The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-31

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"Sure, and these hot days are hard "a.
che bGbics''
tuere Was any person IN the city for
whom Richard Dorsey had a cordial
dislike, 1t was Mr.. Mann. The feeling
was reciprocate1 While wen mean,
ing Mr.. Mann was far from tactfui.
His advocacy OF the claims OF the east
side children IN the matter Of recrea.
ton pier was such as 10 leave the 20.
litcal boss IN hot Precipitation Of
Gage. In tile end. with stronger Ian.
guage than was due the sanctity OF tho
cloth, Dorsey requested the clergyman
to leave the room and added that ma
body but mediling fools wanted the
pier Neither Mr. Mann nor Boss Dor
'ey appreciated that Harry Wendell
bad foreseen the interview would prob.
ably end this way.
Following Rev Mr. Mann several
business and professional men promI.
nent in the community, but declared
opponents of Dorsey, called ON the DO.
litical leader and advocated the claims
OF the Tenth warGers TO the recreation
pier The result Of these maneuyes
was that the generally silent and sell
contained boss was exasperated to
such a pitch Of irritation that a men.
ton Of the recreation pier had the
soothing efre,.t upon him that the way.
Ing Of Ietl flag has upon bnll. Then
Harry WendalI himself was shown in.
to the boss private office, and with
Wendell, ra~l't-Tsiya, h.is l;caaly alert
TO every lcsail, came jack whitney,
one Of the reporters for the Express.
II came TO see you about the recrea-
ton pier that seems SO much needed
In the Tenth ward,1 began Harry
suayely. Il think"-
But the patience Of the exasperated
boss at last gave way.
"You thinkn he Numbered. ..Well,
| think there has been too much fuss
made about that pier. 1t won't be
built The babies need III DIN the
babies anyway They can't voter
IAN right replied Harry cheerful
". IL that's the way you feel about
1t, there's no need OF saying any more
Accompanied by the reporter, he hur
ried out Of the office. for he had OBJ.
talued exactly the stataMen. he want
cd. ANY modification Of it would only
weaken his position.
The Express was one OF the bitterest
opponents OF the rule OF Dorsey. In
the hall Jack Whitney looked gleeful
" at Harry Wendell.
" .B-n the babies! They can't
voter = murmured the newspaper man.
What n headline! oh, but in n lit
tie while Mr.. Dorsey win be sorry ne
spoke that way. The Express win
have an extra on the street in half an
hour. Won't that .D-n the babicsr
please the Tenth ward, where there
are about a hundred to each tene,
ment3"
That's ali right as fur as it goes,
replied Wendell but we want to put
Dorsey in a position whore he can't
deny having said It III draw up an
affidavit corroborating 1t. Then we
can get affidavits from Mr.. Mann and
others who talked with Dorsey this
morning. II the Express vim publish
these, twill make our case stronger
III the Express will publish them"
answered the newspaper man. IF
know how MIR. Rogers feels about Dor
sey, think they Will be double lead
ed, with three column headlines. You
get the affidavits, and III hurry back
to the Office and be writing the story"
Wen get out an extra" said the
managing editor to Whitney, but we
might as well wait and get the afida-
Wits, too, so as to have complete
story You were the only reporter
present2 Then none Of the other pa
pers can come out ahead Of u.s.
"And Ill send man over to see Nc
MannIs,s broke in the city editor.
Jones, run down to AIcSlaunis' place
and ask him II Dorsey Is going to do
anything about the recreation pier.
Don't tell Elm we have other inter
views on the subject Just get him to
state, II you can, in the strongest terms
possible that Dorsey says they can't
have the pier. Telephone In what be
says, for we want It for an extra"
By the time Whitney had finished
writing his account Of the Dorsey In
tervlew the afiidayfts had arrived at
the Express Office. and Jones had tele.
phoned IN the interview with McAIan.
mis-. That worthy. Ignorant OF the
steps which were being taken to dis
turb Mr.. Dorsey's peace OF mind, had
spoken IN strenuous terms. Not that
AfcMannis had any Intention Of break.
Ing from the organization, but Ma
heart had been set on getting the rec.