Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-07-25
GRANT MAKES DENIAL
OF WITHDRAWAL STORY
Not a Foregone Conclusion That
Lincoln Republican Candidate
Will Be Defeated.

| Morganatown, July 1.-THE state
ment that Scherr has offered to with
draw from the gubernatorial contest
| il his campaign expenses are paid is
an internal lie," said Col. e. M. Grant,
chairman OF the state executive com
mittee of the Lincoln republican party
yesterday. Furthermore, il is not by
any means a foregone conclusion that
Scherr will not be the,n4xt governor
OF West Virginia. BY the time the fan
election rolls around, S.wisher's vote
viii be SO scattering that he win be a
small factor the fight"
Coq. Grant made this statement I'm
reply to a story in which it was sta1ed
that Scherr was ready TO quit if he
could get thirty thousand dollars to
pay the expenses he had incurred in
the campaign before the convention.
The statement came from a Swsher
source, and 1t was stated that the
Svisher people had told Mr.. Scherr
they would not give thirty dollars to
get him out of the race.
Col. Grant Is entirely in earnest in
the matter OF pushing the nominees
of the Lincoln republican party. He
has received numerous letters from
counties in all sections OF the state,
assuring him that the voters will sup
port Scherr, and that Swisher will not
receive one-tenth of the normal repub.
lican vote.
He does not believe that the fight
can be carried into the county and
district contests, nor does he fear that
1t will effect the vote on the national
republican ticket. He is inclined to
laugh at the efforts of the Swisherites
to reorganize county committees
where there are members opposed to
the regular nominee for governor. He
also treats with ridicnle the sugges-
tion that county candidates who bottled
the Swisher convention will be forced
from the regular republican ticket
Circuit Clerk John Shriver, who is a
candidate for reelection, and who
bolted the regular republican conven-
tion at Charleston, treats lightly the
suggestion that he win have to make
the race on the Lincoln republican
ticket.
While the Scherr papers are urging
that the fight be confined to the mar
rowest possible bounds, and that it
be not carried into county, district,
and national affairs they rejoice in the
defeat of Rathb6ne for the state SEN
ate because OF his allegiance to the
regular republican machine. This
would seem to indicate that the split
will affect every candidate for Office,
whether his field of activity be mag
isterial district, a county, a senatorial
or congressional district, or the state.
Every indication is that the demo
Gratis will win in every instance where
there is anything like a fighting
chance. In this way, they will ac-
complish the win of the Scherr or
Lincoln republicans in Kidding the
state of the domination of the ma
chine, and various and sundry hog
combines.
One of the best stories that has
come to light in connection with the
work of the state committee in seat
ing Swisher's delegates is that con-
corning Noel, negro member of the
committee 1t is said that one evening
while the committee was preparing to
hear the evidence and arguments in
one of the most important contests,
Noel arose and announced that he
would be absent for an hour or two,
addressing a meeting of colored patri-
OTIS in a distant part of the city.
But don't let that interfere" he said.
You genl-men go right on and hyar
the evidence, and I'll be back in time
to vote.
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