The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-12

Inst Saturday morning. II Is reDso-
dused IN fhis paper BY request Of
Tome friends u the mayor:
FAIRafoIST. NJ. We, April 8. 1909.
rs he Editor of The Fsirmont T'fmes,
Fairnons W. 70.
ii IS much as You have devoted
practically all Of the editorial slace
II ne list Two issues Of your paper
Is ! criticism cf me and my oficlal
conduct al Mayor OF the City Of Fair.
mont, and ~ you further ask a SHOW
DOM, & seems that the lime has
arrived wheh your accusations and
ihsinustiou shonld be met with a
reply, AZ / have had no expesience in
writing III newspapers, Orig dealing
With subteffnges to conceal the truth
ne following articie may not be all
aat your critical editorial eye would
wish q see. However. 4 shall attempt
q c6ach what I have to say In plain
HINT language which win be thorough.
II understood BY the Intelligent cii.
Eens 81 the community who have even
the slightest regard or respect for q
public onidal vino eonscientious'y ard
teariessIy attempts to do his duty.
Pie charges and insinuations contain.
ed ii your editorials Of April the eth
and sth are both various and vast. As
t6 those contained in your Issue of
It'll / pass them with The com
ntent that / have sudictent reasons FOR
believing that they emanated nom the
taolle pen Of Mr.. W. n: conaway. Sir.
Conaways motives in matters polite
~ he so thoroughly understood by the
people Of Marion county that they
need no explanation. AT least, no *
ptanatioh wo1ld be required by any
one who has heard Mr., GonawaS's
famous lecture entitled -four and forty
proofs that Charley Manley, Charley
Powell Glen shafer are Democrats
for lnercenaTy reasons only As Char
Icy Mantey owns one-third of the
stock IN the corporation mat publishes
tle Times and as Mr.. cosawaY is on
your editorial stan, his lecture is per
haps founded on inside information.
And Ne you win pardon me Mr.. Editor,
q viii refer you to the occasion of the
Democratic State Convention in Char.
eton last summer when it was openly
complained by practically eysry mem.
ber OF the Marion county delegation
tint Mr. Conaway had unwafrantedly
and without cause assaulted Hon. o.
S. Mckinney and attempted to humfl.
late him in the eyes Of me Democrae:.
o the State AS to whether or not
this complaint was well founded, |
venture no opinion, and as TO the
truth Of the facts In the case / know
nothing and care much less. In my
own case however, i shall no. COM
plain of Col. Conaway, for he is an
honorable man, who, NO doubt, IS CON
scientlous and sincere in anything
that he may think or say about me OF
my administration, and VINO 40 loubt
could very logically explain, TO his
own satisfaction, any assault that he
has made on me, or any other person,
whether in print, or on the hustlings.
so IA view of the editorial OF the 37th's
being q product Of Mt. consway's fer
tile brain y am not aware Of the lance
having struck upon my shield with
sumcient force to solicit a reply. The
editorial OF April the sth, written in
astyle that indicates the handiwork
Of 6. Powell, O. Manley and c. shafer
contains charges which the pnblic
vim perhaps be interested in having
either admitted or denied.
i. AS to the charge that I am not
u native born resident OF Marlon coun.
II. A reverent regard Tor truth and
yeracity compels me blusnInely to sd-
mil that this charge is true. / was
born In Doddridge county, county
which was largely carved out of Har-
rison, as was also the county of Mar
ion. 1t would, therefore, appear that
Is Dcddridge and MARION are children
Of the same parent that the inhablt-
ants OF the two counties should net
necessarily be hostile to eaen other,
or considered interiopers or carpet.
baggers. because OF their having
through no Improper motives. crossed
over the imaginary county line. AS
the majority Of the people who read
this article will readily understand
that j was not consulted as TO Just
when and where / should be born. and
as It follows that am not altogether
e blame for having first seen the
light Of day in Doddridge county in.
stead of Marion county, I IKE 1T that
It Is, safe to assume that my otfcnse in
this particular instance will be almost
unanimously eondoned.
AS to the allegation that I WIS
IN favor of George Shoemaker for Chief