Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-03-10
Fraud and Vote Buying.


fhe life insurance companies and as
4 think, much Of the csnsnre and crit
cisrn Is unjust and Ut fair Especially
! have the democratic editors held up
sisase companies as freebooters and
hi 9away robbers for contributing
suoney to the republican campaign
lid. l take it, that thy, would
mot haze said so much as they have
said if the contributions had been
made to the democratic campaign
fund. They have tried to touch the
sympathy of the voter by endeayoriug
to make it appear that those COM
pauies have robbed the poor widows
and orphans of the land by contribu.
tina their money to the republican
cam paign fund, by which the voters
and the will of the people been throt-
tied aud frustrated Now Mr.. Editor
I want to say without going into a
Zen gthy discussion of this matter that
g. cry widow and oruhan Of this land
siavesr eceived every dollar that these
companies obligated themselves to pay
ttseznsat the death of their husband or
father. The money contributed or
given for campaign purpose was of
the companies earnings and not
snoney withheld from the widows
and orphans But if it tad been nee.
ssa7y in order to keep the republi.
csA. party in power that money. be-
osIging 80 the widows aud orphans
should pe used; l want to say, that
they THE widows and orphans) have
been more than amply rewarded. Why
do 1 say this? All any man has TO do,
IS TO compare the True and a. tual
value" Of property now. with what it
was when the democrats were in
power less than a dozen years ago.
Take the business of the country then
and now ard as thint, an7 sane man
San see why men who want TO do bust.
uess ia the country are jusjfable in
contributing money to keep the rsins
81 government out of the hands of
the democratic party. But why do
democrats. republicans or any other
editors hold up the insurance com
spaaies to the gaze Of the world and
cry shame; contributing money to
buy votes with, when every canidad G
IN -onr state. county and districts are
compelled to contribute (many oil
6hem beyond their ability for the
sslfsame purpose. Look at the thou.
sands that was spent in this little
mountain state, the entire population
OF which is less than one third of the
F2op alation of New York, to say
mot hing about the state and its hum
DIRE IS Of other cities and towns.
hat every American citizen ought u
10 who has any intelligence and re-
speCt for himself, any love for our
free institutions andsthe rising.geue-
Eation-is, to say that this God given
priyil eye is too dear to us it has.cost
sou M uoh and il is'worthstoo much to-
rs, 90 have it desecrated AMI corrupt.
ed with money as it has been for the
last twenty years and it shall aud
must stop. Then act accordingly,
The democratic party, as party,
favor National and State legislation
many republicans do tool in regu.
1aiup railroad and insurance rates.
DO YOU know what they are after?
Well as I think. they expect to kick
up q row between these corporations
and the republican party, so that the
contributions thsy make hereafter
vSill 90 to them instead of the re-
voubl leans. There needs TO be lagisla-
sen, barring every railroad company
from putting men on duty who have
been frequentins saloons, who have
NOT taken at least eight hours rest 10
every twenty four and for keeping
them Oh duty more than twelve hours
at one time in twenty Z four. shours.
Competition ought to regulate rates.
Ene human lives that ara sacrificed
svrrv year by the railroads need e
&c nfi on of our legislators more than
She. fsw paltry dollars they give some
toddy'ti teneht of. by way of rebates.
ne we a1e opposed to corporations
contributing money (fOr they are
about the only ones able to do sol
for the purpose Of buying votes, LEI
us be consistent. Let us oppose the
sasse ssment of candidates for this pul
pose; let us mould sentiment against
-1his; lat us oppose a campaign funt
from any and every source, let III
ghaVe ever campaign run on credit
s.sys tenn. and when it is over let all le
sgitInste bills be audited, aud paid
z7at none to man who simply votel
or who stays at home AMI doesn
vote.
NJ " d.