The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-06-18

the Taft crowd and the old Taft
machine. 1t was the revolt
against this old machine which
defeated Senator Scott and sent
four Democrats to the House of
Representatives from West Vir-
ginia and two Democrats to the
Senate. The revolution against
the old machine proved merely to
be an unsuccessful rebellion and
the temporary overthrow Of the
old machine amounted to nothing
for it has come back with even
greater strength than it had be-
fore.
While it was made apparent
that the Republicans of West
Virginia preferred Theodore
Roosevelt for President, and by
an overwhelming vote sent SOL
id Roosevelt delegation to Chi
cago it is now apparent that
President Taft will be renomina-
ted in the Chicago Convention;
that Gov. Glasscock will have no
chance whatever for the nomina-
ton for Vice-President and that
the old stand-pat crowd will have
control of the Republican party
in West Virginia for four years
more. In other words the ma
chine has run the steam-roller
over the people of West Virginia;
has turned down their choice for
President; has taken away all
power from their new state COM
mittee and has perpetuated it.
self in that control from which
the Republicans of the State
made a determined and for a
time apparently successful effort
to dislodge it.
In strong contrast to the Re-
publican situation in the state is
the condition of harmony which
prevails among the Demo-
Gratis. The State conven-
ton at Parkersburg last week
when delegates to the National
Convention at Baltimore were
selected showed conclusively the
entire harmany which prevails
among the Democrats. When
Senator Chiffon arose in the Con-
vention and nominated for mem
Der of the National Committee,
John T. McGraw, and when the
Convention unanimously elected
Col. McGraw to fill this position,
for the fourth successive term,
of four years, each, there was
given manifestation of harmo-
ny entirely beyond the COM
prehension of West Virginia Re-
publicans. Men who favored the
nomination of Clark, Bryan,
Harmon, Wilson and Underwood,
were all placed on the delegation
together with instructions to vote
as a unit for Clark at first, and
afterward for any candidate upon
whom a majority of the delega-
ton might agree. The instruc-
tons throughout were in full
harmony with the rule of the
majority, and there was no at
tempt on the part of any machine
to throttle the majority or to run
a steam roller over anybody. 1t
was plain case of instructing
for Clark as the choice of the
vast majority of the Democrats
with an opportunity if it should
be found Clark could not be NOM
mated to vote for the choice of
the majority of the delegation.
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Congressman Hamilton was
one of the Committee appointed
by Speaker Champ Clark to ac-
company the body of the late
Senator George S. Nixon to
Reno, Nevada, for burial and
left with the funeral party last
Thursday He is not expected to
return to Washington before the
latter part of the week.
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/ Congressman Hamilton sue
ceeded last week in getting ia
vorable consideration by the
House for his bill loaning two
brass or bronze cannon to the
city of Elizabeth for the use oil
the G.. A. r. Post at that place
AS soon as the bill is passed by
the Senate the cannon will BIZ
available and will be shipped t