
have had such republicans as Jerry
Hess, c w Lynch, a w Davis, Mai.
Moore, Lloyd Washburn, Henry Hay
mond, ID NJ Willis, DIR Wyatt, Geo
Randall and others men who never
could be called designing politicians,