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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
Ldtin 5 Power
AS Member Of the Board of Control
Might Easily be Used to
Control Votes.

Mr. James s. Lakin's explanation OF
his position in holding down the
state Craftsmanship without giving up
his job on the State Board of Control
is notable chiefly for what it does
not explain.
A letter from Mr.. Lakin to the
Governor is made public in which he
says he believed 1t his duty to ac-
|cept the Craftsmanship and concludes:
Therefore respectfully ask a
leave of absence as member of the
State Board of Control from this date
until November 9Th, without pay. !
am glad to assure you that the work
of the board will not suffer in the
meantime, as will give to the duties
of the Office such attention as may
be demanded by working overtime
and otherwise.
In palmer language Mr.. Lakin
bluntly admits that it is his inten-
ton to remain member of the Board
while he discharges the duties Of the
craftsmanship True, he will draw
no pay from September to Novem-
Der 5, but the dollars more or less in
vOlved in this matter are not the
|crux of the situation.
The grave point is that the man
aging director of more than score of
state institutions, with the power Of
appointment and discharge over hun
dreds of employees, with an authority
that enables him to exert influences
upon the friends and relatives of the
several Thousand persons who are in
mates, students or patients of the
institutions as the case may be, and
with the right to contract for thou
sands of dollars worth of materials
and supplies, has taken full charge of
the active management of a partisan
political campaign There is the i'm
morality of the situation and it is
calmly condoned by the governor him
self.
II it has been deemed advisable in
the interest of honest politics to for
bid postmasters and minor Federal
officeholders whose influence rarely
extends beyond few persons, to
serve on campaign committees, what
can we say of the official who is the
boss of an army of state employees
and the disburser of an immense sum
of state money, and acts as the chief
manager of political campaign?
Mr.. Lakin says he is not acting now
as a member Of the Board. He will
SO act, however, after November S,
and then will be in a position to re-
ward or punish the people under his
thumb in accord with their conduct
during the campaign. Petersburg
SenfineIs
- sa-s4- 4-,-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
How Majorities.
.AreEi9ured0ut.
PADDING OF REGISTRATION
LISTS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
COMMENCED.
FICTITIOUS PERSONS AND NON.
RESIDENTS ARE REGIS
TERED AS VOTERS.
SAME OLD LISTS DENOUNCED
BY CONGRESS BEING COPIED
IN HATFIELD,S COUNTY.

No one conversant with political
conditions in West Virginia will I'M
dertake to deny that the Republican
majority of recent years has been
largely If not entirely the result of
political corruption and election frauds
in Mcdowell and other counties in
the southern part of the State. The
non-partisan report on conditions in
Mcdowell and Mingo counties, made
unanimously by the Democrats and
Republicans of the elections commit
tee of the House of Representatives
leaves no doubt that the results of
two years ago were brought ABOUT
through fraudulent voting, repeating
and improper registration.
It was shown by this non-partisan
report that thousands Of persons,
mostly negroes from Virginia, were
colonized in these counties of West
Virginia and voted repeatedly at pre-
lcincts where they had no right to vote
at all. The voting of these men was
accomplished by reason of fraudulent
registration and it was brought out
in the hearing before the House
elections committee that even Bob
Buskirk's bull dog had been registered
by Buskirk and that Virginia negro
had been voted under the dogs name.
Word has come from Mcdowell
county that the registrars in prepar-
ing voting lists for the November
election are placing upon the lists all
names that We're upon the registration
list two years ago, including those of
the thousands of Illegal voters, fic-
titlous persons and non-residents
which We're on the list at that time.
They are doing this under a section
OF the law which provides that the
registrars shall transfer from the old
registration list to the new list, the
names of all persons who at the
time OF the new registration are legal
voters in their respective precincts.
The action of the Republican reg
istrars in padding the new registra-
ton lists with Illegal voters and fic-
titious names from the old lists in
such a wholesale manner has been
called to the attention of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, and Chairman
s. w. Walker has notified the county
chairman of the Democratic party in
every county in the state to resist
such illegal registration in every pos
Eslble way and if necessary to take any
case which may arise into the courts.
Every effort will be made to see
that a fair election is held in Nc
Dowell county this year and in the
others counties which have been Civ
/ ing the large Republican maiorities.
But it is apparent that it is fs.s re
publican Intention to perpetrate the
same old fraud inythe home county
Eof Dr, Hatfield where he is the politi-
cal boss, as well as in the other
counties which have pursued a sim
liar course in the past.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
Success is in Sight
on Debt Resolution
8Isd0m would rsquIre thslr rs-aIgc-

