The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-29

! Those who have studied the election
laws of the stats@ say that it is doubt
ful, were the same electors placed on
both the Republican and Progressive
tttcketH, If 1t could be determined
(which of the two parties were In the
ascendancy. Heretofore 1t has not
been customary to record the votes
cHst for President and Vice President
on the different tickets, and, while
there are some who contend that the
ballot law Of 1908 requires this record
to, be kept, no official opinion has ever
been rendered. ... ''. :
Both the Republican and Progress
sive leaders understand this situation.
and for that reason the demand for
, separate electoral tickets Is growing.
1t is the next question to be dealt
with by the rival party organizations.
Chairman James 3. Lakin, Of the Re-
publican State Central Comm. :ttee, has
not made any effort to solve the prob
lem, but Chairman william M. o.
Dawson, Of the Prcgressives, has said
that he may call meeting of the
Executive Committee of his party to
solve the riddle.
Whether the present electors, If they
are unwilling, can be removed or
not remains perplexing question
| The effort to oust the Roosevelt Elec-
tors in Kansas still hangs in the bal
ance, and while National Chairman
Charles D. Hilles Is making an effort
to settle the vexatious problem the So
luton Is not yet apparent.
There are some Of the Roosevelt
electors In the state who are willing
to retire from the Republican ticket
and place their names on the Pro
gresslve ticket IL the leaders of the
new party give their assent, but there
are others who would remain station
ary on the Republican ballot, while
one or two Of the others are willing te
abide by the choice of the voters be-
tween Taft and Roosevelt If that
choice can be determined. One of the
latter variety Is l.. D: Vickers, of
Charleston, an elector at large, who
made public statement to that effect
during the week. ~
After leaving the head Of the ticket
the bull moose and the elephant wild
eat from the same manager. To sat-
isfy some of the restless brethren
Throughout the several counties Of the
atates aiEtho a.gere ysllling, ~ gvameose3
from the ticket unless they secured
the Endorsement of the bull moose the
Progressives held a meeting at the
capital and let it be understood that
the candidates nominated in the Re-
publican primaries and conventions
and in which. the Roosevelt support
ers participated would be placed ON
the Progressive ticket by petition
Within the next two weeks the Pro-
gressive leaders expect to have thou
sands Of petitions out in each magis-
terial district Of the state, but this
action cannot be taken until the cleo
tor problem has been finally disposed
Of.
In the Endorsement of the Republi-
can state ticket the West Virginia
herd OF Built Moose showed they were
Of different breed from their antIer-
ed brethren in Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
nois, where separate tickets were
inamed, and Chairman James S. La
kin, Of the regular Republican Com
mittee, did not display the same hand
and use the tactics employed by Chair
man Daugherty in Ohio, when he de-
clared that it was unlikely that the
proffered Endorsement would be spurn-
ed by any Of the candidates. And it,
is very improbable that any of the
candidates receiving such indorse-
ments will be subjected to any rigor-
Gus cross Examination.
There were some who believed that
Chairman Lakin might be inclined to
criticise the Progressives in their in
| dorsement of the Republican state
ticket. Many of the more ardent sup
porters Of the President have inVeigh-
ed against the candidates accepting
nomination from the Bull Moose par
| ty, but Chairman Lakin holds that the
Endorsement given the Republicans
| does not alter their allegiance to the
Republican ticket or affect their
standing as Republican candidates.
In the adoption Of the resolution
| recommending the endorsement of the
county candidates it is not certain that