The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
FROM SEAT OF NATIONAL POLL
TICS.
Nothing in Sight for the Third Party
or Old Republican Party.
Gee. w Snmmers

Little Dy little IL is leaking out
thal the opponents OIL Governor
| woodrow Wilson have not the
slightest hope for the election OF
ether President Taft or COL hoose-
welt. just why they are continuing
the fight Is not understood unless
they are trying to destroy each 9TH
er; and this they seem likely to ac-
lcomplish. IN speech in the House
OF Representatives few days ago,
Congressman George w. Morris, of
Nebraska, a strong Republican, an
nounced that it is generally conceded
among Republicans in confidence, at
least, that there III not the slightest
hope of Rooseyelts election. Frank
A. Munsey, of New York, one of the
most ardent supporters of Colonel
Roosevelt, and one of the large con-
! tributors to his campaign, has gone
to Europe practically deserving the
Bull Moose in the time of the great
est need, and has cabled back from
London an interview in which he
expresses the belief that it would be
impossible to elect Col. Roosevelt
President this year. Not only are
the followers of Roosevelt without
hope for his election but he himself,
/ in his statement issued at Chicago
on June 20, announcing that he
would run on third ticket, said:
ANY man who supports me will do
so without hope of gain ana at the,
risk OF personal loss and discomfort.
| have nothing to offer any man"
Evidently his hope of election is not
strong.
Although there is conceded to be
| little hope for the election of Presi-
dent Taft, it was hardly to have been
| expected tnat his friends and bene
iciaries in West Virginia would
stand by without protest and see
every hope he ever lad of carrying
West Virginia removed through the
failure of the State committee to
arrange for the placing of Taft cleo
tors on the Taft ticket. The candi-
dates for Presidential electors NOM
| mated at the Huntington Republican
State convention are all Roosevelt
men and it is generally believed that
lit elected they would vote in the
electoral college for Roosevelt rath-
er than Taft. Still they are on the
regular Republican, ticket, at the
! top Of which Presidents name will
be printed as the Republican candi-
date for President. Unless the State
committee takes some steps to have
| Taft candidates for electors placed
4 on the ticket, every vote for the
| Republican ticket cast in West Vir-
ginia will be in effect vote against
Taft. The fact that there seems to
have been a decision to permit the
Roosevelt candidates for electors to
remain on the Republican ticket
without any attempt to remove
them would indicate what many per-
sons believe to be the case-that the
Taft leaders in the State have sold
Taft out in the interest OIL the nom
inees on the State and Congressional
tickets. With but one ticket, called
the Republican ticket, carrying on
| it the name of Taft and candidates
for electors who would vote for
Roosevelt, it seems to be the hope
that it would catch both the Taft
and the Roosevelt men and that
there might be some hope for the
election of the State and Congress
ional candidates But, even though
Taft's name be on tine ticket, If the
/ =: II II, Ia a
ticket are Roosevelt men, there
would not be the slightest chance
| for any one to vote for Taft in
West Virginia. 1t is believed the
Republican National Committee will
take some steps to see that Taft has
a show in West Virginia, even if
his friends in the State do tacitly
consent to having him sold out for
the local candidates.
Now that the nominations are
over, the West Virginia postmaster
ships which have been held up for
many months are being settled The
President has withdrawn from the
Senate the nomination of the Rev.
NJ. f. Kiger to be postmaster al
Williamstown, Wood county, sent to
the Senate last February. He was
to have succeeded Paul Metcalf, but
Paul evidently pursued the proper
pc litical course in the campaign for
the withdrawal of Mr.. Kiger's nom
nation leaves him in the office.
The Senate las passed a couple
Of bills reducing the tariff l'itics on
sool and sugar and the biz taxing
! ne: incomes OF more than $4,000 a
year. On acco.rt of the Republlcaa
me- / ty in he Senate these bills
were amended ty the Senl.e 81 as
to orange tacsn from tie shape in
witch they possed the House. but
tnr, provide fer substituted re .u.-
lt!uns in duties and the taxation of
large incomes. Senator Watson was
present and voted for each OF these
bills Senator Chiffon was unable
on account of his illness to attend
the sessions at which they were
voted fer but it was announced on
each vote that If present he would
have yoied for the bills and being
absent he was paired. thus shutting
cut vote against the bills. which
lis equivalent to one for them
Congressman Hughes, VINO has
been absent from Washington since
the first of last December, except for
l, a. k1ex hnty