The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-24

manded tor service in the Senate the election of class Of man
VINO would be truly representative of the people, men in no Way
to the railroad other great corporations which CONGRESS- and
the States have been vany endeavorng control and to hold
an observance OF the laws as they wen men who have
oeen true 10 me party and to its principles and particularly to it's
tariff policy which demands that tariffs shall not be laid EXCEPT
TOR purposes Of revenue. Shall have two to meet these re-
E. Chiffon and Clarence W. Waso1 We "S think oo
we cannot assert as fact for do not know but we think
MacCore and Chiffon u.s. and has been for some time CONSULT
ing attorneys for the c. & O. Railway Company and if So Mr.
not the man to represent the people when questions
eraton Ana be perm ssbIe in any measure to judge Mr.
hon by the we-remembeed action of his partner and per-
went to Washington to plead with the Ways and Means COM
ttee OF the House, against the reduction of the coal tax we
must conclude that Mr. Chiffon will be found among the kckers
when proposed to reduce the coal tax to revenue basis
Suppose that this alleged connection with the c. & O. is
untrue ana that his tariff views fully accord with the
Tor the leading and controlling part he has played in fastening
Clarence W. Watson the Democratic party the State as
of its representatives in the Senate He is was who orqa-
zeo managed and pushed this combine to and doing
some ntcted wound upon the Democratic party which all the
money Mr.. Watson has cannot heal.
me prime motive for bringing Watson to the front as an
asprant for the Senatorial honoa man with no better quail
catons for the Senate than NJ B. Scott whom the people had
Just simply and solely to provide long purse
on winch to draw when funds wanted Practical politicians
IKE those manipulating this unhoy combine do not enter the
game until the cash with which to results in hand at
least sight How passing strange was that the members of
e Legislature who went no aided and Allotted the combine
could not see or would not that the agency prnar
ny designed and perfected to the political promotion of
TWO men whist its triumph meant the betrayal of the Democrat
&c party and a reputation of its principles j..
Are we harsh or do we exaggerae when speak of the
victory won by the Chiffon Watson combine betrayal of the
democratic party? Bearing in mind that the Democracy in
Der to safeguard the interest of the people, would exclude from
the Senate any man who closely connected with railroads or
other great corporations trusts let's whether Mr.
Watson meets the qualifications set by the party He is gen.
era manager OF and of the largest stockholders in the
Farmont Consolidated Coal Company-one of the most gqan-
tic concerns of its kind to be found this any other country
and reped to be many times millionaire. This company
owns IN the Fam0nt region boundary of rs 900 of coal
OF we'll nigh nCaC|abe value which are understand
50 or 40 mines in active operation employing thousands of men,
1t has leases OF as many yet practically
touched besides much other valuable coal land few years
ago 1--WE haven't at hand the latest figure was mining nearly
over the O. In 1906 the B. O. Railroad Company which
owned 53532 shares of the very valuable stock of this ConsoI
dated Coal Company deemed unwse to hold this STOCK sold
t to syndicate of gentlemen whom Clarence w.
Watson his brother j. E. Watson their brother~in-aw, ex
Governor a. B. FemIng counsel for Standard Oil, at price
which Clarence Watson when the stand, and Mr. Bond
g. O. official both refused to disclose Under the contract
between the B. O. and the Watson syndicate the debt due
the railroad for the stock and running we'll into the millions,
was to be paid in nstaments the last of which not to fall
due until the expiration of 80 years, and in the meantime the
syndicate to give to the B. O. the hauling of every ton Of
coal it shipped.
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