The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-08
Renounces His Allegiance to
Scherr and Exposes Meth
ods of Scherr People.
SEVERELY ARRAlGns THEM
Speaks Words of Praise for
swisher and is Now
Working for Him.


State Senator Samuel p. Montgom-
cry, Of Preston county. who rumor
had IL after the Taylor county CON
vention had Withdrawn hisinfiuence
from the support of Arnold c.
Scherr's candidacy and come out In
support OF the gubernatorlal aspIrn-
tons of Secretary of State Charles w
Swisher, confirmed that rumor in a
public statement in this city Sat
urday night 1t is the first formal
and authentic statement Senator
Montgomery has made since the .ru-
NOR was circulated.
''It is true" said Senator Montgom-
cry to the Telegram. Il have
Withdrawn from the support OF MIR
Scherr's candidacy disgusted with Its
methods, Its falsehoods. its un-Rc-
publicanism, its lnsincerity. and it,
absolute two facedness and dishonesty
In its appeals to the people. IT may
be confession on my part Of political
stupidity when state It, but Mr.
Scherr and his managers have fooled
me as they have pulled the wool over
the eyes of many others who espouse
Ssherr's cause, but the scales have
fallen from my, eyes, as they will
from the eyes of others in due time
and hope 1t will happen before 1t IL
too late for the party's good.
The Scherr candidacy has been
founded on vlllification and slander Of
its chief opponent; on one position in
one county and Numerically oppo-
site one in another county. which ex-
poses Its insincerety and its dishon-
esty.. 1t has charged Mr. Swisher
with the very things 1t has itself prac-
hced-a sort of a stop thief slogan tc
mislead the public and hide its own
political misdemeanors. know
these things because have been in a
position to know them. They have
been of such grave and serious
character as to disgust me and drive
me away from support of Scherr. and
to acknowledge publicly that erred
in judgment when accepted Scherr
arguments as truth. They were the
veriest falsehoods. the EXTREMIST in
sincerity. the purpose of which was to
mislead the public and gain delegates
under false pretenses.
in the first place they have assail-
e9 Secretary Swisher personally. pros
ecuted methods against him that
would shame the most degraded char
acter assassin. and have conducted a
personal slander campaign unfair. un
Justified and entirely untruthful
This did as much as anything else to
disgust me with the Scherr side.
know what It Is to be slandered and
villified. have been the object OF
such campaign and | have felt Its
pains and its heartaches. have
known Mr.. Swisher for years person
ally and politically, and this kind of q
campaign against him IS unreasonable
and unjust He Is the son of Tn
ion soldier who died fro mthe effects
of four years hardships and depri-
vations suffered on the battefields oi
his country, leaving the son TO work
In the coal mines as a boy and &c
carve out his own destiny. His youth'
full DAYS and mine were similar, bost
left fatherless at an early age ant
had to find out our own way aloni
lifets rough highway. Mr.. Swisher ha'
succeeded by reason of his own in
dominitable pluck, by reason of hi!
natural gifts. and by reason of hi:
fair dealing with his fellowmen. H'
has developed and grown big as {
public man. he possesses the quail
ties of successful. magnetic Leadership
and the ability to make a satisfactor!
and popular governor. He VIII be TN
first son Of a Union veteran to b'
called to the chair of Governor. Tht
state has never had n Union veteran
or the son of Union veteran as IT
chief executive.
"Rut there are other things which
have driven me to the support q
Secretary Swisher's candidacy. II
the first place, the Scherr charg'
against Siwsher that the corporation
are behind his candidacy. and act
lively opposed to Scherr, Is. / hav'
found an absolute falsehood. Th'
baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany is the backbone corporation o
Scherr's campaign. the main spring o
his candidacy. challenge Mr.
scherr and his managers to success
fully disprove this statement.
ssThe same insincerety is practiced il
regard TO the temperance question
In prohibition counties they chars'
Mr.. swisher with being in league witt
the whskey interests. while In whiske!
counties he Is accused of being Y
league with the temperance people
IT is anything TO win with them. lies
dupiicity. or anything else. In MAJ
shall county 1t was true as Hearn,
charged. that Scherr lined up viii
the whIslkey people, while in Hunt
Ington his leader was John Farr an;
his headquarters Farr's saloon. tn
Anti-saloon League which started gu
TO assist his candidacy. know OF TIN
duplicity and have withdrawn. as
have done in disgust. ] have al
ways been and am yet With the tenn
perance cause. My official record vii
prove that l have been straight an
consistent on the temperance issue