The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-28
JUDGE MORGAN
GA5T'lB.ATE|'5
RING RULE
DELIVERS TELLING ADDRESS TO
CROWDED; HOUSE AT FAIR 4
VIEW IN u
8, M. DAVIS AND OTHER CANDI-
DATES ADDRESS MEET
VOTERS SHOW MARKED INTER.
EST IN HEARING THE ISSUES
DISCUSSED.

JuuSG = AhOA san 1hA 80 ava
Davis, Wild were advertised to speak
at. Fairview last night were greeted
with u brass band and theater
packed With voters who, listened to
about two hours OF speaking. show
ing marked interest in the issues
of the cdmraign rs they were dis
cussed.
A. l.. Henner, Lee n. satterfeld,
Harry Z. Eagle and jas. Lanllam all
spoke briefly to tho voters and were
heartily cheercd by the audience.
Mr.. DAVIS spoke of the conditions
of the county under the Democratic
misrule and alleged and proved by
statistics that the business depres-
sion was; with us before the war and
charged That the tariff was the
cause. he reviewed the record OF
the Republican party in West Eir-
ginia citing the many acts Of pro-
gressive legislation that had been
pnt upon the statute books by the
partyrand cOntrasted this record
with the blank pages. las far as pro-
gressive legislation is concerned) :.
enacted by tile Democratic party dur
ing its long lease of power. Mr.. Da-
Wis made plea for support on his
platform aud discussed Mt some
length the need of county salaries
law and free school books.
Judge Morgan closed the meeting
with an hour of his old time oratory
and gave the Marion county Democ-
racy one of the most severe casttga-
tions that was ever administered. He
dwelt upon the iniquitons fee sys-
ten and exposed 1t in all its out
rageOusness. He warned the voters
Of Paw Paw district against the per-
petration of any large bond issues
and told them. that, no doubt. the
court house crowd would be trying
to operate in their district next. He
charged that the county court open
~ violated the law in selling the.
road bonds below par and denounced
tile city of Fairmont, administration
as Democratic misrule. He brought
his conclusion home ITO every voter
present and took off the lid to let his
Democratic hearers hear and under
stand just what conditions we actual
ly have under Democracy in local af=
fairs.
He ridfculed the pledge of the
Democratic candidate for the Senate
to give us better corrupt practtc"
act and stated that what we need
most was to enforce the one we now
have on the law books. He told o.
the unlawful registration of voters
in the old Second ward. told how
about one hundred summons were
issued for illegal voters and that
the county court refused to purge
tile list because the summonses could
not be served. Service, he stated,
was only effected ON about fifteen OF
these ,doubly registered voters, and
the others could not be found because
they are not residents OF the pre-
cincts they are to be voted in. He
alleged that thugs and illegal col-
ored voters. road workers. and 9th
crs were 10 be voted, using the names
on the registration list and that #
was impossible in this county to find
an Indictment against this brand oil
crookedness. He charged that no
better evidence could be produced
that the names on the list were not
legal voters than the fact that the
Officers Of the law could not find
them to serve the papers upon them,
because they arc not here to he
found.
His words went home with telling
erect and many who heard Judge
Morgan last night stated that II he
could be heard in all parts Of tue
county nothing short of political
revolution would be the result.
Il He, told the voters that the editor
Of the West vlrginian. who Is can
dtdatc for the senate, has always
stood for the moral and right side Of
things through the West Ntrgtnian
and stated that he had done more to
help the enforcement OF the Yost law
Than any five men in Marion county.