The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-03
IALsREPREsElIIs HIS RasIELlNl
MIR. Lehman Shows Clearly That Me-
Dermott s Misrepresehtfns the Aes
tion He Took a n the PS lIticiit Mat.
tersl Affecting This County.

Attorney ] ohm +. Lehman has writ
ten and sent q: Hon. Ioseph HI AInDers
mott d letter iIl answer to the letter
that Mr.: NJ Dermot " sending broad
cast to- IN be voters sot Ion county.
Mr.. LehmaD,s letter IS seIfsexp lama;
tory and roads as foil I:
3 fSoyember 2; 1910
Joseph n pernn2t 2tt,
Morga antolwf y ysst ViEginia. y
Dear. Sir. - y 2 Z d Y, Y
Your Letter OF re cent date, inclosinE
a. copy Of yoiir eSplanat ion the
Voters Of Marion County ], + recei eiyeds to-
day. (; ~. = Il "
You say in your letter y have been
and will continue 10 keep from king
sides in the Marion county opliticais
squabble. 4 you know that the .po-
litical asquabble, In Marion county so 7
Ear as your ndldacy Is concerned, Is Z
Just where you and " our pol teal sads
visers have placed IT You state Or
the entire Time after the Monongalias
primary. on N ay Sth; uplunti 4 one hour
before the conyentio ion at Fairriont; ON
July 23d, 4 made every effort poss sible;
TO get the Marion county actions. rep
the two d ationss To agree
To- some compromise whereby the Sem
Eatorial Committee md M yself would
be relieved entirely from aking any
part In the Marion county local fight
between actions = II v s
How can you have the aiidacity5 to-
send such d stateme ent broad east 10
| the voters Of, Aarions county 7 Througii
your letter yo, are nisrepresenting
| the part y6u tai Ike, and are king IN
the 'Dolitic1l sqnabble' " In this cpuIif
lssy, Cansyou; truthful y say 10 the vot-
| Isfsbtiiatl you made d bona hide effort
ltopoottiprott se a.sy ys IL liiferences be.
lEtweenS factions IN Marion county? !? You
know that ydn had jioti fled the ISleniS
| ing4P Powell ,deleg gates of their selec4
ton by y ou as sonr delega ties 10 the
convention, of july Sd. before ;yon COM
| lmunicated with the other facti ion cons
rerning AM comprom mise! The RepubEI
llican voters of Marion county Well
lfknow that you aud Mr.. Bailey. OF
Grafton, We. e wofk king hand In hand
from the beginning and that iyon came
to Fairmors the day before the CON
yentlon' with a cut, and \ dried pro-
lgramme. and at the meeting OF the
COMMITTEE held the. night before tho
convention, you and Mr.. Bailey were
lpresent, and you had Mr. Arnett ana
Mr.. Means. two members OF the Sena-
torial Committee, carry out what you
and your advisers had decided upon.
AT that meeting prominent Repnbll-
cans OF Marion county advised you
and admontshed youhnot to take the
course which you pursued, and warned
you of the result but you carried
Through the programme that yopshad
decided upon long before that date.
Your explanation does not state the
facts. On She other hand. It misrepre.
sents to the voters Of Marion county
your position, and you are trying by
these false statements to obtain tic.
suffrage OF the Republic of tiiis
county 2yv1en you selected the; Flen1i
ing Powell delegates as your dele.
gates to thu convention OF July 23d,
you ignored the 1900 Republ blican who
voted in the primary Of June 1Itn;
slapped in the face the 48 delegates
elected at that primary and cast yonj,
lot with that faction of2persons In this
county, controlled, directed and die.
tated to by that aggregation OF State
and federal Office holders known as
the State Committee who have been
scattering discord and turmoil in the
ranks of the Republicans Of this
State. You cast your lot with a few
purported Republicans the most ol
whom have been working hand in
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