The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-01
BATTLE AGAINST THE
BOSSES OF THE STATE
DR.; y; o. hatfield SOUNDS a
"<nNINo TO the VOTERS
ON EVE OF ELECTION.
"inhyln9 Campaign Wseed Aqain.,
the Republican Candidate BY
Watson Machine.

sp..,sI sspaich % the Intelligence
WILLIAMSON. ". Va. Oct. I'll
MS - battle OF the people OF West
virginia against the BOSSES. a battle
Tor the preservation OF equal fran.
chlhe as yell as equal TAXATION de-
clared Dr. ~. ID. Hatfield. In an In.
terview today la which he replied 10
the scurrilous and slanderous attacks
o"ihS made against him By those di.
Iectng the campaign OF the Demo.
cratic party In West Virginia
Dr. Hatfield branded a. maliciously
talse many OF the charges made
against him In an Interview attributed
70 stuart Walker. the chairman OF tie
Democratic State Committee and
which was recently published in "A
Cincinnati newspaper. Thes.. falsifi.
cations, he declared. were conjured up
Tor the sole purpose of creating nun.
lie prejudice against him and turning
the attention Of the people from the
real issues OF the campaign In West
Virginia.
j have tried 10 carry on "A dignified
campaign and II has not been my
intention To resort 10 any personal
attacks but the desperate tactics re-
sorted TO by the WatsOnized character.
assassins have reached such a poitt
that patience had ceased TO be q yir-
tue. he said. Il don't believe that the
people OF West Virginia will believe
these falsitlcatiOns without some proof
and ask In Justice to myself that they
take the pains TO find out whether
there Is anything TO substaniiate thes
charges and ! court the fullest inves-
tigation OF my record. both in private
and political life
Walkers Charges.
Relative TO the charge made nv
Mr Walker in his interview that /
was responsible for one \. l.. Calhoun
receiving club license in Mcdowell
county as well as immunity from Jail
sentenc" through and by my interior
ence with the Governor. | am glad 10
refer To The people OF the State TO
statements of Governor Glasscock
Judge Pierson. the Pardon Attorney
as well - ". u. iiernhcim. the Clerk
of the County Court ct Mcdowell coun.
y. a. complete REPUTATION of these
Charges. As To the charge that | did
not appoint election challcngcrs for
the Democratic party In Mcdowell
county. | would call the attention OF
the people to the fact that these chal-
lengers were appointed. as required
by law. by the county committees OF
the TWO dominant parties and that
had no authority. whatever to name
any Cnallcngcrs. he said.
The third allegation made bv Mr..
Walker thar ], as a member OF the
court granting license over the protest
or fourteen stgners Of petition to
one man named Williams. I desire
10 call the attention OF all falr-minded
persons tn an affidavit made by the
Clerk Of the Mcdowell County Court.
wherein he states under oath that I
was not member of the court AT
that time. J would preface the state
ment OF Mr. bernheim that | was not
even in Mcdowell county at the time
the court granted this license but was
al White sulphur Springs attending
TO professional duties. and a. prcViOI =
~ stated had no official connection
with the court. These are just "A few
Of the Misrepresentation. wilful and
prcmcditated. made by the Democratic
chairman To put me IN a bad light be
fore inc people OF the State. but |
believe that before they get through
they will find that their attempts will
prove a boomerang" said Or Hatfield.
Democratic Record.
III We take the record OF the Demo
cratic Legislature of 1871 and the his
tory they made in that session. rs well
as the crime that was committed by
that party in 1SSS when the Governor
ship was stolen from Judge Nathan
Con and $4,000 OF the peoples money
was lavishly expended to accomplish
this purpose. together with the numcr-
Gus other frauds perpctrated by them
In the past. too numerous to mention.
such as the Purple Pencil frauds In
Taylor county in 1896. which com
promised young official in such n
manner as as 10 Cauee him 10 end his
life. ! feel that ] am justified after
making plain these facts. In declaring
hat this campaign b. q battle between
The people and some Democratic boss
90. numbering less than six who con
trOlled the Legislature OF lH.t and who
continue TO control the affairs Of that
PARTY In the State TODAY
THE attempt made by the Demo
Gratis In 1911 10 repeal what are com
monty known as the Dawson tax laws
was only prevented bv the united
stand Of fifteen Republican Senators.
and these laws I regard a. the most
valuable ever placed on the statute
books Of West Virginia. having given
~ This state thr proud distinction -
having the lowest tax rate OF any
State In tho Union
"The registration Law proposed by
the Democrats. bad 30 been adopted.
would have disfriu,hi-"d more than
10000 raopi" tn the state and his
measure WIS 900 accord with tho
Democratic U7rfv's platform dcrlar-
atlou of 1905. when they went nn re-