Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-10-05
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Auditor Tells What He Would Do
If Elected.
REPUBLICAN FOR 40 YEARS
Visits Washington and Gives His
Platform to the Newspapers of
That City.

Washington, Oct. s.-Arnold G.
Scherr. auditor Of state for West vir-
ginia stopped in Washington en- route
home from New York. He was here
but few hours and fastened to take
the 3. and o. railroad, instea OF GO
ing directly to his Office in Charles
ton This is taken to mean that he
Intends to visit Senator Elkins at Hal
liehurst 1t has long been the OBJ
.servation Of eminent West Virginia
politicians that if you want TO find
Elkas at home you had best not let
him know when you are coming. Thus
ii was that the honorable auditor of
state would not admit that he was go
ing to see Elkins, although Scherr did
say that he was anxious to have a
heart-to-heart talk with the senator
and would ask him few pertinent
questions about the governorship. =
Scherr came back full of vim, Wig
or and some vinegar, and he is ia a
mood to demand that Elkins make
some sort of a declaration as to whom
he will finally support for governor
in the next state convention. Scherr
claims to have had promise of Elkins
support a long time ago, but it is now
the complaint of Scherr that Elkins
is training with the Swishera coterie,
including nearly all of the federal of
flee holders chiefest among them
Northcott Scherr declares that he is
not so many afraid of a contest with
Swisher, but fears most new ar
by which Northcott is to
be the candidate at the last minute,
when the Elkins crowd find that HIr
Swisher cannot win. The Hon. Ar
mold has got his fighting clothes on
and he is bitter about the mixing up
of federal officials in state com
paign
If Scherr meets Ekins this week at
Hallieburst there win be something
doing, and it is significant that Ell
kins has been lodging an interview
with Scherr for many months. To a
Herald reporter Scherr
gave a few sentences and the Herald
thus tells of him and his sayings:
"a c. Scherr, of Charleston, w
Va. state auditor of West Virginia,
who has announced his candidacy for
the governorship of West Virginia on
the republican ticket. is at the Rel
eigh. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Scherr and visited the Jamestown fair
and in New York, and is now on his
way back to his West Virginia home.
Speaking upon the principles upon
which he would govern the state il
elected, Mr.. Scherr said:
Il have been a republican for forty
years. I WIS a member of that party
when it was almost disgrace to be
long to it. have been loyal to it, and
have been active in the part S inter-
est without let-up. If elected, | would
show no favoritism in the distribution
of offices, | would favor neither the
rich nor the poor, but would execute
the laws of the state impartially, just
~ and honestly. as | understand
[ EN-. This is my second term as
state auditor, and my record speaks
for itself. Most every voter in the
state knows me nd knows that have
filed the trust reposed in me-, and to
the best of my knowledge
West Virginia is a strong repub-
lican state. | am quite certain that
our states delegation would cast its
entire vote for Roosevelt if he agreed
to stand for another term Taft is
also strong. but when he made his
first speech and announced that he
favored a revision of the tariff, his
popularity received a setback. We
are prosperous and busy and we be-
'ieve in letting well enough alone. We
don't believe in tinkering with the
tariff. The present schedule has
brought about business activity and
prosperity in our state, and there is
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