The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-13
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Ills action in fling a protest against
White is, he IS not brazen enough
to charge that White won by fraud
or that White did not receive ma
jority of the votes cast He Charges
that because q. N. White, at the
time of the election .Wasa mem1eE
of the county court OF Aingo county,
he Is not entitled to the senatorship
and that he, Stevenson; should be
declared the rightfully elected sena-
tor from the counties OF aiingo, Me-
DoweIl and Wayne, although he re-
ceIved but one vote.
Think of the audacity! And this
is one OF the means the Democrats
of West virginia are going to use to
gain control OF the upper branch of
the legislature. Hundreds OF thous-
ands of West virginians can recall
the robbery from Nathan Cor of the
governorship. 1t wrote the funeral
dirge OF Democracy FOR many years
thereafter, but undaunted they p1a1
to perpetrate another outrage on
public decency 1T the very next sign
OF opportunity.
Yet Another Steal
Another senator-elect whom the
Democrats don't want to see occupy
a seat in the upper branch is Julian
Hearne. of Ohio county. who 1defeat<
ed C. F. Caldwell, the Democratic,
Although Hearne won
by about $50 votes they declare he.
should not be seated but that Mr..
Caldwell who has fewer votes-foundl
so even after a recount had been had
at the request of the Democratic
candidate, should be.
The Republicans have not fled al
single protest. Where the vote was
shown to have favored and did elect
a Democrat they have gracefully
ablded by the resultLa fitting con-
trast to the tactics of the Demo
Gratis!
There is hut one way to meet rev
olution.'' said a prominent Republi-
can when informed Of the plans of
the Democrats agreed to in a recent
land that is by revolu-
ton" Revolution means to over
throw an existing government, rel
quotation, a turning backward, but
these fellows will find that the Re!
Dublicans and the rank and file oil
he great masses that make up all
political parties. lovers OF fairness
and honesty, respect for gov-I
ernmeat and the laws of the land
will be a dangerous foe to tackle.
If the Democrats do succeed
n securing a majority in the SEMI
lte they will redistrict the stateI
which they consider of vital imports
lnce in order to strengthen any tenn
oorary hold they may have in the
State Senate and to secure to them
he election OF several congressman,
II it is found that West Virginia
will gain another member in the
House of Represen tatives.
DesplcabIe Tactics.
Is fifteen a majority of thirty?
This question is to be decided in the
Affirmative by the Democratic stdeE
f necessary. If such a thing should
happen that the Republicans should
'ail to have all of their fifteen mem
1ers in the hall at one time while J
he Senate is supposed to be in ses-
sion, and in order to protect their
lights the Republicans should absent
leaving the fifteen DEM
ocrats present, they propose to Or
,anize with the fifteen members.
That despisable tactics will be at
.emptcd is shown by the plans to re-
sort to this method to secure control
It such opportunity presents itself.
The Sixth senatorial district Isl
of two Republican and
one Democratic county, the latter be-
ng Wayne. in which county not
single vote was cast for a Democrat
FOR state senator. In this county,
he court is composed of Democrats,
he election officers were Democrats.
md yet none voted for Democrat
n opposition to z. NJ. White. Ru-
nors have been in circulation that
protests were to be filed against Sen
ator II. d. Hatfield, also from the
Sixth senatorial district, on the
ground that he was not eligible be-
,ause he was a member OF the coun-
y court OF Mcdowell county, but 1t
has been found bare majority will
lot GUST Hatfield. so he will not be
disturbed.
A Striking Contrast.
Contrast these tactics with the
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