Evening star., 1898-11-07

kept people tied down to their business.
| Interested more than anything else In their
| vocations. ii was hard to attract them 10
political meetings. These two explanations
| have to offer for the indifference shown at
the start
| Mr.. Dawson was asked If he was positive
of the election of all four of the repub-
! lican candidates for the lower house of
| Congress. His reply was:
Il feel confident of 1t. i now feel as
| sured we will elect Dayton, as We'll as the
other three Dayton will have a good ma
/ jority over McGraw. The campaign issue
| at first in their district was somewhat of
| a personal fight. but now 1t has broadened
| out to party issues. Edwards, in the third
| district. will be elected easily.
"As for the legislature, we will elect
| enough members of both the senate and
the house to make a republicans election
to the United States Senate A certainty.
There will be no chance of delay over con-
| tests or anything of that sort. The house
will have from six to ten majority. while
the senate will stand twenty republicans TO
six democrats, or eighteen republicans 10
| eight democrats. 1t will be one or the
| other.
| When asked who will be the republican
choice for United States senator, Mr. DaW-
| son said he preferred not to have anything
| to say on that point.
| He was asked: Suppose the democrats
were to carry the senate and the house On
| joint ballot. who. in his judgment, wolid
be their nominee?
| McGraw for Senate, If
| His reply was: John T. McGraw, be-
| cause, IN the end, between a contest in
volving himself. Watts. Camden. Davis and
| others, he would have Camden's influence,
and, / think The strength Of at least one
| other democratic possibility. do not think
| the candidacy of ex-senator Davis Is to ne
| considered, seriously. Mr.. Davis is no"
seventy-five years old, and, besides, West
| Virginia, w ould Rever send a father-in-!2w
| and son-in-law to the United States Sem
ate. Senator Elklns is his son-in-iaw.
| Mr.. Dawson characterized as a democrat
| ic fairy story a report that some OF the
| republicans who do not like Senator Elkins
| are credited with wi lingness to link for
| tunes with the democrats and elect Davis,
| so to make possible the defeat OF Etkins
| two years hence. and. continuing. he said:
I'VE hear great deal of talk about the
| influence which Senator Elkins Las over
| Mr. Davis. ] know that some people have
| tried to make political capital out of the
matter. Mr.. Davis is very sensitive on this
| point, and, when the occasion is cpportune
| he shows that he has a mind Of his own
| He and Mr.. Elkins are, Of course, very in
| timately associated in large business af-
| fairs and the situation Is a very delicate
one for BOTH
| The Democratic View.
Chairman Ohley of the democratic state
central committee not disposed to talk
| very freely about tofnorrow's election. The
democratic party has. he said. spent no
money to speak of, for the reason that
| there was none available. He expected, he
said if the republicans control the next
legislature, that MIR. n. B. Scott, commits
soner of internal revenue, will be the
publican choice for United States senator
to succeed Senator Faulkner. He predict
ed however, that the democrats Will carry
the state, but at the same time declined
to give any figures or the reason for his
confidence in the ability of the democrats
to wrest the state from the party now con-
trolling it.
Another leading democrat was asked: IF
the democrats should carry the Legislature,
Will ex-senator Davis be a candidate for
the United States Senator"
~Will he?" the reply. Not IL we
can help ii. That would be nice predica-
ment for the party. MIR. Davis is old and
he would have nice time alongside of his
son-in-law, Elkins, who is recognized as
| one of the biggest men in national politics.
Far better have sraightout republican
senator Elkins would dominate every act
of Davis. 1t would be the same giving
West Virginia one senator who is a repub
| tican and letting the democratic party have
| a ffgure-head just to fill in. Oh. yes, the
anti-E!kins people would like to such
combination formed, to discomf:t FL
kins two years hence, but don't you think
| we will be drawn into trap. Some of the
| republicans who hate Eikins would be will
| ing to join forces in the legislature to elect
| Mr.. Davis over a regular republican. The
| plan would be to seat Davis AMI two wears
II.
| the cry would be raised that father-n-
| law in the Senate from one state is enough.
| IF the legislature is democratic on JCint
| ballot John 7. McGraw will he he noml
| nee for senator He is the most active aud
representative democrat to combat a man
] of Senator Elkins' caliber."
Confidence In Johnston.
| Many of the democrats of the third dis
| trict, in which Charleston is located seem
| to think there is no doubt that Judge
David E. Johnston, their nominee for the
national House of Representatives. will be
elected by a large majority, although the
present member is Representative Dorr a
republican. Mr.. Johnston has made a
| thorough canvass of the district.
A Charleston man, in speaking of him,
said:
Johnston is a magnetic man. and A vote
getter of. the first water. Everybody likes
| him, and wherever he goes he makes
| friends Edwards, the republican nominee,
on the other hand, has no magnetism al
all. and as a mixer among the people is a
decided failure. We have a big ma iority to
overcome in the third district, but be-
lieve we may be able to do it with hard
work
Our candidate possesses all the qualities
to make him useful to his constituents: as
member of Congress. On his entrance
into that body he will at once rake hig!s
rank. He will be recognized worthy,
able forceful man, and will be promptly
given Iosition not always attained Ey
men even. after serving one or IN ora terms.
at is the opinion of present Rep.esenta-
tive porr that the third district is natural
ly democratic. and that Judge Johnston is
stronger than his party. The belief is
abroad throughout the district that Judge
Johnston will certainly be MIR. DORIS sue
cessor and that he will be elected because
of lis superior ability to br of service %
the leople of the district which hs hopes D
+, p,e sent at Washington
Charge Against Edwards.
The democrats are trying to make votes
for Johnston by asserting that Mr.. Edwards
has never yet publicly denied report that
he proposed, if elected, to have removed the
postmasters in his district who were ap-
pointed through the influence of Represent
ative Dorr, although he has, they cay, sev-
erai times been challenged to do so, ind
they assert that he contented himself with
saying that he had not threatened to do so:
but when pressed with the question whether
he would retain them in office he failed to
answer.
AS a result the democratic managers
charge that Mr.. Edwards is playing a
double game with the postmasters and those
who desire to be such. They aiiege that To