Mountain advocate., 1913-04-04
FUSION IN
ONO COUNTY
Republicans and Progress
sives Unite Under Log
Cabin Emblem With
Progressive Platform.

uArtIOrO, nv. NeDuDican WHICH
contains an account Of the conve
ton held at the county seat of Ohio
county last week in which the Re.
publican and Progressive bodies
united for the coming election under
the old Log Goblin and adopted a
progressive platform. Some com.
mon sense used there.
They realized the disadvantage
in which they were placing them.
selves in undertaking to defeat the
democrats while they were divided
among thenelves and met in the
above mentioned convention and
harmouize'l with the result that
they are now stronger than they
were prior to the Presidential cleo
ton.
We reprint a few paragraphs from
the article describing the conven.
ton and the a,tion taken:-
Responding to the call recently
issued by the Republican and Pro.
gressive Committees of Ohio county
there assembled at the court house
in Hartford last Saturday afternoon
a large and representative body of
men from nearly all Of the precincts
Of the county. 1t was a serious,
thoughtful crowd, met with one
pose in view. and that the bringing
to gether of the two elements OF
the Republican party, which had
supported Taft and Roosevelt last
ttall. upon a platform which would
appeal to manv thoughtful people
who had not heretofore acted with
the Republican party. BY request
of the two county chairmen the
meeting was called To order bv
Hon NJ l.. Heavrin, who made a
briet talk, outlining the object of the
convention, and had read the call
heretofore published. The chair
man then suggested nominations
we're in order for permanent chair.
man whereupon, Mr.. {. NJ. Barnett
placed in nomination, Mr.. II.
Thomas, OF Narrows, in a brief
speech eulogizing his sense of iair
play and stating that MIR Thomas
was the first man in the county TO
propose a getting together for the
county race. His election was
unanimous and he made a splendid
speech ot acceptance, counselling
harmony. aud pointing out the
necessity Tor united opposition to
the Democracy.
While the committee was out,
Hon. Ernest Woodward was called
upon and spoke along the lines
mapped out tor the work OF the
convention, giving some good and
wholesome advice, concerning poll.
tics in general, and suggesting that
upon no other question. the two
elements OF the Republican party
wer united upon the question OF a
Protective Tariff, to the tearing
down OF which Democracy was
pledged, and he predicted that be-
fore twelve months of the Wilson
administration had passed, wider
discomfort and suffering would EN-
sue because of it's Free Trade posi-
ton than had existed under the
, last Cleveland administration. This
. he said would have the effect tc
bring together all the advocates o
Protective Tariff. under one ban
ner and this party would control
he next Presidential election.
III was the most quiet and order
lv convention ever held in Ohio
county. The men came To act
rather than tn shoot fireworks.
fine mere fact that a county con
vention should meet and adopt d
platform IN advance of the nomina
tions IN which the candidate FOL
member of the Legislature SHOULD
he instructed how TO vote upoI