The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-21
THE OLD POLL
IICIAN ON PAR
~. KER TRICK
IconeIuded from Second Pase-)

fconkeIuded From Second Pase.)
mite bein' able to sea-
the three machine delegations from
StssIouis In the temporary organiza
ton the convention. Here 1atel:
ssome#of Folks cabinets been sayin'
that#Sthe three delegations has got to
fheyEcantYoteSfn %selectin' the COM
mites sanspeciaIly the committee
Credentials. Say, them fel1ers
aonghtt q go to a kindergarten. These
machine delegates hold the creden-
StiaIs ofsthe regular organized machin-
cry ofStheS partySinth cityof st. louis.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it, that's got no
S for the machine, an least
of aI1fori9s StLouis gang, that them
sscredsntfaIs that will bring to the
s~sconvention will entitle them to set in
she Temporary organization, an to
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of members of
leIcredentia1s committee to pass on
sSStneir own claims. That's a right Of
Iheirn Its the right their creden-
tiais give8them an, it's the only right
them credentials do confer, an it only
confers tha one because they are the
5Iprima facie delegates, according to
theG@only official testimony, an the
8sonIy5sevidence available before the
matter gets up to the credentials com
n1ittee. You can see, if you've GOT
aHyFgsense, that there must be such
Things a prima facie delegates to
D n their own credentials, be.
eause,siftheTe was no such thing, it
aWould#be possible to bring contests
IN amajority of the divisions repre-
scented ina conyention, an by not al
s1owin the prima facie delegates in
committeeman a minority could un
a majority in hat way.
seems to me that Folk has got
some poor advisers in his camp, for
its only lately they seem to have
woke up o this danger, although 1
pointed@itaout two months ago an the
way theysWake u now is to come ur
here; after sayin' nothin' at ST. Joe
#er$Joplfn, an ~contending that three
#WhoIe#districts can be thrown out in
maxim up the committees. Them ma
chine 8delegations will set, an help TO
name the committee. My money goes,
atsoddsEo or evens,:on that bet, an that's
WhatSSought to be done, too. When
SSEon sleep on YOU rights you can't run
overpartyHusage an practice to save
s,em when You wake up An that's
WhatwilT be5Sdone. But all that's
neither here nor@there, if you want to
harmony. What's the use O
Sforcin'sSthis fight to a finish an maxim
aiot more O. bad blood, an i'll f%eelin',
when our National convention come
hereto Missouri to show US the way
TO around such troubles? They
wrote 1T out in English for us dow
cream man that can't read it is
the only one that's got an excuse for
maxim a mistake. The thing to do
Sisto appoint committee on resolu-
tionsthatl make a platform thatIl
word about#it. Keep so still about it
d head down in the sand so far
sthat#youH feel sure nobody sees yor
heels Then write to Mr.. Folk an
tell him to read#the platform an do
his duty
.ssIe11$readSit, an whatn he see? =
hole big#8enough to throw a skinned
IiorseSthrough in the place where the
Doodle plank was lifted ont: He's eX
Spected to be sharp enough to under
stand, after what happened between
Parker ansStle st. Louis convention,
10 tsnow what 1t is his party wants
him to do, an to set down ar write
#a~telegram to the convention in which
ShasfI#say that he is permanently an
irrevocab1y committed to opposition to
Doodle, an as he notices that the con
xention has said nothin' about it lie
wants to know that he'll act accord
ingly3if he's elected an the delegates
oughtgto ear OF it in time to ncmi-
nate somebody else if they don't like
his style. There's the precedent be
fore you, gentlemen. Your party has
just nominated a man for President
in that way, an you're a-goin' to sup.
port him. Maybe you don't like to
but you will, for all h religion you've
got is to vote 'er straight.
They'd have to get the consent Of
Folksto that before the thing could be
put through. They had to nave the