Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-04
GOSSIP FROM WASHINGTON
Row Among Republicans over
Senatorship.

Senatorship.
Members of That Party fear That adj
vantage viii be Gained by Democrats
In Consequence OF Fight other In-
teresting news Notes From the seat
OF Government.
WASHINGTON, ID, c., April 4.-The
fight for the republican senatorial nom-
nation 10 West Virginia, which prom
ises to become one Of the most anis
mated political contests In the history
of the state, has already had the effect
OF inspiring hopeful feeling among
the democrats. II is expected that
the campaign will be enlivened by nu-
merous acrimonious disputes between
the friends of the rival candidates,
and IL Is claimed that these cannot
fail to give the democracy FIRST class
lighting chance In many OF the legis-
latlve districts. Men of that party
who cannot be accusted of viewings
the situation In visionary light, 20
so far as TO say that they regard the
capture of one or two congressional
districts possible, and there are repuh-
leans who anticipate with deep con-
Germ the conditions which the sena.
torial struggle may develop. A repub-
lican, whose name | am not at liberty
to mention, said, in referring TO the
outlook In the state: "The republic
ans In West Virginia are badly ham
dicapped by the existence OF an office
holding clique
And then he proceeded to give the
names of the men who are alleged to
compose it. ''fhese men, he contin-
used, care In control and what they
say becomes the law Of the majority
Of the leaders OF the party throughout
the state. There is respectable
minority, however, that is inclined TO
kick, and IL Is likely TO make lot OF
trouble during the next year or two"
Another man, who Is known TO
thousands of people in West Virginia,
and who Is noted for his political
sagacity, remarked that the republic
ans, at the next important election in
the state, will be confronted by the
trust issue in a manner different from
that in which it has heretofore been
presented. 1.-THE Pennsylvania Rail-
road Co." he said towns almost every
mile OF railroad in West Virginia,
with the exception of the West Vir-
ginia Central. The Chesapeake Il
Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio, with
It's numerous branches, are absolu tely
controlled by the great Pennsylvania
corporation
The coal trust is fastening its grip
upon the immense fuel deposits in the
state, while the oil trusts is master OF
the oil producing section. Hundreds
of people have sold their coal lands for
mere song aud the trust is beginning
to reap the reward which the transac-
tion was expected to bring TO IL. Some
OF the men who are seeking Office la
the state are said to be interested ia
these gigantic combinations OF capital
and, whether the statement Is true or
not, the people are beginning TO be-
lieve It, But after all,p he added,
1.-THE voters, as they have done In 9th
er states, may decide to cast their bal
lots in favor Of perpetuating the
DtiWti vi buc bIuSbS. A ucst views dt1
given not in partisan sense, but as
expressions Of opinion by gentlemen
who are honest ia their convictions
and who are careful observers OF the
political weather vane. IL is safe in
summing up to say that lively fight
is coming and that the democrats ex-
pect to profit by it.
Mr.. Charles +. Teter, OF Philippi,
who was here yesterday stated that
the people of Belington have decided
to withdraw the court house appeal
case from the United States supreme
court, to which tribunal it was car
ried some time ago, and flghting out
the dispute at the polls. Mr.. Teter
says that Phllippi has been steadily
gaining ground for months and that
the submission of the question to the
voters will result in victory forthe old
county seat. The statement that
bitterness between the residents Of the
upper and lower sections Of the coun-
W has been eDgendered by the con-
troversy has, he says been much ex-
agQerated