The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-03

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and let some other good man carry
me senatorlal ilght TO victory for our
tparty. N y; 81 =
Me ermott, % foolhardy Injunction
against the Prog essiye Roosevelt Re.
publican ticket In Marion county,
which sought TO keep those progress.
isiye followers OF Roosevelt from hay-
ing their Ticket upon the balIot Is,
simply other one Of those ring:rtiiel
|eombinat lions seek king to hold supremli
acys inithis Stale by a boss rule
editor, 1t. is only the spirit of
the progressive r evelt Republican;
ism that Will save us from ter de.
feat in this State When AfcDermottl
by the hateful proc ding OF inilnc.I
lion deayered to defeat the VIM Of
the good, decent oosevelt element in
Marion county, as re did in the last
few days, hs simply dug hiss own POI
litical grave and endangers the ticket
with his name printed thereon. is It,
not q pitiable shame TINT the ambi.
ton Of Mr.. N Dermptt to again return
to the Stat Is senate should iaopardize.
the grand old Fparty by his stubbornly
remaining on the ticket, when his
name Isl SO obnoxious not only to Ma.
rion but as well to Taylor and Monon-
gala Republicans? 4. ~
We need a splendid man from this
senatorial district to especially repre-.
sent this grand old county Of Monon.
gala, the mother of most Of the coun.
ties of the State, who can stand head
and shoulder with the best men the
State in debate. and whose judgment
would help guide the ship OF state in
these troublesome times OF agitation
end extreme danger. Such a man is
not Joseph II. Med ermott. ~
The Republican voters In this sera.
torial district will, on the coming Sth
day of this month, place their stamp
Of eternal disapprovals on !. any man
who will srend. In a primary about
eleven hundred dollars as Joseph H.
McDermott admits he. did. contrary to
the corrupt practices act ofour Leg
islature, for by his own sworn state.
ment heiexpended hundreds Of dollars
Illegally and contrary to the very law
which he, as a member OF the tLegisla.
ture and under his oath to support the
constitution, should obey. The voters
Of this State will not permit a man to
be elected to office who will spend one
thousand and fifty:nine dollars; on
primary election for an Office which
would not net him over one hundred
dollars, If he would live economically.
The judge OF our court in instruct
ing the grand jury at this term on the
corrupt practices act, said In sub
stance to the grand jury, that the man
who will spend more for his nomina.
ton and election to political office
than the Office will return to him, Is
sure to get even in some way on the
dollars which he spent to get the Of.
flee: The judge simply voiced sen.
'timent and a truth well known to ev-
cry voter in the State.
r. Why should the " Republican party
take chances with such a Jonah as
candidate for the State senate ifrom
this district, who has antagonized by
iniunction the Roosevelt element Of
our party? The people in the district
always stand for square deal on the
Roosevelt rule, and yet Mr.. McDermott
would seek 10 crush the Roosevelt Re-.
publicans by the harsh remedy Of in
junction. The qlaboringr people,, the
farmer, the business man know that
this is simply placing the clamps upon
the best element of the party, and
means simply ring-rule and that the
bosses shall supersede the will Of the
people. Ee
II we do not enter this fight with
justice supporting us, with clean hands
and with the will OF the people con.
trolling, We may expect to go down un-
der the awful wrath of disguised
and long suffering public. who will
justly cast upon the political scrap
pile man whose petty ambition and
whose selfish greed for office will
override the judgment of the party.
Mr.. Editor the time has come In the
history OF the State when the intelli-
gent voter Is thinking not so much
about party regularity, but about par
ty decency, the elimination of ring
rule. the exposure OF corruption and
graft. and the cutting out from poll
tics the dircful influence OF money.
The poor man, with brains, education.
honesty and integrity. but without
price. is tho man whom we need in
public office. and the rule can no long
err exist In this State that money bags
is master OF the people.
The other candidates on the ticket
need not be frightened. They are de-
cent, clean men and will be elected by
good round majoritios, but the people
Of Monongalia. Marion and Taylor
have become tired Of injunction meth
DDS, of ring rule and the dictates of
the boss. We should leave Mr.. Nc
Dermott at home. He has had the
honor that there Is in the office. He
has spent TO many hundreds of dol.
lars in the primary alone, to try to
get back there, to do the party any