The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-02
SAM WOODS, OF BARBOUR, VILE
|. MAKE WAY FOR THOMPSON
WHO WILL GET SUPPORT OF
WAT oN.cHILToN COM 3 ! N A.
lion. - - 4.
az Charles BIooks smith.

10y SudTIeb pIOOhS oulItHJ
The Watson,Chilton machine has
made up its mind as to It's candidate
for gopepner. 1t has taken the gen.
l9emanIy bovine by the horns. and put
astop to that process OF eAmnatloh,f
which has been so popular with the
faction, which Is opposed to anything
Or anybody that the machine wants;
or which It may appear to want
One OF the most interesting phases
of the political game, and one of the
most unusual in the history Of State
politics, has been .,his selr-same PRO.
cess of elimination. Gthas been used
to wipe hesitating and budding ambi-
tons off the map-putting them out
of all possible consideration by an
avalanche Of vigorous Criticism, harsh
attack, cruel buresdtie and ribald rldt
icule.
A case in point is that OF Sam.
Woods, of Barbour. Having turned
from McGraw 10 the Watson.Chilton
combination at Charleston, and having
received assurances OF support for the
governorship nomination, Senator
Woods announced his candidacy. In
quicker time than it takes to write it..
he McGraw faction fellupon him hip
and thigh, and tore his candidacy to
pieces.
The machine papers were apparent
" paralyzed al the surprising on
slaught, and hardlyaa voice or aEni
was raised in his defense Woods
never got his candidacy started. 1t
was waylaid and assassinated in the
earliest hours ofits innocent infancy.
others suffered practically the same
late in connection with the suggestion
Of their names for other places on the
ticket Every "fee1er9 put forward
vas killed blfan early frost. This
vas what was termed the process of
elimination" twas sort OF killing
hem:aborning operation, and the sen
atnrs let 1t continue for while think
ing that it would play out. But It did
not. SO they concluded TO put stop
10 it, by taking firm stand against
The lnsurrectos-to fight them in the
open.
And thus it Is that w. r. Thompson.
Of Huntington, finds himself the ben
eGciary of the machines newlN-as-
sumed attitude. 1t has tagged him as
its candidate and has come TO the
front for him. Thompson is their
man, and they have sent out word to
that; effect to their hencltmen. Thomg-
'soh has been ordered TO do onenigM
to see the people and let hiql-
Self be seen. He is now in the east
EfhGpart of the State. Thousands 81
Ih6mpson buttons lave been dig
'Iributed and Thompson headquarters
are open, manned. and doing business
IN an Office building IN Huntington.
Feeling assured OF It's power of the
thoroughness Of its Organization, an
assurance that was heightened by the
easy way the. steamsroller worked at
the State committee meeting, the Wat
some Chiffon machine has come into
the open and will let It be known who
Is on its ticket and force the nomina-
lions as they want them made, with
out paying any attention to the bowls
Of rage from the antimaclinists, or
what is known as the McGraW faction..
! AS to that faction, they are equally
frank. They are going against the ma
chine at the polls. That is the only
place left for them ito carry their
fight Beaten and Inundated, steam.
rollered and flqltened ont. they are
going to vote with THE Republicans to
put the machineou Of business Clsr-
ence Watson Is the main object 81
their anger and wrath. A Democratic
legislature means the reelection Of
Watson, and that means the signing
OF their own death warrant. n
SO they will tell you that they waut
the Republicans to put up good men
for the Legislature everywhere, md
they will vote to elect them. They
viii tell YOU when Qucstlonel about
II, that they do not Consider voting 10
GUST Watson treason TO tneIr party, be
cause they say that Watson is ncloyaI
Democrat; that he, hlmself. lisa prav-
en- traitor to his party. and only came
back to It when there was a prospect
of his buying his way into the United
States Senate. \
This IS not mlsstating the facts. Not