Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-16


Own Party-Scherr the Selection of
the Bosses, Not of the PeOpIe-SfI-
man Weak Man-The Other Cam
didates Discussed in Detail.
Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, July ID
West Virginia Republicans who had
looked forward with anxious solicitude
to the meeting of the State conven-
ton, hoping that it would commit no
plumbers, but would nominate candi-
dates upon whom Republican voters
could unite and which would command
the support OF independents, have had
their hopes rudely shattered by the
work of the convention.
No loyal party man will go so far as
to say that the entire ticket is weak,
but many individuals have each found
weak places, and putting together what
they have all said in derogation Of in
dividual candidates, an outsider must
conclude that Republicans themselves
do not exercise a great deal of conf
dence in the candidates nominated at
the State convention, nor cherish a
strong hope in the success of the
ticket.
1t has, of course been generally con-
coded all along that the head of the
ticket
Is Very Weak,
especially with the labor element. Mr..
White has antagonized labor unions
and advocated the repression of strikes
by Federal Court njunctions-before
he became a candidate for Governor
The fact that he now compliments la
boring men and is making strenuous
efforts to gain admittance as an hon
orary member to all the labor organ
izations of the State at this time will
not avail to gain the support of labor
unions. He demonstrated his real at
titude toward labor before he became a
candidate for office, and the laboring
people are able to detect the hypocrisy
of his protestations of love for the
labor element at this time. Besides
the well known opposition to Mr.
White by the labor element, he has
many
Open and AvOved Enemies
in his own party He has had the mis-
fortune to make many bitter personal
enemies, and but very few, if any, very
warm personal friends. lie does not
create any enthusiasm because there
is no magnetism in him.
Arnold c. Scherr, the candidate for
Auditor, is unfortunate in his friends.
He was not nominated by the people,
but by a few members of the Republi-
can machine, who are said to hold
$4,000 of his bonds. Mr.. Elkins is
classed among these few Republicans
who hold Mr.. Scherr's bonds and forced
him upon the party through mercen-
airy motives. There are a few indie
pendent Republicans in West Virginia
who resent bossism of this kind, and
will rebuke it when the opportunity
comes Another thing that will nee
essarily initiate against Mr.. Scherr is
that the fight between him and Mr..
Hall was exceedingly bitter, and it will
be impossible to heal the wounds made
before election.
1t is unnecessary to
Discuss the Weakness
tofa
Treasurer. The confessions he made
as a witness in the Kanawha Criminal
Court of his stewardship while sheriff
of Kanawha county, makes him ex-
ceedingly vulnerable, and will put him
on the defensive from the beginning.
His connection with the ring element
in Kanawha, moreover, will lose him
from two to three thousand votes III
his own county.
Prof Thos. c. Miller, candidate for
State Superintendent or Schools, is a
member of the faculty of the West
Virginia University and a friend and
strong partisan of President Raymond,
of that institution. He will have to
answer some ugly questions in regard
to the management of the University.
The burden of the mismanagement of
the State University viii rest largely
upon him and it will be
Heavy Load to Garry.
The candidate for Attorney General,
Judge Freer, will not likely be able TO
make canvass of the State without a
breakdown, and while he is popular
among the hurrah element of the Re-
publican party, the more conservative
and thoughtful element will not con-
slider him cool headed enough to dis
charge the important functions of AT
torney General of the State, and they
will not vote for him if they can find
a better man, which they can DO with
put difficulty.
The most stupendous and foolish
blunder made by the convention was
in the choice for candidates for the
Supreme bench. 1t started out by
trimming down an excellent list of Re-
publican candidates and nominated
Democrat Democrat in every essen
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