The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-10-06

Replying % communication addressed
tn him by Il. III. Oxley. Of Charleston,
q representative OF John J Cornwell.
Democratic candidate Tor governor. i'm
which request Was made for an itemized
stat.m~ut Of telephone calls for the
q .er 'or's ofli,e, ~ wel a. a Q GOV
erno-- Mansion. for the month sd July
last. Governor Hatfield. toiay took &C.
casion to challenge Mr. Cornwell t.
j.'int discussion Of the record of the Hat
ibid administration
MIR. Cornwel has made false state
ments about many acts of mine a. chief
executive Of tins state and has critici-s Il
my administration | shall l,e very GLAD
10 discuss with him the rrcor.i OF my AL
minl-trstion before a. many audiences
a. he desires, and ID permit the citizens
OF the -tat@ ." conclude A. t. my official
actions. Now, il Mr Cornwell wishes
to dIs~usS the rs~-ord OF my administ a
ton let Ia IN for once allow fairness To-
take the plA,e Of ihe strong partisan n
clinat'on and ril-r,'prsentati n which
have attended his every ell ,rt in this
campaign, A. veil a. his unsuccs s-ful
campaign of l.si. and ms.rt me slnarcly
upon the issue that he has seen iii To
rslse." Tins was fhe defy laid down 10y
Governor Hatfield to Mr. Cprnwell.
RE>ENTS IMPROPER REQUEST.
la his rrpIy t. MIR. Oxiey's request for
detailed information oi all telephone cali~
u tie governors otlire, AZ we'll a. To- the
G"v-rnor'- NaI sion, the governor d,.
clared that he resent- not only the
making ii s4lch an nu,riy impr lrr r.
quest, but the unfair in-inuatiOns which
are implied i'm the making" lie ex-
presses surprise that Mr. COrnwrll's rep
resentative does not al-o seek informa-
tIOn ~ to the other drtail- of his domes-
tic arrangements, such as the amount of
has grocery bill. etc.
Governor Hatfield makes il plain in
his reply that in the expenditure Of the
contingent fund a. we'll a. any otl,r
fund over which he might have control.
the Constitution provides that he shan
make detailed report To thr Legislature
''snd to that boiy strict aecounting
will le made at the proper time" he
declared
In expressing hl- contempt and zur
prise over the receipt of such an inqniry
ss that which has come from Mr.. Oxlry,
Governor Hatfield says: "Such a re-
quest coming from the man you claim t.
represent-to whom I am in no way ac-
cDuntabe and whom the people Of the
STATE have not yet given afy warrant ~
authority over their affairs j. in keep
ing with the campaign Of mi--epre~cnta-
ton and unjust insinuatio that j. be-
ing conducted 10y him, in the vain HOPE
OF misleading and tricking S,me Of the
people thereby hoping 10 make possible
his election"
PERSONAL ACCOUNT ~ ppl.
The governor gOes into detail tO show
that his personal expense account iuri z
his term governor j. les than Si.Ou
Tie calls attention g. gross mi-repr,- N
tati"ns of Mr. Corn~ell concerning the
amount of his contingent fund. and fnr-
ti'er that the contingent fund ext~ns
for general purposes have t~en even les-
than the general sxVen-,-s of the GLASS
cock administration for the similar IT,
rod. lie challenges Mr.. Cornwell 10
point n a state ~lI. - chief executive iia-
spent AT su..rnt le-- than Governor
Glss-css~ er N.Y.
Governor Hdh~i.i~ r.Ily t. W. OK
ley'S c'HnfnuuI.'stipn f- - follow-.
Chsrl~-ton. SIT. 80. 1910.
h. ~. Oxiey, 20,
Chsfls-tou. Wet Nirzinfa.
DesrSs
! am IN reeilt ~ ur communication
of 81 tsnil~r ys. y. stipg - foiio~-.
Charleston. ~eIt =, 1916.
Hon. fIr"r, %. IIstilj.
Governor a W.T. N.rsinia,
Charleston, w. Va,
D.rSr.
On n hall II the " ~. John J.. Com
WI, I'enocratic cs.",iidste for governor.
l nsp<ctnlls ds~ife and request tina,
there IT, furnished me q the earliest -.
sible dat, ltrmi<ed sc,-ount of the tee.
phone bills paid out Il your contingen,
lid los IN. moosh-af 10.