Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-04
REPUBLICAN SUCCESS
Predicted for West Virginia
Next Month.
A CONFERENCE TODAY
TWO SENATORS AND CHAIRMAN
NORTHCoTT
Go Over All the Details of the
Situation in the
State.

An important political conference over
West Virginia affairs was held here this
afternoon in the room of Senator Scott at
the New Willard. The senator came on
from New York. where he is one of the
main props of the republican national COM
mittee in this campaign and summoned to
meet him Chairman Northcott of the West
Virginia republican state committee. Sem
ator Elkins was also in the city today, and
attended the conference.
The meeting between Senator Scott and
the state chairman was arranged for the
purpose of bringing the national commit
tee into touch with the state committee, SO
that all essential features of the campaign
could be gone over and junction formed be-
tween the two committees in their work
Some Knotty Problems.
This necessarily involved the discussion
Of a number of details which would be Of
no particular interest to the public al
though important in their relation to the
general plan of campaign, and these the
parties to the conference did not deem it
worth while to make public 1t is we'll
known. of course, that there are several
knotty problems In the West Virginia cam
pa1gn for the republicans to tackle, and
they were dealt with at the confaronca to
day.
The national committee will give the
state committee all the help necessary in
the way of providing speakers, literature
ana other sinews of war in political cam
pa1gn of this kind. Senator Scott was adj
VlSed by Mr.. Northcott in great detail of
the situation throughout the state, and this
report will be summarized by him and pre-
seneed 10 the national managers upon his
return to New York.
Roosevelt Will Get Electoral Vote.
The national managers will be informed
that West Virginia's electoral vote will
certainly be cast for Roosevelt and Fair
oanSs The men who make this prediction
are not given to boasting, but are expert
enced hands at politics and know what they
are talking about. The statement was made
10 Star reporter with positiveness, and
the fsct that the author is not quoted NAV
deprive the utterance of the sembIance of
campaign buneombe.
1t was prophesied further that there is at
present every prospect of the republicans
electing their state ticket and Controlling
the legislature. It is not denied that the
tight over the state ticket will be more
vigorous and closer than over the presl-
dential ticket. but that condition is not
peculiar to West Virginia in this campaign
Further information from the conference
today was to the effect that although there
is an independent republican candidate run
ming In Mr.. Gaines congressional district
there is strong hope of eecting the regular
republican. This expectation is based upon
the fact that in the congressional election
OF four years ago, when the presidential
ticket was also in the field, Mr.. Gaines won
over his democratic opponent by plurality
of 6.57O.
While this plurality was reduced in the
succeeding election to 27OO, it was also
true that the total vote was reduced in the
off-year from 81 600 to $1,000 and the re-
publican managers are now hoping that
the whole vote may be polled, and if so ex-
pect the regular candidate to pull through,
Notwithstanding the handicap of an inde-
pendent in the field.
1t is stated Furthermore that it is not
altogether impossible that the trouble
with Mr.. Edwards can yet be composed
and the field left clear for the regular
candidate. and some developments in this
line may later appear as the result of to-
days meeting.
To Get Out Full Vote.
One of the principal features of the con-
ference today was a discussion of ways
and means of turning out the vote on
election day. 1t goes without saying that
the importance of this feature of the
campaign is not underestimated. In a
state such as West Virginia, where roads
are notoriously bad, travel difficult and
the means of transportation not pos
sessed by every one, the getting out of
the vote is serious problem.
The outcome of the conference will be
that arrangements will be made to get
every voter to the polls on election day,
'afoot, horseback or by wagon track" as
they say in the hill country.
Senator German Also Here.
1t was a coincidence that another poll
ticfan interested in the West Virginia
campaign, but the other side of the fight,
was in town today-Senator German of
Maryland. 1t is well known that he is
deeply concerned in the West Virginia
fight for his kfnsman. Mr.. Henry G. Da-
Wis, and is giving the campaign a great
deal of personal attention