The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-04-14
Famous Jurist Heard at Four
Places by Thousands
ENTIRE TRIP ONE CONTINUOUS OVATION
J N. Ellis and E. H. Harper Score Success
Lilly Supporters Admit Defeat. Gary Meet
ing Greatest Ever Held General
OToole Presides

Notwithstanding the fact that Satur-
day, the sth MAS one cf the worst days
OF the year thousands Of people attended
the meetings at Northfork, keystone.
X m'sll and Gary. No building at either
place Was near srge enough to accom-
msdate the hosts that wanted TO see and
hear Judge Ira r.. Robinson, candidate
fr Republican nomination for governor.
and st each place hundreds OF people
were unable tn gain sdnittance into the
Theatres I'm which the MEETINGS were he d
rain awaiting just an opportunity tn see
and shake hands w.th the eminent jurist
from Taylor county
AT lO o'clcck a IN. before either the
sp<c'ai Tram iro:n i.lueiield or No. s
- .. bound passenge- arrived there were
NOR than JsO people in front OF tire a. =
pot al 81 rhraire AMI the popular candi-
date who arrived at \ o'clock was out
smoEg the hardy miners meeting them,
chatting and shaking hands. The crowd
became % great that the local committee
consulted the Judge with respect to max
ing two speeches, one at that time and
one sftrr the arrival of the trains. The
Judge consented and had been ~ akins
only about fiiteen minutes when the trains
arrived discharging hundreds Of people
from points as far west as Williamson
and from Bu field and intermediate
points on the east. There were men from
The Winding Cult in Ra eigh county,
such ss the stal~art Republican Joe
Martin and l.. X. C"nrad, hundreds
from Rock district. Bluefield and Prince
ton In Mercer county; from the lower
end Of Mcdowell county where Mr.. Lilly
was speaking at Excelsior there we're
soch men as the old wheel horse Tom
Quarrel, Dr. Moore and several Others
from there, Berwind and Coslwood Who
had journeyed To Northfork To hear the
notec speaker.
NOkTHFORK MEETING.
The Northfork meeting was held under
tn auspices oi ihr Northfork Republican
Cub Of which G. g.. Sinkford il prex-
idrnt. Mr.. SInksord presid a and in
troiuced Dr. A : Adams who in an
able rTeech introduced the Grafton ju-
rist ~hJ received a great ovation.
Judge Robinson t~gan ms speech by
EXPRESSING his pleasure at being in Nc
Doweli county and at having such a great
crowd to sr~ak t. on such a cold W.T.
day, and after expla nIng why he he
came candidate Tor governor ne spoke
IN part a. follows:
CALL OF LEADER.
II consented to become candidate
only after leaders representing every le-
meDt Of the party came N me and made
it plain that I owed It 10 the cau-e tn m :
cept the leadership. They declared that
j ~as the one available man who could
compose thc differences OF all the discor-
dsnt iact,ons- I Come before you to-day.
not ss tine representative Of any element,
but n the who'll, harmDniou-. unitesI
party.
lyon may 10 sure that IL you elec,
me governor. which know you will,
shall be governor in fact. No man-nc
body OF men-no power under high heav.
ens-aoDe except conscience alone could
dictate 10 me. shall always weIcom.
advice, shall often solicit counsel. II
has been charged that IL elected anoshe,
man vill he govern ' IN fact, while viii
lie only hgufeisss I challenge th.
man ~i'o made tn, ei44rge 10 examin.
my official record u ise can find tber,
sscirtilis 81 evidence ~ support his o.
se't'cn--if he can find any act or ~or,
oi mine tbst ~ouId ssl~tantisse hi
chsrre, shall step grscefuIly out Of tn
rsce and give him the D5minstion b,
sccl-mstion."
Tie did MT bls-pbene or ridicule any
one. iIi- ~'-rrns- hr..uxbout its enti
rety We spplsuded continuously. IL SEEM
- sDst eve. > wsfd ne ~ Ike tire peopl
sppreci<t>t th o. n was the man % p>r
pssnst- ~nss Tn q . ala issration bss en-
desvorrd " pus IN f~e. AZ the clos
OF hrs rpeecb the demonstration was re
msrksble aud there we're Ioud and Ion,
csls fcs s'Rob'nson, Kobinson, Robsn
80, our s>xs Governor.
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