The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-22

Cgorltin Iied rom
sBrDWn; ~ King ~ elSel il'.
ed the winner. .6
The sturgfss end 81 Il q
ing. HIS greatest trouble to
be In Preston county and "a me
activity Of the 1tintoEe OHIO
railroad against his g nd = = a ..Sl
preston Is not tkoa SHOWING ,..n
ones to be as bad on Tor Sturgl as
generally believed. Opposition Y
him there Is based ION ~. go y z
grounds-an opposition led by sore
heads htat have not healed since INC
last distribution Of postohice patron
age. Preston Republicans are potea
Ilfor their loyalty to their party ana
they never fail to prove 1t on cleo
ton day, no matter how much before
ELECTION day division and dissat y rae
ton is thought to exist alnong snen-
tPreston has always been q Repup-
| lican stronghold. For many years it
gave the biggest Republican major
lIty OF any county in the state. IN
recently years McDowell has made
preston take second place. A red
hot county seat fight this year Is 9
guarantee that there will be fulI
lyote.out next month, and that VIII
Ibe1n sturgiss's candidacy greatly.
The opposition OF the baltimore =
lohio Railroad Company to stufsss
lis based on story we'll known 70
many West Virginians. Congress-
man sturgiss opened up the great
mineral and timber resources Of
Deckers creek, building the Morgan
town and Kingwood railroad ana
planned to extend IT on from klng-
wood to Rowlesburg. The BAIT
more and Ohio Railroad Company
proceeded to hold up Sturgtss, VINO
at that time, was not In congress 50
They wanted his road and his hold
ltpgs. They blocked his every move
refusing to let him nave comes
lion with their line at Rowlesburg II
he did extend his line from King
4 wood, unless he shelled over 10
them. :.
/ George Goodman sturgiss was up
against an interest" He fought
back to the best of his ability. He
used a newspaper which he owned
at Morgantown to expose the
l scbames. political and otherwise, OF
the B. & o. He tagged their ot1cial
stool-pIgeons with the initials O'
4 that company. much to their en-
h barrassment and discomfort IN
deed, some of them succumbed te
I the stigma and are no longer heaFc
of in public affairs.
But all this time, the B. & @ wa
f}hRhting back, and, in the end. inc!
gEbeat sturgiss. They forced him =
EI1et loose of a fortune that was legi'
jimately his and. which he deserved t
have and to keep. George Goodman
sturgiss was a busted" man and NJ
n knew it unless he could sell out
n But he would not sell to the B. & Q
VI He sold it to Senator Elkins TO
n 5000, 900, trivial enough sum, ant
II when he had paid on his debts In
n Cured by his attempt to develop
rich section OF West Virginia, he hat
\ little left.
Not satisfied with that act of com
mercla1 homicide, the B. & o, ha
Tracked sturgiss in every poHtica
and business move he has mad
1 since. Twice he has won for Con
| gress in spite of their powerful Op
position, but this time they believ'
they will get him, In this district
in and about Grafton especially, thu
lB. & o. has been working thousand
of men for over year. Reports
reach Republican state headquarter
in this city, that the company ha'
seen to the registration of thest
4 men, and that it plans to vote then
against sturgiss. Probably they vii
try to vote them against Senator Joi
\ McDermott, too, as he put over Sen
ate Bill NO 5, that railroad bill
which the established trunk lines II
! this state tried 80 hard to defat, 81
as to monopolize all available
rights OF way in West Virginia. How
ever. 1t is said, that they are no
taking SO much interest in defeating
McDermott. They consider Sturgis'
bigger game, and have lost sight o.
the lesser candidacy of the two. T.
what extent the B. & o. will be able
to vote their employees, only the Of
hcial returns will disclose. If they
succeed in voting them like cattle
as planned. 1T is pretty certain &c
mean one less Republican congress