The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-24
PROCRESSVES
WILL NOT run
Third Party Leaders Refuse to
Permit II.
NO CHANCE 10 GET OFFICE

Head Of Roosevelt Organization IN
West Virginia Forces His Party's
Candidates From the Ticket In the
Interest of the Followers Of Taft.
The peculiar spectacle IL presented
IN West Virginia Of the organizer and
leader Of the Progressive party refus-
Ing to permit members OF that party
to become candidates for Office. w.
M. o. Dawson, who Is state chairman
OF the Progressive party and the West
Virginia member Of the national COM
mittee Of the Progressive party. who
organized the Progressive party in
West Virginia and has been It's die
tator ever since it was organized, is
doing this very thing. He Is using ev-
cry effort In behalf OF the Republican
ticket which has been SO bitterly de-
rounced by Theodore Roosevelt and
doing everything in his power to pre-
vent the nomination Of candidates on
the Progressive ticket.
Only few days ago Mr.. Dawson,
In company with former Governor
White, who is also one Of the found
ers of the Progressive party in West
Virginia, went to Tyler county and
spent almost one entire day trying to
induce the regularly nominated can
d.dates of the Progressive party to
withdraw from the ticket in the in
terest Of candidates on the Taft ticket
nominated by Republicans and rep
resenting reactionary policies.
instructions Are Given.
Former Governor Dawson, acting
for and in behalf of the Progressive
party, has sent instructions to Clarks-
burg to have the regular Republican
nominees for all off1ces In Harrison
county placed upon the Progressive
ticket, thus depriving every Progress
sive of the opportunity to become a
candidate for any Office in that coun-
ty or to vote for any member Of his
own party for an Office.
It has Been but a short time since
Mr.. Dawson appointed an assistant to
look after the affairs of the Progress
sive party in the northern part of
West Virginia The first act of this
assistant was to attempt to prevent
the nomination of a Progressive
candidate for state senator, although
his nomination was desired by the en-
tire membership Of the Progressive
party In his district.
In Marshall county, where mass
meeting of Progressives was held for
the purpose Of nominating Progressive
county candidates and where pc.
tition for the nomination Of county
ticket was signed by nearly three
hundred members of the Progressive
party, the nomination of Progress
sive ticket was prevented through the
influence OF friends Of Mr.. Dawson
Wherever. an attempt has been
made In this state to nominate Pro.
;gressive candidates for local Offices,
Mr.. Dawson or those who are asso-
sciated with him have interfered and
prevented any action of that kind. 1t
has been apparent from the start that
this boss of the Progressive party
has had no intention whatever of as
sisting the Progressive party in any
way, but that be has undertaken to
elect the candidates OF the Taft party
nominated on platforms entirely in.
consistent with the Progressive plat
form, and opposed to the Progressive
party In every principle.
Under Control Of Bosses.
The Progressive party was formed
for the purpose Of getting away from
boss rule. Mr.. Roosevelt says the
Republican party has been definitely
and finally brought. by theft and
fraud, under the control of the
bosses.." What would he say of the
management of the Progressive party
in West Virginia if he knew the man
ner in which it is being bossed by the
man who was deposed by the old Re.
publican party as its leader in West
Virginia and who has used the Pro
gressiye party merely as a means Of
bringing himself back into control OF
the Republican party again? No
6ItdtcI bO5S CyCtr CAiotca III lilSa. fAt'
publican party In West Virginia than
W. nj. O. Dawson and he is as much
of boss in the Progressive party to-
day as he ever was in the Republican
party before the voters of that party
rebelled against him and drove him
from their leadership.
His whole purpose in organizing
the Progressive party seems to have
been to obtain political power again
and to work himself into the United
States senate by selling out the Pro
gressive vote to the Republicans and
delivering the Progressive vote to the
Republican candidates in exchange
for the senatorship for himself II a
Republican legislature can be elected
/ SAYS BOSSES CONTROL