wisdom would require their re-eIsc-
IN subcommittee Approval.
The letter written by the sub-coni-
mittee to the four Congressman fol-
lows:
August 1g, 1912.
/ rHonorables John w. Davis, VIM. G..
Brown, Adam B. Littlepage and
John NJ Hamilton, Members of
Congress from West Virginia,
Gentlemen -
| Referring to House Joint Resolu-
| ton No. "a, relative to the ante-war
debt of Virginia, which was referred
to the subcommittee of the Judiciary
committee, of which we are members,
we have to say that among the many
matters claiming our attention, we
have been unable to give this matter
as full consideration as we desired,
or as the Importance of the question
demanded, and for that reason we can
not report it at this time. We feel
satisfied, however, as to some of the
propositions involved.
1--WE have no doubt from the his
torical citations made by Mr.. Hamil-
ton in his argument before the full
committee that the State of West Wiz
ginia was created and the consent of
Congress and of President Lincoln
to its creation granted because of the
military exigencies existing at the
time and that the creation Of said
State is attributable to certain meas
.ures of war adopted by the Govern
ment, as set forth by Mr. Blaine in
his history cited in the argument.
while we have not been able to
investigate them to our full satisfae-
ton, the precedents set forth in the
argument are very strong upon the
consideration of the question, and the
resolution and the matters therein
contained seem to come closely to, il
not entirely within, the scope of these
presidents.
We can not announce our final
views at this time, but beg to sug-
gest that one trouble about the mat
ter is that this debt is not entirely
determined. While the Supreme
Court has in preliminary way ascer-
tanned the principal, yet the question
of interest remains wholly unsettled;
and as the interest may, if the Court
shall SO find, largely exceed the
amount of the principal, it is apparent
that the amount which you ask the
Government to assume is indefinite.
and undetermined, and we are clears
ly of opinion that We would not be
justified in reporting in favor Of Gov
eminent assumption in advance of the
determination of the amount to be
assumed.
AS 1t is impossible that the total
amount of the debt can be determined
at this time, or that the committee
can give full consideration to all the
important questions involved, at the
present session of Congress, we think
it better to defer action at this time.
w. W.RUCKER
W.. C. HOUSTON
J. c. FLOYD. =
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
BREACH Or FA| i
CHARGED BY TAI |
ROOSEVELT ACCUSED OF .GRoss.
EST OuTRAGES" UPON
PEOPLE WHILE
PRESIDENT.
UNWRiTTEN PLANKS IN HIS
PLATFORM ENUMERATED
FOR PROGRESSIVE
VOTERS.

