The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-06
I THE. 4 SUN |.
OF DEMOCRACY HAS SET FOR
ss$s YEARS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Isolis Bennett Returns to His. Home
81 at Weston With Every Chance Of
his Election Ruined by Pass :.
"a age Of Rabid Pianks Against ~.
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Louis Bennett, the democratic
nominee for governor of West Vir-
gln1a, left this morning for his home
at Weston, and with the departure
OF the democratic delegates, for their
nome, the city has again resumed it's
natural appearance, although it may
('take some time for the city to- fully
recover from the i'll effects OF a
democratic convention. ;
Phe, local leaders Of the demo-
cracy In Kanawha and adjoining
counties are still confused over the
incorporation In the platform Of the
two planks striking at the negro,
one taking away from him the bal,
lot and the other demanding Jim
Crow" cars In West Virginia. i. This
action was unexpected and was taken
by the delegates against their advice
and needless Of the dire warnings of
defeat predicted on the floor OF the
convention. -. -, . -, - = -
+ Republican leaders are confident
that the two planks in question Will
not only insure Judge Taft the cleo
toral vote Of West Virginia, but say
That At will have the effect of"linine
up the colored vote in the states of
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois which
Bryan has considered doubtful and
where he believed he would get -theus
| ands of colored votes owing, to the
brownsville incident. With West
Virginia democrats declaring they
are In favor, of taking the ballot
away fromAthe negro, the colored yot-
/ ers in other northern states are
afraid Of the. action Of that party
should it be placed in power. ...,...
The action Of the democrats Of
West Virginia is contrary to- the
wishes OF their presidential candf-
| GATE AS he desired to keep the negro
out Of the controversy this year and
secure thousands Of the colored votes
In the northern states. But the
sentiment FOR the planfss Waal atrone
asa hfsS an nRS n
Il gould be III tgTR III dSsi & egls Slail
when Col. J 7 E, Chiffon Was I'D scaR
ntzed to make an impassinned aDL
fpeal against. the planks lie had to
suffer the jeers OF many delegates
out he insisted that he had q right
to be, heard and he appealed with all
mis- eloquence to the delegates not to
tfet impulse destroy their reason and
lnhict'frreparable injury on the party
The adoption Of the planks places
the candidate for secretary OF state
In O. peculiar lpredicament. Az the
candidate Of the democratic portion
| or organized labor he must make a
| campaign on. the platform which
would destroy the citizenship OF the
Acolored men affiliated with the min.
I ers' organization. In this country
there are about $4,000 colored mem
bers| Of the United Mine Workers of
America and as Senator Littlepake
mas been an attorney for this organ
| 1zation which does not discriminate
between white and colorea worknen
MS course will be watched with uI,.
| usual interest. :....,.l T., .,.,s$
The democrats have not outlined
their line Of campaign yet, but In
side Of two weeks there will be a
meeting Of the old state central com
|
time the reins Of party government
| Will be transferred to the new com
mittee. One of the last acts OF the
state convention was the adoption Of
a motion permitting the state com
mittee to select it's chairman, from
outside the membership of the COM
! mfttee IL It 80 desired and this Will
probably mean the selection OF Geo.
|. Neal, the Bennett manager, for
the position. ".. -.
The gubernat6rial candidate feels
| that the satisfactory manner in
! which Neal managed his campaign
for the nomination, entitled him to
the place and his wishes will be obey
ed by the committee. .'E..,
Neal stated here before leaving for
his home at Huntington that he
would not make fight for the place
i>hllt If the democrats desired him to
manage the campaign he would
gladly give them the time and all
his energy.
BY his action in refusing the prof
/ fered place Of state superintendent of
| free schools on the ticket, Prof:
Thos. e. Hodges, OF Morgantown,
made himself one of the strongest
men in his party in the state. He
had made hard fight for the high
est Office in the state and failing for
that he was content to allow the con-
vention to select its nominee from
among the candidates who had
made an active canvass for the nofoi-
nation. His course has met with
fsuch approval that many of the dem
ocrats are claiming\ that a mistake
was made when he Was defeated for
the gubernatorial nomination.
Howard Jarrett left yesterday for
| Boston to attend tho meeting Of tho