The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-13
scherr People Intended to Bolt
All the Time and Car
ried Out Program.
MAJoRITlEs WILL SETTLE
Question Of Party Regularity
and Principle in the
State Forever.

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native city here. Mr. Northcott is
a son Of the late General Robert S.
Northcott, founder OF the Telegram
at the beginning of the Civil. war, and
has many friends and acquaintances
in Clarksburg. Mr.. Northcott's
career as lawyer. politician and
public official has been a brilliant one
and Clarksburg is proud of his sue
cesses. An earnest and active Re
publican with wide influence he sery-
ed four years ago as state chairman
and achieved magnificent party tri-
umph at the polls. having conducted
one of the most systematic, aggressive
and successful campaigns ever waged
in this state. AS is known here he
is the national governments district
attorney for the southern district of
this state, and as such is eminently
successful.
Visits Headquarters.
Thursday Mr.. Northcott visited
Republican state headquarters and
paid his respects to Chairman s. ".
Matthews. He was seen by a Tele-
gram representative and kindly fay-
ored this paper with brief inter
view on the political situation, set
ting forth the conditions as they ex-
ist at present, and logically refuting
charges made against the swisher
ticket as well as showing conclusively
the untenable grounds for the Scherr
campaign OF falsehoods and misrep-
reservations.
Mr.. Northcott said:
Cabell in Good Shape.
Everything is iHrgood shape for
the regular Republican state ticket
in the southern end OF the state.
There is practically no disaffection,
and, especially is this true in my
own county of Cabell, despite the
efforts to cause trouble there, which
have had no effect.
''The southern end OF the state will
give Swlsher larger majority than
1t gave Governor Dawson four years
ago. Things will continue to get
better from this time until the cleo
lion as the people come to under
stand the true situation.
'"The campaign of misrepresenta-
tion against Swisher and the remain
der of the regular Republican ticket,
has been SO
Unfair and Clearly False
in every respect, that it may have
had some effect at first, but al
reaction has started and will con-
ttnue to grow until the election. Il
have never known u campaign, con-
Quoted even by the Democrats, to be
so full Of willful misrepresentation,
as that endeavored to be carried on
by the so-called Scherrites. They
do not even claim regularity, and
every true Republican in the State
will have to stand up and be connt-
ed in or out of the party. We
fought these same people four years
ago but they were then under cover
and 1t was like fighting in the dark
Now they are out In the open and
not nearly SO dangerous as they were
then.
Only An Excuse.
'The Ohio county contest, given az
reason for the bolt, was only an
excuse for bolting. 1t can be shown
beyond question that these people
went to Charleston with the intention
OF boiling and looking for an excuse
to bolt. If 1t had not been the Ohio
county case, 1t would have been SOM
other Swisher did not get one oil
the Ohio county votes in the regular
convention. Were this not a fact he
fore they bolted they would have wait
ed until they had applied to a conyen-
ton about to assemble, fresh from
the people, and presided over by a
chairman, whose fairness was beyond
question and who was agreed on as
satisfactory to both candidates. in
which convention the Ohio countvj
delegates seated by the state com
mite ewould have had no vote on
the question of their own seats. The
scherr people knew this. because
Chairman Gaines told them so.
Wanted TO Bolt.
But, the scherr people went "a
Charleston intending to bolt. thes
wanted to bolt and they bolted. When
the Republicans OF the state under
stand the true situation, as they willl
be made understand 1t before the
campaign Is over. there will be mol
question about the result.
Swisher and tn eremainder Of the
regular state ticket win be elected
and by 4naiorities that win forever
settle in West Virginia an questions
OF party regularity and principle"