The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-05-07

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The domination Of the machine lie
lreiefred seyeraI times 10 tile editor
LOT the Intelllgeneerl and while og
iden's name was nlentioned hut tey
lfimes on each occasion when refer
ehce was made % The Gator 81 III
lscott organ It was greeted Win
gfcan5. misses and calls 81 Hard
casii. q
81 mist plead guilt 10 the soft. i q
Ipsachment Of your chairman that ! an
d candidate for the United States sen
late / am a candidate because & be
liieye after a full review Of tine sit.
Iuatloh that tits the wish Of The Re
Ibubiicans Of west Virginia who car
neither be fooled nor 5driyen MOI
bought / appreciate the presence oi
yon men who are here, Of the ladies
who are present, but most Of alIcf the
young men who are at this meeting
for II. IS in the young men that the
itiope Of any country rests. Ifsall the
men Of this country thought and acted
| as do the young men, there would be
no question Of future advancement and
prosperity.
"You have insisted and shall in
sist on the right to say who your
candidates for office shall be. There
are problems in this country seriopf
problems which now confront tlls
Republican party. Many. say they oil
iiect to a candidate, that they objectt1
| the tariff. There is a signiacanec5ti
the vote in that district Of New. Yorl.
which means that the Republican
party must equip itself to meet Oh,
issues.
"of a certain very worthy candt
| date for the Office which, am seek
ing, It has been said that he vii
stand without hltching.4 twant 10 so!
to you that ! do not expect to stahf
with or without 6itching. ! expect
to move with the Republican party.
There is certain man who was II
this country a year or SO ago, ane
who will be here again in June, 6
man who would not stand without
hitching. Does your present repre-,
sentative in the United States senat.
stand with that man? (cries of nor
Has he ever stood with him? (Repeat
ed cries Of mo, no.")
As to the InteIIigeneer.
The question of primary electionf
was then taken up by Mr.. Hubbard
who said: .'rhe first question to b.
settled is whether or not Republican,
are to be allowed to settle the matter
Of who is to be their candidates them.
selves. THE. only way to doathis is for
each voter to go to the primaries
cast his vote and have It honestly
Counted. The man who denies that
Fright to tile vOter'is a traitor to the
party 1T is not enough that he 90 tc
Hhe. newspapers and say that he Il
Fin favor of primaries; and then use his
Influence privately against it. The
other candidate for senator sent his
secretary to the legislature at the last
session to lobby against the proposed
primary law 9saI5ta y z
Aso to the Intelllgeneer.
\ Mr.. Hubbard paid his compliments
to the Wheeling Intelligencer and the
Imulti-manager Of the newspaper trust
when he quoted an editorial from the
morning trust organ some months ago,
declaring that there will be a full pri.
mary. The mention of the Intelli'
gencer brought out groans and Kisses
from the big crowd. The speaker also
dealt with the scherr convention
episode, concerning which Ogden
stated that he did not write the reso.
buttons introduced, but which he
brought into the convention hall and
/ I oI,ol 20 hnIbn a d0nFad IS ~ ''f-.
"The author of the proposition that
There would be full primary in Ohio
county went before the county com.
Imittee," said Mr. Hubbard, putting
for his colleague to suggest a county
convention instead Of the primaries