West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-12-07
PROFESSIONS VERSUS ACTS.

The Hatfield ripper bill" passed I'M
der whip and spur OF the boss. 1t was
believed by many that there was a suf-
hcient number in both the House and
the Senate to defeat such uncalled for
and revolutionary measures. But IL
proved that the majority OF Republi-
cans were under the dominant infiu-
ence OF the Hatfield administration.
Coming TO Preston county's repre-
sentatives IL was not an uncommon
expression to hear that Delegate w.
III. Glover would line up to his pro-
fessed progressiveness and anti-ma-
chine opposition. II is a well known
fact in Preston that Henry Glover has
never offered himself for a public Of
fee that he was not opposed by the
county organization. That he sue
ceeded against such opposition OF the
state house machines followers was
due to the support of the Embossed
Republicans and his Democratic
friends who recognized that the Re
publican candidates nomination was
equivalent to an election. AS the
Democrats had to choose between two
evils they naturally chose the lesser
and many OF them have always sup
ported Mr.. Glover when he was a can
didate. But his support Of the rip
per bills" would indicate that his pro-
fessed progressivenes and anti-ma-
chine opposition did not extend beyond
the confines of Preston county. He
may be able to square his own con-
science for voting for the ripper bills"
but he will find IL an uphill Job to con-
vince the anti-machine Republicans OF
Preston county that he was justified
in multiplying that for which they voted
for on November z.
or course IL was quite different In
the case of horticultural Carleton
Custer Pierce, who was provided with
sinecure under the Hatfield admin
istration. When n vigorous protest
was raised to placing him in the law
department OF the university he was
department. 1t necessarily followed
that the eminent horticulturist would
stand by the Hatfield ripper bills"
when the effort to disqualify him as
member failed. Human nature is
about the same the world over and 1t
is poor specimen OF humanity that
would not fight to save his hide being
| nailed on the barn door, which the
sovereign voters demanded after the
4th day OF March. But our own Will
liam Henry Glover can offer no such
excuse, for 1t admits OF no argument
that William Henry's pugalistic bat
ties always took place on the sacred
soil of Preston to keep the machine
hounds from running the "Red fox"
to cover and plugging up the hole
from which there was no avenue OF
escape But the anti-machine Repub-
licans and Democratic friends ever
alert In dropping the red pepper on
the fresh trail always succeeded in
sitting the nostrils OF the hounds
until the RED fox" reached the goal
We regret that we will have to re-
wise our estimate of Mr.. Glover
whose professions do not square with
his acts. In passing we would add
that the columns OF The Argus are
open to Mr.. Glover If he desires to
explain to his constituents the neces-
sity OF the special session and his rea-
sons for voting for the ripper bills"
But he cannot be unmindful OF the
fact that 1t was the anti-Hatfield Re
publicans who commissioned the Hon.
John j. Cornwell to clean house at
Charleston and remove the last YES
tige of Hatfeldism and payrollers
from the soil OF West Virginia. II
they did not want this done they would
have voted for Judge Ira f. Robinson,
who was pledged to retain Hatfeldism
and the payrollers.
The Argus would be glad to have
your views Mr.. Glover.