Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-21
ne In having Hall on the ticket with

the game of politics. and said he knew
something about the requirements of a
State chairman.
IT'S up to the State Committee he
added.
IF they select Hall, that's their
place." He commended both Hall and
Dawson. He asked the gentlemen
present to put themselves in his place,
with such a request as was made OF
him, and declared emphatically, Il am
not going to do it. The only interest
l can have in the State chairman is TO
secure the largest measure of Republi-
can success"
A little later he said: "The present
Governor did not appoint the Secretary
of State he desired, as is generally un-
derstood.'
Few Hot Shots.
Mr.. White declared that the State
will certainly go Republican. He
thought Providence would not permit
Republican defeat in the nation during
| the present crisis.
/ ''All care for is the best organiza-
ton we can get" Continuing he said
he knew Halls value through his as
| ISOLATION with him in the campaign
| of SO.
White then poured some hot shot
into the local Republican camp by
way of reply to the statement that
Hall should have the craftsmanship as
a matter of right.
He made comparison between
Wood and Ohio counties with reference
TO the distribution of Federal and
State plums. Wood county has COM
paratively nothing, he declared, while
Ohio has the Governor, a Congress
man, the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, afterward United States Sen
ator, a very important Consular ap-
| pointment and employees in every State
| institution.
| THIS was a sockdologer. 1t took
| some of the starch out of the Hall
supporters.
Ohio county compared to Wood
county is as
Paradise to HE'LL"
he said, by way of clincher, and the
of1ceholders purposely misconstrued
his meaning and laughed, whereupon
Mr.. White promptly added, Il mean in
recognition"
| Not an Ohio county man endorsed
me as Collector of Internal Revenue"
he said. q forced myself into that
Office rse paasa Val.
There were some things at Char
lesion that must have tried Halls
soul. l think if 1 had been in his
place would have thrown myself into
| the Kanawna river. Jim didn't,
though. but stood it manfully, and /
honor him for it,"
Mr.. White started to talk about the
few plums that have fallen to the
| Third district AS there was no Blue
Book lin the room, none of his state
ments could be disputed White had
evidently read up, and fortified himself
with arguments of this nature. He
took snap judgment on the Hall crowd
| He said the Democrats have a good
organization in the Third district and
will make their fight there, and he said
| some of the counties will require
watching. Coming back to the main
| question he said:
There are not four men in this
room who would object to Dawson as
chairman III and after a pause,
''and l knowsit l
VIII Not Pledge Myself
to any man living. (Applause in the
galleries.. l am going to have my
self-respect after l am Governor if |
can keep it, and l am going to keep it
| until / am elected at least. / don't re-
spect the judgment Of any man who is
| controlled by personality in politics.
| If am the next Governor of West Vir-
GINA, 1 will be a Republican Cover
| nor"
A little later Mr.. White said: "The
| trouble is you have been conducting
this campaign in the newspapers and
he told about three reporters following
him to train and criticized the In
telligencer for publication which the
Register man could not catch. This
brought Mr.. Hall to his feet with an
explanation which was also lost.
Il am very glad l came here said
Mr.. White, but nobody arose to re-
mark that the pleasure was mutual
Il don't agree with everything that
has been said. Down in the lower end
fthe State they think Ohio county
has ten times as many plums as you
| have"
We're complaining about the Sec
ond district" suggested somebody.
Mr.. White agreed that there was
room for complaint Why, think of
it" he said. There were only four Re-
publican members of the House of Del
egates from the whole district. Why.
Ohio county without your Senator, is
worth as much as the entire Second