The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-15
FIRST WARD HEARD FROM.

ALEX. THORN
FIRST WARD HEARD FROM.
mister Editor;
The Republicans over here in the
First ward are in doubt as to how they
nhould vote in election next Saturday.
W. waEt to be loyal to our party and
to pr'neipIs. and 1t Is difficult to figure
out where we stand. We held large
convention over here and adopted i
platform on which we proposed for our
candidate to go. before the people.
That platform was to the effect that
we were opposed to licensing .he sale
ct liquors either at retail .or whole.
Gale, and trat our candidate, II elect
ed. would use. his! vote and Influence
during his term Of office, 10 defeat the
granting of license. This platform was
adopted before the nomination for
councilman. Mr.. Robinson and Mr..
Shoemaker were beth candidate before
the convention, and asked fer tho NOM
ination upon that platform. The
speakers VINO placed them before the
convention both pledged their word to
the convention that II nominated.
their candidate would stand by the
platform and resolution. A part of
that platform, ard resolution was that
the candidate. receiving the ncmina.
tion should state openly to the ecnven-
lion n his acceptance ct the nomina-
tion that he would abide by the resp
Iutions. Mr.. Robinson was nominated
and accepted the nomination without
referring to the resolutions or plat
form adopted by the convention. His
attention was called 10 the oversight.
and he was asked to declare his posi-
ton on the platform. MIR. Robinson
then addressed the convention and ad
n1i:ted that he had voted for license.
under similar circumstances. There.
fore, MIR. Robinson had scarcely been
declared tie Republican nominee for
council, until he repudiatcd the in
structions Of the convention, and ito
platform. arid all the principles adopt.
ed by 1t. He asked for the ron;na.
sion from a 'dry" ward, at the hands
Of "dry'' convention, upon "dry"
platform. The conditions of the non,-
inatior were stated ard made plain to
him: before he had his rame placed be.
fore the convention. He knew the
terms upon which the convention pro.
posed tc give the nomination.. The
man who asked the convention to give
him the nomination promised tho con-
vention that MIR. Robinson would be
trne to the resolutions adopted by the
convention. If he had stated to the
convention. befare his nomination, that
he would nottabide by, the instructions,
the convention would ! certainly not
have made him it's candidate.
II these are the facts, what has be-
come of the Republican can1idate7
Is there siIch a thing as Republican
candidate in opposition tc the princi-
pies o! the party expressed by the cS1-
venticr which nominated HIN? Is it
possible for the Republican candidate
to run on Democratic platform? Can
c1ndidta. for council say. ~ will
vote for l'cense;r and at the same time
claim that he Is the candidate Of
convention which instructed him ex'
p!ieitIy TO vote against license? What
lat. i.-- iii II -te f1r
port Of these who participated IN the
convention that nominated him? Arc
Republicans who do not vote for Mr.
Robinson dsloyaI to their party? Or
is 1t MIR. Robinson who is disloyaI to
tic Republican party when he repu.
dates the Republican platform and
principles adopted by the convention
that nominated him? II we are Repub-
Leans and desire to vote for our party
and to upheld its principles as ea-
pressed at the last convention Of the
ward are we net Obliged to vote for
some candidate other than MIR. Robin
son.-somc candidate who docs stand
for the principles adopted by our con-
ventcn? II Republicans find that Mr..
Robinson was the first to repudiatc
the Republican party, and that he has
deserted the party principles, and is
in opposition to this party's instruc.
tons; and find they have a platform
but no candidate, what ether course
is there open to them than to vote for
| como one cir. who stands fer their
party's principles. and who will carry
out thcSr instructions?
If there is any other logical conclu-
sion than that Mr.. Robinson has left
his party. and that the Republicans
have no candidate in this ward, you
will confer favor by having some
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