Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-10-23

The following Is an official dscu-
ment iss sea and signed by reputli-
cans, prominent In the councils Of the
party.
Itmight not BE- aniss at this point
to state that the real cause for the Tres
snt Political condition prevailing in eur
state at this time had It's origin In
1894 when the present United States
Senator, Stephen Il. Elkins, nrst be-
came an active force In West Virginia
state politics, and which activity was
brought about BY his desire to occupy
seat in the United States Senate,
ti1s0ugh the lavish and corrupt use Of
his great wealth ana at the sane
time laying the foundation for the up
building and the creation OF . corrupt
political machine, he introduced late
the body petite Of our state the germ
Of political rottenness which was null
tIpllsd and fsstsred with tho poison to
such an extent that the very existence
81 the party In eur state IL ,rsatcnsc.
The growth Of this machine was sx-
trsnnely slow, however, until the cleo
ton 81 A. b. White ts tho Office Of
Governor in 1900, but from that time
On It went BY leaps and bounds until
practically all the appeintivs Offices,
both state and federal were filled BY
the corrupt, dishonest and subservient
tools Of the machine politicians and
moat Of said appointess willingly be-
came part Of that machine. After
having filled the appointive offices
With their Political bench an, the
machine politicians turned their at
tention to the elective offices believing
themselves sufficiently strong TO CEN
troll the nominations through the CO.
operation Of their corrupt and packed
state central com Mittee was com posed
largely Of the very mel, they had ~
cured places for either In the state or
federal service. The composition ofthat
com mittee ID ss follows:
L Elliott Northeast, u. 3. District
Attorney for the Southern district Of
ssyest vlrainia.
,. Hugh Ike ehott, postmaster At
BIuefisld.
as. 9. Denhsm, postmaster 1t
Clarksburg.
4 D5. s. ". Steele, superintendent
OF the Weston insane asylum.
5. Charles ID. Elliott, y. s. MARSHAL
for the Northern district II West Viz
ginia.
8. Charles p. Light, member Of the
state board OF agriculture, . close per-
sonaI friend Of Postmaster Clshan in
Martinsburg.
I. o. A. Petty, late postmaster at
Charleston, and whs was removed
from that Office by the President for
his attempt to commit naneless
CRIME upon one efthe female EN- ployer
Of his Office, the case being 80 we'll es-
tablished no investigation Was ever at
tempted or demanded.
s. Samuel Dlxoa, a Fayetts county
coal baron, who came over and joined
the machise after an accident had &C.
Cured Ia one OF his mines, costing the
lives Of some twenty-eight Of his en-
pIoyes, owing to what Governor Daw-
SON stated II. his message to the legis-
lation in 1907, was . violation Of the
state laws in running his mines. 1t
has been openly charged time and
again, and has never been attem pied
to ne denied that be had the promis .
Of the state administration to be shield
ed and protected In the unla wfuI man
ner in which he was conducting his
mining enterprises, for his support
and assistance AS member OF the
state central committee. AZ an evil
dencs Of that fact, il is only necessary
to recite that nearly two years ago .
committee was appointed TO investi.
gate the explosions in Mr.. Dixen's
mines, ana that csmmittee has not
yet made its report.
8. The next number We des ire to
call attention to is "NameIess" Noel,
man Of color, known through the state
as Sam Dixo i's colored man."
10 w. K. Glssscock, collector Of the
internal rcs enue Of the state.
IL. w. W. Whyte, defaulting ex-
sheriff Of Mcdowell county.
IL. Earl Martin.
10. A. K. Stallings.
IA. G. II. Watkins.
Is II. G. woodward, member Of
Cengress. chairman.
10. Amos Bright, member Of the
board Of directors OF the Weston In
sane asylum
The last four ma med are believed to