Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-01
CONVENTION ECHOES.
Only one Vote for the Elkins-
Scott Resolution.
Republicans did not Want to Pledge
Themselves so far in Adyance--ResO-
Iutions if Passed would hardly have
Pledged the Candidates.

Iutions if Passed would hardly have
Pledged the Candidates.
When the resolutions endorsing
Senator Nathan B. Scott for re-elec-
tion and Senator Elkins for president
came before the Republican senatorial
convention yesterday on a rising
yote--it had one single supporter,
Postmaster A. Howard Fleming, Of
| Fairmont.
The circumstances that led up to
this far from a complimentary vote
were very unusual. La the first place
a resolution Of this order pledging the
candidates TO the support Of certain
man for the Senate should have been
| introduced before the candidates were
nominated. If passed previous to the
nominations the candidates for State
Senators If elected would be expected
| to support the man for the senate
endorsed by the convention as they
would have acceped the nomination
with this understanding. After the
candidates were named it would be
very unusual for a convention to
pledge them and it is doubtful If the
candidates would feel themselves
bound to be governed by such an ac-
| ton.
These resolutions were introduced
after the candidates were named.
Little attention was paid to them
when read and vote taken resulted
in stronger FAYE" than mo-. Some
fellow called for division when the
chairman seemed embarrassed If
Chairman Morgan had been a Scott
man how easily he could have declar-
ed the result of the vote without
awaiting call for division. When
it came time to take rising vote the
| delegates had had time to consider
the matter. 1t is three years before
a senator is to be elected and two
campaigns are to be gone through.
There is no telling what may arise in
that time and even if when the time
comes this district should favor Scott,
there islittle policy in slapping the rich
Schmulbach and the cunning Caldwell
in the face. Wise heads feel these two
may be needed before that time-it is
barely possible that Schmulbach' S
campaign contributions will make
committee appointments the more de-
sirable Ali these things had been CON
sidered and when the rising vote was
taken Col. Fleming was the only one
TO vote in favor of the resolutions and
there were fully twenty-five who arose
and boldly voted 'sno'"
REPUBLICAN HARMONY.
Republican harmony in this senate
rial district exists only in the minds
of a few editors and political speakers
In fact harmony was very scarce ar
ticle in yesterdays convention. Not
to mention the Sturgiss and anti
Sturgiss men, there were Scott and
anti-Scott in each of the delegations:
there were Dayton and anti Dayton
ties in the Taylor bunch; there were
Fleming and anti-Flemingites in the
Marion county delegation; and even
Sturgiss and nti-Sturgiss men in the
Republican ranks in this county
CONVENTION NOTES.
There is not grain of hypocrisy
about Charlie, Swisher and he was free
to acknowledge in his speech yesterday
that his college course was taken in
the coal mines". He also caused a
litter when he invited all present at
the convention to meet him at Charles
ton promising to look after any legis-
lation they might want and also to
show them the rounds If they were af-
ter good time.
The Greater Fairmont" band
Sam r. NuZum's organization as
down with the Swisher delegation,
PLAYED the ''grand entrance" before
the convention and the funeral
dirge" to the train. The band is a
good one and is always welcome by
Morgantown people.
Mayor A. L. Lehman, of Fairnont
was here with the crowd and met
Morgantown's mayor for the first time
The Fairmont mayor has half-a- dozen
or a dozen cases in police court every
morning and was surprised that May
or Steele only had 1S5 in whole year
and has only had five cases before him
since May. Fairmont may have Nor
gantown beat little ia population
but she looks like thirty cents when
the towns are compared from point
of morality and deeency.