The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-26
CORkWE[L IN
ROLE Of THE
ARTFUL DODGER
But He Was Not Exactly
Artful in Charleston
Last Night.

tcSHG esisI ESSfesS% x ". Va, Oct 80
That he is riding on Baltimore and
Ohio and a Pullman Company pass
was the admission made publicly here
last night by John ]. Cornwell, the
Democratic candidate for governor
when he was forced to reply to series
Of questions propounded to him by q
local Republican newspaper. Corn.
we'll attempted to justify his use OF the
railroad pass by saying that his op-
ponent, Ira L. Robinson, was former
" counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad and that he rode on pass
while representing the railroad com.
pany.
The Democratic nominee was bonn.
barded with a series Of questions re.
garding his position on various mat
ters but replied ony to three questions.
He acknowledged the truth of the
charge that he rode on railroad passes,
denied that John T. MCGraw had paid
his assessment when he was candi-
date Tor governor in 1904 and in re-
spcnse to a question as to whether he
would in the event OF his election as
governor urge the disfranchisemen:
Of citizens of the negro race" he evad-
ed an answer by reading an excerpt
from deed given by a Republican
state official in which restriction was
made that the property should not be
rented to colored people. He did not
state what his position would be as to
disfranchisement of the negroes.
lie evaded all questions concerning
his criticism of the policies of Presi-
dent Wilson and also failed to answer
the question as to what Department
Of State government recently created,
he would abolish il he became gov
ernor.
The question which Cornwell refus
ed to answer were as follows:
Do you still hold the same opinion
Mr.. Cornwell, Of Louis Brandeis and
Samuel Untermeyer as when you re.
ferred to them in your newspaper as
two undertaking Jew lawyers" or has
your opinion been changed by the ap.
pointment OF Mr.. Brandeis to the Su-
preme Court OF the United States.
Do you feel the same way you felt
just a year ago this month when you
wrote about the Wilson recognition OF
Carranza, Here is to First Chief Car
rama, cattle thief and murderer, you
are all tarred with the same stick, that
Is, all Mclean chiefs. Our government
has recognized you as the head Of
Mexico's government. May you live
long and prospect"
Do you still feel that President Will
son played the coward when he signed
the bill exempting farmers and labor
organizations from prosecution under
the antitrust laws?
Are you still of the opinion that the
exemption measure was an example
Of trucking, cowardly and discrim-
inatory egislation" on which you de.
clared the presidents should have set
the seal of his condemnation"
Do you still regard President Will
son as you wrote Of him in your news.
paper, 1.-The student, the author, kid
gloved, cold and selfish to an almost
unheard of degree?
Do you still believe that wilson's
nomination at Baltimore was accom-.
plished by Mr.. Bryan's conspicuous ex.
ample Of base treachery"?
Do you still think as you evidently
thought when you wrote on editorial
for your paper November s, 1913, that
President Wilson'S Mexican policy is
bringing US close to dangerous mis-.
understanding with the great Euro
pean wars?
Do you propose II you are elected
governor OF West Virginia to urge the
Acknowledgement of citizens Of the
Negro race, thing your wing of the
Democratic party has attempted to do
again and again?
Do you propose to abandon the pol
icy Of laying the burden of taxation
as much as possible on the privileged
interests and will you attempt, as you
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