The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-15
Dnrst and the Rumpers.

In the regular Republican conven-
tion at Charleston presided over by
Congressman Joseph H. Gaines and
which nominated Charles w. Swisher
for governor, John Sherman Darst
the next morning after Swisher had
been nominated and after the rump
convention had adjourned was pre-
sented to the wigwam convention as
regular Republican, and, there was
read in the convention pledge by
candidates declaring that they would
stand by and support all the nomi-
nees of the convention that had al
ready nominated Swisher. The name
OF John Sherman Darst was signed
to this pledge, and there Is no reason
to believe that he did not sign III
there himself.
That pledge set forth that the sub
scrlbers to 1t were not jumpers and
stated their disapproval of the rump
convention in no uncertain terms and
the pledge to support the nominees of
the regular convention was so clear
that none misunderstood It.
In view OF these facts the Wheel
ing Intelligencer goes out of It's way
TO mislead its readers, when 1t un-
dertakes to say that Mr.. Darst refus-
ed to identify himself with Swisher.
Even such papers as the Intelligencer
and the lParkersburg Dispatch-News
long ago discredited what the, In
telligenoar is now saying on this sub
iect. Those papers before the Char
lesion convention in publishing what
they called the SwIshcr slate. had
Darst's name on the so-called Swish
er slate. II what they said was true,
they must admit that Darst was iden-
titled with Swisher. II 1t we're not
true. they atileast tried to make their
readers believe 1t was true. Thus
their own satisfaction what they now
say is untrue and now they stand con-
vfcted by their own testimony.
When Mr.. Darst signed that pledge
he did SO with the full knowledge
that Charles w. Swlsher had been or
would be nominated by the conven-
ton for governor, and, when the
pledge was read out in the conven-
ton as wefl as his name. which was
attached, he knew to an absolute GER
tainty that Swisher had received the
nomination for governor and he knew
too that the pledge on his part COM
mitted and bound him absolutely to
support Swisher for governor.
Also In this connection it can be
stated without fear of successful con-
tradiction that Mr.. Darst was active
in the convention in behalf of the
other nominees of the regular ticket
and thus did he more identify him
self with the Swisher ticket. When
he accepted the nomination on the
Republican ticket his Identification
with the Swisher cause was complete.
With these identifications with
Swisher and this pledge Oh Darst's
of Darst to run on the Scherr ticket
is simply nothing more than an over
ture to him to openly violate his
solemn pledge and to commit the
worst sort OF treachd'y. His accept
ance of the offer by the Scherr COM
mittee, If he does accept, demands
that he shall withdraw from the
regular ticket, and such acceptance
means that the people will avail
themselves of the opportunity to re-
buke such betrayal of party and fell
low nominees in way not soon to
be forgotten.
While John Sherman Darst made
a good campaign. as the Intelligencer
says. yet 1t is not at all probable he
would have been nominated, ii the
friends of Mr.. Swisher had not come
to his aid, and all may rest assured
he would not have been nominated,
II, the Tntelligencer had had its way
about it, nor is there the slightest
reason to believe Arnold C. Scherr
would have helped him to get the