The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-21
Moro Almond Pal.ty Perfdy.

More About Party Perfdy.
The Salem Herald lends its efforts
as follows in washing some county
political linen in a manner so Wig
orous that It is quite interesting how
ever ineffective it may prove:
The Republican brethren OF Har-
rison county are just now indulgtne
in the delectable task of laundering
some soi1ed political linen, which
from "a study OF theetabIe- of figures
disclosing the number hot votes re-
ceiVed by the several candidates at
the general election held November
3, seems a very necessary duty to
be performd by the members of the
Grand Old Party before another
contest can be provided for.
The unusual activity In the clean
ing up department of the party was
precfpftated by the Clarksburg Tele-
column measure and clear ten-point
Roman that venerable journal charg-
ed James Edward Law & Company
(Lfmited) with deliberate and per-
Rdious party treason in using their
position on the Republican County
Executive Committee to defeat two
candidates on the Republican county
ticket and an unsuccessful effort 10
defeat the entire county ticket. The
gentlemen charged with party
treason. however, have not been
without apologists- Two such
noble defenders OF the Republican
faith as the Clarksburg Daily News
and the Salem Weekly Express have
opened wide their columns to a de-
Tense of County Chairman Homer
Williams, ex-ProsecutinS attorney j.
IL. Law, ct al; and in earnest and
lengthy paragraphs has the high
purpose of these astute leaders OF
the county Republicans been explain
ed. The explanatory effort in the
noble Express (Which. knowing ones
declare, came from the .virile brain
OF the ex-prosecutor HIMSELF Is es-
pecialIy valuable to the disinterest-
ed member of the party who just
wonders some times If the newly
formed partne!Ship in Republican
AFFAIRS did really agree to deliver to
the county Democratic ticket eight
hundred votes in return for the
CIarksburg News's agreement to sup
port Congressman Hubbard for re-
election and Chairman Williams for
the postmastership at Clarksburg.
The treason of the leaders is not
denied by the Express, but, forsooth,
a whole column of the valuable
space of that journal is taken up
with a justification of treachery in
1905 because, mark you, v. L. High
land and W. w. Jameson were de-
featedin 1902 and Mr.. Lowndes was
beaten by John w. Davis in 1898.
Let the Republicans of Harrison
county hold that proposition out st
arms length and look at 1t: High
land was the leader of the county
organization in 1902; he was de-
feated. Therefore, when Law ct al
are leaders in 1908 they may with
with SANDER against Republican
nominees, agree to deliver 500 votes
to the support of the Democratic
county ticket. and actually deliver
a sufficient number to defeat the
nominee for sheriff and the nominee
for county clerk, who. by the way,
happened to be the man through
whose personal efforts the Republic
can voters of the big city precincts
were enrolled on the registration
books.
Let the men that call that an
honest discharge of the duties i'm
posed upon members and leaders Of
the county executive committee by
the rank and file of fhe party, aD-
plaud the election of Tetrick and
Francis and weep over the election
OF tie rest OF the county officials.
Mr.. Law and his partners may be
Inspired with the noble purposes
that welled the. heart of Samuel.
ex-Judge of Israel, when that able
gentleman pulled down house on
himself in order to destroy his enc
mIess but-ff they think the Republic