The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-04-04
STATES CHOICE IE'OI. lPIsESIDEN-
TLALa CANDIDATE TO BE
=. IL MADE BY ELECTION TE =
Senator Included
In the Method About Agreed Upon
Ivy Committee. for & Selecting Re
:" publican Candidates for Offices.
Complain or Steam Roller Tatics.

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expect State Chairman Virgil l. High
-fand,rof Of eiarksburg, to assemble the
Republican State Central Committee
FOR the purpose Of passing upon the
aadYisabiltty of including the names
/of Presidential candidates In the prl-
1 mary to be held throughout the sew
,eral counties on June d, when state
ticket Is placed in nomination .'
While the committee is not commit
ted, to that action, 'in less than a week
the Republican leaders have changed
their minds, and where they were as
: sert1ng a week ago that there was on
~ a remote possibility Of a Presiden-
t1al preference primary in the state,
they now say that it is almost assur-
ed, and, Further, that the committee
4 Will do more and give the voters an
opportunity to express their prefer
ID, ence for United States Senator by i'll
Guiding the. names of the candidates
for the latter office. .- .-
Some weeks ago the Roosevelt State
Committee demanded a presidential
preference primary in West Virginia
and requested Chairman Highland to
either assemble the committee or poll
the committeeman with a view of as
certaining the sentiment of the party
Court. to include the names of all
presidential candidates, in the pr-
mary be held on June, 4, =.
hOllt WanIS
Davis Elkins, who is a. candidate to
s,igeeea United States Senator Wat
son declared that If the committee,
met again to place the names of the
Presidential candidates ca the pr-
mary ballot he would renew his efforts
to have the committee also include in
the primary the Office of United States
Senator. Such an endeavor was made
by Senator Elkins at the committee
meeting In Parkersburg last Novem-
her, but there were many who believ-'
ed it expedient to elect the Legisa-
ture first :..
However, Senator ElRins declares
that the Republican party is commit
ed to the primary system Of making
nominations for office, including the
Office of United States Senator, and,
inasmuch as he is a candidate for the
Office, he wants the. people to say d.
rectly whether or not he is to be the
Republican candidate to oppose Sena-
tor Watson 'N.
Several of the committeeman have
expressed themselves in favor of a
Presidential preference primary, pro-
vided that, Senatorial preference pri-
mary is included Committeeman W.
T.. Hite, of Huntington, so notified
VIM. M. O. Dawson, Of the Roosevelt
State Committee, while Committee
man S. P. SMITH, of Kanawha. states
It IL -beliepes-all-th offices should
be included if the primary call is re-
opened -
An effort was made during the week
to secure an expression from others
who have been considered in the light
Of Senatorial possibilities. although
they have made no public announce
ment. State Chairman William NJ. o.
Dawson of the Roosevelt State Com
mittee while asserting that there were
some good reasons why there should
be no Senatorial preference primary,
insisted that he was in favor Of the
primary including that office Former
Governor Albert b. White, Of >Parkers-
burg. stated that he believed the cleo
ton OF Republican Legislature was
the first thi'lg to be accomplished.
The spirited reply was from VIZ
liam p, Hubbard, of Wheeling, who
opposed Senator N. b. Scott for re-
election two years ago. While MI.
hubbard Is committed to direct pri-
malies and asked for such primary
while he was candidate two years
ago, he contended in his reply that
the State Committee should first pass
upon the question propounded by tho
Roosevelt State Committee without
dovetailing another proposition into
the same, and then there would be
sufficient time to take up the Sena-
torial preference primary. Then,
Hubbard caustically declared, that it
was Cnly, a question of time until
methods would be determined by a
tribunal more trustworthy than ma