The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-04-14
Hr N. a.. ItARKI~. fR.

time. you can fool all the people -on.
time. hut you cant fool all the p..orle
all the time" seer never uttered a timer
maxim than this aphorism utter,si hv
The immortal Lincoln. Attorney General
iiiiy conld have pondered on this with
much profit. His whole campaign for
tile gufernatoTial nomination IL fonn,ie,i
on distortion and Misrepresentation ami
's nothing i~ss than q grand stand play''
I" n'siead the voters of West Virginia.
In thus attempting to ho,dwink the IN
telligrnt electorate of the state hs -hou-
plainly total unasquaintancr with the
nis-ss'- of the people and completely ms
Judges both their trmt.r AMI ,nt..lh-
gtnce.
In some inexpllcable manner. hi- can
didscy se-ms To attrsrt the bootlevrrr
Iusck doctors and other home no-trnn,
dispensers the criminals and all tho-e
'iisgruntle,l elements whlrh ro to max.
rP the iiot-sm and jctsan oi humanity
The people of West Virginia arr a rr.l
'ng people and are throughly familiar
With the great public qn,-tion- that arr
teing discu-sssi all over th,. stat T,,,.
past twenty live years have WITNESSED a,
greater diffusion of knowledge than amy
similar period in the history II IA world
anu with the possible eNrrptinn oi ,,,.r-
many, education, thanks o. the l,.nrn
c'ent lnfi"ence ol the public school tl,r
hslv NEWSPAPER and thr magazine. q.
more general in the rnitesl states than
iu any country on the face %. tll,. ,,l,l..
one "i the most favorite IDEALS" .l
hr. i.'lly. AMI believe ~ lac - -nn,.
dealer. IL the appeal he is making ON
h'- early poverty. lie i- saying tnat h,
"A- born on poor country farm, wa-
Raised on sorghum mola--es and corn
bread and that he hal Ia 20 bare fo,t..I
and wear jean pants. Infrrentially. he
s making it appear that Judge Robinson
10 an sristocrss, that he was born with n
silver spoon In bis mouth sod that hs N
% lar above the common PEOPLE that he
doss not understand their nes~i.. rhi-
a. we'll ~ the attempt ~ srralgn capital
against iapor is a demagogic effort 10 mr.
tile man attempting il will Ice impale.Ion
his own Pet@rd. Most oi the people were
born, and are still, in humble ..irruu,-
stances and with them il H. not a u,,.-
tion A. To what man Wa, hut the via,
question is-What can lac do Another
misrepresentation the Lilly speakers are
making In that Mr.. Lilly H. polished
orator and that the jude. i. NOT a L,rr.-
iul speaker
PEN PICTURE or JUDE IRAE.
ROBINSON.
Judge Robinson wa- born ON An nm
pretentious farm in Taylor county. III.
loreiearer- -ettle'i there soon alter u,e
war. Ills father Wa
poor country shoe maker. Who, hessIing
>oion"n's injuntion, did not spare the
rod and spoil the child Ills mother
s~s "A pi"u- Christian woman who gave
u her boy that Christian training around
the ianily fire-side that isa g,o.I wo-
man'r delight. He is an erudite scholar.
a Juri-t Of national reputation and one of
the most eminent laymen in tlse councils
"i ms church. Saturday wa- the 6n-t
time the IeoDle Of tins county had the
opportunity Of hearing this distinguished
west NIrginIan. Ills sgeecie- elsrtrifieI
the vast audiences that were fortun.t.. 4,
hear hun and brought condemnation IN
the Lillyite- who have D~en working
overtime circulating the canar,i that be
could not speak.
They were master -pieces of English and
-tainped him a. a platform prime. The
Judge i- witty, respurcrfuI. resiy at re-
Past-e and A. graceful A. a dancing ma
ter.
rHE LILLYITES DRIVEN To COVER
Judge Robinson's triumphant tour
through Mcdowell ,unty la-t Suur,lav
hss forever sealei tire doon II Al,e L.illv
The demorslize'i and desperate Lilly for
oes whose misguided AMI delusIe,I follow
ers are beginning 10 realize that they
have b~en dupe'i by the money bought.
mercerary and selfish henrhmen of the
political ear and hos of Mcdowell conn
~, are nov climbing ON the Robinson
band wagon by the hundreds. The man
Who deive into the -uDterranean eaverp-
of the earth for ''blsck diamond - ti,o-e
Who labor on the coke yard. on the rail
roads and in the lumher camp. sho con-
stitute the real wealth Of the n-tion.
those who are ever really to shed their
blood Tor ''Old Glory" and who COM
po~e tine srest yoemsnry of the country.
are N open revolt against the campaign
mslign snce and misrepre-rntsf;on AMI
are procisiminx from the house tops thst
ne'toer threats, brihes nor intimiiations
shali deter them one iots In the support
II Judge Ira n. Robinson.
Hesrtened by the unprecedented snc-
cees of the irrs~i-tsble Robinson tonr
through Mcdowell last Saturday. the ju-
essent kobsnson cohorts are ssr.i.ng oo
sner armour 70 roll mp Tor their intrepid
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