Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-02
TWO CENTS
AFTER THEM.
Marion Republicans Have a
Broad ak Concealed.

| Which they expect TO Unsheath Every
Time that Man from this County
Wants an Office Defeat of Mr.. Stur-
giss Shows how Strong they Feel
About it.
In discussing the primary elect on
in Marion county the Evening Times
tells what caused it and incidentally
lets the cat out of the bag about the
way that the brethren up there re
gard the republicans of this county.
The article is as follows
1t was not unexpected that Chas.
Swisher would receive large ma
jority OF the Republican votes OF
this county in his contest with Mr..
Sturgiss. There is deep seated
hostility among Marion county Re
publicans against their brethren in
Monongalia county, and Mr.. Stnr-
giss had to bear the brunt of this
sentiment in his canvass here. Mon
ongalia Republicans have been con
temptuous and selfish in their deal
ings with Marion, and it has long
been known that there would be
some evening up when the oppor-
tunity came
The first manifestation of this is
shown in this Senatorial contest; it
will come good and strong when a
Monongalia man is up for something
in which the Marion Republicans
can figure for his defeat. They have
not forgotten the treatment accord
ed to Scott Meredith; the broken
pledges; the traducing calumny that
emanated from the men who ought
to have been his friends. They rank
le in the hearts of the Marion PEG
pie, and it will be long day in the
future when a Monongalla Republi-
can can come into this county and
hope to secure the votes of its PEG
pie.
Mr.. Sturgiss personally had but
little to do with the causes which
have led to this feeling, but he stood
out as target for its fullest mani
festation at this time, and what was
done to him awaits any other Mon
ongalian who belongs to the Repub-
can party.
If Mr. Grant had been nominated
by Monongalia he would have met
another Richmond. In that case
Mr.. L. C. Powell would have been
the Republican nominee from this
county, and it is safe proposition
that ia that event Mr. Grants pc
litical Waterloo would have been
equally decisive.
The Monongalia Republicans are
to be taught that when they play
the game, they must play it fair, and
they haven't any leader in this coun-
ty who knows the ms and outs, the
twists and tricks of political manip
ulation sufficiently we'll to make
him feared by an adversary of the
Marion county leaders.
They are pastmasters in the trade
and they have handled this Senator
ial matter ought to give the Monon
galIans keen hint as to what they
may expect in the future. 1t is over
now, and all this talk about corpor
alton influence is rot.
Mr.. Swisher won because be had
the sentiment of his county behind
him; because he is mixer and
knows how to handle men, and be-
cause he had with him an alert, ag
gressive and capable organization,
every member OF which had an APP
petite keenly whetted for revenge
against the Monongalian for past
treacherous treatment from his conn-
ty
Mr.. Sturgiss is an intellectual
man, once the candidate of his par
ty for Governor, with prestige as
lawyer and politician, who ridiculed
Mr. Swisher's candidacy from the
start. The ease with which he was
beaten must have come to him as a
revelation of the modern methods of
political action. Mr. Swisher now
has the Al votes of Marion county
and the 81 of Taylor against the 80
of Monongalia, thus securing his
nomination without further contest.