The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-09-04
MOOSE
Fails to Stir up
Crowd
Times Man Puts Legis-
lative Candidates
"Up a Tree


ing came OF in the Masonic Theatre nj
Northtork Tuesday night One band.
the torch lights. two of the speakers who
were billed and most Of the people were
absent, but there beilowring Of Bull
hoo-f- Just the same The keystone
hekman hand beesn playing in keystone
and marched To Northfork at O'Clock.
The only person who parallel To North
i"rk with the hand was a colored urchin
Who carried the one LONESOME banner.
The meeting opened at : ID D. m with
an audience of 81 nen (band not inclnd-
ed AT sso5 the high water mark in
number oi 65 WAS reached and when Nos.
IL and 3 west bound trains ran the au-
dience was reduced to about ~.
SPEECH MAKING.
Mr.. A. ID. Sewers presided and intro
dneed a. the first speaker james Booth
OF Gary, Progressive candidate for the
Legislature. The only thing Of import
ince said by Mr.. Booth was that he would
give the Red Fox" Charlie Harman)
the closest chase he has ever had.
Chairman Sewers next introduced a
eolored gentleman name~l A. Jones Of
Gillian Mr. Jones crats,i for about ~
minutes and when he finished no one in
the audience knew whether lac had made
"A Democratic, Progressive or Republican
speech tie stated that he had not told
anybody that he was going To vote eithe
ticket lie seemed To desire amalga-
nation between the Progrtssives and
Republican parties but he could not ex-
aetly tell it,
The next speaker Wa Hon. Evere,te
I.eftwich. Of Williamson, who di-.t,--.-i
the Progressive platform. tire Virginia
Debt case. good roads, county officers
salaries at, graft i'm the two old parties
and many other things. Judge Leftwich
made a splendid speech but did not -tat..
why he failed, while Judge i'm Mingo
county, to send some Of the grafters Of
which lie spoke To the pen
Hon. Charles J.. Shusk of Wheeling
candidate Tor congressman at large who
was billed To speak was sl,s.-nt but sent
Hon Robert f.. Hughes OF Charleston
to fll his place Mr.. Hughes delivered
an esoqu~nt oration- told some jokes.
discussed no issues and cansed much
merrin'ent ny the tilt he had with Col.
j. j. swope, editor OF the Mcdowell
Recorder. Mr. Hughes attacked Tower
nor Hatfield becan-e OF ms alleged fail
IRE u tote square with the Progress
ives and Judge Swope wanted To know
What about Dawson, and i'm the reply of
Mr.. Hughes AMI other passages between
the speaker and tie editor the audience
got much fun.
LEGlSi.ATINE CANDIDATE CHASED
Up TREE.
Mr.. Booth AMI Judge Leftwich WAS
canse'l considerable embarrassment by
"a question asked by +. Edward Hill. one
"i the publishers II this paper. After
the speech making Mr.. Hill rpaue-t.d
permission OF the chairman u ask thu.
candidate for the legislature a question
he rrqnest was granted. Before asking
the question: Mr. Hill said in explanation
that the Progressive candidates for the
Legislature would appea. to the voters of
Mcdowell county Tor their suffrage. a
large number of whom were Negroes.
and They would al-o lie appealed u for
vote. In case ~ your election how
would you gentlemen vote upon a ~
registration hi' which hal for it, pur-
pose the Acknowledgement Of the Negro
and how upon Jim crow Mll2'' Mr.
b""th got IN the clear by stating that
Judge l.eft~ich would answer for hin,
luslgr Leftwirh aro-e apparently very
much embarrassed and wholly at los
- To What he ~honld say. lie began by
stating that be had not discrI--ed the race
question: l'ut ile favored eqnal rights for
all people lie then began To founder
and Mr. Hughes ran to his assistance
and gave him copy II the Progressive
platform anil pointed out section for
him n real. lie read plank relating
b equal rigiit- for all men and ended by
disclosing wonan's suffrage, hut did not
state ho~ be- would vote upon the que--
tons Ak Il ~ Nr. Hili and ever Negro
~ The hdi coiumented upon IL. The
Nevro'r II McDowell county are determ-
mel not g. vote for any man revardle--
Of party who j. afraid % come out in the
'ien and take a decided stand upon
que-tion- efecting his rights which are
alSay- in gne-tiOn. several Negro>s
came " Mr.. IIill after the speaking and
asked Tor the name Of the candidates in
'r'ier that they may tell their friends 70
vote against them.
Capt. " u smith. candidate for Con
zre-s from the Fifth district who Wa adj
'ert'-ed t. speak was sb-ent and no
mention Of his name va male. The
MEETING VA disappointment in point
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