The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-31

by geuerl' re vc,t o. the progress.
Ives III Mingo and Mcdowell coun-
ties against Dr. H. d. Hatfield, the
Republican nom inee for governor
the Republican state executive com
mittee ent Governor Glasscock here
this week In an effort to patch UP
a truce, but the Progressives, who
realize that they have been betrayed
refused to Yield to the governor
persuasion, and he went away, leav-
ing the situation worse than when he
came
The governor was met with the
fiat assertion tn at Hatfield is not a
Progressive, has never been a Pro-
gressive, and thu at he is entirely out
of sympathy WI tn the purposes OF
the new party, and that he hates q
Progressive Just as sternly as he
hates a Democrat He was also
told that Hatfies1d stanGs for and
countenances the very quality of cor
rupt politics win ich afforded one of
the chief motives actuatlng Roose-
welt in the FORMATION of the third
party.
lCCih5 S5UdTSu ny IAO6iCoo-
ives throughout the fifth congress
sional district and so strong has be-
come the resen tment felt by the
members o. the Progressive state
committee, Of the counties compris-
ing the Firth congressional dltrict,
met and adopted RESOLUTIONS de-
handing recogn 1ation for the Pro-
gressives, and the fulfillment Of
pledges which resulted in their en-
dorsement Of the Hatfield State
ticket. When IT became known that
this action had been taken, the
whole machinery of the Republican
state committee was set in motion in
an effort to placate the Progressives,
whose betrayal by Hatfield had
called forth the remonstrance, but
the effort was unavailing, and the
revolt is rapidly spreading. Parts OF
the resolution OF protest adopted
by the committeeman follow:
At meeting of the executive
committee for the Progressive party
for the Fifth congressional district,
held at Huntingdon, on the 18th day
of October, 1s1 z, the following res
olution was imam imously adopted by
vote of all members of said COM
mittee present to-wit:
R. R. Smith, committeeman from
Mcdowell county
B. d. FinneEan committeeman
from Mercer cou MY;
Edward JuhI1ng, committeeman
from Mingo coun ty:
na.n,1YIn from
Wayne county;
J. "A. StricklIng, committeeman
from CabeM county;
Robert Hager, committeeman
from Lincoln CO unity;
C. HI. EnIchs, committeeman from
Putnam county;
]. O. Shinn, committeeman from
Mason county
WHEREAS, in the endorsement
of the candidates of the Republican
party, the Progressive party and the
State committee understood that as
a condition that when a candidate
desired his name placed upon the
Progressive ticket, that he obligated
himself to use his personal efforts
that the national Progressive ticket
should have IA 1r and square deal:
and,
WHEREAS, this committee is adj
vised and charges that the conditions
upon which said candidates were en-
dorsed have BEEN violated in this:
First, in many counties in this
district the Republican organization.
n naming and selecting election of
ficers did not consult the Progress
i've organization in the county, and
the Progressive organization was
not permitted to name any election
officers;
Second, in the counties OF Nc
Dowe1l and MinsEo (the first being
the county. and home of the RepuD-
lican nominee for governor and the
latter the county of mis- nativity,
the Republican organization is com
pletely in his control, and, being IN
such control, he allowed and per-
mitted election officers numbering
almost two hundred to be named
md selected from persons who were
part of the poll tical machinery OF
the Republican party and excluding
therefrom any and all Progressives,
notwithstanding that numerous Pro-
gressives reside In said counties, and
are willing and anxious to partici-
pate in the election, and the Pro-
gressive committee was anxious to
name part OF said officers;
Third, the r epublican candidate
for governor from Mcdowell county
controls absolutely the newspapers
of his county, yet he has permitted
the newspapers OF said county, both
in season and ON Z of season, publicly
and privately, to wage constant, bit
ter and vindictive warfare upon Col.
Roosevelt, and the Progressive par
ty generally;
Fourth, he has caused and per-
mitted to be made and used In Nc
Dowell county, - badge bearing the
inscription Mcdowell County, at
the top, his own Likeness in the CEN
ter. and 1912 Straight Republican
at the bottom, which badge Is in
terprefed to mea n that the said cam
didate's influence, and the political
machinery OF win ich he has control
in said counties, as well as other