West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-02-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
The Republican Machine 10 Trying TO
Bring Roosevelt into tho Fold
Congressman Browns Activities Ir
Behalf OF his Constituents-west
Virginia Lawyer to be Assistant TO
the Attorney General
GEo w. snMMrns

atized effort Of Harry Curtin, Actin,
Chairman 81 the Republican State Com
nittee; Of Sherman G. D.nham aud Other
u line up the Republican party Of W.
Virginia for Theodore Roosevelt as III
Republican nominee for PRECEDENT !
1916 looks like an attempt u get VI
Roosevelt back into the Rrpubl lean part
rather than n swing the Repuhiica'
party over to those principles and poi
/ les represented 10y Mr. Roosevelt. Iii
the ''Old Guard" OF the Republican
party, which has stood for the past p-.'
foi'nances OF the party without wor
Of expostulstion, and which would stan
for the continuance of the policies
Penrose, Cannon, Nathan b. Scott az.
their followers, trying To get back int
the saddle and undertaking To utiiz,. a.
the personal popularity OF Mr Roosevelt
i 10 do 40. In all the protesiations q
those old party leaders i'm West Virgins
there is not a word about abandonin
the well-known principles of Republ
| canism and accepting the principles "
the Progressive party a. represented b
Nr. Roosevelt. 1t is rather matter o,
expectancy by declaring that Mr. RI 49,.
welt and all who are not Democra'
| should join with them i'm helping To ",
| the offices for Curtin, Denham and other,
II their political beliefs. Not one nj
these men has said that all who are mo-,
Democrats should support the Progress
i've ticket. They say, instead, that al.
who are not Democrats should supper
the Republican ticket and i'm exchany,
for that support they offer TO support
Mr. Roosevelt as a candidate of the Re
| publican party. Mr.. Roosevelt is not a
| party IN such suggestion, for whatever
his enemies may have said about him.
not one Of them has eyer accused him OF
| |uboridnating his principles for office
MIR Roosevelt is a Progressive not t
secure Office, but because he believes in
the principles OF that party. He would
not endorse the principles of the Repuhli.
can party in order to become President.
and any effort to have him do 40 is an
| insult 10 the man who left his party be-
cause it had ceased to represent his views
as to what was proper public policy MIR.
| Roosevelt is not a party 10 any of tn,
West Virginia proceedings which have
resulted or which may result i'm the en-.
dorsement of himself as Republican
nominee for President. His friends and
| supporters need not be deceived IL il no
| Theodore Roosevelt nor the policies or
the Progressive party which Mr. Curtin
Nr. Denham and others desires, Int it i.
the use of the name Of Roosevelt to assist
IN IN in carry ing he State for their part,
and the restoration to power of the old
flee holding gang. No doubt the r..
publican party in West Virginia woul,
he welcomed H. the support of the Pro
yressive ticket, when il is named, whether
the name OF Roosevelt appears on it OF
not; but it may br set down as a certain
ty that the republicans can not div,
the Progressive party ont of existenr
merely bv placing the name of MIR Rnnsp
,elt on the head Of the Republican ticket
| Mr.. Roosevelt and his followers are C.,
smart to- fail to see through such plan
and IL will not materialize. MIR. Curtin.
who is promugating the scheme to hav.
Roosevelt nominated for President on th,
| Republican ticket, represents James <
Lakin on the State Committee aud Mr.
Lakin represents Governor Hatfield. /
may be believed, therefore. that it is tn,
Governors wish that Roosevelt shoulc
head the Republican ticket. The Cover
nor had ample opportunity in 1912 I,
choose between Roosevelt and Taft anC
he chose Taft. II he has now switched
TO Roosevelt it must be becauce he Ina.
found out that there is no cnance for TN,
Republican party so long as Taft or an,
of the old Stand-Patter crowd is at il,
head, and has come TO the support q
Roosevelt in the hope that doing 80 unde,
the name Of Republcanism will save TN,
.tlices for the old Stand. Pat crowd. in
cluding himself, and prevent the entir,
disintergration of the crumbling old
party. Mr.. Roosevelt's followers, VIII,
know the kind OF man he is, may rec
assured that he will not consent to any
allegiance by which his name will be usec
as catspaw to pull Republican chestnutt
out OF the fire, and that hc will never
accept nomination on the Republican
ticket.
III II Mccormick, of Charlestown, i,
loominRup big az possibility for appoint
ment "a assistant attorney general oi
the United States, under Attorney Gener
al James &. McReynolds Mr. McCormicb
is not widely known in the polilica
circles OF West Virginia, but his abiliue.
AZ lawyer and his nigh standing ~ q
man seem TO have been brought 10 the