The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-14

Biuhh the SaIhtrSpufB otdte JOuINti
says: Ri.
IF 1t thinks there is no machine
here. let its editor endeayor to nun
for some ONCE in 6ppositi@ to he
wishes of the gentlemen wac think
they are the proprietofs 'of the Re.
publican party in this State. II 1t
knows of anyone who gets Office ex.
cepting Col. NJ. Allen Kendall, out
side of the combination that now has
control in West Virginia will 1t please
name who It is. =. It Is Just such
course as what CAUSED the trouble
in Ohio and Pennsylvania on the Re
publican side and in Maryland and
New York on the Democratic side as
is being pursued In West Virginia.
THE people in this State are not
any longer going to allow few men
in the name of party discipline and
party benefit. TO reap for themselves
all the benefit Of party success. If
the West Virginian does not see this
now 1t will have whole lot of Mis-
souii tliLbA tolillucu iutO II III
side of the next few years" ~
1t has been the West virginians
observations ever since 1t has been
engaged I'm politics that those who
had the parceling out of the Offices
for any party were the bosses or the
machines. These bosses or machines
have consisted of the United States
Senators, members of the House of
Representatives and the State Com.
mittees. They have never pleased
everybody in recommending persons
for Office and probably at no time ex-
pected to. but did in all cases, no
doubt, what seemed best for their
party and. especially for themselves.
1t is true. perhaps. that they always
considered themselves first and party
afterwards. Human nature Is built
that way. But why so much talk about
bosses and machines when they have
SO little to do? An office Is nice
thing-that is. some of them are very
desirable, but they are SO few in
number all told that their disposition
should not cause much of commo.
ton and certainly not be the means
of disrupting a party. At the pres
emit time there are about $40 900 voters
in this State. We doubt II among
all these there are 100 persons hold
ing Federal and State appointments.
Hardly half that number have ap.
pointments that are particularly de.
sirable. This being true doesn't II
seem ridiculous that SO much should
be heard about bosses and machines
in connection with the Offices? 1t
looks that way to us, and 1t undoubt.
eddy creates the impression among
many that all the labors and strug-
giles of a campaign are simply for
the few Offices that go to the victors
that there is nothing else involved.
The West virginian has always in.
sisted that the Republican party
was to be preferred because It's poll
cies were the best for the country,
that 1t was safe and sane in regard to
money matters and was everlastingly
right in protecting home industries.
We had thought that these were the
paramount questions with Republi.
cans, but 1t appears that we have
been mistaken. as with many the Of
fees have been the sole considera.
ton. This is true, we know, as to
the insurgents" and we are sorry
to have to say it, but 1t seems also
true as to the esteemed State Jour
nal.
Virginia in particular cannot afford
to change their present beneflcent poll
cies, thing that would surely result
If they should fall into the hands of
the Demo-populistic element, but
such change is inevitable in tnis
State within very short time unless
this senseless talk of bosses and ma
chimes is ended. 1t defeated Governor
Herrick In Ohio. elected Democratic
State Treasurer in Pennsylvania, and
well nigh destroyed both Boss Cor
man. of Maryland, and Boss Murphy,
of Democratic Tammany, New York.
There is no good reason why the
Republican party should be defeated
in West Virginia, and we do not be-
lieve that it will be by the present
movers in that direction-the "insur-
gents"-but IL it should be we are
not going to cry about 1t. but on the
contrary are going to be ready to
laugh at whole lot Of ambitious gen.
tlemen who will be pointed to as hav-
ing committed political hara-kiri.