The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-24
! ANY tWell-F Found dsa objection

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Though tho ScherR ;GomHtttee OBJ
jected to Glasseock' the only objec-
tion. was that he was allied with the
sWishera organ lon.Iandr the State
committee did pot consider this a
serious objection as was shown by
his unanimous SELECTION. ., - ::
The following list was made up
sRds submitted to the scherr sub
eoS1hlittee :E4s$ s y s -
i, CIV. Dillon, ohm sJI HOLT; w. E..
Glasscoc ks Il + sIIs& p o., Blue,
/. Ira e; RobinaDaS q aatas Sid selIs
i. 1Thonaas W, Elepiil S Young,
John A. Casnp6afi vSton sog ogdia,
wv. #. IftteS grs ia q .Eaai 90 sroBs6up,
Goo. NJ. Boyggra, u & &. JSeobs, N. Il.
Willis and John :J ttstger. The name
of Howard guthsrlsnd was proposed
but was withdra & y. Con gressman
James A. Hughes Wah mentioned but
he was present aa aargeant-at-arms
and his name, remoYAd from the list
After 8 wait OF Three hours, the
subcommittee rstVrhsdr with the
following ten names which were not
objected to-; Holt,j Moss, blue Rob-
inson, Caldwell, : Flaming, Young,
Campbell, Ogdtn and Jacobs. AS to
the others the Scherr committee
claimed that some or them were
Teo Closely AHied
with the swlsher organization and
that others were believed not to. have
been seriously suggested..I' s>- -.
The subAedmmittae also brought
back the report. that there was no
assurance that Scherre would with
draw even if one Of tho men marked
as satisfactory to the Scherr commit
tee we're selected; ,sThfs Is believed
to have had SOME weight with the
committee in selecting the candi-
date, -. .'%'>1 3 ~, - -..., i,
Though the " e9mmittee, WAS
scheduled to meet. $3.50 o'clock it
was 8fbefore the session was called
to order. The delay was caused by
&he desire to give suoh members of
the Scherr committee bis came in on
the late trains a chance to- hold a
conference, >]s "<f@t>.@
Senator Scott and HIC. Ogden, the
latter member OF tie Scherr COM
mittee and owner Of the Wheeling In
telligencer and News were admitted.
Senator Scott outHhed his proposi-
ton. The senator urged upon the
committee the neSssaity Of
.. Naming a Good. Man
and declared that the Republicans
could carry the, StateSiby at least 49,
OOO- He said there was no doubt
that the committee, had the power
and right to- mamie. the candidate!
Name good man." he said, "and if
the others Cthe Sciisgf@ CT owd) don't
agree to support; him then we, will
know. that they want the Democrats
to win Senator. Scott said he had
no candidate and did not want to in
huence any member Of the committee
in his vote. ~Eyz t.t,EE '...
Mr.. Odgen stated that his views
were similar%to those Of Senator
Scott. He said there was no ques-
tion about the committee having the
right to nannerthe candidate, and that
the Scherr. committee had no right
to vote on the matter, though he
thought they should be heard. Per-
soI1ally he said he did not care for a
conference. of the two committees.
He asked that list df hames be sub
mitted. Questioned as 10 whether or
not scherr' was wiiItHa5 to withdraw
he said he could not speak authorita-
lively. - ,55
Not objects
Mr.. Ogden said that there had
been objections to the. State commit
tee though the present committee
was not as obje6Sionabi az the old
/ committee was, the. 4 scfisrr