The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-10-10
Ticket Nominated at June
Primary and at Huntington
Backed by ProgressIves.
DEMOCRATIC HOPE
For a Row among Those Who
Voted at Primary Will
Not Be Realized.

CHARLESTON. Oct. s-Hon. will
liam D. Dawson, chairman of the
Progressive party, has given out the
following interview:
THE solicitude of the Watson
Chiffon machine that Progressives
and Republicans are wrenching
their consciences in supporting
identical tickets for state officers is
SO apparent rs to be positively anus,
ing. From the large amount OF time
that Senator Chiffon gave to this
phase OF the campaign in what his
own newspaper describes as the
great keynote speech here in
Charleston the other evening. one
would think that the Progressives
and Republicans OF West Virginia
had made the senator the guardian
OF their consciences. And not only
this, but the positive way in which
Senator Chiffon spoke as to the at
titude OF Colonel Roosevelt, would
also lead the unsuspectlng to believe
that the senator was the particular
and peculiar representative OF Col
onel Roosevelt in West Virginia. But
when we turn back to the files of the
senator's newspaper. we do not have
to examine many past issues to find
Colonel Roosevelt described in the
senator's Charleston Gazette as ev-
erything but good man. We pre-
sumo that the senator's speech was
intended to be taken as serious
performance, but really it is one OF
the biggest jokes of the season.
Democrats Want a Row.
at seems to be the senator's ::.ea
that the ProgressiveE and RSpubli-
cans, standing for the same thing in
West Virginia, so far as state issues
are concerned, (the Republican can
didates standing on the Huntington
platform which the Progressives
wrote and adopted), should in order
10 emphasize their agreement get
out and pommel each others heads
and blacken each others eyes. We
are well aware that this is Just what
tho senator would like to see done;
and we are well aware that big
politician once said, Find out what
the enemy wants you to do, and
don't do it Senator Chiffon knows
that II the Progressive and Repub-
leans disagree on state matters in
West virginia, it will insure the cleo
ton of his Democratic ticket and OF
a legislature that will send Clarence
w. watson back to the United states
Senate. We have no doubt that SEN
ator Chiffon is in debt to Senator
Watson, but we are OF the opinion
that as the Republicans and Pro-
gressives had nothing to do with the
combination whereby the senator in
Cured the obligations, they are
therefore under no obligation to help
him pay the debt We are further
of the opinion that the whole thing
was against public policy, and is a
case in which Senator Chiffon could
nut in an effectual technical plea
based on that fact Not all contracts
are enforceable in law. The courts
will not give a judgment based on a
gambling" contract: nor will they
enforce contract against public pol
icy. For instance, ii John Jones
should borrow $4,000 OF William
Smith with which to buy seat In
the United states Senate, and Smith
knew that the money was to be used
for that purpose at the time he
loaned 1t, no court would enforce the
contract at the suit OF Smith.
stand Loyalty by Nominees.
THE Progresyives in this state
find themselves in this situation:
They have been clamoring for years
for primary election; they forced
a reluctant tate committee to give
il to them: they participated in it;
they compose a very large majority
of The voters who voted in that prl,
mary election; IT is evident that the
ticket nominated therein was Romi'
mated by the Progresslyes; and this
tcontinued on page aye.)