The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-28
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WASHINGTON POLITICAL NEWS.
What Our Representatives in Corr
ereSS are Accomplishing.
Geo. W. Summers.

Z5 Geo. Ws@Summers.
Emphasizing the fact which has
been brought out before in this cor
respondence, by l.: A. Lenhart, OF
Kingwood has written to Congress-
man Mckinley, director of the Taft
campaign asserting that the West
Virginia Supporters of Theodore
Roosevelt are disgruntled. set of
disappointed office seekers, Mr.. Len
in 1904 and voted for Theodore
Roosevelt, for president, has written
to Mr. Mckinley as follows: | am
acquainted with nearly every leader
in the state who is now booming Col.
Roosevelt and almost to a man every
one of them has a personal crouch.
Every one of them either wanted an
office and did not get it or wanted to
control the Offices in this state and
failed to connect with the job Nine
out of every ten men who are now
bowling about reform are reformers
for office only" Mr.. Lenhart neg
lected to state that while the sup
porters of Roosevelt are largely dis
appointed Office seekers those in West
Virginia who are pushing the cause
of President Taft are mainly his APP
pointees to public Office And the
main point Of difference between the
two factions of the Republican party
of West Virginia is the question as
to which side shall hold the federal
Offices and draw saaries from the gov
Serna Gnt
8 A little less than year ago the
Republican papers in West Virginia
We're r5undly berating everyone who
did not approve of Gov Glasscock s
plan to force a primary election law
upon the state. Within the last few
weeks former GOV. Dawson has writ
ten to the Chairman of the Republi-
can State Committe asking that a
primary election be held to determine
the perseverance of the West Virginia
republicans Ior President Of the
United States Almost without ex-
ception the Republican papers of
West Virginia have opposed Gov.
ing that the oldstime method of Sc
Eecting delegates to the National Con-
vention shall be adopted So far as
the Republican papers in West Vir-
ginia are concerned the primary cleo
ton would seem to be a good thing
when it can be used for the advantage
of the particular faction of the Re-
publican party which they at the time
are supporting; but it would seem to
be most undesirab BILE plan when they
believe that t might result in assist
ing the cause Of their opponents. The
ihsincerity of the Republican demand
for primary election law could not
be more clearly shown than by the
present attitude of those Republican
papers which are supporting Presi-
dent Taft for denomination and are
bitterly opposing any plan which
might permit the Republican voters
of West Virginia to express their real
choice for President
The methods by which the Repub-
licans are undertaking to control sen
timent through the use of public pat
ronage has been brought to the at
tention of the general public through
an advertisement published generally
in the newspapers of Texas on March
II and since then widely discussed
throughout the country. The federal
appointments in Texas nave been
made by President Taft upon the
recommendation of Cecil Lyon, state
Chairman and National Committee
man. Mr.. Lyon is now supporting
Col. Roosevelt for President and both
sides are trying to line up the fede-
raj office holders. The advertise
ment published in the Texas paper
was addressed TO the Republican fed
eral office holders in Texas and sign
Campaign Manager. 1t says in part:
1.-THE State Chairman has notified
you officially to send him money to
defeat President Taft under whom
you hold a commission, and to file
your allegiance to him within ten
days This is to notify you that the
State Chairman has now no influence
in Washington anu will not have if
reelected after President Taft's tri-
nmphant reelection. The recommen-
dation of Taft Repu blicans will con-
troll the Texas situation in the matter
of patronage and not the recommen-
dations of those engaged in discred
iting one of the best presidents the
country has ever haa, and who by
their disloyalty are endangering
Republican success nationally" The
of this advertisement
shows to what extremes the Republi-
cans are going to go in the effort to
obtain political preferment. The Of
fetal dispenser of patronage is try
ing to control the offholders for
Roosevelt and demanding that they
pledge themselves in writing to him.
At the same time the official notice
8 given that n the event of Mr..