The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-07
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said Hon. Howard Sutherland and
the Hon. s. B. Avis for selection.
Be 1t therefore, Resolved that we
the5yoters Of the Progressive partyIof
Summers county in convention as
sembled, most heartily endorse the
conduct and course Of the said gem
ltlemen In congress and hereby, in.
,struct our delegates this day select.
ed to 3thesstate conf ressional conven-
ton and to- the Third Congressional
district ton for the Progress
sive party hereafter to be called, to
use their Influence for these two can
didates in the said conventions.n
r. N. Fisher Writes Letter. u
Another straw which shows how
the wind is blowing in the same d.
rection comes TO Congressman-at-
large Sutherland in the shape Of a
cppysof an open letter written by8R
M. Fisher, Of Wilsonburg, to Edward
Law at Clarksburg. Both of these
men are leading Progressive party
men in that section Of the state.
Fishers letter to Law reads: q
Dear Sir: On the morning Of
the Progressive convention I was
asked by you. il I would attend the
Progressive state convention. VI felt
at the time that you were going to
make my answer a test of my loyalty
to the Progressive or third party
movement &, +
81 feel this movement was started
to sustain such men as Howard
Sutherland, congressman at large
from this state. He was the unani-
nous choice of his party. i feel Mr..
Sutherland should be given at least
asEfighting chance with Dr. Hod ges,
his Democratic opponent. sutber=
land is an advocate Of progressive leg:
islation and he has striyen TO isbe
fright. The sooner the people find
out that this popular political move
ment under its present management
can do no better than defeat honest
Progressive candidates by insurs1g
the, election of Democrats without re-
gard to their position on public ques-
tionss the better It will be for the
country, and also for the real spirit
Of progress In egislation. 81 4
IehayeI always stood for mi diation
end promise as a principlesin life,
where no sacrifice Of fundamentals
were necessary. slsst5
b Mr.. Sutherland has put me under
obligations TO him a half dozen times
during the last year. tone time i
wished some Information and asked
him toEsend a clerk, but he promptly
said, q will go myself Only a few
weeks ago I received fifty fine vol
nmes and many bulletins for a library
Iwass interested In. There Is no
harder worker or more courteous
member in the congressional delegas
ton. i'll should attend that conyen.
ton I would nominate this splendid
fellow Of irreproachab bic characterI
and habits.
q IS q lhehbeTf VI tus isthle ASeuhtei
Mr.. Sutherland did more to focus the |
attention fSthe people on good roads
than any other man In the state.
u you people do not tell me some
day that i was right i will burn ey-
cry book 1 have. Certainly no old
soldier who Is not In his dotage can
be induced to vote against suther-
land who will use his tireless energyl
in behalf of those old veterans wrol
marched to the drum beat and bugieI
call Of the union. n there are such.
then we say to those old boys. you'll
made the name Republican respect
ed the world over. and you can never
write Il out OF the future political
history Of this country. I
Il g. On. II