The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-08
|M|NGO COUNTY Republicans
TAKE ISSUE WITH GEN. LILLY

house who were friendly to Mr.. Lilly
That following this statement Mr.. ILL!
told me he was favorable to the pass
age Of the bill, that II there was any
thing he could do to assist me should
let him know and he would gladly d.
so.
Upon the vote on the passage OF thu
bill Delegate Lilly, of Mercer county
nephew OF the attorney general ant
Delegate Sullivan. of Raleigh county
the home county Of the attorney gen
eral, voted in favor Of the passage o.
the Williamson charter bill.
Given under my hand this Both day
Of December, 1915.
IRELAND JAMES.
Acknowledged and sworn to before
me, notary public for the County o.
Mingo, this the Both day of December
1915.
G. T. DUDGEON,
Notary Public.
Ny commission expires November
IS, 1925.
Williamson, ". Va, Jan. 8.
The Mingo Republican in Its edition
OF this week has the following:
Cousin Abe Lilly, Attorney General
Of West Virginia and recently an.
nounced candidate for governor in the
Republican primary, asserts that he
will attempt to overthrow the state
legislature, the Mingo circuit court
the supreme court OF West Virginia
and the supreme court Of the United
States. To be plain, he has promised
in his personal platform that he will
destroy the Williamson charter bill
passed by the legislature and upheld
in the court above named.
While this may appear stupendous
task it is nothing to this young Hot
spur from the lizard glades of Raleigh
county whose deeds Of valor and re-
nown are yet to be recorded. Com
pared to Atlas the shoulders of the
latter look like the upper extremities
Of a katydid.
Just why in casting about for a
personal platform Cousin Abe hit upon
the Williamson charter bill is some
thing OF mystery. Surely he wasn't
in touch with the Republicans of Will
hanson and Mingo county to whom the
new charter meant freedom from a
Democratic ring that had for ten years
made Williamson the worst governed
city in the state.
This feature of his platform also
occasioned considerable surprise 10.
cally, particularly among Republicans
who had been present at the legisla-
ture when the charter bill was pend.
ing. Cousin Abe was then candidate
either for governor or senator and he
was anxious to please. Just how
anxious he was is better described in
the sworn statement Of Hon. ireland
James, Mingo county's delegate, which
appears herewith. Cousin Abe then
had a good word for the Williamson
charter and hearty handshake fol
the Mingo county men. His offer Of
assistance was not made to Mr.. James
alone, but 10 many others.
Just what has come over the spiri
Of his dreams is hard to imagine, buI
his inconsistency grieves us sadly. o.
course, it is not known whether Cousir
Abe actually laid his coat for the bill
or whether he was just trimming hi.
sail TO catch a passing breeze, but Il
| onnonrr f,nn, tka unuco inurrnI, -,
some of the delegates who were re.
lated to him and friendly 10 him voted
for the charter.
or course it is not the charter thai
Cousin Abe is hitting at. He is after
| the state administration for the pass
age of the act, regardless of the fac
thatit was not an administration meas
ure, but purely local bill. II Cousin
Abe carried out his promise to Dele
gate James, he is as culpable as any,
body, il indeed any culpability attache!
Doubtless Cousin Abe figures tha
his fight against the state administra
ton would condemn him in the eye.
of AIingo county, and that he might a!
well go whole hog or none,hoping tina
where the conditions which existed
here were not known, he might hool
few votes. His double dealings
however, will condemn him.
There is n further incident OF Cous
in Abe's hypocrisy in his threatened
destruction OF our charter. His per
sonal platform declares for freedom
from executive influence with the leg
islature, yet he proposes. II elected
governor, to exert his influence a!
euch for the charters repeal