The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-02-01
Scriptural Account Of An An
Gent Mix-Up Of 'Popu-
lace Reproduced.
IN A MODERN STYLE
Great Outpouring Of Farmers
and Others at a Merged
Mass Meeting.

There was confusion Of tongues at
mass meeting merged in the court
house Saturday as the result OF two
calls-one by taxpayers and the other
by the county court, TO voice senti-
ment and take action on the question
as to whether the court house should
be repaired or torn down, and new
one built. Sentiment against a new
court house seemed to predominant,
but up to press time a vote had not
been taken to determine definitely
the will of those present.
The meeting was called to order
by Ira C. Post and he asked Sam
uei Elliott to preside. Mr.. Elliott
was made permanent chairman ana
(Ransel Johnson permanent secret
taIy.
The Rev. John IF. Mason offered
a motion to limit the speaking to
ten minutes in order to expedite the
business of the assemblage. Mr..
Post objected on the ground that
some Of those present had made, ex-
tensive Investigations of the court
house question and that ten minutes
would be inadequate time in which
to present them. He moved an
amendment making the Limitation
thirty minutes and the amended mo-
ton was carried by a large major
ity.
The chairman said that there was
some confusion as to the object OF
tho meeting aid that he supposed
1t was for the purpose Of comforting
with the county court and discussing
the court house problem in general
Mr. Post said twas mass meeting
of the farmers and offered the call
as published by twenty-five farmers
to be read, which was done by the
secretary. Mr.. Elliott then wanted
the county courts call read, but no
body had copy of it. John y. Da-
Wis explained the action OF a preyi-
GUS mass meeting and said the coun-
ty court had called meeting for the
purpose of receiving report from
a committee on ten that had been
appointed by that mass meeting.
fancy Harrison made a motion
that this report be received. Then
Thomas NJ. Hornor got up with
fire in his eye and his hair all
mussed up and strenuously objected,
Il object savagely acclaimed
Mr.. Hornor, brandishing his cane
and shaking his fist, "cn the ground
that the committee was packed with
men in favor of tearing this build-
ing down and erecting a greater one.
The farmer sof Harrison county
stand ready to fight this proposition
OF graft from the beginning to the
end Then he went on and SAID
the committee had no authority
that the people OF the district had
been given no opportunity of consul
tation. that the whole proposal had
been a matter of rush from the be
ginning. that he objected to the
idea of having "pettifogging" law
yers dictate to the farmers of the
county, that the farmers rights
were being trampled land they were
being sneered at as "hayseeds"
that a man who had been elevated
10 the judicial bench had purposeiS
appointed a packed committee of hi;
friends favoring a new court house
and that snap judgment had beer
taken by the county court in the
dead OF winter when nobody
hut those living adjacent to the ran
roads could reach the county seat
He ranted on with lot OF otnel
things, told about the burning o
Rome and was in the midst of al
analogy based on the Crucifixion o
Christ when the chairman called hin
on.
Judge James W. Robinson, thu
chairman of the previous mass meet
ing, WHO appointed the committee o
ten. strobe to the front with his jaw
set and declaring that his persona
integrity had never before been ques
toned in a public meeting, emphat
ically denied that he knew what hi
committee favored, that the commit
tee had been fairly and honestly Sc
lected from men IN all walks of life
that neither he nor the committee
men had consulted with the count
court and that II Hornor knew OF an
crootedness he should have the man
hood TO get up and present proofs
They were unanimous yelle
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