Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-21


the public on these matters. posi-
bly, better than any one else, as he
was chairman of the Labor COM
mittee. However, l will state
that the railroads and the coal
companies were DESTROYS Of tax
ing the oil people, the farmers,
the laborers and, in fact, every
one else save and except the rail
roads and coal operators. Hill
was with them whenever he could
be at their service; he received
his orders and instructions from
Stalnaker because he had been
turned over to the said B. & o.
representative by his guardian, S.
G. Pyle. AS chairman of the Rail
road committee Hill only made
three reports in forty-two days,
suppressed all bills against the
combines and favored all bills for
the railroad monopolies. He
fought the Augusta County bill
because Stalnaker and the Fair
mont Coal company were against
it. He was against Senate Bill
No. 25 "a railroad measure) until
Stalnaker received him with an
outstretched hand in certain
room in Hotel Ruffner at Charles
ton; after that time Hill favored
the bill and voted for it. He was
received in full fellowship with
the American Book company be-
cause he had been the tool of that
trust while serving as Superinten-
dent of schools of Tyler county,
and while a member Of the School
Book board, and the lobbyists for
that corporation knew what to
depend upon. They knew that
Hill once upon a time journeyed
to Cincinnati at the expense of
the said company and might feel
disposed to take a flying trip to
the st. Louis exposition in 1904.
For what Hill did for the B. & o.
Railroad company in part he re-
ceived an annual pass over its
lines. Can any other member Of
the House, unless they were own
ed and controlled by that corpora
ton, show one of these cards? l
say emphatinally "no!" For what
Hill was expected to do in the
special session of the Legislature
and in the next Senate for the B.
& O. railroad ample funds were
furnished he and his guardian,
Pyle, to carry the election; also,
all the railroad attorneys in the
district were sent instructions to
assist Hill against the interest Of
the oil people, the laborers and
the farmers. Hill claims now to
be for tax reform and for Daw-
son. Is the B. & 0. railroad for
tax reform and Dawson? Is the
Fairmont Coal company for tax
reform and Dawson Is the
American Book company for tax
reform and Dawson? Is S. G.
Pyle, his guardian, for tax reform
and Dawson. Are George E..
Work and w. L. Armstrong, his
Sistersville lieutenants, for tax re-
form and Dawson? The echo an
swers emphatically "no!" Some
time since we found the trio from
Tyler county leading letters
forces and attempting to carry
Tyler county against tax reform
and Dawson. Then why would
the agents of the aforesaid corr
porations and the personal repre-
sentatives of Teter urge Hill s
nomination and election unless
they knew that Hill had Wlltully
lied when he stated that he was
for tax reforms Mr.. Editor, |
could write a great deal more on
this line, giving the facts and
names, but space foribds; but, in
conclusion, I wish to state that
when Hill denies he received aid
from the corporations named he
we'll knows that he is speaking
an untruth, and attempting to de-
ceive the Republican voters OF
Tyler county and the Second Sem
I atorial district. Whether he is
sincere time will tell, and his ac-
tons during the special session Of
the Legislature-if there be one
will be watched with interest.
Respectfully,
ROBT. L. GREGORY.