Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-05-25

THAT Attomey-General Lilly, Repub-
lican candidate for the nomination for
Governor OF West Virginia, has been
bought and paid TOR is the flat-footed as
sertion OF Governor Hatileld-and it must
be admitted that the Governor ought to
know. In speech at Milton, this State,
on Saturday last Governor Hatfield re-
fened 10 General Lilly as Honest Coupon
Abe, the Lillyputian candidate OF the
Nickel coal operators machine"
and said this about him:
He not only is bosSed, he is bought
and paid for. The interests that have
declared war 10 the death on me because
have stood up for the peoples rights
and frustrated their dark designs, have
already spent $500, 900 10 elect this honest
coupon candidate. Now why are they
spending all OF that vast fortune on Mr..
Lilly? Is is because they love him ?
Is it because they admire him No
They are squanderlng the most gigantic
sluSh fund IN the annals OF West Virginia
politics on Mr.. Lilly'S candidacy for the
same reason that they are relentleSSly
fighting me. They want MIR. Lilly in the
Governors office ior the same reason they
want me out. They need a man there
who will do their bidding. They do not
want an honest executive. The more
dishonest, the more piable he is, the
betterhe suits their purpose. am against
Lilly because am opposed TO dishonesty,
diShonor, corruption and debauChery. |
am against him because don't believe
he would be any more competent or con-
ScientiouS as Governor than he was as
Attorney-General; am against him be-
cause he is trying 10 deliver the Repub-
llcan party and the State Of West Virgin.
ia into the clutches OF plunderlng gang
OF financial pirates | am against him be-
cause OF my love for my State ard my
loyalty 10 my party, which he would be-
tray. You have heard why am against
MIR. Lilly. Now let us see why MIR. Lilly
is against me. In measure il is a per-
Sonal matter with him. He hates me be-
cause he tears me, and he fears me be-
cause ! know too much about him. But
that is not the compelling reason he at
tackS me. He is vlllifYing me because he
has been told 10 Willy me. He is my
inplacable foe because the West Virginia
Coal Operators Association, the Manu-
lecturers Heat and Light Company and
few others OF the plunderbund whom my
administration would not permit to rob
West NlrginianS OF their natural heritage,
have instructed him 10 fight me.
The Governor also paid his respects 10
Z. Taylor Vinson, lobbyist and Chief
counsel OF the West Virginia Coal Opera
tors Association, in these emphatic words:
Every piece OF vicious legislation en-
acted by the legislature OF West Virginia
during the last sixteen years has been
supported and in many cases agitated by
this man Vinson. On the other hand,
every human measure proposed in that
time; every law which had for IFS object
the betterment or advancement Of the
cause OF humanity, was StrenuouSly op-
posed by him. When became Governor,
Mr.. VinSon came to me and suggested
that he should have "key 10 the back
door Of my office" informed him in
spite OF his powerful connections he
would receive the same treatment from
me that any other man would That was
my utimatum to the operators he repre-
sentS. The declaration OF war soon fol-
lowed.
In the heat OF the campaign Governor
Hatfield is telling some plain facts. The
question is, what will he do ii the Re-
publicanS shall nominate General Lilly
He can never conscientiously support
him and be honest. If he is sincere, we
shall expect him TO take the stump for
the Democratic candidate in the event OF
Lilly's nomination.