Theodore Roosevelt was charged
by the National Taft Bureau, during
the campaign for the Republican
nomination, with having betrayed the
public trust and having been guilty
OF the grossest outrages. The Ma
tional Taft Bureau was the organiza-
ton which, under Mr. Taft's direction
and with his approval, conducted his
campaign for denomination. One of
the articles it gave to the press was
as follows:
While posing as the acme of all
virtue in politics, Theodore Roosevelt
has been guilty in his official capacity
of some of the grossest outrages ever
lperpetrated upon the good faith of
the people of the United States who
like to believe that their Presidents
are what they pretend to be- No
more glaring example of betrayal of
public trust has ever been exhibited
in public office than by Theodore
Roosevelt in his
Official refused to permit the
Harvester trust to be prosecuted,
thereby loading on the farmers Of the
country an increase in the cost of
farm implements of one-third their
price;
's2-Refusal to prosecute tile Steel
trust;
Dismissal without trial of the
battalion of eolored troops involved
in the Brownsville affray:
"4-Refusal to revise the tariff dur
ling his seven years as President;
5-Fawning upon political bosses
while pretending to fay them;
'6-Acceptance Of contributions
from 3. H. Hartman to bring about
his own election as President, while
pretending to oppose Hartman;
Accepting the word of George
w. Perkins of the Harvester and
Steel trusts as against the word of
the sworn law officers of The Govern
ment;
DIFFERENTIATION to run for third
term as President after specifically
stating his decision to abide by the
wise custom that no President should
do so;
4s-Demagogie speeches in this
campaign, including misrepresentation
of his opponent.
These are only part of the un-
written planks in the National plat
form of Theodore Roosevelt. They
should be carefully considered along
with his proposed recall of judges
and judicial decisions and other
known socialistic vagaries for which
he has announced himself, although
now attempting to dodge them and
fool the people again. 4
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
FL. !. .ss..s..ss..s..ss..ss..
: .
. ARE you AN HONEST MAN? !.

+ "
: If you are, no candidate on
. the Republican ticket in West
. Virginia has any right to your
: vote, according to Theodore
: Roosevelt.
!. "ln my Judgment no honest
:. man, whether Republican or
. Democrat, can support Mr.. Taft
. and claim any right to the suf-
. frage Of an honest man
. Theodore Roosevelt.
; Every candidate on the Re
. publican State and Congress-
!. ional ticket aig supporting Mr..
. Taft and thereby forfeiting his ,
. claim to the suffrage of honest ,
. followers Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
y y. " 4. " n y
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
IS HATFIELD COMPETENT?

+ If the Progressive candidate
/. for President of the United
+ States is correct in his asser- !.
+ ton, the Republican nominee
+ for Governor of West Virginia
+ can hardly be called competent .
+ for the position.
!. Any man, any candidate for /.
+ Governor or other office, who
+ has knowledge Of the facts and
+ supports Mr.. Taft, gives US the
/. right to say that he is not com !,
+ petent to pass upon honesty in
!. public life."-Theodore Roose- /.
+ welt.
!. DR.. Hatfield, who is asking .
+ the support of Progressiyes for
!. the goYernorship, "has knowl=,
!. edge of the facts" for he was .
+ in Chicago trying to prevent .
+ the delegates from West Vir-
+ ginia from boiling the Republi-
+ can convention. He also sup
Z ports Mr.. Taft.
( !.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
DOES Ills MEAN Z. RI

If the Democrats win it will be be.
cause of the rule or ruin policy of an
ambitious and unscrupulous leader oil
men who is disappointed. It will be
because through vociferous abuse and
repeated assaults he will have led
away and misled enough honest, well
meaning Republicans to encompass
the tempary defeat and rebuke OF
their own party Parkersburg Dis.
patch-NeWs.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
Leaders Scored
HATFlELD'S HOME PAPER BE
RATES THE HEADS OF THE
PROGRESSIVE PARTY,

