The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-08-11
Reelected member of Board OF N-
lectors Of the Pythian Mutual
Investment Association.

assure the men, women and chill
dren of this District Of my position,
that stand absolutely, unreservedly
and unequivocally opposed to the
open saloon in West Virginia. 1t
would be impossible for me to be
insfncere on this question, for it has
been one Of my earliest teachings, for
even from the cradle was taught
I that the saloon was an institution
which worked only for evil and
! from whence no good ever came"
With thunderous applause these
remarks we're received by the au-
dienc of delegates and spectators
who rose in their seats and cheered
| the candidate.
Conditions TntOlerabIe.
There are some counties in West
Virginia." continued the candidate,
| for public office must seek the favor
| of the whiskey rings pray to
There are counties where candidates
where conditions are intolerable.
God that such conditions will never
exist in your splendid little county
OF Boone. 1t has, been so in Kama
Wha. Eighteen months ago, when
by accident, / was placed on the
county court of Kanawha county,
there were SO or 60 saloons DIN my
county. Today there is not one.
That is proof, I suspect, of my in
sincerity.
There are men among you who
are the fathers of splendid sons, and
there are men in this convention
who are yet young in years. You
know that life would be intolerable
without ambition. / confess | have
mad ambition. 1t was only hope of
the future that forced me to steer
straight ahead in the days OF my
youth. / read the lives of Lincoln
and Garfield and l could see thai
there was hope for the poor boy. To-
day the candidate for public Office
must. be obedient to the dictation of
the whiskey ring or the question is
asked: Has he a million We
must get back to the standards set
by our fathers and measure OUT cam
dldates, not by the amount of their
wealth, but by their ability and
their honesty to represent their peo-
pie.
i realized when I entered this
night what it meant to me. | knew
that | would be attacked by fair
means or foul, for the whiskey ring
and It's supporters are no respectors
Of weapons. They attack with any
thlng within their reach. 1t is u.s.
nally bribery, blackmail, threats, cal
jimmy or intimidation.
1T means little to me IL j win
th1s night, but / am going to win,"
Judge Hall concluded, land it would
mean much to the people Of this dis
trict who desire to see the open sa-
loon forever eliminated from their
midst, if should lose. You cannot
afford to let me lose"
Big Crowd From Here.
About two hundred DELEGATES left
Charleston early Saturday morning
for st. Adams where special train
awaited the party to carry the crowd
20 Madison. The delegates were
from every district in the county and
we're joined en- route by delegations
at st. Albums, Spring Hill South
charleston; Sproul and MacCorkle.
Upon their arrival at Madison the
delegates marched to the county
courthouse where Chairman 8. f..
bradley, Of the Senatorial Commit
tee, called the convention to order
and called ex-State Senator Elem
heftw1ch to the chair, and Naaman
Jackson, Of Logan county, as secre-
tary. Upon motion, Chairman Left
wien, after addressing the conven-
ton and predicting the defeat Of the
Democracy in November appointed
The following committees:
Resolntiotis--W1n. VI. o. Dawson,
J. G. Townsend aud J. v. Sullivan.
from Kanawna; NJ. A. Byrneside,
Boone, and f. T. Engtand logan.
Rules and order Of fhe}ness--E.
J.. Whitney, Geo Il. EBFeees6e aad Byrd
Prillerman, Kanawha, w. T. Hunter,
Boone, and James Jeffriee, Logan.
CTedentials-J. K. Shepherd, Geo
Welmer aud John G. Gilmer, Kama
VIVA; }. y. Jeffrey, Boone; and f. r.
England, Logan.
Permanent Observation-Disclosures
H. Ill., p. A. Simpson and Peter Sill
man, kanawha; john A. Parker,
boone, and James Jeffrey, Logan.
While the committees were prepar-