Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-08-12
COUNT No. 9.

VIC lnuiCL lIC INCpublA1ol 3llcNhAAIC
in this state for conspiring against
the purity of the ballot, and for its at
tempt to crush Independent thought
and action by eliminating smlaler po-
litical parties in this state through
the pernicious provision of the prim.
airy law, as well as by means of in.
famous registration laws that made
the Mcdowell and Mingo primaries a
successful fraud manipulated to per
petuate machine domination.
COUNT No. 3.
"We indict the Republican machine
in this state, through Henry d. Hat
field, its anointed head, with having
used the military power of the state
in the county of Mcdowell, at the last
primary, for political ends and pur-
poses, and not in accordance with
the constitution and laws of the
state.
Count No. 4.
I'VE indict the Republican machine
of this state with the corrupt use of
its officeholders as political bench
men, requiring those paid by the tax
payers of the state to neglect their
necessary and honor bound duties 70
do the dirty work of the machine,
thereby requiring all of the people to
bear the campaign expenses of fac
tional candidate in one of the politi-
cal parties.
COUNT No. 5
eve indict the Repbulica nmachine
in this state with neglecting the min
ing interests of the state, in order
that the mine inspectors might de-
vote their time to political purposes,
and to soliciting subscriptions to a
factional political organ, and there
by neglecting the interests and men
acing the lives of the miners, and tho
property of the mine owners.
COUNT No. 6
eve indict the Republican machine.
with laying tribute on its appointees,
and the state institutions, in order to
pay the running expenses of their
machine daily paper
COUNT No. 7.
1--WE indict the Republican machine
Of this state for using the enormous
contingent fund of the Governor for
private purposes, and for the purpose
OF paying high salaries to detectives
to shadow persons suspected of dis
loyalty or enmity to the machine.
COUNT No. 8
Eve indict the Republican machine
Of this state for denying portion of
the free people of West Virginia the
right to vote to manage their own af-
fairs, as i evid need by the Will
Hanson, Hinton, Bluefield and Fair
mont charters.
COUNT No. 8.
I'VE indict the Republican machine
for incompetence, brutality, double
dealing, extravaganza, and as I'M
worthy the support of free people,
regardless of party, class or color
COUNT No. 10.
''We indict the Republican machine
for making political tool out of the
Workmen's Compensation Depart
ment, and also for extravaganza in
the administration thereof, in order to
provide appointments for ward politi-
clans at high salaries.
COUNT No. II.
eve indict the Republican machine
and the last Republican legislature
for making by law, a partisan body
of the Public Service Commission,
with the intent and purpose to use
the power of this partisan commission
to influence the public service corpor-
ations of this state to support the Re-
publican machine candidate for state
and other offices.
COUNT No. II.
1--WE indict the present Republican
state administration with attempting
to throttle the press in order to pre-
vent just criticism by the press of this
state, and thereby denying free
speech in eontravention of the con-
stitution of this state.
COUNT No. 10.
eve indict the Republican machine
of this state with multiplying useless
offices at extrayagant salaries, in or
der to provide political places for
ward-heelers and increase the power
and opportunities of the machine, as
is evidenced by the nomination OF
machine candidates at the recent
primaries, who realize that they owe
allegiance to the Hatfield machine