The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-07-11


Washington
To the Daily TELEGRAM,
lClarksburg, West Vir sini1
noteTin your issue Of llly
editorial headed .11hiltol
ness. You then proceed
cize me for an alleged lon
to Guy D. Con. who was app ointed
by the President as di1tre
torney in wisconsin. Eo2
further and class, me among tho
s'aIlies'' of senator La Toilette. ana
further state that Senator Of
Iette had annonced that ne would
withdraw his opposition 70
GoR's confirmation and that had
continued opposition rather than
miss the opportunIty to DO an
jury to q member OF the Cor fans
lily" You further 80 Oue of you
way and state that my election q
the Senate Is believed - have
been based on even more q i0noE
able means and methods than tlca6
alleged to be connected with
election OF Senator Iorlrner
FL am accustomed to abuse and
a rule. pay no attention g COM
ments from my politicaI adverse
ries, but your article Is 80
and is so clearly an effort to g ont
of your way to do. me an 70
that am asking you e glpe e
repIy the same publicity ieh You
gave to the editorial IN Q1e don
To begin With your stteIl
that am "beIieVed 70 have been
elected by dfshonOraIll "A ms sil
methods" is unfair neWspaper come
ment. am copstrained to admit
that there are few men IN West
Virginia. probably the writer
your editorial among them Who
would believe anything that INF i1t
he said about me. I do not know
what the other people may believe.
but + do know that Mother your
editor nor anyone else has any
ground to believe that was elected
in any way except by Legitimate.
clean politics. You win no DOUBT
recall that Senator Camden. enas
tor Scott, Senator Elkins and exon
Senator Kenna, were charged ~
their enemies and opponents With
having bought their elections to the
Senate. You will recall that many
prominent men offered 70 show that
Scott through his friends IN
Charleston paid out money Tor
votes which sent him 70 the Senate
and names and circumstances ere
given. was a political OppOnent
of Senator Scott, but am proud now
that I never Joined in that kind %
political campaign, knowing now
easy it IS for rumor to DIX its 6otH-
onous fangs upon successful man
I have never without positive clecI
proof accused a citizen Of West
Virginia Of wrong-dolng, and de
Keated Senator Scott in West Wire
gfnia, Notwithstanding all Of these
rumors. open charges, with dates
and amounts alleged TO be ready
for use, without saying one word
against him personally and Without
doing anything to wound the feei-
ings OF a member OF his family,
call your attention to these thinE
simply that you may know that fQr
a newspaper to state belief NJ
out proof is a mean form of sIands
On which / at least have never ens
gagged. although there was proves
tion and excuse present u you
need to say that anybody has any
proof that did anything wronal
before, during or after the canga
which resulted in my elctton to the
Senate, state to you p6sttiyely and
unequIvocally that the charge Is tlus
true. and neither you or any pegse
who walks the earth has sciatitla
OF proof to sustain 1t. Look oyer
the list OF the fprty-tWo men WIN
voted for me in the caucus. ana
every one OF them had behind him
the sentiment OF the people whom
he represented to support him n his
vote for me.
Yours has been one o. the papeE
who advertise me as millions
something which Is ~ olute
groundlessi was never ric
all the bnsine men ana sefs e
West IN