The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-20

Specializing As to- the Future and
What Might Happen.
Goo w Guuarnaro


Geo. w. Summers
Statement coming from the Roose-
welt people at Chicago has greatly
interested the West Virginians here,
for they have declared that unless
the Republican candidates for con
gressmen proclaim their allegiance
to Roosevelt new candidates, who
are friends Of Roosevelt, will be
nominated for Congress in every
district in the State This places
the various Republican candidates
for congressman, including George
A. Laughlin, w. g. Conley, s. B.
Avis, H. H. Moss, Jr, James A.
Hughes and Howard sutherland in
position where they must declare
their allegiance to Roosevelt or their
opposition to him. In the event that
they refuse to declare. for Roosevelt,
the statement at Chicago is that con-
testing candidates will be nominal
ed. 1t will be interesting to watch
and see what answer each of these
candidates will make to the question
Although many weeks have passed
since the House Committee on Elec-
lions Number decided the recon-
mendation, which it would make in
the Wfley-Hughes contested case, no
report has yet been prepared by the
of the Chairman that it has been
impossible to get the committee to-
gether, but that report will be
m2de as soon as meeting can be
| bad. 1t is understood the report
/ will go thoroughly into the testimo-
ny of the case and will roundly score
the political methods employed in
the fifth congressional district in
West Virginia.
Senator Watson and Congressman
Brown made personal call on, GEN
eral Leonard Wood, chief of staff of
the United tSates Army, and re-
quested the appointment of George
W. Price, of Morgantown, as an of
ficer in the Philippine scouts. They
have been informed by General Wood
that Mr.. Price has been placed on
the eligible list and that in all
probability in short time he will
receive an appointment.
At the joint request of Senator
Watson and Congressman Brown,
President Taft has pardoned Frank
M Simmons, of Piedmont, who en-
listed as soldier in the regular ar
my. and left his post without leave
He was charged with desertion and
given life sentence.
Senator Watson's bill providing
for the establishment OF fish Gull
tural station at some point on or
near the south branch Of the Poto-
mac has passed the Senate. In all
probability it will pass the House and
become law.
| Tired Of supplying the majorities
for Republican candidates in the
northern part of the state, Mcdowell
and Mingo counties and other coun-
ties in the Black Belt of West Vir-
ginia have determined that inasmuch
as they furnish the majorities they
the entitled to name the candidates
and at the Republican primary cleo
ton held recently they have done So.
Every candidate on the Republican
state ticket except Stuart Reed, who
was renominated for Secretary of
State, is from the southern part OF
the state and the nomination of each
of these candidates was dictated by
the southern counties. Mingo, Mer-
Ger and Mcdowell counties cast more
than one-fourth of the entire vote
cast at the Republican primary cleo
ton. With Fayette, Kanawha, and
Cabell added the six counties cast
more than one-haf Of the entire
vote Of the state, the remaining 40
counties casting considerably less
than half Of the vote in the Repub-
|lican primary election. This means
that the nomination Of each candi-
date on the Republican ticket was
dictated by Mcdowell, Mingo and
other counties in the Black Belt of
West Virginia and that the men for
whom the Republicans Of the state.
are asked to vote were selected by
the negro majorities o fthe counties
| in the southern part Of the State.
Senator Watson has introduced In
reduced form his tariff amendment
proposing to- authorize the President
to suspend any tariff duty for Pc
Rod not exceeding six months when
ever the price of an article affected by
the tariff is abnormally increased by
normal or artificial means. During
the last six months tht price of po-
tatoes has been abnormally high ow-
ing to a shortage in the crop and
many thousands of bushels OF po-
tatoes have been imported. Had
Senator Watson's amendment been
enacted in time the duty on pota-
toes might have been suspended dur
ing the last six months and kept
down the cost of this necessary ar
ticle of food. His amendment was
offered before, but was withdrawn in
order that the Senate Finance Com
mittee might have an opportunity
to investigate its provisions and pass
upon it. He has introduced it again
as an amendment to the chemical
schedule and will urge the Senate
to adopt it.
sixty saloons. in Mcdowell county
under the regime of county court