Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-08
Crooked Transactions of the
County Bosses Are De
tailed by the Repub-
lican Insurgents
PLATFORM PLEDGES
BADLY FRACTURED
Candidates Who But Short
Time Ago Were Were
Wet Now Dry
Editor Leader:

/ EultOr Leader;
Hope you Will read this. and give
It's contents due consideration. In
the beginning of this political cam
paign our people demanded prI
mary election of the Republican par
ty to nominate It's candidates I'm this
county. Strange to say tho entire
county committee except Prof. ,-mes
liolroyd was opposed to a Urinary
election. One of the reasons for this
was, II would be too expensive. But
all remember that the candidates had
TO bear the expenses themselves. We
think we can give their reason for be.
ing opposed to a primary. They had
their ticket slated and were afraid
to risk their candidates TO 20 through
n primary election for fear OF defeat.
But after the primary was ordered
by our county committee they began
to lay plans by which they could de-.
feat any candidate who was i'm favor
of 6 primary election. SO they man.
aged to. make double tieke4 unde,
the head of Senator Scott and Hub
bard, placing the candidates who were
I'm favor of primary on the Hubbard
ticket and those opposed to pri.
mary on the Scott ticket.
But now they say they are in favor
OF state wide primary. Do tho
people believe this? To as actions
sound louder than words. They wege
iirst against primary. but now they
are in favor OF one. At one time our
| county committee and the present
candidates, Senator Baker and w. T..
HawIey, were in favor, and voted for
saloons, but IL so happened that both
4 OF these men and the Bluefiol1 Daily
Telegraph became wonderfully oDpog.
ed to license saloons. and IL all han.
pened between two suns. They we're
ashamed to let the light of the sun
shine upon them while making this
change. Men who commit evil deeds
prefer darkness rather than light. The
! editor o. tho Blueiield Daily ToIe
graph one year ago said that Con
gresham Hughes was too vulgar to
associate with decent people. Now
he says that Congressman Hughes Is
n great man and that no other Inon
can do the work OF this state as well
las Congressman Hughes.
Again, against the protest of the
candidates, who wcrc I'm favor OF n
primary election, the committee u.o.
cecdcd to make double ticket and
calling the Hubbard ticket the wet
or saloon ticket they also called II
The boilers ticket because IT'S cendi.
dates favored q primary election and
with the colored and iliterate white
men they called IL the Democratic
ticket. The truth OF the situation was
we we're all brother Republicans and
deserved a square deal I'm the pri-
mary election but tho committee
which was authorized TO get m this
ticket had the power to place tho
candidates upon this double ticket as
IL pleased them, using their best ipdp
mont. how TO defeat the candidates
who were fayoring n primary election.
although I'm their platform they saw
they favor primary election law
now. Prior 10 this time ~. T. Shott
/ a. j. Hearn, w p. Hawley. J. u.
Shott and others who have been dele
gates to various conventions have on.
posed q primary election law and
nave voted against such provisions.
The truth Of the situation is thew
are opposed 20 a primary now. and
a
county to speak their sentiments at n
primary election. This would destroy
the ring rule Of our county which we
. realize has nearly destroyed the Re.
publican party Of our county and
state.
We must say something more about
(Contjnued on PAGE ThreeY