The Mcdowell Recorder, the Re-
publican paper in DR.. Hatfefd's home
county, and regarded as authorized
TO speak for him, has little Use for
the Progressive Party In a recent
editorial the Mcdowell Recorder said:
1T was a few brief months ago that
Col. Roosevelt refused to sit at the
table with Senator Lorimer at BAN
quet in Chicago declaring LQrimer
was not fit for decent people to asso-
|eiate with. Now the Chicago Tribune
which is supporting Roosevelt, says
his managers in Illinois are forming
an alliance to help defeat the regular
Republicans, as Lorimer wants re-
yenge against the regulars that helped
throw him out of the senate. Down
IN Charleston the other day Grant p.
Hall, former high priest of the hog
combine of Kanawha county, stated
that people We're not going longer to
endure what they had endured by
political machines and they are going
to have reformation Just think. of
this reformation and these reformers
Here Is Dawson, the chief high priest
OF the Bull Moosers that with Grant
Hall pulled on the primary at Simp-
sons livery stable in '04; Grant p.
Hall, grand sachem of the hog com
bine' OF Kanawha county at the same
period; w. T. Hubbard, who was Daw-
sons hoor manager at the Wheeling
convention when all parliamentary
usage was bound and gagged. raped
and butchered and all of us Teterites
with it, only for the purpose of giving
Bill Dawson the nomination for gov
Eernor. These are the head push of
the new reform of this state.
Great Allah. what must be thy looks.
When such as these before Thee
stand,
claiming to be the apostles Of high
moral Ideas and reforms. =
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
ARE YOU A FALsIFlER2

: If you say the nomination of
: President Taft to succeed him
: self was not stolen, you are a
: falsifier, in the estimation of
: Theodore Roosevelt.
! HAny man reiterating the
: falsehood that the nomination ,
: (Taft's) was not stolen is him
!. self a falsifier. Taft's NOM
: ination was a clear theft."-
: Theodore Roosevelt.
: Every candidate on the Re-
: publican ticket for State and ,
: Congressional office, by accept
: ing nomination on the ticket
: with Mr.. Taft, virtually de-
: clared that the Presidents re-
: nomination was not stolen and
: therefore comes within Mr..
: Rooseyelt's definition Of s.fal-
: SITTER" Is that the kind of
: man you want to elect to Of
: flee?
4 80
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
WOULD REeuKE PRoeREssivEs.

Tho Rannhlican PARTY should now
oct rtelt - work and eldct the entire
tickat z in II. West virginia. from Presi-
dent Taft fawn 10 me mAasliest little
candidate for constable tfa[ mas been
81 viii IL Y5lacnd On the Ticket by ae-
Ecident design Or otherwik BE. and thus
administer 1astinG I'D Duke to the
effort to rain the Repub can party
Charleston Mail.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19
! A CANDIDATES nurY.

It Is a duty every candidate owes
to the people whose votes he solicits,
to tell them whether he is on d pro
pressiye or reactionary platform and
whether he Is supporting Progress.
siye or Stand atter for President.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19

Great Allah, what must be thy looks.
When such as these before Thee
stand -
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-09-19

claiming to be the apostles Of higl
moral ideas and reforms
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-08

The Paris Medicine Co, 1924 Pine
Street, ST Louis, Mo- manufacturers of
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic and Laxa-
tive Bromo Quinine. have a new and won
CUTS, which they guarantee to cure
any case of ECZEMA. no matter of how
long standing in 10 to so days. and will
refund money if it fails, GROVES SA-
MARE CUTS is perfectly clean and does
not stain. If your druggist hasn't it. send
us soc in stamps and it will be sent by
mail
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-08

trying C1ticura Ointment which l did.
followed this up by shampoo three times
week and well rubbing the scalp with
Cuticura Ointment At the end of three
weeks my scalp was as clear as baby's and
not particle of scurf to be SEEN" (Signed)
Henry Searle, May so, 1911.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-08
ECZEMA CURED IN 8 WEEKS
By Cuticura Ointment and Soap.

