Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-10


egates to the Republican convention of
the Third Congressional district, which
will be held tomorrow, and to the
State convention, which will begin
Wednesday, have been pouring in on
every train, and the scramble among
the several candidates is warming up
in good shape.
AS has been already indicated in
these dispatches. the contest for the
authorship is the one which is alb
sorbing nearly all of the interest
among the delegates and visitors
Each of the candidates for that place
have opened headquarters in the Hotel
Ruffner and is pushing his canvass with
the utmost vigor.
J. X. Hall was the first to arrive and
open for business, and he and his lieu
tenants are waging an aggressive fight
Among his chief supporters are G. H.
Henning, of Wheeling, and Col. Fitch,
of Huntington.
Arnold G. Scherr,
one of the four candidates for auditor
from the Second district, is also putting
up stiff fight He is vigorously sup
ported by Congressman Dayton, who
is expected to arrive here tonight; Col
w. G. Crooks, of Mineral; T. H. B.
Duckwell, of Morgan, and Senator Stark
L. Baker, of Randolph
c. w. Swisher, Of Fairmont, is one
of the minor candidates who hopes to
get the nomination upon possible
deadlock among Hall, Scherr and La
Toilette. Swisher says he has over a
hundred votes to start with, and will
be able to increase the number to the
figure necessary to nominate.
H C. Getzendanner, who caused
rumpus in two Legislatures by holding
on to a seat in the Senate to which
he was not elected, and which if he
had been, he forfeited by taking COM
mission in the army, is here to seek
another undeserved honor He is one
of the candidates for Auditor, but it
is not likely he will get any votes ex-
cept those of his own county, and not
any of them but once.
The real fight for Auditor is between
Hall, Scherr and LaFollette, with the
probability that it will be narrowed
down between Hall and Scherr.
Up to to-day the appearance favored
the nomination of Hall, but several
things are now initiating against him.
The Scherr and LaFollette men are
charging that Hall is and has been
making the use of money in an unfair
way to secure his nomination. The
other candidates are
Holding Up Their Hands in Horror
at such a spectacle. They say that a
man who buys his nomination is not
fit to be Auditor, while Halls friends
retort that paupers should not come
before Republican convention to ask
for anything.
11AOtAOi CAlh5 bObI IA1C OSnCII 14CA
are working to a good effect against
Hall is that his paper, the Wheeling
Intelligencer, is and mas been unfair to
other candidates, refusing to publish
anything commencing of any candidate
except Hall. Through this means they
have worked up considerable SYM
pathy and support for Scherr. 1t is
stated on good authority that Scherr
and LaFollette have an agreement
whereby they are to combine their
forces on the final round up against
Hail. Whichever can muster the larg-
est number of voters is to have the
entire support of the other If the
agreement holds good, or If the Second
district candidates pool their strength
the nomination for Auditor is likely to
go to Mineral county
The fight for the State Treasureship
has begun to warm up. Peter Silman,
of Kanawha, appears to be leading for
that place, and he seems 10 have the
support of the machine. S. w. Atkin-
son, of Brooke, is working the farmers
racket and says they must have a rep
resentative on the Republican State
ticket, and he is the man upon whom
that honor should fall
Editor Thos. McDougaI,
of the Ceredo Advance, Wayne county.
and ex-Speaker of the House of Dele
gates, and S. r. Hanan. of Marshall.
are both on the ground, working for
the nomination for treasurer
The man who seems to hold the cards
for the nomination for Attorney Cen
eral is H C. Showalter, of Richie.
The fact that he halls from the Fourth
district, from which the candidate for
Governor is to be taken, is not con-
sidered any bar TO his receiving the
honor The present incumbent, Edgar
P. Rucker, of Mercer; Thos. G. Mann.
of Summers: Cotton, of Brooke. and
State Senator George c. Cole, of Lewis.
are all on the ground and working hard
for Attorney Generalship.
The position of Superintendent of
Schools is sought after by the present
incumbent, j. r. Trotter. of Upshur.
and F. H. Crago. of Wheeling: T. G..
Miller, of the Morgantown University.
and a. L. Rymer. of Putnam AS this
nomination is likely TO be one of the
last made the selection will depend
largely upon the location OF the other
candidates
There are several active candidates
for the supreme bench. Among whom
are E. s. DooIittle. of Cabell: Warren
Miller. Of Jackson; l. J.. Williams, OF