Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-13
PURPOSES IN DOUBT
PERPLEXING QUESTION BEFORE
WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
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Senator Elkins' broad shoulders In order
to force certain concessions from MIN
politicians The insurgent leaders heio
their second state conference at farkers-
burg this week. ana no candidate was .ro.-
TED out Tor the senator's snoeS. "hi'e
kept as secret as the lnitlai satherins at
WHITE sulphur springs there was iess Vi
d senatorial ar ABOUT IT, anu i'iu'n INV
was heard ABOUT ahlagonism TO 'he Jaw
son state machine with which the senator
is allied Meanwhile District Attorney
blizzard leading insureent has paid O.
Wet 70 Tho howe of Senator E.lkins. where
~ two ~ 10 yr.s,,mod diecussad tho SIT
nation
me- faa,,p, ia growing that the fnsur-
gents want to impress Senator Elkins with
the necessary Of recognizing the faction In
his marty which has steadily been getting
bumps since the day of the convention
over which The senator presided as chair
man. and in which the Teter followers
were routed horse and dragons by Gov
entirely ont in the cold in the distribution
Of federal and state patronage and nat
nraIlv resent the rundown. They would
like to get control of the state or a goodly
distrih,tton Of the good things and in
that event their onnosition to Senator FL
Ltns. re-eIaction ,nieht he RELOCATED to the
reYr
Will FIGHT Gov. Dawson.
state senator oiVer .. Mafs'iaii VI iha
COCK county has risen TO remark that ne
is not opposed to Senator Elkins. Marshall
is one Of the leading insurgents and is
personally and politically close to Judge
blizzard w been accused OF
senatorial aspirations. What Marshall says
Is taken to indicate that Bhzzard VIII hoe
be a candidate against Elkins although
Marshall was not as positive as ne mlsnt
nave oes1. ne eApee.s " oe oeair cd
naturally docs not want too many COM
plications on his hands. But to the
Dawson issue Marshall Is an lnsursent OF
insurgents; ..;s 49,, AVIAN
tho ins1rvant move He says Il mains him
eycaedinpIv 70 600 the dissensions in the
n.rty nd he adds that he will not lead a
divtGed marty" His statement to that ef-
fact 10 being ytewed vartously For one
thing II is wondered whether Elkins will
he candidate To succeed himself for a
third tern, ~ the nrasent rumpus keeps
up While this conclusion may easily be
drawn from his sta tement 1t is hardly pos
sible that he intended it i'll that light, for
he is bent on securing reelection.
George &. Mcintosh OF FayeGle county,
one of the several unsuccessful aspirants
for the internal revenue collectorship, few
weeks ago put a question to the senator
which has not been answered yet. 1t
asked Mr. Elkins to what extent did he
consider West Virginia republicans bound
to support him, when neither he nor his
household feel bound to the support Of can
didates whom the republicans nominate.
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Alleged Luhe"arhhess.
This query was evidently based on the ru-
mors of the senator's lukewarmness to-
warn ). .. i-aAlh IN the iate cong feSsioiia'
contest IN 'iie aeeo"o u1s u''' ""en W
1oih OdVis' AihsihAh u senator i.iAi'''
oeiealeo lhe repuoiicah cahuiua'e' anu o''
WHICH occasion senator r1iAi'is SUNS were
open ana ABOVE ooaru III support Vi 'hei
uncle Inc senator hihnseii oio hot lane
an acli'e paf' III Liza. eieelioh ioi III '"o
iast genera eiection "hen ms 1atnel-ih-iaM'
data ,or VIZ pra.,S.nt The nnir, sraach
he made last year was at the opening of the
republican state convention. and another at
Clarksburg. where his train happened 10
stop On the latter occasion he confined his
remarks to q plea to republicans to vote
for Governor Dawson.
1t was something along this line that in
spired Sam MONTGOMERY an insurgent state
senator, to recently say that he expected
to give Elkins the same support In the
next legislature as the senator meted out
to Jim Lakin Mcintosh Is the third dis
,rict congressional committee chairman.
and Is expected shortly to formally launch
boom for Representative Joseph H.
Gaines for Senator Elkins' seat. Gaines
talk has figured more since Judge Nathan
Golf a few DAYS ago announced that he
coveted no lurther honors and expected to
retire from the bench before he reached
the age limit and take life easy for the
balance of his days
Inc GOH contingent Keeps hoping against