The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-07
SUPREME COURT ORDERS
PAR7|ASN COUNTY COURT
TO FOLLOW THE Law
REPUBLICAN REGISTRARS TO
SERVE IN LIEU Of THE
PR0GRESS|VES NAMED

show its rank partisanship and
fraudulent intention by ignoring the
Ilaw and appointing progrcssivcs as
registrars in spite of the law. But
| fortunately we have Il higher court
in this state than the little partisan
Marion county court and this court
has made them undo their mOnu-
polite language Of court procedure
to recognize the law and follow it,
which will be done at an carly date
uS the county court can not stand
ont against the mandates of the Sill
prCmc Court, no matter how many
deaf ears they have turned to the
honest appeals of the Republicans Of
the county and the newspaper crit
cism that was made at the time the
appointments were made.
The city council OF Talrmont did
the same thing at the last city elcc
tion and would not bulge an inch
from their position until the Su
prcmc Court sat down on them lili"
r ton of brick with mandamus. 1t
Is the same power behind the throne
that directed the council that has
directed the county court to do this
corrupt and fraudulent act.
There was no fight made against
the registrars personally. Many OF
them were loyal Republicans and re-
fused to take the iron clad oath re-
quircd to support the Progressive
ticket and refused TO serve. Some.
who had not refused stated that they
were loyal Republicans. There were
included in the list many good men
;nd it was not on account Of their
personalities that they were rcmo.-
cd but because they had been ap-
pointed by n partisan court in di-
rect conflict with the law and the
Fight was made before the Supreme
Court on account of the principle in
,clved. There were just enough APP
continents made of those who could
bc handled by the Democrats to
make 1t discOuraging for the Rcpub-
!icans to enter the campaign in this
county. 4 few Republican names
omitted from Il few precincts i'll the
county would seriously cndangcr
their success in case of Il close elec-
ton.
The Cabcll and HraXton county
cases were also decided in favor OF
the Republican registrars and in the
Mason county case the Judgment Of
the circuit court was affirmed and
u writ Of error refused the Progress
yivcs who had appealed from the de-
cISion of the court when the county
court was compelled by mandamus
to appoint the Republican regis
tTars.
In Cabcll county the Republicans
had no 1913 election vote to decide
the case upon and the same cOndi-
ton applied to both BraNtOn ana
Mason counties.
In CabrlI tho Republicans asked
for the mandamus on the ground
that in the 1913 election the Pro-
grcsSivc party was not Il legally con-
stitutcd political organization which
ground was alleged also In the Ma
rion county case aud without the
19I3 vote to guide the court the re-
suit would have been the same and
lhe Progressive registrars would
lave been removed on the ground
that the Progrcssivcs were not lc-
sally constituted organization.
The registrars under the law are
required to take an oath to support
Ithc nominees of the party they rep
recent as registrars and 1t would
lave hcen practically impossible to
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