The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-10
Gro be epntEnneti.J
PARTY REDElIGAIED

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ting more than majority Of the
votes IN 1.-THE national convention.
The governor pointed out sths:t the
result Of the last national convsn-
Itiorl was not due to the rank and ME
lof the Republican party. and that
where opportunities were anords:a.
the people served notice as to their
I:desires and when their wishes were
1disregnrded they met the arbitrary
acts OF the committee at the polls.
Those who were IN control Of
| the party machinery In the last ma
ticnal convention have been reDukeo
by the voters Of the party. SAC .L..
lGovernor Hatfield. and the result
has been that the national commit
|taeS has relinqnished Its arbitrary
powers and reVo7utfonfzed the meth
Eods 10 that the. control of the party
| has been LEFT absolutely in the hand1
| of the voters"
.pie Republican party has been
.re-dcdfcateak F0st the ptfnctples which
l.sayev1t IT bffths,' he continued. It's
Edefeat can be only temporary. be-
cause It's principles are the true
power by some of those who had
besn given positions OF authority in
the councils of the parity was re-
lsponsible for the cataclysm of 19 ~
LIT did not represent surrender OF
principles. but. on the other hand.
I It was rebuke of. selfish and arDt-
trary leadership. The masses in the
lRspuflican party demonstrated their
superiority to leadership. but the
masses continue to embrace the car
dinal principles of Republicantsm
Governor Hatfield called attention
| to the fact that some of the Pro-
sressive leaders in West Virginia
lare most Incorporate in denunciaz
ton of the Republican party
tparty to which they belonged all
their lives until a few short months
| this passion and hate are largely
due to personal enmity. envy I'M
successful ambition. or the like.
These gentlemen tell u.s." said
the govern or that as Methodist
lcan't be Baptist. o. Baptist a
Methodist neither can q Republic
team be Progressive or Progress
sive Republican. Jnforti;nately
for the argun/nt of these gentle
men. all good Methodists. all good
EBaptists, an good Presbyter:ans. and
ian good members of all other
occurrences, are cooperating to bring
/ to pass the principles of the reltg-
| ion OF Jesus Christ. and the fact
| is the different churches are COINS
together today in missions and other
great movements, without regard 10
sect, creed or name. Only small
souls put party, or name, or Greco:
above good endeavors or principles.
.tThese very Jealous gentlemen,
continued Governor Hatfield, are
also certain that the Republican
party is unworthy OF support. be-
cause it Is dominated, they say. by
the same old committee. The as.
sartioH asssto the present ma iollta =
committee IS unfair and untrue. u
does the membership of tht com
mittee An Injustice. 1t is hot the
same committee that dominated the
Chicago convention of June. 1917;
Il had. in fact, nothing to 20 with
1t. The attitude of the members
toward the. rank and file is different.
The membership is different.
Governor Hatfield pointed out
that the reforms inaugurateti BY the
national committee. and ratified by
the states, cut down the representa-
ton from the southern states more
than eighty votes: that the basis OF
which IS now to be
changed has existed since 1861
when Abraham Lincoln was noml
mated: that efforts have been made
to cut down the representation from
the southern states since 1880 AM
that in 1884 member of the com
mittee from West Virginia WORKED
for this same refrom; that this IN
lust basis continued under GARFIELD.
Harrison, Blaine. Mckinley ana
Roosevelt and upon this basis each
of these great leaders received MS
for president.
Governor Hatfield stated that
zone reform proposed by the ma
tional committee is to put It IN the
power OF every state to elect It's
delegates to national conventions IN
any fair way they please. especialiy
by primarle !.
s.The committee has Invested IT.
self Of the power thai IS Inherent IN
every committee that calls convenl-.
ton, of making up a temporary ron
of the dele gates he continued,
sand proposes that eacn shall de-
eide all OF its own contests. this toI
be done. OF course. by law. Many
states already have presidential
preference primaries. It is believ-
ed that practically all of the remain
ing states, especially Republican
states, will before 1915 enact such
laws. Certainly West Virginia VIII
do So ], feel sure she will II our
brethren will join with
us sin eiecting a legislature.
1t was pointed out that the ma
tional committee, not having author
ity to put these reforms into opera
ton but believing that the power