The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-07-15
Dawson's Deser-tion

| DnWsonS DeSeTti0n.
:, AS a .deserter of the hand that has
fed him all his years, William NJ. o.
ilaSsod las well as Charles D. Ell,
lltott in the same class is denounced
1by. the Mcdowell Recorder as fol.
lows:7 l-sG
There is. no thinking man that
would question the right of Gov,
ernorqGlasscock, ex-governor Daw.
son. General G. D. Elliott, William
Seymour Edwards or W. Up. Hub
bard to have been for Colonel Roose.
welt before the Republican national
convention, II they wished. They
ran the state convention that sent
the delegates to the convention, and
at least three of them were dee
gates. They had their inning and
by every known principle Of modern
political usage they are bound ! by
the results. OF all the men on
Gods green earth who have no rlghl
to complain of the steam roller Bill
dawson and Bill Hubbard are the
men. Have they forgot the Wheel
ing convention? The steam roller
Iinsthe hands ;of, Dawson's state COM
mittee. in 1908 made William E.
Glassceck governor. So our es-
tteen1ed governor has no complaint
looming Thousands of us who were
steam rollered by Dawson and his
aElIes swallowed our resentment and
supported the nominees. When
they we're the nominees they were
wonderfully regular. twas only
when they saw the HANDWRITING on
Pthe waIl''0telllng that their days
at the flesh pots" were drawing to
a close, that they began Ito desert I.
LII would be different had they not
been honored by the old party and
been kept in Office for such "time
Ethat9the, memory of man runneth
not to the contrary" The men on
our stategticket have been support
ing some o. these ever since they
were old enough to vote. More
than that, these same men have been
foremost in urging a primary ever
Istnce; they could no longer steam
roll the people in convention. We
had the primary, and perhaps as
fair one as was ever held, and we
have the best state ticket that we
have had since 1896. They are not
alS our preference by any means,
but they are the choice of the voters
Of the party and we gladly acqut-
esce = Now. in all seriousness, it Is
time that these men should come
out frankly and tell the people what
4 they EaFe going to do. If they are
going to desert the ship and go of
with Colonel Roosevelt in his new
Bull Moose party, let. US know it, III
they are going to split off and try 70
destroy the party, our state ticket,
and "turn over to the devil and the
Democratic, party" the quicker the
people know 1t the better. We still
have that faith in the most of them
to believe that they will stand by
their friends and the party OF the
past but they ought to come out and
say so. Both the great political
parties have met and formulated
iEthaiEzmatforms and named their
candidates, and this is formative
period of public sentiment and nc
i time, for leaders to be sulking in
their tents, We would not give a
coFporal's guard of such men as Ma
than B. Scott, George Wesley At
klnson, Arnold C. Scherr and Ro-
meo H. Freer, for a whole battalion
Iof such men as these others when
tpolttical battles are to be fought
ana victories won.
Since, writing the above we learn
that Governor Glasscock will not fol-
low Roosevelt but will support Pres.
lident Taft. C. w. Dillon, who was
one of the original Roosevelt sup
portsts, has cut loose and will not
stand for any new party. Dawson
has been appointed manager OF
.ffRooseVelRs machine in this =, state
Apparently he has failed in his eff