Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-01
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Pat Anderson's Frosts.
Editor Oil Review:

Star, the supposed Republican or
gan of Tyler county, is as quiet
as the grave about the great pO-
litical meetings Pat Anderson has
been holding over the county last
week. His meetings are not even
advertised in the Star, and the
good people of the town of Mid
dlebourne do not even know that
speaking tour of the county was
being made. So, Mr.. Oil Review,
if you will allow Republican
space in your valuable paper, l
will tell the people what has been
going on in the county. Pat An
derson went to Parkersburg on
Saturday, September II, and Sc
cured a speaker to make a tour
of the county and to tell the peo-
pie what they should do on cleo
ton day; the committee sent P.
II. Moroney up on the following
Monday to do the county, and
he was taken to Middlebourne
and from there he met Pat at the
Black Ridge and was driven out
to Iuka, where he was to deliver
speech on that evening; the
meeting was held in the school
house and there were thirty-fve
persons present-eleven men and
the rest women and children. Pat
exhausted himself in trying to
secure some one who would act as
chairman of the meeting, but ev-
cry one absolutely refused, so Pat
acted as chairman himself. He
made a few brief remarks and
then introduced the quartet,
which delivered a discord. Then
P. II. Moroney was introduced,
and he made very good speech
on National issues. Moroney IS
an interesting speaker, ana
knows what he is talking about,
but one thing he failed to do, and
that was to endorse the Red Tick
ct business. lie had been in
structed to spread the saIve on
the Red Ticket wounds, but Mo-
roney refused to do that kind OF
business, and that was the blow
that almost killed Pat. The Jun
to was communicated with and
Postmaster Work took a rig and
drove out to the country and
brought Moroney III, and sent
him to Parkersburgi and he was
supplanted by a Mr.. Hughs, a
brother of A. l.. Hughs, that
man we all love so well and have
sweet remembrances Of since six
years ago. Well, to tell the Gods
truth about the matter, Moroney
is the best speaker we have had
in Tyler county Tor many years,
but he could not do the aero.
batic performance on the Red
Ticket pole. Moroney said he was
sorry he didn't suit, but he would
not sacrifice principle for politi-
cal success; if the people of Tyler
county had been defrauded out IF
their right of suffrage in the pri.
mary he was not the man that
would tell them to 60 and vote
for candidates fraudulently noni-
mated. DR.. Parks and Fl. B.
Shriver were at the meeting at
Iuka, and the Doctor got up and
showed himself, but made no
talk. Mr.. Shriver, the Red Tick
ct candidate and would-be Sher-
if, attempted to make a speech,
but the audience made such a
fuss about the Red Ticket that
it created excitement and brought
Pat to a fever heat, and he called
them down to a Queens taste.
Then they followed hurrah for
Kirchner, and that made Pat
even madden than before. The
Republican campaign in Tyler
county is veritable vaudeville
show, comic songs and the clog
step. Why is all this hoodooism
in Tyler county? Why raise a
$4,000 campaign fund to carry a
Republican county of 700 major
ity? Why employ an ex-Demo-
crat at a salary of 1925 per month
and expenses to run his legs off
to elect a Republican in county
with 700 Republican majority /?
Simpy because the honest voter
has heen hoodwinked ont of his