The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-10
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M axes al Ready TO
Erect Platform :
Upon Which He Will Stand and
Make II Bid for Support In His
Candidacy for Governorship.
(By John Wallace to Pittsburg Dis
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((By John Wallace to Pittspurg Dis
patch.
r. wheeling. w. Va, Oct. For the
frst time in. West Virginia politics
So far in advance of an election, a
| candidate for Governor, Charles w.
Swisher, is going to announce the
, platform on which he will appeal for
support. Besides the comparative
prematureness of it this announce
ment will be singular because it will
be a platform with reference to the
state dominating convention. The
platform feature is developed be
cause Of somewhat more or less
general inquiry as to where the can
didates stand with respect to poll
c1es of State, past, present and pros
pectiVe. - -.
Auditor Scherr may follow with
another, likewise Candidate Hearne,
but both Indicated generally their
positions in their announcements
and they were somewhat identical.
They simply enunciated square deal
treatment for all individuals and in
terests, high and low, rich and poor.
Although much longer in the field
than these two rivals, the young Sec
retary OF State has never defined
himself, but it is given out. that he
will soon do so in formal candidacy
announcement, which, it is expected
Will deal elaborately with the poll
ctes which the Dawson administra-;
ton has been identified with. Tax
reform as designated and as it has
worked out, will naturally call for
extended treatment. i,
Hearne's Plans. 49, -. Il
The SWisher platform will serve
the purpose OF making the issue clear
and will also serve to put Scherr
and Hearne ON the%defensive or cause
them to take another hitch to their
gallqses in the spirit for delegates.
The sSwisher sliteraryl effort. >. also
| should develop the extent to which
| the former supporters Of Governor
Dawson and 'ex>Goyernor White will
be found in his camp. ..@
Hearne goes to Huntington In
few days: to start his campaign of
acquaintance-making in the section
where he|is not known personally.
He will follow it up with a run to
Charleston, and make stop at Par
kersburg and one or two other points
On his return to Wheeling. From
the tourist standpoint the other can
didates have had the advantage Of
Hearne, but he expects to make up
for lost ground in busy autumn
and winter. * ....
Hearne has not been losing any
time In the Panhandle counties since
his announcement month ago and
Haas reasons for looking confidently
to cordial support from Hancock,
Brooke, Ohio and Marshall counties.
tie has employed his automobile in
radiating jaunts from Wheeling and
figures ON employing this vehicle ex'
tens1Vely until cold weather sets In.
He will use the choo-choo in his first
long flight to the Huntington terri
tory, but soon after his return toI
Wheeling will head for Preston and
MonOngalia counties In his gasoline
wagon, and will be accompanied by
Homer Gray, one of the assistant
clerks In the State Senate.
ShaWkey in the Field.
Morris P. Shawkey Of Kanawha
county has come out formally for the
state ,superintendency of schools, |
which means a certain amount of
trouble for Mont Topping Of the same
county, who wants the delegation for
himself for Secretary Of State. There
is some color to the theory that the
Dawson men will be behind Shaw
key. They affect the belief that Top
ping is training too close to the
Scherr stables.
That the Dawson-Swisher element
looks askance at Topping because Of |
his suspected Scherr afiliation and
because his candidacy may compli- |
cate Swisher's chances for getting
the big Kanawha delegation is sup-l
ported by the fact that they are
booming Stuart F. Reed of Harrison
for State Secretary.
Reed, however, insists on running
for State Treasurer, as against New
ton Ogdin, the incumbent, and John
dniger, but the application of more
pressure may induce him to change
around, although at the present he
is full-Aedged treasuryship seeker,
which promises Of support in Central
West Virginia.
John T. Harris, Of Parkersburg,
who wants to succeed Swisher as
Secretary of State, is not conducting
an active campaign He would be
strong candidate II more aggres-
sive, Harris can afford to take an
optimistic view Of his political fu-
ture, since he stands good to remain