The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-09
Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
WHY THERE IS NO REVOLT.

WHY THERE Is NO REVOLT.
From the Huntington Herald Dispatch.
The coming Of the Republican state
campaign finds all signs indicating
victory upon larger basis than for
many years. The revolt that the Dem.
ocrats have been hoping for, praying
for and even assembling for, has not
materialized. aad will not materialize
For sixteen years. and more particu.
larry for twelve years.. dissension in
the Republican party, such as It has
been,-and at times 1t has appeared
to be serious-has arisen from nomina.
ton contests within the party. What
ever dissenslon exists among West
Virginia Republicans today is trace
able directly to the same cause. It Is
because this is true, because there Is
no other cause Of dissatisfaction, that
the party will soon resolve itself into
q Thoroughly united thoroughly sympa'
thetic and tnvincible body OF voters
capable Of achieving complete victory
and Predetermined to that end.
The idea Of the Democratic cam
paign managers that they can manipu.
late a sufficient number of General
Lilly's friends in the late primary to
secure the election Of Mr.. Cornwell ia
preposterous. That they are under
taking to win the election by an ap.
peal to prejudice is Of itself proof that
they misjudge many of the best Re.
publicans in West Virginia, and offers
additional evidence that the Demo
cratic party, as usual, has nothing In
the way Of constructive principle to
promise the voters.
For IL must be remembered that
General Lilly himself, In a manly,
Straightforward and unqualified state.
ment. declared Judge Robinson the
nominee for governor, and further
that It was his intention to give Judge
Robinson unstinred support. This Of
itself Is an item that will 20 far to.
ward settling the question OF loyalty.
But there Is another phase Of the sit.
uation which, perhaps, has not pre-.
scented itself In its true and full signif.
canoe either to the Democrats who are
trying to do PROSECUTING among Gen.
eral Lilly's friends or to the men whom
the suave agents Of Democracy are try.
ing to lure from the path of political
rectitude. It is this: Although Cen.
eral Lilly's friends did not succeed In
nominating their candidate for gov.
ernor, they won as much in the pri-
mary as Judge Robinson's friends won,
Notwithstanding the latter were vic.
torious on the score of securing their
favorite for governor.
General Lilly's friends, Judge Rob.
inson's friends, and the Democratic
emissaries who are trying to make
trouble between the two Republican
elements should remember this:
General Lilly's friends, without as.
suming to declare that Mr.. Sutherland
was other than neutral in the primary
election, rs between the Lilly and Rob.
inson forces, contributed the deciding
factor to the nomination Of Mr.. Suth.
erland, and but for the stand taken
three days before the election, the
Senatorial nomination would have
gone elsewhere.
The Lilly men. too, have to their
credit more than one Congressional
nominee.
In some Of the largest counties In
the state, such as Mercer, Doddridge,
Raleigh, Jackson, Mason, Roane, Ty.
Ter, Wayne, Fayette. Wyoming, Put.
nam, Lincoln and Monroe. General LII.
ly's friends nominated practically all.
and, IN many Instances, all Of the coun.
ty and legislative tickets.
Thus to assert that the state ma.
chine or any other machine or influ.
ence dictated all the nominations, or
deprived the opposing forces Of recog.
nition II ~ false as It Is ridiculous.
From the standpoint of what they re.
cetved In the primary, the Lilly follow.
ers have a. much to be responsible
for % have those who supported Rob-
inson
In cabell county Lilly followers re.
ceived more places on the ticket than
were accorded TO those who supported
Judge Robinson. Nobody complains
Of this. It Is here, as It ought to be
In every other county, q helpful condi.
ton.
The idea that the Lilly element. as
matters stood in the primary cam.
paign, was bereft by fraud or other.
wise Of q decent portion Of the fruits
Of the primary, Is hypocritical and In.
tended solely as q snare to induce
unwary Republicans to take q step
they would soon regret should they
listen 70 the voice Of the tempters. The
Lilly nominees IN oahell county en-
psct Tie united suppcrt q the party