Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-17
FLINGs The HOOKS
INTO EN- next
MARSHALL RICHMOND BUCKS
on NEARLY THE WHOLE
THING.

BROOKLYN, W. Va. Oot. -. 'OS.
Editor Raleigh Register;
have always been Republican
and am yet one, and am ardentiy
supporting Mr. Taft; / am going 20
vote for Ade Lilly for Pres dental
elector. a thing could not be iu-
ductd 10 do under any other cir
cumstances since he has gone SO far
with the machine as 10 voluntarily
abuse me and every other republi-
can who stands for a square deal
IN this state; and ! do not presume
that any other honest Republican
who stands for a square deal will
{ ever again vote for Abe when he
is running for an office for himself
alone If il is known OF his late gy-
rations; but while / am a Republi-
can, strenuously in favor OF TAFT.
am unalterably opposed to the
election OF the so-called state. SEN
atorial and county tickets. and |
herein declare the cause:
Swisher was nominated by fraud.
and noS by the people. The com
mittee now operating the Republi-
can campaign is fraudulent COM
mittee. boss-ridden, and selected by
unjus- and untrue methods known
OF all men without being detailed
herein.
Glasscock Is n substitute for
Swisher without any pretense at
regularity, noI even convention
Of the people was pretended to be
called. He was selected first by
steve Elsins, and chen placed on
the ticket by an Elkinized commit
tee. There is no claim upon the
Republicans to support Glasscock.
OF ali the people objected to by Mr..
Scherr and his friends. Glasscock
was the most Objectionable, and
when the Scherr ticket came down
IL was only IN the interest of the
national ticket, and not in the in
terest or for the benefit of the state
ticket, or Elkins, or the machine
now marauding through this tate.
This machine headed by Elki1s. and
this pretended state committee have
set themselves up as the Republi-
can party of the state. The meth
DDS which are behind the selection
of GlasscocK are more objectionable
If possible. than Che reasons assign
Ell for a revolution against Svigher.
They took him down and set up in
his shoes GIasscock. the same com
mittee remains. This committe was
born in fraud and conceived in in
lquity. The removal of swisher was
a sham. will ask the voters %
remember four years ago. when the
deception was made to deceive the
people. The ballots were burned iu
some counties and the committee
on credentials abolished In all of
the counties Tor the sole purpose OF
dispensing with the people i'm the
making of the nominations.
The Elkins machine has bossed
the party and run it to it's death.
unless there be ar awakening in
the interest of decency and good
government and honest politics.
The duty OF the voter is two-fold
first to vote for Taft. second to
vote the remainder Of the Democrat
ic ticket this time.
Holmes the candidate for state
senate is the machincized. blue-pen
cIed candidate and tail-end OF the
Blue Pencil Brigade Of Summers
county. -Four years ago he was de-
nouncing honest politics; he was
aiding and abettiDg those VINO were
knocking down and dragging out
honest Republicans, who revolted
at the methods OF the machine. In
1896 he was a Cold Democrat and
is one Of the nopper-iacks who has
undertaken to seal the livery Of
heaven in which TO serve the devil
He was one OF the chiefs in refus.
ing the people q voice I'm securing
delegates he IS both wc- and dry;
all things for all men-to set votes
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