The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-21
Peoples Forum
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Fairmontw Va, Jun 2
Editor West yirSia5an-
Aftershe snok OF battle has clear
ed away and all the candidates have
said their little pfe-e. / want space
enough TO state some facts. which
are facts. and I hope viii be bene6-
ciai. If 1t IS not some people viii learn
by dear experience if they haven't al
ready gone 100 far. as I have heard
on several occasions that there saould
be a meeting Of Republicans and de-
mand that two gentlemen resign or
they would beat the ticket this fall
Now. I want to say some things
about my own c~a0didacy- 1t was re-
marked by one or ~ un~gratefui
railroad men, who pretend 10 be broth
erhood men. that I was always after
Some Office. I want TO a that this
is the first Office l ever asked for by
the votes of the people. and ! am
proud of the vote I got al home. de-
spite the stories that some OF my Sc
called friends told On me. which I VIII
treat On before get through. ! asked
twice 70 be appointed Marshal OF the
Northern district OF West Virginia. :
asked for that Office. not that I eN-
pected TO get it, but only to give ice
railroad boys some prominence. They
endorsed NE. The first ifrae, and flc
Two Senators did Q q au% more Il
tcnt;on 70 my application than If
had rot sent it in. Then. when c. ..
Elicit made his famous break at
Charleston. ! thought sure he wou;d
go. SO We made the second request.
or demand, and what was the reSult2
We goy the second throw down. Who
IS N fault then. NE personally, or was
The endorsement Of J1e railroad organ
iZaijon no good? Lets see il We are
remember about four years ago
I went to the Republican committee.
and asked them 20 put = railroad man
on the ticket for the Legislature. who
was at that time a member Of the,
3. Of r. r. and w a told that it was
100 late. that the entries had closed
but about six hours after that II /
mistake nor. they received the Hon
Geo. c. SturgiSs' money and put him
on the ticket for State Senator. Rea-
son unknown. unless they thought The
railroader did otaraourt 10 n1ucn-
Now, / want to say. I looked over
the field and thought We should haze
a representative in the legislature.
so I entered the ace in good faiSh-
put up my hard earned cash. q
thought I was getting INTO a irieadly
bout with my friends. Uncle Steve
did not write 10 ne 20 run, nor did
he put up any casa for me. but instead
of getting into q friendly bout. /
learn some CT my So-called friends
| we're airing my Dayton fight Of a few
wears ago. but they failed 20 say that
in that case l would be a good run
ningE mate for the head OF tie ticket
Now wan: to say that TO be frank.
we don't see why Warrington u
not be heard from as soon as Far
mont. Your paper speaks OF the 4
distribution of candidates Mr.. Ja-
| cobs. Mr. Harr. and Mr. Mason Fine
representation. We don't mean per-
sonally. at all, but I want TO say plain
". that Mr.. Mason IS a hardware mer-
| chant. Mr.. Jacobs the same. while MI
| Harr the soldier interests,
which is very deserving, also we
haven't any objections to the hard
ware man. or men. but l want TO I'M
press upon every working man IN TINS
great county of Marion, that one OF
the representatives should have been
a workingman. but the reason nat IL
was neither Heffner nor Miller, IS
| simply because Heffner wears a B. OF
l.. E. pin, and Miller is a member OF
the O. r. c.. and that does not meet
with the approval of ~ ring and they
can't deny it. only mixed up in TINS
to demonstrate that fact and 1t Is
clearly shown. There is not 4 day but
II have it thrown into my teeth that
we can buy the r R. vote. | some
times look back and wonder, IS II
true? I want to say in conclusion
for Gods sake, boys, get onto your
selves. or you will awake some morn
ing, and find all gone. like the pass
question. when it Will be everlasting
" and eternally o late. h Re-
publican Legislative ticket saould
have been either Heffner or Miller.
Railroad boys may not appreciate my
efforts, but If you live long enough,
YOU will see: and it Will be a dear
lesson. o. long VIII you stand up
and be slapped in the face and MOI
resent it?
Respectfully,