Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-12-30
New Jersey Will Help
Dayton Impeachment

u,.. the efforts to purify the Fe1
so,cb of West Virginia have pene
'l...d as far as New Jersey is made
-, BY correspondence received BY
- scocretsry of the Ohio Valley
r..a.s and Labor Assembly. from
o,.,,ss 8 Knapp, secretary of the
Newark typographical Union.
..qss Newark printers took up WIN
...,- representatives in the Senate
-, House Of Representatives the
n,tter Of impeachment proceedings
.e,inst Judge Dayton, and forwarded
,oOy Of the letter and the replies.
They were read at the Assembly.
c,nd,y and gave the members much
encouragement in their hope to rid
N. bench of the man whose prejudice
i. convinced them Of his unfitness
ior the position.
The Correspondence.
Following Is the correspondence;
Newark typographical Union No. 1903
Newark, N. ". Dec. q. 1915.
Mr. H. B. Vessel, Secretary, 4
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor As
sembly.
Dear SIR
lin response to your request OF
August 26, under instruction Of the
above union. / sent out the enclosed
circular letter to our Senators and
C0ngressmen. Our delegates to the
central body, the Essex Trades Coun-
H. also brought the matter up before
thst organization and much agitation
has been done locally. We also sent
4 COPY to our International and asked
them to take the matter up interna.
tionally.
am also enclosing the replies we
lave thus far received from our Rep
vresentatives IN the Senate and House
Of Representatives.
think II your committee could il
isriew some pf these gentlemen
while In Washington much good
could be accomplished. - ~
Wishing you all possible success in
this matter, am,
~. Yours fraternally.
CHAS. s. KNAPP.
Recording Secretary.
Letter to congressman.
The miners pf West Virginia have
called the attention Of their fellow
Vorkmen in New Jersey to the condi'
tons prevailing in the coal fields and
TO the attitude Of Judge A. G. Dayton.
Of the United States District Court,
Northern District of West Virginia.
Their attempts to obtain an official
of the actions Of Judge
Dayton have encountered obstacles
which might we'll dishearten men of
less determination.
Appealing first to the President,
they were by him referred to the De
partment of Justice; from there to
the judiciary Committee Of the House
Of Representatives; by this commit
tee chased to the House itself, which,
after strenuous efforts on The part OF
the Miners. finally instructed the
Judiciary Committee to take the nat-N
ter up. This committee the naproint-
ed subcommittee to examine into
The affair.
, The miners brought before this
committee mass of evidence show
Ing an uniudicial bias In the actions
Of Judge Dayton. Other sworn :esti-
nony tended to show gross injustice
10 the decisions of Judge Dayton. and
tVen dishonesty and graft in his
eonouct as Judge.
To the surprise Of many besides
Inc miners, this subcommittee. after
much delay, finally reported to the
Judiciary Committee that there was
10 cause for action.
We feel that the West Virginia
miners have been badly trea ed, for II
they can substantiate even small
portion of the charges they bring
against Judge Dayton. then he Ger
lainly Is not a iit man to dispense JUS
ace to rich and poor alike, and he
should be impeached.
Therefore, we. representative work
men Of the State Of New Jersey and
your constituents. urge you to use
your best efforts to assist these West
virginia men to obtain a full and fair
hearing. to- the end that the country
may learn the true inwardness Of this
matter and that injustice, II such be
shown to exist. may be punished and
terminated.
The Replies.
House Of Representatives. Y. s.
Committee on Elections No. 2
washinfton. D. c.. Dec. 10. 1915.
Ny Dear SIR