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

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= the policy. i understand, which you
have followed III ycnr NE bnt q snca
policy supported By rght9 Il NOT,
u does not commend itself to me. II
| were to act IN mis- matter as you
suggest / would. OF course, have been
opposed to both Of these candidates
for appointment under the city gov.
ernment and by voting against them,
would have beenenabled to retaliate,
With the strong arm of public ONCE
that belong to all the people, for what
you conceive to be an Injury, personal
to me alone. / have yet to make use
OF my once for theh Tst time, or to
attempt to do so, for the purpose of
settling any individual score. II It
becomes necessary for me to fight, I
want to do 1t in tae open. and with
no handicap in my favor. Why don't
you, at least, Intimate the real truth
of the situation regarding George Sno.
maker for chief Of police? Why don't
you tell the people frankly that three
Of the Democratic councflmen, aided
and abetted by two others who pro-
fessed to be Republicans, vowed from
the date of their election that they
would defeat George Shoemaker for
two reasons; first for the reason that
George Shoemaker had espoused the
Republican cause In last falls cleo
ton, and secondly for the reason that
II they could defeat him and put a
worthless chief in his place that my
policy Of enforcing the law for the
ensuing year would be nat failure.
That under, an inefficient police sys.
tenn the speakeasies would run SO
VIGOROUSLY wide open that at the end
of the year they could go back to
the people with good reasons for vot-
ing again to make Fairmont license
town. You know, only too well, that
these are the real facts in the case
but you are dlsingenuous, to say the
least. Did not George Shoemaker
have right to manifest little poIit-
ical activity in behalf of his party last
fall, when every Democrat office hold
or in the city and county was doing
the same thing? You cannot consist
emily urge that he neglected his Off
ciaI duty, since one OF the gentle
men hereinbefore mentioned entreat-
e. me to stay his enforcement of the
law, until after the election, for the
snlutary effect it might have on Dem
ocratc chances of victory. You are
afraid to tell the whole truth, but
think that by limitations and fnstnu-
atoms you and your thirsty friends
can greatly injure me In the minds Of
the people who are not thoroughly ia
rniliar with the situation here. This
you shall not do. For II it becomes
necessary, in the event that I should
be denied access to the columns of the
papers, I will hire a brass band and
have a public meeting on the street
and there expose your hypocrisy and
treachery of few soft pedaled gen.
tlemen who pretend to be Democrats,
and who aspire to dictate the actions
OF all Democratic officers, when as a
matter of fact. no one of these same
persons has voted a straight Demo-
cratic ticket for twenty years, unless
come mercenary advantage was Of
fered as consideration. II am fore
ed to this extremity, 1t will be found.
when the meeting adjourns that some
of the Charles will have their hair
standing on end "llke the quilts CT
the fretful porcup.ne." You know that
1t is understood that at least. one of
the Charles tried to defeat Scott
Lowe for prosecuting attorney, and
only got in line when 1t was too late
to repair the injury he he'd lone.
Speaking of Charles do you happen
to remember that they are always
unknown quantities politically? 1t is
understood that last year Charley
Nancy started out as the king he, in
his advocacy of making mo license"
g Democratic issue. He then tnofgat
It was good politics, and so stated re.
peatedly. When the campaign warm.
cd up a little It kept Scott Love,
Tasca Norris, Tom Arnett and me
busy with pitchforks to keep Charley
from jumping over the fench. One day
he was for. and the next day he was
against, until 1t finally came to PISS
that there was famous coffin meet
ing" in which after Lins Cunningham
had crawled through the trap door
into his cellar and barred the door
after him, the Charles were all finally
freed, and thereupon they and the
honorable Colonel engaged each other
in the most mortal vItuperative tongue
lashing combat that has ever been
witnessed in this neignborhood since
Charlie Powell changed his politics
the last time. After the coffin meeting
Charley Marley really stayed in line
OIL the dry town proposition, but his