The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-03-24
MR.. ]. N. ELLIS SENDS
ABE'S MANAGER
A HUMMER
CANNOT OPPOSE WmInHTRA-
ton Of WHICH HE,lS
PARTLY RESPONSIBLE
.EAYETTE FOR ROBINSON


In the strongest letter it hes ever been
our pleasure TO read Hon. j. ~. Ellis Of
oak Hill. Fsyesse county. seiIs former
Congressman Jim Hughes Why Ne cannot
support A. A. Lilly for the Republican
nomination for governor. Mr.. Ellis
served three tsrms in the Houss Of DEL
-xates Of West Virginia. 10 one Of the
leaders in this state especially ii Fsyette
county and 10 President Of the Negro
Bar Associstion Of West Virginia. The
letse~ folIow~: -
Oak Hill. W. Va.
Mach 18Th. 1916.
Hon. Jsmes A. Hughes.
Charleston. w. Va.
Ny dear Sir:
Recently some of ny frienda tnok me
IN IN ~ you in the intersst Of A. A.
Lilly's campaign You will rrpeemhsr
told Jon that things were miye1 In Fay
ette countv ~ To the two candid ~; slso
that aid to you b~Ii~ysd ID E.kine
. campaign on the m~i6pf y nan
that represented and - o3uks -
merits of the other csudidsss, - you
E>snsds~isA-aa-- Vs. rs-A=G y
find that the Lilly campaign u being
made upon the dement's OF Judee Robin.
son and the Republican administration
This kind Of campaign i will not in
dnlge in for the reason that feel that
am in part-srnall - it may be respon-
sible for this administration, and for the
further reason that the man of whom
speak of may be the nominee and I, a. q
Republican, viii have to come hack and
publicly retrxct some Of the things that
have said in the primary, which would
ne verv embarrassing. and in the mean
time give the ,mmon enemy. the Dem
ocrsts, q clnb IN fog me, and thus put
me on the defensive rather than the az
gres~ivr fight. In tine general election I
want IN to abe to give tie voter- the
-sne reason for the supporting the nom
inee of my party A. ] did in the primary
without rrtreating q single inch and with
thc right t. be heard in every hamlet
within the confines oi the state n West
Virginia. find that I cannot do this.
should Judge Robinson he nominated. IL
! follow the Lilly campaign ss il is bs-
ing wsged in this and AL ,inine counties.
and tor this resson that NAV be stated
hereinafter cannot e-pouse the Lilly
campaign.
Permit me IN say just here that man
for political Office - jrdgeL by the deed.
done and not by what he declares in .
platform or what he says he would have
done " given . chance or had he beeu
placed in the same position ~ his oppo-
nent.
! was q member of the Legislature of
1903. ri which r r. Mo,t was Speaker
ut the House. At the closing hours oi
the Legislature when the appropriation
bill ~ss under consideration, Demncrstic
members undertook 20 talk the measure
IN cesth. Mr.. wetzel. Of jefferson coun-
ty, ~ss the leader Of the attack. 7. sss
member of that body. remembering the
rule that had been adopted In the early
part of the se--ion, called attention 10
the rule and raised q point Of order on
the same. The Speaker recognized the
point o. well taken and the obj~cr-so
talk the measure b desth---~ss defeated.
] ~ss bitterly ss-siled for exercising NY
rights - . member of the House The
mssure was sdops~d.
On the next day. upon the fIoor os the
senate. senator Campbell. Democrats
senator from jefferson county. bitterly
zsssiled no individually. the Negro rsce
collectively spdeshe Republican party
senerally Of the state ~ West virrinis
and espe islly Of Fsyesse county, Tor the
pr~ence II . Negro in the Legislature
~ith authority 10 call . point OF order.
Judge Robinson vss then . member Of
the Sensss body, With no thooght Of be-
coming judge Of the supreme Court Of
Wtst Virginia snd not even IN embryon-
, ic idea of becoming . candidate for the
eovernor-hip Of West Virginia. bot sole-
" for the purpose II disrharRins his duty
- . senssor toward the citizens Of she
stase. vbo.e musso y 'Mounsninssv. srs
6ways fFoD," W1gonR okuy - 49, a.