The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-31
FlR WELFARE
ESD FUTURE
OF THE STATE
Battle for Preservation of
Equal Franchise and for
Equal Taxation.
APPEALS TO VOTERS
To Protect Themselves from
the Designs of a Gang of
,Po1itical Criminals


CHARI- ESToN. Oct 31.-'This is
a battle OF the people Of West vir-
GINA against the bosses; a battle for
the preservation of equal franchise
as well as equal taxation, declared
Dr.. H. D. Hatfield, in an interview
yesterday in which he replied to the
scurriIous and sIanderous attacks be-
ing made against him by those di-
recting the campaign of the Demo-
cratic party in West Virginia.
DR.. Hatfield branded as maIiciously
false many OF the charges made
against him in an interview attri-
buted to Stuart Walker, the chair
man of the Democratic state commit
tee and which was recently published
in a Cincinnati newspaper These
falsifcations, he declared, were con-
jurred up for the sole purpose. OF
creating public prejudice against him
ana turning the attention OF the peo-
pie from the real issues OF the CAM
paign in West Virginia.
Il have tried to carry on a. digni-
fed campaign and it has not been my
intention TO resort to any PERSONAL
attacks but the desperate tactics re-
sorted to by the Watsonized character
assassins have reached such a point
that patience has ceased to be a Vir-
tue" he said. I do not believe that
the people of West Virginia believe
these falsifications without some
proof and I ask in justice to myself
that they take the pains to find out
whether there is anything to sub
stantiate these charges and 1 court
the fullest Investigation of my record,
both in private and political life.
Relative to the charge made by
Mr.. walker in his interview that
was responsible for one A. L. Cal
houn receiving club license in Nc
Doweu county as we'll as immunity
from a jail sentence through and by
my interference with the governor.
/ am glad to 1efer the people OF the
state 10 statements of Governor
Glasscock, Judge Pierson. the pardon
attorney, as we'll as r. 3. Bernheim'
the clerk OF the county court of Nc
Dowen county, as a complete refuta-
ton Of these charges. AS to the
charge that I did not appoint cleo
ton chaIIengers for the Democratic
party in Mcdowell county, I would
call the attention Of the people to the
fact that these chaIIengers were APP
pointed, as required by law, by the
county committees Of the two don1i-
nant parties and that had no au-
thority, whatever to name any chal-
Iengers." he said.
The third allegation made by Mr..
walker that I. as a member Of the
court granted license over the protest
of fourteen hundred signers OF PEI
tition to one man named Williams,
1 desire to call the attention of all
fair-minded persons to an affidavit
made by the clerk of the Mcdowell
county court, wherein he states under
oath that 1 was not a member of the
court at that. time. would preface
the statement of Mr.. Bernheim that
was not even in Mcdowell county
at the time the court granted the Ii
cense- but was at White sulphur at
tending to professional duties. and
as previously stated had no official
connection with the court. These
are Just a few of the misrepresenta-
tons, wilfuT and premeditated- made
by the Democratic chairman 10 put
me in a bad light before the people
of the state but believe that before
they get through they will find that,
their attempts will prove boomer
ang''. said Dr. Hatfield
IF we take the record of the Demo
cratic legislature of 1911 and the his
tory they made in that section. as
we'll as the crime that was committed
by that party in 1883 when the gov
ernorship was stolen from Judge
Nathan Con and $4,000 of the peo-
pies money was lavishIy expended
to accomplish this purpose. together