The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-12
HUBBARD S
BY DISTRICT Plan
IN OHIO G0U
Split Dele egatior
Aim ost Cereain.

Amos Cereain.
WHEELING. Nay I2Among tie
followers of the political game: and,
particularly those who are intently
Interested In the congressiona con-
test, the opinion seems 10 prevail that
the Republican county coulnittees
choice of the district plan Is certain
to make Hon. w-sP. .Hubbard go out Or
Ohio county a more sformfd dable candi-
date. There is no Implied adyantagsl
to either Hubbard or Captain Dove.
ner from this plan any more than there.
would have been with the plan to give
all the county,s delegates to the cap=
didate VINO got a pluralify OF the total
primary vote cast TheSo opinion that.
the plan adopted is to Hubbard at-'
vantage rests entirely on the assump
! ton that he stands TO getEa certain
number OF delegates. whereas by the
total county vote plan he incurred the
risk OF losing his all at one cast
Just what districts are considered
reasonably certain for Hubbard Is &
matter of conjecture, but many OF his
adherents believe that she VIII hayes
no trouble In carrying his own district.
Triadelphia, the two country districts.
Richland and Liberty and Madison.
or the Island district As to the city
districts. they make very Optimistic
claims On the other hand the sDoves
ner workers express the greatest con.s
fdence IN getting a majority OF the
delegates and declare thar they ffaroE
ed the county plan because they be-
lieved they stood to getall that pian
While neither side comedies split
delegation from Ohio to the conyen-
ton. yet that IS the outlook this
l.tire It Is an open Question now as
to which element VIII get the greateE
number of delegates Some districts
do not have as many deIegates as
others. which issone factor IN reck
oning-
The Hubbard people say that one
reason why they are pIeaeed with the
county committees adop ptng the dis
trict as against the county plan IS
that they are counting on Hubbard
getting majority of the delesates
from the other counties IN the district
1t was the substantial epcouragements
from these other countie which large
ly Influenced Mr.. Hubbardinb becon.
ing candidate. they point out. and as
he could not logically have refained
candidate If the decisive county test
was in his opponents favor the mag
isteria! district plan was nafurally
pleasing TO them, especfally dew
of the brief period at their disposal
TO perfect an organizaton-
The congressional contest has been
overshadowing every Other phase Oh
the local situation since HUB
bard's announcement. but the cand.
dates for the State Senatorial nomt-g
nation are sun plugging away me
Hon Jacob Snyder Is not detected do
ing any hurrying or scurysng. but
he insists that he In the race and
viii be there again with the goods.
Messrs. S: G. Smith Bert HazIett and
George Otto are hrstfing for keeps
every day
1t is understood that Daniel AIaxs
wei and Daniel ". Moody VIZ bec cam
;didates to succeed themselves for the
house of delegates.
Joe Naylor has not fuuy dtermineds
whether he VIII be candidate to sue:
ceed himself, and T. p McGregor. the
Wen known Islander and merchant IS
talked of as the candidate 70 succeed
Bert Hazletts as the business mems
representative.