The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-05-27
That PREJUDICE IDEA.

The News is busily engaged in try.
ing 70 prejudice the country people
against the city people and resorts to all
sorts OF statements to do 50. 1t likely
gets its inspiration from the way the
little Democratic court hause clique
thinks and acts as TO its own party. It
forgets to note the fact that Flanagan,
the nominee for sheriff, i from the
country. Then there IS Davis for as
SCISSOR. also Randall for the comfy
court, also Pigott for assessor. also
Fittro for surveyor, and also Jarrett for
the legislature, and Morris for prescott.
ing attorney may truly be said to rep
resent the country more than the city
for he is a country boy, has spent near
" all his life in the country districts.
Then who is on the ticket from the
city, Only three: Charles w. Lynch,
for Judge, Raymond Maxwell for the
legislature and Thorn for the senate.
And they can not be said to be from the
city strictly.
Lynch was born ana reared on farm.
Maxwell is farmer and has farming
interests. Besides, he received prac
tically the full party vote in a four-cor-
nered contest, which attests the fact
that ne does not have it in for the
country people nor they for him. And,
when it comes to Thorn, he spent his
early life on farm and he represents
the country people just as much as he
does the city, and probably more for
the reason that great part of his life
work has been among them and there is
not one of them who will say that he
rs not a man of the people and for the
people.
Again, this attempt to prejudice the
country people against the city people
and the city people against the country
people Is made by the News in winded
article, in trying to say that Harmer
was turned down because he was
country fellow. And arguing along that
line It wants the people to vote against
the Republican ticket.
The fact of the case is Harmer is not
as much country fellow by long shot
rs several, in fact most, of the Repub
lican candidates, because of the fact
that he has lived in the city for years
while most of the Republican candidates
are living in the country and have all
their lives. However, just as soon az
he attained his majority, and perhaps
Before he became of age, he left the
country and located in the city and has
ever since resided there. Now, wher'
does he differ from Lynch in that re-
spect9 Wherein is he any more of
country fellow than LynchI In Morris
case, that line of argument is in his
favor over Harmer, for he did live year.
in the country after he became of age,
and was in no hurry in rushing off to
the city.
Not since the days of Holmes as
sheriff has there been other than a-man
from the country in that pfiee. The
present officers are all from the country
THERE'S Prosecuting AttsrnS j. =. Law
from the country, JaspeF Kyle, who il
our presents legislator, Isl from the
country, Judge Maxwell devoted much
Homer Williams. who is the present
circuit clerk, il direct from the country,
Charles Fiftro was from the country,
Ogden, the county superintendent. never
did live IN the city. The fact ia they
are all from the country. These facts
do not look very much like Republican
candidates for nomination are turned
down because they are country fellows
But they do show the untruthful state.