The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-09-02
THREE CHARLES
Want to be Named for Governor
of the State.

A Huntington Paper Talks About One
Of Them and the Trials He has
Encountered Charlie Swisher Tells
About How He Went to the state
Senate.
Charles w. Swisher, of Fairmont.
state senator and candidate for gov
ernor, was in the city last night
leaving this morning for Charleston.
where he will look after business
says the Huntington Advertise.
Charles Swisher is one of the pic.
turesque figures in the business and
political life of the state of West
Virginia. His rise within the past
few years has been extremely rapid,
and his friends claim that he is the
logical republican candidate for gov
lernor of West Virginia.
Swisher is self made man in
every sense of the word, and is an
example of what pluck aud energy
can accomplish in the rapid growing
state of West Virginia. 1t has not
been many years since he was dig
ging coal as means of earning a
Livelihood. Today he is political
leader, promoter unexcelled, and
rapidly growing rich. His wealth,
accumulated within these few years,
will now approach half million
dollars.
His political strength in the
section in which he lives was
demonstrated last year in the man
ner in which he downed such an
experienced political warhorse as
the Hon. Geo. c. Sturgiss of Monon-
gala county.
The three counties of Monongalia.
Marion and Harrison are joined in a
senatorial district. According to a
time honored custom, the nomination
for long term senator was to come
from Monongalia county. Swisher
is man, however, who cares lutte
for precedent or time honored Gus
toms, and he went into the conven-
ton and over the protests of the old
war horses, secured the nomination.
Sturgiss threatened TO run as an
independent candidate and to pre-
vent Swisher's election, but Senator
Elkins pacified him by the purchase
of the NJ. d X. railroad, and peace
reigned. Swisher was easily elected.
Swisher some time ago announced
that he would accept the nomination
for the governor OF the state. He is
declared by political wiseacres to be
the representative in the northern
end of the state of Hon. James l..
Caldwell Of this city.
Swisher is one Of the three "Char-
leys," who, it is thought, will give the
Hon. w. NJ. o. Dawson the greatest
amount of trouble before the republic
can convention. The members of that
great trio, are the Hon. "Charllen Teter
of Philippi, who is the right hand
man of Aston G. Dayton in the Sec
ond district, the Hon. 'sCharien Dorr,
Of Webster county, ex-congressman,
and "Charlie" Swisher.
All members OF Jne Trio are able
men and well known throughout the
state, and should "Sllppery Billn
Dawson, aided by the administration,
fail to secure the nomination, IL is
likely that one OF their number will
do so.
Swisher, while here, was in confer
ence with number Of local leaders of
the G. o. P, but little can be ascer-
tanned as to the result OF these con-
| ferences.
Should Hon. Elliott Northcott,
however, decide that his name is not
to come before the state republican
convention as a candidate for COVER
nor, 1t may be, and is likely in fact,
that "Charley" Swisher will secure
the vote of Cabell county in the con-
vention.