The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-11

IWuO III ldhuIIS hO"h no NSSI0i"'
against the appointment OF Progress
sivc registrars said from the bench:
".All, or nearly all voters casting a
ballot for Mr.. Roosevelt in 1912
claimed TO be Republicans at the
time and are still Republicans.
The court knows as much about
the situation In Mason county as any
ono else, without listening to argu-
mentS Of attorneys.
1T is the opinion of the court that
10 Progressive party existed in
.l1912."
We do not know but what the Pro
gressivc party. as a party of vlgor-
Gus protest, or the Roosevelt Repub-
leans it might be more proper to
say, have accomplished considerable
good and have caused the Republic
cans to adhere more strictly to party
principles. 1t is to be regretted that
la party composed of so many good
men, with good intentions. ould so
IsoOn, itself, fall into the hands OF
bosses and become More thoroughly
/ boss-ridden than the party against
which it protested.
One of the cardinal principles Of
Ithc Progressive party was it's advo-
tacy of the primary election. In
New York they have a state wide
primary election law to nominate all
Estate tickets and in face Of this fact
1.-THE Progressive bosses in New York
got together in Il convention Il
named it's ticket in advance of the
Urinary, stating Davenport for gov
crnor, and it now looks as If William
Sulzcr will beat him in the primary
Tor the Progressive nomination. The
slated ticket should be defeated
whether it is or not. Why not let
j the people name their own candi-
dates?
In no state have the Progressives
made stronger ~prctentions to righte-
/ BUSINESS than in Pennsylvania and in
; no other state have they been so ve'
Element in their denunciation OF boss
lIulc, but in this great Republican
commonwealth we find that Bill
Finn is more nearly the boss OF the
Progressive party than Penrose Is OF
the Republican party. 1t is regret
liable that any men should have such
u hold upon their parties as either OF
( these two men, but If we had to make
Il choice between the W bosses we
would prefer Penrose to Finn ana
1.-THE people Of Pennsylvania will no
doubt express the same opinion in
November.
In Pennsylvania, this stronghold
of Progressive sentiment. we tlnd the
Progressive party making a solemn
platform pledge to the people, which
Is, in fact, a contract between the
party and the people, and in this
platform we read severe
ltion of the Democratic administra-
tion. The Progressive platform OF
PENNSYLVANIA condemns the Wilson
administration in the following Ian
guage:
1--WE condemn the declared policy
of the Democratic party-tarifI for
revenue only. Confessedly The pres
Ont Democratic tariff is only tho
first step in a program of reduction
',meant eventually to wipe out every
vestige of the protection principle
from IL tariff. This. policy we re-
gard as a grave menace. The WASH
ington party stands for protection
ave condemn the Democratic ad-
ministration for surrendering the ell
ficicncy of the civil and diplomatic
services to the clamor of Democrats
hungry for spoils. We particularly
condemn the use OF the federal pat
ronage in Pennsylvania to bullo up
n Democratic machine In TINS state
1--WE denounce proposal to pay Co
lombia $685. 900 and to apologize
: for wrongs never committed in an
unworthy attempt to discredit tho
Rooseyelt administration.
we condemn the proposal OF th'
democratic administration TO sur
render right or wrong and without
orbitration our treaty rights in tn
Panama Canal"
But in spite of this platform
Drrachment we find the Progressive
Welding to Boss Finn and withdraw
Hing its candidate for governor. VII
liam Draper Lewis, and ~endorsinf
the Democratic candidate, 1t hai
completely surrendered the higl
principles it pretended to cspouse 10
1.-The sake of a possible division OF tn
spoils of office. The effect Will b
That the honest Progressives Will re
turn to the Republican fold in NO
vember. deserving the leaders wh'
have beer trying to decoy them INT
the Democratic fold.
That is the practice Of the Pro
cressive bosses in West Virginia
They are employed to aid the Demo
cratic party and some of them hav
been placed in high salaried posi-
tions for no other purpose. The ran.