The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-15
All Fair-Minded and Honest
Citizens Will Bitterly Op-
pose Proposed Fraud.
METHODS DISHONEST
But Strictly in Keeping with
Outrage Perpetrated
Once Before.


forts of the Democrats 10 deprive
Mont White, Republican, asans.''
whom a notice of contest has been
filed by C. E. Stevenson. who claims
to be Democrat, and who received
but one vote in the Sixth senatorial
district, and that being cast in the
precinct in Mingo county where Ste
yenson voted, from his seat in the
State Senate after having received
the unanimous vote of the district
except the one cast for stevenson;
the fling of notice OF contest against
Julian Hearne, OF Ohio county, in
the First senatorial district, by c. +.
Caldwell, Democrat. and the declare
tion of the Democratic leaders that
they propose to make the thing
unanimous by electing Democrat
president of the Senate and be in
complete control OF the legislature,
have caused stir among the Repub-
licans about the state capitol and
state house, and are being looked
upon as challenge for repetition
of the contest of 1889 and 1899.
The movements of the Democrats
during the last two weeks have not
indicated they proposed looking upon
the legal or honest side OF the ques-
ton as to whether certain Republic
cans are entitled to seats In the
Senate. They have declared through
some of their accredited leaders
that they will control the State Sen
ate, will elect Democrat president
of that body, and will put enough
Republicans out to give them I'M
disputed control 10 do as they
please. These same Democrats
have said two Republicans must be
thrown out and Democrats seated in
their stead.
Respecting the Steal.
In order to carry out this program
definite plans have been decided
upon, or rather the manner in which
the procedure will be made in or
der to accomplish their purpose of
securing absolute control of the
Senate, which IS now tie, and in
order to carry out some of the plans
It will be necessary to make the
president OF the temporary organi-
aatlon, who will be Senator Kidd,
Democrat, the pivot around which
the Illegal and treacherous political
chicanery must he wound. The
temporary breathing spell given the
party that robbed Judge Nathan Golf
OF his right to occupy the govern
or's chair after he had been elected
by the people, and admitted TO have
been elected by the Democrats them
selves, in~ the opinion OF many
Republicans has enthused the Dem
nants Of these fatal days and the
young men who have since come
into the fold of Democracy by in
heritance or because they could not
drag down the great dominant party
Of SO many years of the tate and
hation, until they care not for jus
tee right or wrong, but deter
mination to once again hold the reins
Of government, and tie the hands Of
the Republicans elected to ofIise and
entrusted with the care Of the af-
fairs of the state
In order to do the things they de-
sire they must have one more state
aenator-just one more will do, but
they prefer two for good measure.
and according TO their announced
plans one or two Republicans, legal
ly entitled to seats in the State SEN
ate must be removed. How are
they going to remove them and
whom will they attempt to re-
move?
\ Flimsy Excuse.