Rutherford, n j. ~ contracted eczema
on my hands. 1t started in tiny pimpies or
blisters, then burst and came to yellow head
and the itch was dreadful. My hands looked
sore and l could not use them where had to
use water. After using the contents OF one
box of Cuticura Ointment with the Cuticura
Soap my hands were cured of the eczema in
about three weeks" (Signed) Miss A. Neu-
haupt Nov. 20, 1911
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
everywhere. Sample Of each mailed free,
with 32-p. book Address. Cuticura,"
Dept. T. Boston. Tender-faced men should
shave with Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-08
"Euery Little
Olive Tablet Has
a Meaning
AL It's DUN

Your doctor will tell you ninety per
cent of all sickness comes from inactive
bowels and liver DR.. Edwards. we'll
known physician of Portsmouth, Ohio,
perfected a vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil, to net on the liver and
bowels, which he gave to his patients
for years.
Olive Tablets. the substitute for calo
mel, are gentle in their action, yet
always effective They hiring about that
exuberance-o spirit, that natural buoy
ancy which should be enjoyed by every
one, by toning up the liver and clearing
the system of harmful impurities
Toe and Zoe per box
The Olive Tablet Company Column
bus. Ohio. DR.. F NJ Edwards. Pres
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-08

the scalp for more than
fifty years, during which
time I tried nearly all
the advertised remedies.
They gave a little relief
so will plain cold water
for a short time.
A month ago l had
a good shampoo with
C,lticura Soap. 1t then
struck me that it would
be a good opportunitY Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-08

One Of Atlantas best known paint
men, who has connected himself as
city salesman for Dozier & Gay Paint
Co. 81 South Broad street Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-08
ITCHING SCALP AND
DANDRUFF 50 YEARS
Tried Nearly All Remedies, Then
Shampooed with Cuticura Soap
and Rubbed Scalp with Cuticura
Ointment. In 8 Weeks Scalp
Clear, Not a Particle of Scurf.

o20 Center St, Little Rock. Ark II
have suffered from dandruff and itching Of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-30

ers and receive the regular pay of
teachers of their respective rank.
All that was left to be done was
to have these nuns take the exami-
nation to become PUBLIC school
teachers. Then they changed the
name Of the school to Hamilton"
The result of this mixture of po-
litical and ecclesiastical legerdemain
is precisely what most Americans in
the past have tried to prevent, but
what most Americans of the present
do not prevent by reason of ignor-
ance, cowardice, and Indifference.
If every true American citizen of
whatever creed will do his full duty
to himself, to his family, to his
country and to posterity, he will see
to it that in school board elections
no enemies Of the .non-sectarian
American public school shall be
placed on guard.
Europe has had it's fill of ecclesi-
asticism in educational and other
public functions, and one nation af-
ter another has made an end to it.
Let us not then make the beginning
only to have the terrible strife all
over again.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-30

the separation Of church and state.
On various occasions, the President
has expressed his full belief in this
principle of our Constitution. It is
upheld by so many distinguished au-
thorities that the soundness of the
contention in it's support is bevond
question. In a recent case in Penn
sylvania, the Supreme Court Held the
principle in question was violated bv
the Introduction into the schools as
teachers Of persons who are by their
striking and distinctive ecclesiastical
robes necessarily and constantly as
sorting their membership in a par
ticular church, and in a religious or
der within that church, This would
apply to any church-Romanist
Protestant, Salvation Army or Quak-
ers-or to any distinctive religious
sect. The individuals in question are
not disqualified by their religion.
their church membership or their &C.
clesiastical office, but by their open
assertion, in garb, insignia and sec
tartan practice, while on duty as
government employees.
We will not discuss now the vari-
Jus SChS1SS ana eApeGlGntS SUS-
gested by the defenders of this un-
constitutional usage for the purpose
Of securing its continuance indefi-
nitely. We may have occasion to
refer to these later Meanwhile, the
American people are asking why this
great question, involving q serious
violation Of constitutional RICH is, is
permitted to remain undecided. All
the official amenities, to which the
President seems to attach so much
importance, have been satisfied. De-
cisions on the identical point, handed
down by the highest courts, have
made the path of duty clear as the
MONDAY sun. The Indian school
question should be decided now-not
after election.-The Christian Her.
aid.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-30
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