The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-16
WALLACE NAMES
State TICKET
PLACES MARioN coUETY MAN
WHERE liE IS BE- m
.lISss EoR.

VT g t9Es 4tHtAS 4EHlt4i st
ING
John wallace goes himself touI bet,
ter this year than he did four years
ago and predicts who VIM DO on the
State ticket ten months in advance Of
the election, II now remains to be
seen how accurate Is the prediction
In his weekly letter to the Pittsburg
Dispatch Mr.. Wallace says:
with the State fair and home CONF
ers' week Wheeling was the Mecca for
West Virginlans interested In politics,
They came for hundreds d miles to
get line on the situation which
means the Republican gubernatorial
nomination. Next TO the State conven-
ton itself next year ii will hardly be
excelled by any other Intervening Pc
rlod as an occasion for hobnobbings
and fxlngs.
Meredith ], Simms came from Fay.
cite comfy, a full 300 miles away, to
help on the swlsher governorsalp boom
and he brought with him two able as
sociates. slnms is president Of the
county court which office carries with
1t the popular title Of judge in most
counties Of the State. Judge simms
had words of'.praise also for Sam
Dixon, the baron of the New River
region, Of whose kingdom Fayette is
the largest integral part, The support
of Dixon and simms means a goodIy
bunch Of swlsher delegates to begin
with.
"4ust to see the golden pumpkins
and the red lemonade came also Col
onel Robert stalllngs, Of Tucker couh-
ty, some two hundred miles distant,
and bringing with him a goyernorshipl
boom which had been rather inactive
of late. His hustling competitor, w.
G. Conley, Of Preston, in the same
congressional district was likewise on
hand, and from the same territory
came Senator Sam B. Montgomery,
whose popularity and legislative rec.
ord will be dlthcult for the hostile
Of his county to overcome
when he stands for denomination next
year.
Dawson Favors swlshsr
Fresh from their Colorado jaant
came Governor Dawson and Secretary
Of State swlsher, and the governor for
the first time came out openly. for
swisher to succeed him. Arnold g.
scherr was putting in hard ticks for
too, and William H, Hearne,
Of Wheeling; officially and formally let
loose his boom, thus making trio Of
for the executive chair.
Judge Marmaduke H. Willis, Of bod.
bridge, with an eye to elevation from
the circuit bench to succeed Judge
McWhorter on the supreme bench;
Senator John W. santee, Of Wetzel,E
who wants to be superintendent of
State schools; John Sherman Darst,
witha dream Of the authorship; G.
L. Topping, Of Charleston, who is put.
ting up whIrlwind chase for secre.
tary of state-these and other lumi.
nartes of more or less effllgence buzz.
ed around lndustriously.
early in February preceding the
1904 convention, which was held here
IN July, the situation had defined it.
self sufficiently to your correspondent
% predict the composition Of the State
ticket, aside from the State school su.
Derintendency, which was not attempt
ed, from top to bottom. The winter
gatherings was a clear index to the
probable outcome six months later,
and the prediction was verified to the
letter after a somewhat sensational
convention.
The Probable Ticket.
"Ten months in advance Of the 1908
convention does not furnish a SUN.
GENTLY clarified atmosphere; but the
present outlook, subject to modifica.
ions, Of course, in the very near fl.
:ure, suggests the surmise that the
ticket will read this way:
Governor, Charles W. swisher, OF
Marion; Secretary Of State, G. L. Top.
ping, Of Kanawha; Auditor, j. s.
oarst Of Jackson; Attorney General,
". g. Conley Of Preston; Treasurer,
Newton ogdIn, of Pleasants.
1.-THE other place on the ticket, the
school SUPPLEMENTARY, regarded Of.
zen as a consolation stakes or geo,
consideration, has only one
lvowed candidate SO far, Senator San.
zee, but W. R. Gorby, Of Roane, who