The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-21
WHAT Mr.. SHAW
REALLY DID SAY
WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE
REPORT MADE BY MeltlN.
NEYs PAPER.

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The Times, as is It's usual custom.
when making reference to any Re.
publican, entirely mtsrepresents the
remarks made by Attorney Harry
Shaw, before the county court on yes.
terday. The people who heard Mr..
shaw's remarks. and the county court
room was almost filled with people.
were commenting this morning on
the fact that Mr.. Shaw advised the.
court to do precisely the opposite
from what the Times says.
Mr.. Ogden, attorney for the Demo
Gratis, gave occasion for what Mr..
Shaw said Mt. ogden. in lengthy
speech, went on toadyise the court to
take up the Monopgah precinct first:
saying that it was the action of the
csurt with reference to this precinct
that had caused so mucn excitement,
ETC., and also, he went on to say, he
fet the court would do the square
thing, etc. In reply to these insinuat.
ing and misleading remarks, Mr.
Shaw, proceeded TO state in some,
wnat forctble language that Mr.. Og.
den was mistaken IN assuming that
the public was excited about anything
the court had done or proposed to dn
with the Monongah precinct. On the
contrary, Mr.. Shaw declared that the
excitement in the minds of the Demo.
Gratis was caused by base fabrications
and falsehoods, without any founda,
tion in fact, circulated for pure ma
llctous purposes by certain Democrats
and emanating from certain quarters,
well known for their Ananas procEivi,
ties. That neither the court nor any
Republican candidate, nor those rep.
resenting them had ever tntimated By
word or act that anything but
square deal would be attempted. or
was desired.
Mr.. saaw went on to recall eight
years ago (and not eighteen or TWEEN.
Ityl when the Democrats had the
county court how they had given the
Republicans a square (?) deal. He
recalled how crooked had been their
rulings then-how they would count
a Democratic ticket marked certain
way. and refuse to count a RepublI.
can ticket marked identlcally thu
same way But MIR. Shaw said this
court will not do that way and will
not be asked to; and advised the
court not to let the meanness of the
Democrats in the past nor their false
hoods about the court, manufactured
and spread over tae county now, pro.
woke this court to do wrong. And ad,
vised that the ballots be counted fair.
ly and tmpartially. mo matter who
may be elected thereby. This he said,
will be revelation to the Demo-
cratic leaders of this county-a thing
never known when they had the court,
Owen s. Mckinney was present and
heard these remarks, and 1t was he,
no doubt, Who reported them in the
Times. Festus Downs, who was on
the court at the time Mr.. Shaw re-
ferred to, was pesent, as was also
Cnarley Manley, the clerk OF the court
at that time. NJ one would expect
Mr.. Mckinney to make truthful re.
port of what Mr. Shaw said. for every
word was an Indictment Of his paper,
and was virtually physical slap
around his very Jaws, that must have
made his head swim, as It no doubt
d&N that of Mr.. Downs and Charley
Manley.
The Times says it is sorry it does
not have stenogrnphic report of Mr.
Shaw's speech. II it had such cor
rect report, It would have made In
Iteresting reading to the public. be-
sides showing how far from the truth
Mr.. McKlnney's eport is. If the
Times really wants its readers to nave
the benefit of Mr.. Shaw's speech we
think We can get him to reproduce 1t
fSn effect # not in exact words) and
furnish copy of same to the Times.
If you want it, answer by return mail
SAMUEL coMpEps