Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-12-10
RESIGNATION OF COMMITTEEMAN
LIGHT.


Those members of the Republican
party throughout West Virginia who
have come 10 believe that the present
State committeeds inefficient ard that
it has hindered rather than enhanced
the success of the party in the past
Two years, will doubtless hail with
glad acclaim The resignation from the
committee OF one OF It's leading and
most useful members-the Hon. Chas.
p. Light. representing the counties Of
Jefferson Berkeley Morgan and Hamp
shire composing the Fifteenth sena-
torial district, transmitted by let
ter to he chairman Of the committee
Hon. s " Matthews While we are
of The personal belief hat Mr.. Light
has sacrificed himself largely 10 what
many may b lieve TO be an unreason-
able demand on the part of Ger ain
element OF the Republican party. his
sacrifice Is none the less generous in
the Interest of harmony. and a sacri-
flee that should be and doubtless will
be. initiated by other members OF the
committee. Every member of the com
mittee who has reason TO believe that
such action will restore harmony in
the party ranks and bring about sue.
cess in the elections OF two years
hence in West Virginia. should instant
Iy follow the lead Of Chas. p Light.
For some time past warfare has been
I,r0 a n a1Es1Anf4u ~ hrip q
about designations Of committee men,
bers who hold positions under the fed.
eral governments. While Mr.. Light
has long been looked upcn as one of
the fairest, most generous and useful
members Of the committee, and while,
so far as we are able to recall no de.
mand has been made upon him person.
ally to resign his place on the com
mittee, it is one of those peculiar
freaks of politics that he should be
the first 10 quit the committee purely
in the interest of harmony and with
the expressed hope that. by resigning
The action or Committeeman Light,
when viewed i'm an impersonal man
ner, must surely commend itself to
the party at large as the first step in
move of harmony which, If followed
mp by brethren of his party, will re-
suit in a welding together of badly
broken links in the chain of politics
in West Virginia. The Mail while of
the opinion that the committee as al
present composed is made up Of some
mos, excellent men, whose efforts
have all been for the great good of
the party nevertheless believes thai
there are several undo sirables on thai
committee who, failing to tend r
heir designations Voluntarily, should
be ousted by the committee itself
We refer those members who, in
the campaign leading up 10 the late
election. so far forgot heir duty TO
their own party as TO OF My espouse
the candidates. of The opposition
These men can be of no further use
from the committee he can in the
near future ssry" both he party and
the people of the State better
10 the Republican party. and espe-
cially while they hoId membership on
he committee and The sooner they
are RELOCATED TO rear the better it will
be for the party. The ime for plain
speaking is here. and the action Of
Committeeman Light agains.s whom
personally no voice had been raised,
provides opportunity for the party
leaders-those who have remained
true to he party and whose efforts
have never wayered or grown cold
to make the demand upon the remand
er Of the commi tee that the undesira-
bles. the traitors TO the party. the Ju.
dases who departed from heir own
cause TO pull the temple down upon
their erstwhile friends be now elected
and their places fillsd by true Republi-
cans. who whether personally pleased
or not with nominations as they are
made from time TO time. nevertheless
lend their most earnest efforts to the
election Of the whole ticket; who for
get for he time. All least their animOs-
ity toward certain OF their brethr n
and who are broad-minded enough and
honest enough and generous enough to
work for tha success of The party as a
whole,
Considerable interest," will now cen
tire i'm he little matter OF who others
of the committee similarly situated
as was Commi tman Light, VII tread
the broadminded harmony path mark
ed out by the member from the FIT
teen district And in the meantime
the mail trusts that he remaining
members Of the committee viii devote
little time to Kidding the undesira
bles who are not holding membership
for the party's good.-Charleston Mail