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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
9
A Wheeling Intelligencer article denounces race politics in West Virginia, accusing the Swisher and Bourbon Democratic faction of weaponizing black voters in McDowell County to push governor candidate Louis Bennett. It criticizes the Intelligencer itself for hypocrisy while arguing for merit over ancestry in elections.
The Clarksburg state headquarters hosts a Jim Crow department where colored voters are received. In Charles Town Congressman Sturgis urged whites and blacks to yield seats, while Huntington and Hunting ton events showed separate colored and white marchers. Congressman Hughes faced claims of a colored secretary, denying he used race in hiring, and none will state their position on the Jim Crow car proposal.
The article defends Louis Bennett against charges of tax dodging amid raised assessments in Gilmer Braxton and Birch Otter districts. It argues Bennett’s lands are unevenly assessed compared to similar properties and cites examples of high official properties in Charleston and Parkersburg to illustrate perceived favoritism in tax reform.
Jere A. Miller, born near Martinsburg in the Virginia valley, 63, is a Wheeling banker and impresario with extensive public service. A former Wheeling mayor 1883-84 and regent of reform schools, he is praised by The Wheeling News for honesty, efficiency, and businesslike state treasurer aims.
Two Republicans discuss Glangcock as a candidate linked to Stephen B Elkins. They claim Elkins backs one man while his allies privately back another, illustrating the bosses control. Swisher and Glasscock sit as factional figures in the battle, yet the scope points to Elkins as the overarching power in West Virginia politics.
A Cabell county political dispute is described with accusations that William Scott Lovett and W F Hite led a double crossing scheme to influence the state senate nomination and oppose a U S senator candidate. The piece notes Lincoln and Putnam counties rejected the plan and reflects controversy around local journalism.
A terse critique asserts the Machine wields unlimited influence over state corporate internet networks through the board of public works. It claims this body holds the valuation for taxation of corporate property, concentrating tax assessments in their hands.
The Democratic party labeled recent laws as ill advised and dangerous, spawned by legislative compromise to save the Republican party from dismemberment. Critics argue the laws unfairly burden taxpayers, grant wide executive latitude, and threaten mineral development and coal land values, unsettling capital and investment in the state.
Sam Mathews, West Virginia commissioner of banking and chairman of the machine state committee, is scrutinized for fee collections. The record shows $3,505 turned to the treasury in the year ending Sept 20 1907, but only $2,805 in the following year, with a potential total of $4,160 if all duties were fulfilled. The inquiry asks whether Mathews failed to perform required work or merely failed to turn over funds.
A Republican congressional committee letter from West Virginia in 1902 requests a regional postmaster to donate to campaign expenses for Woodyard. It notes campaign costs every two years and accuses the writer of attempting to secure support, urging a favorable reply while criticizing political corruption.
A fragment likens Charleston Mall and Clarksburg Telegram to the most faithful Republican outlets. It claims they served the machine from the start and lacked pretension, praising their frankness in covering political favors and deals.
The Wheeling Intelligencer criticizes Lowry Hennett over his candidacy for West Virginia governor, arguing the paper seeks to suppress white voters and praising a party line against black voters in McDowell County. It claims the Intelligencer backed efforts to defeat him in convention and accuses the paper of appeasing a Republican faction while endorsing white supremacy. A letter from the Republican National Committee treasurer requests a $40 contribution from readers to support party principles.
A lengthy biographical sketch profiles Melville Peck, Democratic candidate for the West Virginia Supreme Court seat succeeding Judge Cox. It outlines Peck’s roots as a farmer’s son, early schooling, bar admission in 1881, law studies at West Virginia University, and decades of legal practice, asserting his honesty and diligence. It notes Peck’s pledge that parents shaped his character and his view on providing free training for aspiring lawyers.
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