Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-02-10

ocratic Executive Committee and
tireless worker for that party.
1t was also true that he was Jailer
of Wayne county and late candi-
date for Circuit Clerk, but the
statements must fall to the ground
"a a newspaper fabrication for Mr..
Davis resigned as Secretary Of the
Democratic Executive Committee
before last election and is not the
Jsiler of Wayne county "a the let
ter states. J. ID. Plymals is the
Jailer of our county. These stats.
ments are born out by public rec
ord and as impartial observer of
facts. | must say that no other
statement in the letter signed "A
Republican" in answer to Mr..
DAVIS letter, contained any more
truth than the two misstataments
L have mentioned. The writer of
the article saws he was at WAYNE
when the Committee met and met
the Committee after adjournment.
The writer of this artic ss will say
that be, too, was at Wayne and had
personal talk alone with five of
the Committeeman out of six and
that five were out spokenly for
Mr.. Hughes for Congress. There
was only one member of the Com.
mittee against him out of the six
districts represented. 1t is true
that the Committee met in extra
session, but the statement that Mr..
Hughes had w. f. Partlow here
for the purpose of Offering resolu-
tions endorsing his candidacy, is
entirely without foundation, for
no such resolutions were offered
and on the other hand Mr.. Hughes
advised his friends on the Com
mlttee to not instruct for him be.
cause it would look too much like
one man was trying to vote his
whCle district. Our friend, "a
Republican," who wrote the article
IN question, says that the Com
mlttee meeting was called at the
inetance of Mr.. Hughes. Now. If
the writer of that article was real
ly at Wayne that day, ae he says
he was, he is not excusable for
making any such statement as
that for he is bound TO know thai
the Hite men hired man from
Kenova to ride all over the coun-
ty with personal letters 10 the |
committeeman TO get the Com.
mittee together and Il at they did
come TO Wayne aud found the Oh.
ject of the meeting and discussed |
till Mr.. Hughes could get an OPP
portunity to be heard. 1t is true
at the time of the Committee
meeting there was some opposi-
ton to Mr.. Hughes in Wayne,
which was stirred up by the Cab
ell contingent of the Hite element.
but since that time they have !
nearly all come TO Mr.. Hughes
side and cow it Seems that Hughes
will carry Wayne county unani-
mously. We met Mr.. HIte at
Wayne aud he seems TO be a vsry
honorable gentleman, and we don't
'hibh VboI uo Whs JDb cause OH
sending a runner in the night time
to the various committeeman in
his interest while Mr.. Hughes was
in Washington, but think this
movement must have been engi.
neered by Hite sympathizers who
have some personal axes 10 grind
on the "big Republican grind
stone"
i also saw an article in the
Wayne News saying that a Repub-
lican said that Republican poll.
Tics had come to a pretty pass
when one member Of the Commit
tee bad to he hid out i'm the night
and another sent home in charge
of darkey; that the darkey could |
be trusted but the com
could not. Now, Republican |
may have said that, but if he did |
be was evidently q "Hite" Repub- /.
lican, for these committeeman
were so disgusted with the way
that Hite promoters had assem-
bled them, they went home az any
other honest, loyal Republican
would have done under the cir.
cumstances.
AN EyE WrTvpss