The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-10-12

candidate for Congress IN the fiitn
district Of West Virginia, spent last
night in the city and left for his
home at Point Pleasant ON an early
morning train. He had great and
enthusiastic meeting at Williamson,
where he and Hon, Joseph Z. Chill
ton, Of Charleston, addressed the
people. Mr.. Wiley is greatly pleased
atthe outlook and will make yig-
orous and thorough campaign which
will continue until election day.
The drift ofthings in the district
Is most decidedly favorable to his
candidacy and there is nothing at
all Of the "forlorn hope" spirit in
the fight he is making. He confident
" expects, after a careful survey Of
the field, tobe elected.
In conversation with a representa-
tive Of The Advertiser Mr.. Wiley
said:
Ny enforced race for congress
seems to have attracted the atten-
tion of the Huntington Herald Dis
patch and that newspaper, with
cheerful impertinence, wants to
know how stand on such public
questions as it cares to consider at
this time. No man running for Al
public Office has time to handy words
and enter upon dispute with a hos
tile and INSCRIPTIONS newspaper. In
the present case the Herald Dispatch
Is supporting aman for congress who
owes his nomination absolutely to
the effort Of the most offensive type
Of political bosses, supplemented by
the aid Of the federal officials Of this
district, The story Of Mr.. Hughes
past nominations and how they were
obtained was truly and torcefull,
told by Hon. A. A. Lilly when that
bright and ambitious young man
confronted the Hughes machine. Mr..
Lilly's Tecitals are now familiar
political history, and are known to
every intelligent voter in the district.
Mr.. Lilly has convicted Mr.. Hughes
ofgross family favoritism in official
appointments and of the use of the
most brutal and tyrannical methods
innominating himself for congress.
Mr.. Lilly can speak from personal
experience as to these methods.
They broke his head in free for
allconVention shtndy at Williamson.
Mr.. Lilly said that Mr.. Hughes
was an utter failure in congress;
that no man as smalRin Huntington
as Mr.. Hughes was known to be,
could by any possibility, be a great
man in Washington.
Mr.. Lilly said that Mr.. Hughes
lad voted for free coal and free lum-
her in congress.
In short, if one half of what
Mr.. Lilly said regarding Mr.. Hughes'
record is true, and none oft is de-
MED, Mr.. Hughes is not fl man to
represent this district in congress.
",The Herald Dispatch must plead
to the Lilly indictment first and ar
ter that will be time enough to pur-
sue its impertinent referenceto me.
1t may rest assured that the voters
have read this Indictment, and every
count oft, and that they are anxious
" waiting to hear Mr.. Hughes de-
tense.
Before the Herald Dispatch asks
me how | would vote on coal and
lumber tariff let it find something
less absurd to say in defense Of Mr..
Hughes than that Mr.. Hughes voted
for free coal and free lumber know
ing that duty on these items would
be added by the senate. No fair or
honest lawyer would ask a jury to
convict man regardless of his
guilty or innocence upon the assump-
ton that If he was convicted the
governor would be sure to pardon
him and that is the logic of the