The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-21
.SULZER NOMINATED
declared. I'm make them take notice
I'm other places. too
State~ent IN Oar.

NtNAaitAs mdhr NutLu take nOtlce
I'm other places. too
Statement In Part.
His statement follows In part:
In view OF the urgent pleadings
from lifelong friends and the re-
quest in writing from more than half
the registered voters OF the sixth as
sembly district. regardless OF party
affiliations. begging me TO accept the
nomination for member OF assembly
TO further the cause Of honest gov
eminent, | have consented TO come
back 10 Albany as a member OF the
ass assembly for the good that /
can do.
Il shall be a non-partisan candi-
date, having no axe TO grind and no
motive or purpose other than 20 do
What / can Tor the cause of gooG
government-the struggle for which
accomplishment brought about my re-
moval from the governorship by an
arrogant boss whose dictates 10 do
wrong I dehed"
Sulzer agreed to run after consult.
ing with score Of political advisers
to-day. The rabbis OF every syna-
the executive mansion to-day 10 urge
Sulzer 10 make the race. They
brought petitions signed by $500
voters in the district. asking Sulzer
10 run. There are said TO be only
800 voters in the entire district.
Mrs. Sulzer urged him to accept the
nomination.
sulzer Well Pleased.
Obviously Sulzer was well pleased
with his nomination. He walked up
and down his office in the mansion.
smoking cigar. smiling and telling
how he intended 10 fight his enemies
TO the last ditch
He waved his callers to a chair
and began TO tell how he regarded
his removal as a possible real bless
ing in disguise.
The Indians declare" he said that
everything is for the best. I'm pretty
much OF an Indian myself I've been
out west fourteen times Sometimes
! think that's where / belong People
out there have written me since /
started this fight against Tammany
that II were among them they would
send me 10 the United States Senate
Maybe they would I reckon | belong
out there. don't seem TO get on very
we'll in this effete east
But I started 20 say that thought
maybe my removal was for the best
What could ] do in the Governors
chair now? Nothing. But / can do
lot in the assembly and othe- places
can carry out my reforms there. /
tried to carry them out in the Gov
ernor's chair
He was silent for a moment. walk.
In III 90
ne stopped. closed his ewes and said.
Yes sir. tried So hard that lost
my job"
Progresslves Do7't Favor II.
Tho nomination az the impeochcd
executive was brought about against
the desires o. tine State and county
leaders of the Progressive party The
sentiment among the Progr-ssivcs
throughout the State and FRI other
states was generally against the move.
according 90 state Chairman TheO-
tore Douglas Robinson and County
Chairman Francis W. Bird
Mr. Bird IN letter 10 Mt Slender
before tho meeting began cautioned
him regarding the unvisiom OF nom
mating Mr. Sulzer"
"Of course. ~ is a fundamental pro.
gressive principle that -he settled will
~ tho people IN any district should
govern In tho making OF nominations. D."
Mr. Bird wrote
''Progressives everywhere will rec
ognize that the committee must per
force act in accord with the settled
VIII OF the people OF that district
However. Mr.. Bird pointed out, al
though 5000 voters In all parties as he
was informed. out OF total OF 5000
voters had signed a petition favo~ing
Mr. suffers nomination. such a nom
nation ~ brought s-DJur IN this 1.7v
would be more Of a uelchbOrhood than
party nomination. ~ would MOI DO
"a strictly progressive designation. Iuf
90 nomination by the voters Of all .ln
parties in the distrrc; using the va
r.rov that happens to be- on the g. o.
croseis" ticket for their purpose.
After Mr. Sulzer had been uomi-
mated tonight there was n demonstra-
zion 'H rho East Side meeting hall
n7Ud- '1 'fe street outside played ma
t'rrai airs Tho nom.na ION vas made