West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-06-01
THE FAILURE OF ENFORCEMENT OF THE TWO CENT
RATE LAW BY ATTORNEY GENERAL LILLY

Except for short within the state on the b. O. and
e. o. railroads the &c rate dead letter will be
thing of the the vigorous effort is made to
sustain the law First the b. $50 one thousand
me pink book and issued in its place 226o thusand mile blue
book Thus raising the per on inter state
passengers who invested railroad mileage the same time
rate OF cents mile charged passengers
not feel able to buy who do sufficiently
thousand mile book Also rule issued by the B.
charging ten the regular
senge who failed buy unable buy This
excess not refunded All of these departures the cent
law nave occurred during the term of Attorney General Lilly
and he has not raised his in word of protest brought
suit against the railroad company in of the State
NORFOLK & WESTERN.
This pierng pirate of all railroads charging eh cents ner
mile rom station to station stop within ate
cents mile contempt ignores the
cent rate law completely and has continued during
four in Office of General Abe Lilly not proceeded
against this buccaneer railroad any the land
reasonCuzzn Abe being supported by absentee land
lords and foreign land grabbers" who the road
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO
Cuzzn Abe's gamblers chance" in c. & O. coupons is
well known details of this dgraceu came to
L stationery which furnished him free by
chief law officer of the he and had
hold the state law and make the coupons worth
cents the dollar 1t with this information that
General Lilly took what he calls gamblers
instructed his agents to buy the fifty
the dollar Such chance would make wdwest poker
blush with shame and the playing caused many
man TO die with his boots on in the good old gambling days
the wild and woOly After the Lilly syndicate bought
thousands of the coupons they could hiding behind
this brace game they boldly in the open opposed
mission act for the coupon holders payment
in the matter of redemption contrived to
have special commission appointed and
pay over the money Mike" Metheny, old side
partner headed the commission with
Clerks senographers and whole
in the Lowenstein building Charleston revery
regned while the holders who
formed and sold out sacrifice the Lilly syndicate"
driven to despair Finally after months of breaking
waiting and worry the coupon holders sold the
who took the gamblers chance redeemed at one
hundred cents the dollar.
The C. s. o. railroad has application to the Public
Service Commission passenger state from
cents mile to 2Rc mile It's application being
considered by the Commission and the
era able lawyers. 1t the duty Attorney Iv to
represent the people and contest the claim
torney who make the plea that the road
at cents mile except loss never
appeared in the He fully travelling state
candidate for the Republican Governor
delivering false and deceptive speeches the
confidence Of the Republican the Republican
minstrahon. He is endeavOring to build Republican
administration upon the ruins of the old Republican
ton and to create himself Governor by destroying present
of the material of the old house. occupying while he
builds the It cant be done. If "Cuzzn
confidence of the Republican Republican admins
aton he for the time destroys the Republican
a Democratic Governor.
This is the logical result. followed the Chicago conven
ton in 1912, and IL Lilly has his the State
in 1916. But in the meanwhile "Cuzzn Abe stand
squarey upon the payroll drawing salary Of
dollars year. travelling and hotel expenses while going
accusing the Republican administration with
gnce and standing upon Attorney General having
increased the Of his Office forty cent m four years