The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-19
SENATOR
SCOTT SfES
SUCCESS
difon5 q Pro poEltty
BIrginis Inturss Re-
publican gietoEg.
PREDICTS WHITES SUCCESS
"a fas t6rial Contest cl1i
reftinont Remarks on
and .'BosSiEl

compahied BY Ma. Scott, arrived N sae
eit sunday morning from Washing
aad they are ioccupinyg their
msnts II the McLnre. senatpt Scott
I'D cfs, to remain n the city most q
i6 present week. private business m
ters that demanded his per eattsns
tendon, having called him fEon ~
Sanatotiai duties Yesterday be was
heartily crested BY scores Of his pes
sonai business and political ffiends.
when seen last night ~ an Intslll
Gencer representative, Senator Scott
consented 70 tax Of the politicall Eitu
tIon IN West Virginia
Fgaat are your Vis5SB, senator, onlthe
Satook for Rap1bHCan SUCCESS a
West virginia this year2'' asked the
gcitbe.
''Fhe outlook for our parry succe3
vas never mora promising, responded
Senator Scott. II had q conversation
With Senator ThurSton just altar he
returned to Warrington fSom PsFkeIs-'
burg. where he addressed the state.
IeaSue, Of clubs. ne said IN his OPINION
itWodld be impossible for the Republic
canapbFty to lose West virginia. He
based this prediction upon the class o.
men he had met ana their enthusiasm.
6or Inc party and its glorious princl-
Piles and record Then our state % IN
the most prosperous condition II hes.
ever been In; money Is lowing IN In aiI
epoE-increaslng stream, improvements
are going on everywhere, railWays arc
being built IN every direction. coal IN
demand, saw mills are being establish-
ed, good prices are prevailing for al
our products labor 8 finding steady
employment at better wages than be-
fore and Is scarce at that Down In
the New River district, in the lower
part Of the state, they are begging the
colored people not to leave-all this
labor Is in such wonderful demand.
with All these facts and evidences Of
prosperity only man who g eontem-
plating suicide hguratively speaking
would think for an instant Of chang
ing present conditions
Looks Like White
What Of the gubernatorlai situa-
tlong
NJ looks as though It Is pretty near
one-s.6ed, and so far as can judge Is
..arge;1 n favor Of Mr.. White. OF
iawss ! may be little prejudiced. as
: l~Fsi a warm personal friend Of M,
White. but whoever Is nominated by
To Republican convention at CHARLES
TN Eext July, Is a sure winner-he win
i,c tta next governor Of West Virgin
is.
Haven't you noticed that che Demos
Gratis and some Republicans are claim
:hg that Mr., Presr,s candidacy for gov
e-.os Is fight against the bosses?"
'Yes, / have seen something Of that
kind. but II there are any bosses in the
Republican party in our state, / do not
know who they are. II there is any.
night being made by Republicans
against anybody. II must be.
against the party organization. Party
organization consists Of district. ward.
city county, senatorial and congress-
ional districts, and the state itself. Now,
1t takes all this machinery to RIM a po-.
litlcal party, and to run It successfully
each unit must work in harmony with
the others. The various heads must
advise with each other, map cut a plan
and then execute II. II the gentlemen
who constitute the active workers. In
the various districts, from the ward up
to-the state committee, are bo6ste, them
/ suppose the term is properly applied.
II It e meant that because . man has
always been an active worker for his
party, because he believed his party
right and Its principles best for the
country, and has therefore contributed
Of his time and money, then, I sup
pose, there are some bosses. But do.
not believe there Is a single man or
combination Of men in our state trying
to force a man or men on the ticket
against the win OF the majority. II
would be just as impossible to run 4
party without leaders, supreme CONF
mittee, as It would be to manage or.
control a business without having some
responsible head. This cry Of bosslsm
b eli for the purpose Of making some.
body believe that he 70 being neglected
or not consulted by his party ass6-
ciates.
'In Wheeling, for instance, such gem
t1emen as James K. Han, sherlf Rich
ards, ". II. Hornish, John w. Klndel-
berger. Richard Robertson, WIN Nc
cormicls and other tried and true Re-
publlcans. are called by the opposition
the City han Ring, who boss the poll
itlcs Of the county and city Again. In
Morgantown, such sturdy Republicans
az Mr.. Cox, Colonel Grant, Mr.. GLASS;
cock, Dr.. Fitch and others, are called
the Court House Ring. The same q
said Of other Republicans in other
counties and, cities all over the state,
but such charges are mere clap-trap,
started by the Democratic party, for
these gentlemen are only active and
earnest Republicans, interested in the
welfare Of their party, With no inten-
tion or desire TO boss anybody
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