The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-03
PROGRESSIVE PARTY Is EXPEN.
3sIVEsT0s THE WATs0N.C chill
TON ALLIANCE. Vi
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY 10
HELPSFINANCE HODGES
NEWsDEPUTYli INTERNALiR EVEs
NILE COLLECT TO BE 10.
GATED AT GRAFTON.
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US NSaSdlNGlUEN,s ". G,t aug. g.
FROM a secret conference. held here
last week by heads Of the machine
Organization which dominates the
Democrats party in West Virginia
certain facts have leaked out, which
may be briefly and compactly assem-
bled, towit: .is
% It has cost, up till now, the
Watson Chiffon alliance7sthe sum OF
$4,000 to finance the Progressive
party in West Virginia. The money
was furnished by Watson.
"a ca l1t;is estimated by the conferees1
who participated in the meeting that,
to successfully conduct the campaign
Of the Democratic and Progressive
parties in West Virginia. the sum Of
$50, 000swill be required which would
be. IS, 900 in excess Of 81, 1000 sfor!l
each Of the fifty-five counties. 1t,
was decided to ask Watson to furnish
this amount. Tho estimate was con-
sfdercd conservative by Sam A. Hays,
collectoriJofs internal revenue. Il
(S)i fhe optimistic view was held,
assuming that this sum would be
Forthcoming from Watson, that TO-
600 votes could be scared up for G: j:
shuck, third party candidateSfor cons
gressman-at-large; that 5000 votes
that he would not, otherwise get.
would go to Thos. E. Hodges BY rea-
son Of his ,uniyersity connection, and
Ills years IN educational and school
work; that the loss Of Democratic
votes would not be appreciablc.
ca The American School Book
concern activegin West Virginia for
many years in business and politics
Of a questionable kind, sSexpectedi to
|iielp finance the Hodges Campaign.
The representative of that concern
IN West Virginia - "A. .t;sNilkinsons
who Is also d high-salaried deputy
Under Collector Hays, and has charge
ofl the collection Of corporation and
income taxes.
II & skS new deputy internal ;lreYes
nue. coileetGrI iset She5appeinted and
Grafton ifs1 to- he designated las hls
Eileadanarters oosuch offifer is r. re
hurried there on account Of revenue
business. But he is to be sent there
|tso that he can y imSelff useful iI!i
|in promoting the campaign OF Con.
|ssressmang Brown In the, Second dis:
|trict. w q 1. .4!, !.
These are some OF the highly i'm
I,portant developments sofssthesrecent
conference which escaped the be censor So
lit was avery secretive meeting: Great
|precautions were taken against pub i,b
|licity.S But news like this Is alto;
| gether. too important to keeE pre-
served, and like that Of a Senate leS
lecutive session seems bound to conc
out. So. here the public las tn,
main facts. Of d most important an;
exclusive powi-wowl Of machine poll
| ticians who meet to discuss plans o.
Financing. the campaign in thei
state, and to figure. on future contin
| gencies In the light Of allsthe infori
nation they have available at Tho
present time. q.
It will surprise Sonlvstic articles
and innocent of practical politicsSta
flearn Sthatsthe money, hswhirhi tn
third party movement in West Viz
ginia has been supplied came from
| 1.-The Democratic bosses. All other
have guessed it long ago. There; wa
every, Sign in sight to them that
number OFFS third. party politician
were not working for the supliftsass
ttheiri own expense. but were In tltti
fine employment Of q place on ths
payroll. That7$14,O0 900 has been aex
Tended in this enterprise, shows tina;
there was nothing wanting n&thS
way of generous inspiration to buck
leon the Earmorsand fight at Anna
geddon for the Lord.
Skipping Nos. 2 and 8 III ;thfi allow
bill of particulars Of the eohfab. r
may be asked where the book Crust
comes In? That is quite, a long,
STORY, which need not be told in de
tail at this time! tits bound to ngs
| uregvery largely in the sHod ges cam