The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-31
That MugwuInp Ticket.

The Democrats of the city have
no ticketAtn the field due largely to
The fact that Democrats. who aided
and abetted the defeat of the last
Democratic mayor the city had,
when he came up for reelection,
dominated the Democratic city com
mittee and finally succeeded at the
last moment in inducing that COM
mittee to abandon the field.
Many Democrats have expressed
their keen disappointment and
strong dfsfavor and they feel that
they have the right to vote as they
please. They declare that they are
under no obligations to the mug
wump ticket and they purpose to
govern their action at the polls &C
cordingly.
1t us interesting to note that the
Democratic mugwumps who were re-
sponsible for the defeat Of Mayor
Edward j. Wood, Democrat, when
he ran the second time are also
responsible for the present mug
wump ticket. The man they chose
to defeat Mayor Wood is also the
man they have nominated for mayor
now. He did not win before and 1t
is perfectly safe to say that he viii
not win now.
Before the Democratic Committee
the plea was put up chat it was
useless to nominate a Democratic
ticket as the party had not been able
TO win. IRejoinder could have been
made that it was only few years
ago that the city did have a Demo-
cratic mayor. For the edThcatioa of
the committee and the pubic in
general it could have been stated that
Mayor Wood, Democrat, came GU.
for reelection and was duly noma
mated in Democratic convention. 1t
could have also been stated that
shortly after Mayor Wood was re-
nominated, Democrats who particle
pated in the Democratic convention
Joined other men in movement to
elect DIR. E. n. FLOWERS mayor.
Democrats who are now excusing
their present. mugwump action on
the ground that the party had been
unableto win IA city elections simply
did not try 10, keep the mayoralty
Democratic when they had "a chance,
and to give, thesexcuse they do now
is simply TO admit that their party
fealty is merely self-interest.
Nugwump. government has ever
proved irresponsible and ineffective.
lit is a mixture of so many different
-views and beliefs that its own TO
nentation destroys it. 1t is power
less to have concerted action. 1t is
Sna.weak even to control itself. 1t is
uRays fake, a fraud and fzzle.
.AEs@no longer even experimental as
IatSasz been tried and ever found
,,ws1sRg.
Y SuHhermore, the method of
noSnatiug the mugwump ticket
: headNdSGDr. Flowers was as objec-
tiaqahe SsS the ticket itself is un-.
POPULAR dcall for a mass meeting;
no one hdefhe courage to Sign was
issued. 1t Ws not known until the
! meeting vas Ssady to. be 0pend who
were really l6slqimental IN issuing
tie cali. 1t was Then ascertained that
two q, three men. had done it nd
2 that they with Two. or three others
mad mapped out une of procedure
oy which they wouS9 be enabled to
'oisl ticket of theiSsown choosing
not only on the convention but upon
.ne voting public. The, spirit of die.
'atorial self-assumed bossssm was so
prevalent and plain that disgust and
: outraged feeling soon took posses
SION OF many who had gons to the
convection to participate in it's pro.
ceeulhgs. Some showed their dfsap-
proVal by leaving the convention han
as soon as its bossism was revealed
ADVERSE criticisms were many and
mere followed wide expression
that the convention had proyed most
unsatisfactory and in turn that The
ticket lI, named did not have approval,
me aim of the fosters Of the,
ticket was to present it to the Dem