Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-17
IM'CREA DENIES CHARGES
Says Governor Dawson is Wrong
About Railroad Combine.
TlLLMAN NOW A STATE HERO
South Carolina Senator Wins Favor
In West Virginia Attitude of
Senator Elkins.

The PennSylvansn railroad is not
and never has been au owner or miner
of bituminous coal, either directly or
indirectly, and, therefore, could not
have Influenced the West virginia
roads in which it is interested TO sup
press development of that State to
protect its own interests. Certainly
there has been no prompting on the
part of the Pennsylvania 10 regard to
the Red Rock case. or any other SINH
lar case. =
James McCrea. first vice president
of the Pennsylvania, made this state
ment at bis home in PitrsburQ when
asked as to the charges contained in
the letter of Governor Dawson, of
West Virginia. to Senator Tillman.
and which stirred up sensation
when read in the United States Sem
ate last Thursday.
Eyes, have read Governor Daw-
sons letter and think the governor
must have jumped at some conclu
sions, said Mr.. McCrea.
Notwithstanding the Pennsyl-
vania railroad interests III the Baiti-
more & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio and
| the Norfolk & Western, the officers of
these companies have been in as full
control of the properties they operate
as they we're before the Pennsylvania
acquired an interest. And what
ever interest they have exerted has
been toward urging the Improvement
and development OF the roads.
1.-The best evidence of this is the
vast expenditures that have been
! made. the better service given and the
prosperity of the roads. as WILL as the
country they serve Without remem-
bering the figures, / venture to say
that the movement of coal to tide.
water or the West has increased on
each of these three roads named in a
greater proportion than on the Penn
| sylvania railroad.
! No matter what ether faults may
be found with Pennsylvania manage
ment, it cannot be ssid that il ever
was suppresser of trade. but always
an active and energetic d. yelopei.'
Have YOU anyt ing to say abou'
the resolution IN the legislature of
Pennsvlvauis for an inquiry regard
ing railr, ads being miners Of anthra
cite coslg''
Il have nothing to say ON the sub
iect.''
4 Railroad regulation has graduated
into burning issue in Yves. Virginia.
Governor Dawson p objected himself
into t. conf ct bv his letter to S n
ator Tillwan, which the South Caro-
lima senator read in the senate, and
again there was an Elkins- Tillman
colloquy over tie sufficiency of the
West Virginia laws to meet the cases
of ra load abnses cited.
Governor Dawson folds the state
laws are inadequate 1t WIS Senator
Elkins' remark two weeks ago in ths
Red Rock Fuel case that tho state
Laws are sufficient, that called the
Governors remorstrsDce, yet Elkins
reres'ed his assertion when Tillmau
read the Dawson ication.
Thus it has come about that Senator
! Tillmap is the man of the hour in
West Virginia. First coal company
appealed To him from this state ms cad
of either to Senator Elkins or Scott.
and next republican governor pats
him on the back and tells him to 60
ahead
West Virginia politicians do not
know what 10 think of it. At the
rsr DASH thew saw Dawson making
tracks for Eikins' seat, but this the
governor denies He feels that Elk ms
has reflected on the state authorities.
and does not PURPOSE to remain silent
under the senior senator assertions
To add to the bilar ty of politics
DAVIS son comes cut fat footediy fl
President Roosevelt's stand on the rate
question. This ia equ@l to challenge
to Senator Elkins, whose views and
the president IS are considered antag-
onistic in West Virginia. So mu b is
this opinion entertained that cerssin
republicans who want to go % the leg
islature in counties which tine Elkins
machine dominates talk of going be-
fore the neople as Roosevelt republi-
cars.
| OF course, the Elkins lieutenants
are disturbed seriously by the snddeD
turn of affairs, but they profess 10 be.
lieve Senator Elkins, and likewise
Senator Scott, win finally support a
rate bill.
Just at present Elkins stock is going
down below par in successive slumps,
but there is no known active rival to
senator Elkins within the republican
party. Only the future can tell
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