The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-31
OUR MTNGo COUNTY
CANDIDATES.
Draw Your Own Conclusions and
Choose Between Them.

Choose Between Them.
This Is the last opportunity tina,
we shall have to appear to the v)ters
OF Mingo county, regardless of their
political faith and Affiliations, to re-
deem Mingo from the crowd Of rene.
gades that has been running her af-
fairs for the past eight years, and
once more place her where she right
fully belongs, that the people OF the
State and nation may no longer
point to her with the finger of scorn
Everyone admits, no matter what
his politics may be, that change in
the offices of the county is badly
needed. In fact, so far as our local
county affair are concerned in this
election, there is no politics. The
issue before the voters of Mingo
County is whether or not you will
vote to keep in Office the crowd OF
renegade democrats who have no po-
litical principle, but seek to retain
the offices that they may have four
more years to continue the plumber
Of the people the liberation of the
criminal and grant immunity to out
laws, or whether they will place in
the offices set of men who have all
ways adhered to the principles of
right and fairness, and who If elect
ed, will administer the laws and per-
form the duties OF their offices as
the law provides, with equal justice
te all and special privileges to- none
To the life long republican who has
voted his ticket because he believes
In the principles of the repu blican
party, and not for temporary gain
we can only say that If he expects
his party to be respected and the
principles which he believes to be
carried out he must join hands with
us in this local fight, and GUST from
the offices these men who have nc
regard for the right of franchise
who are willing to import into your
county hundreds and hundreds 0
illegal colored voters to defeat yor
at the election an1 to prevent yor
from receiving the nominations or
your party ticket at your primaries
right all these wrongs, join hands
with us in this election, and help tc
elect the men on the, democratic
ticket, and II they are elected, we
promise you that hereafter every
political party who desires represen,
tation, shall have fair treatment:
that the padding Of the registration
sshall cease. that the buying Of
election officers will not be permitted
and whichever party snail cast the
greatest number of legal votes, will
be entitled to the Offices
We again appeal to every man II
Mingo County to help redeem the
good name # Mingo; to help stamp
out the graft and Illegal expendi-
lures of the money gathered from
the people by taxation; that they
may live in happiness and content
ment once more and that our chill
dren and children's children via not
be scorned and treated with con-
tempt as people who lived by
plumber and lawlessness.
The CANDIDATES..
1t is well for the people of the
County OF Mingo to know the kind of
men and their past records that are
running on the respective tickets in
this election.
G. III. Jones.
Hon. G. H. Jones, who has been
nominated for the Circuit Judge In
this district, has been in your coun-
ty sixteen years practicing his pro-
fession. During that time he has
held no public Office except that of
Assisting Prosecuting Attorney I'M
der Hi Williamson, and the people
will recall that during that time
there was less lawlessness in,MiHgo
County than has been since/and Fiat
ly administered. Mr.. Jones is an
able lawyer, of long experience
and one whose integrity cannot be
questioned.
James Damron.
Against Mr.. Jones on the Republi.
can ticket is James Damron, rem.
egade democrat. Mr. Damron wa
first elected to office in this county
as Comfy Clerk on the democrati
ticket, but during the term of his
Office, he left the democratic part.
and claimed to become a republican
He was again elected to the office 81
County Clerk, and still holds that
office. About enighteen months age
he had the County Court to onter al
order allowing him to hire an As.
sistant County Clerk, and re lef'
Mingo County and went to Morgan.
town to study law. After being thert
q few months he returned TO vii
hanson and opened him up a Law
Office. Mr.. Damron has not hal twt
years experience in the practice .
law, and it is well known far
that he done more to assist in i'm
porting the illegal voters and per
hitting them to vote in Mingo coun
ty, than any other man in it. He
has no political principle, and he i
renegade democrat, educated with
the peoples money and agains;
their will, asking that they elect him
Circuit Judge for a term of eight
years.
Hi Williamson.
The next candidate on the demo.
cratic ticket will be found Hi Will
hanson candidate for the legis-
lature. Mr.. Williamson has lived in