The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-10-03
;: WHOSFNFCLAINIS MAKE HIM MOST
I ~. WONDERFUL MAN SINCE n 5tS;3
STATES BIRTH. II Ss5
Bitterness Banished

Understanding Exists b cen Re-
j. publican and Progrey S. Parties'
Who Are United 7 y A,pport of;
Nominees on state p Aet. a. /2,
If half of what $. been charged
to the credit ap : lscredit Of 5Wm I
NJ. .. Dawson y ,aner Governor Of I
West Virgin 81 md just -nowEhead !
CT the Roosevelt movement in West
Virginia, were true, he is the most !.
wonderful man that West Virginia41
has produced since the state was 4
isllced off the old commonwealth }
and told to conduct her own affairs. 4
Hermann had nothing on Dawson
when, it comes to feats of magic. ,s,; \
BY a portion Of the Republican
press OF the state the Progressive
State Chairman is charged with be- i
ing a candidate for the United
States Senate. They argue that:
if a vote is cast for the Bull Moose
ticket it is a vote for Governdrs
Dawson for the Senate. BY. some
unknown process Sff S;ff reason ing they
hold that if the vote is cast for the }
Republican ticket it is against the
supposed Dawson candid acy q for
the United States Senate. ts Of
course, the legislative nominee on
the Republican ticket and the Pro-.
gressive ticket are one and the sarns
in practically every county III the:
state. The Legislative candidates.
have not denied that they. favoxF
Dowson for the Senate on the Pro
gressive ticket and William Sey- S,
mour; Edwards, DAVIS Elkins, isaac
L. Mann or some other Republican
on the Republican ticket. SSs
s Just, as amusing and, if. true.
just aS5ilteresting, are tie fehafg ges$ssssss
from Parkersburg that the Big
Moose is taking an active part. iIl 8
the management of three parties,
The Democratic brethren have.
found the goods on the Progress \
i've chairman they aiIege. Is
TO begin with the former Gov b
ernor is devoid Of polisical princi-,
pies because he is supporting
Roosevelt and the Republican state
ticket, direct contrary to the Roose- e
welt injunction that you can 't :
support me and vote the Repnbli- /"
canstatc t;cket,' and while claim
ING to be Il Progl essive in support
ing the regular Republican state
ticket in violation Of the exclama-
ton uf President Taft that 81 man /
cannot be IN the Republican party
and in third party at the same
time.' ~ Es
Here is the way the Democratic =
leaders have it figured that Dawson \
is the real leader in the Republican, ~
Progressive and Prohibition par
ties: He was chairman of the Re- /.
publican state convention, md ist I.
still chairman of that body, for it
has never adjourned, and controls
the Republican state committee, be- :
cause it failed to elect successor
to William Seymour Edwards on
the National Committee. That
constitutes his hold upon the Re 4
publican organization. Second he
is the Progressive State Chairman
and has guided the Progressives
back into the Republican party +
He is charged with handling the
funds Of the Prohibitionists and, Of "
course, being in that position,
where the sinews of war are dished
out to the worthy he is in the most
powerful position with the tee
totalers. Handling the affairs of
three parties at one and the same
time is some task, but Dawson
doesn't seem to mind the arduous
and irksomc duties. just to keep
him busy and afford him some real
exercise before breakfast, the Pro
gressive chairman may slip out
some morning and grab the Dem
ocratic and Socialist Parties, con- 4
solidate the latter two with the
three he has in his grasp and man
age them all from the same office.