Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-19
Special to the. Register.
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secured complete control of the State,
both as to State and National ofiices
there is much speculation among Derl-
ocrats as well as Republicans over the
division of the spoils. How they are
going to be able to provide soft places
for all who think they deserve them is
not known but the distribution OF
few of the offices can be foretold with
a considerable degree of accuracy
The most important place to be fill
ed is. of course, the Senatorship, and
although there are many Republicans
who would rather Senator Elkins would
not be reelected, there are none who
will oppose him, for the reason that
it would be political suicide for any
Republican to oppose him. He doml-
mates Republican politics in this State.
as completely as does Platt in New
York or Hanna in Ohio. His word
goes and the Republican who dares
oppose Senator Elkins in West Vlr-
ginia might just as well become Pro-
hibitionist, as far as any hope of ever
getting an office is concerned. When
the Republican caucus is held next.
January, Senator Elkins will be re-
nominated by reclamation although
there will be many in the caucus who
would like to see him defeated
After, the Senatorship in importance
come the three Federal offices:
nal Revenue Collector, United States
Marshal and District Attorney. The
former now occupied by Governor
elect White, will be vacant before the
others, for he will take the office of
Governor before the expiration of his
term as Collector. Judge Reese Biz
zard has been slated for this place for
some time and resigned his position
on the bench a few weeks ago to lbe
ready to accept the Collectorship as
soon as Mr.. White resigns. There is
opposition to him but it will not be
ctrong enough to knock him out.
Maj. Charlie Elliott is to be the next
United States Marshal. Capt. Thomp-
son, who is the present Marshal and
one of the most active and effective
workers in the Republican party in the
State, is to be removed because he has
observed the civil service law and has
two Democrats in his Office whom he
cannot legally remove. Next to Chair
man Dawson, Maj. Elliott probably did
more than any one else for the success
of the party and he has the call for the
Marshaps Office.
There are several who aspire to the
Office of United States District Attor-
ney to succeed j. H. Gaines, who was
elected to Congress from the Third
district and will have to resign the Dis
trict Attorneyship before the fourth of
March. One of them is Governor At
kinson, but as he has been independent
enough on one or two occasions to defy
the powers that be, he will not get the
place. Elliott Northcott. who was
chairman of the Congressional Com
mittea of the Fourth district during the
last campaign and was a member of
the State committee and at the head of
the speakers bureau, is an applicant
for the District Attorneyship and is al
most sure to land it. He is now a Dep
uty Assistant District Attorney. The
assistants position vacated by S. G.
Burdette, of Kanawha county, when
he took the stump a few months ago
against the Elkins wing, of the Repub-
lican party, will probably go to John
A. Thayer, of Charleston E. NJ. Sho-
walter viii doubtless hold his place as
assistant and it is said that Northcotts
place as assistant is sought by j. f.
Hutchinson, of Parkersburg.
Governor Atkinson will be appeased
with the promise of appointment as
Judge Of the United States Court to be
created by dividing West Virginia i'll
10 two districts. This has not been
done yet, but he has been promised
this for several years and they will
keep on promising it to him. 1t is his
ambition to get on the Federal bench
50 it works every time.
The postoffices at the important
cities are the only other Federal ap-
pointments which can be counted on
for the State. AS there is no change
in the Congressman from the First and
Second district, there is little pr0babili-
ty that there will be any changes there.
In the Third the only big Office is at
Charleston. where o. A. Petty, the pres
ent postmaster, was the leader of the
Elklns forces against whom a bitter
fight was waged by the anti-Ring Re-
publicans. He will therefore in all
probability be rewarded by a reap
pointment. The other large offices are
Parkersburg and Huntington, in the
Fourth district. AS Jas. A. Hughes
the Congressman elect in this district.
is now the postmaster at Huntington,
there will be vacancy there. which
he, as Congressman. will be allowed
to FILL In all probability he will name
E. NJ. Fitch, the Bald Eagle of Cabell,'
who did effective work in the campaign
for him. At Parkersburg Col S. B.
Baker, for twenty years Governor elect
Whites partner in business, has an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
postoffice. While they have been part
ners in the newspaper, White has by
means OF the paper held several paying
offices and Baker has always stuck to
the business. Now that he wants an
office il is probable that Whites inhu-
ence will be invoked in his behalf.
Edward McCreary is the present post
master and hopes to retain the Office,
but the chances favor Baker as the
winner.
Ehe best Office by far to be given out
under the State administration is that
of Secretary of State, on which w. NJ.
O. Dawson, the present Secretary of
State and chairman of the Republican
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