The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-15
WANTS TO Be
THE GOVERNOR.
Brother Of Henry 6. Davis, of.
West Virginia, Now in
the Field.
.ELKINs GETS in TROUBLE
Campbell Takes Shot at Morton
in Connection With Tobacco
Contest.
.ELKlNs GETS in TROUBLE

the past week. He wants the nomlna-
tion The party wants him to have 1t,
since he defeated Lnkin for Congress last
week, and 1t LIS said by those in posi-
ton to know that the people of the
State want to sec him In the gubernato-
rinl mansion at Charleston. M
Colonel Davis has for many years been
ono of the most popular men in West
Virginia. He Is different type Of man
from his distinguished brother, Hon.
Henry G. Davis, though each Is beloved
by those who know him. Colonel Tom
Uncle Tom" as he Is universally called
has less OF dignity or reserve than tho
ex-senator, and Is hnle fellow we'll met
with tho poorest man who works III
his coal mines or IN his lumber fcSests
or on his railroad. He is one OF the
most charitable men in tho country. and
| 1t IS said that mn appeal from a worthy
source Is never lisreghrded by him.
Ex- Senator Davis Is said to have long
desired to be the Governor Of the state.
It Is not known that Colonel Tom has
had such ambition, but he has the gubcr-
Material bee in his bonnet now. and
the Democrats believe he will receive the
nomination with little opposition. The
chances Of his election are good. unless
there should be radical change In
sentiment within the next three years
elected by majority that was almost
nothing compared with the mh5orities OF
former years, and II Colonel Davis should
enter the campaign and make a. tight
with half the ginger In It that he In
jectcd into the one he made against
1.akin for the seat in Congress from the
Second District, he will win. The Legls-
lature which sat last winter passed
law requiring the registration Of voters,
which will greatly reduce the possibility
Of importing voters by the Republicans.
This feature of West Virginia politics
has given the State an odorous reputn-
ton throughout the Union. It has been
the custom Of the Republicans for years
| to bring into the State every fall negroes
| from Virginia and vote them as citizens
| Of West Virginia. some times vote them
many times day. law requiring the
registration Of voters would largely do
away with this practice
Senator Elkins appears to be getting
| into trouble in West Virginia through his
| railroad, the Morgantown and Kingwood.
| II Is alleged that Senator Elkins has
| Disseminated against the Fulrner Coal
| Company in the matter OF supplying cars
! The case was taken into court and It
was established TO the satisfaction OF the
| court that the charges were true; and
] II was QlTeCLeQs Dy lHo lIiuuIul lihL 81
| per cent. of the cars supplied by tho
company should DO furnished the Fulmer
| company. Senator IGlkins and his sons
own and operate the railroad, and they
| also own coal mines along tho line Of the
| road 1t was charged that the discrm-
| nation against tho Fulmer company was
| 1ue to a desire to drive 1t out OF busi-i
ness.
Senator Elkins is chairman Of the In-
| terstatc Commerce Committee OF the
| Senate which spent six weeks after tho.
adjournment OF Congress investigating
| the very subject of railway discrimna-
| tions and rate regulation. Senator Ell
| kIns Is the author of the amendment to
| the law establishing the Department OF
| Commerce and Labor. which makes the
| granting Of rebates or the practice Of
discrimination Of any character by rail-,
! road companies as among shippers
! criminal offense.
| Democrats do not think there Is any
chance that Senator Elkins will be de-
| featcd for the Senate. He has many
| millions Of dollars, and. in addition. IL
one Of the shrewdest politicians In Amer.
1 lea, He is personally liked by every.
body In the state, unless except for
"buslness reasons" He Is q bad man to
20 up against in business.
/ But to return TO- Uncle Tom Davis and
/ the SeCOnQ "cSCt Virginia lIioLA wv A1G
saws he will not be candidate for re-
election. and he means 1t. That means
the Democrats will have to look up an
other candidate next year. i Is said II
! will probably be State Senator COrnwell
the candidate for the goyernorship las'
i year, who came SO near to being elected
| Hon. John T. McGraw would like to be
i tho nominee, but he appears to have lost
l much of his popularity In the district
/ and the state. He Is the state chairman
/ but there Is suspicion among the friends
Of Henry G.. Davis tSat Mr. McGraw
/. made moro Of an effort to capture the
! legislature last fall than to carry the
/ State for Parker and Davis. Mr.. McGraW
l wants to come to the Senate from West
/ Virginia. He also lost friends because OF
an unwiso speech at the convention which
/ nominatedi Colonel Davis last April IN
!. which he alluded to Lnkn, the Republl.
! can nominee, as a ''huckleberry picker
from the backwoods He was much critl-
/ csed by Democrats for this speech and
i 1t became an issue of tho campaign.
| Tho independent tobacco manufacturers
will not be able to accomplish anything
as the result of their protest against the
/ granting OF the navy contrnct4to Butler
1 and Bosher. Both Paymaster- Genera
4 Harris, who actually awards hthe con-
i tracts, and secretary morton, WHoIl ~
/ protestants saw after having talked With
i the payn,aster-general, told them that the
4 department. could not refuse toiaWard the
contract because the successful bidde,
I was In a trust, Opposition was not based
on any other ground so far as known.
ut is quite fitting" said President
Hugh Campbell. of the United States
Tobacco Company, of Richmond, In
discussing Ills protest to Assistant Sec,
rotary Darling, that under Secretary
Morton the Tobacco Trust, In which
Thomas IT. Ryan, of New York, his
! new employer. is one Of the largest and
most influential stockholders, should
have this contract. Wo do not protest
on account OF the amount of the con,
| tract, but because the law has beer
evaded and the contract awarded In de-
| fianco OF the departments ownfrulings.'
] There are no new developments In the
so-calcd scandal IN the Department Of
| Apriculture regarding the leakage of cot