Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-09-26

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candidacy Of either. on the othei
hand the fact that they have stood
close Ex-senator Elkins wiH cause
some opposition.
1t is said that one of the sugges
tions Of Senator Elkins is that w. L
Glasscock, collector OF Internal rev
enue, be nominated. and that Swisher
be appointed in his stead.
Resignation Accepted.
Charleston, w. Va, Sept. 22-
There will be no final settlement Of
the West Virginia gubernatorial mix.
UP today. At a special meeting
of the regular organization, conven'
ed at 9 O'Clock last night, the resig.
nation OF Charles W. Swisher as the
party candidate, was officially submit
ted and accepted by a unanimous
vote. The state committee then APP
pointed a committee to wait upon Mr..
Scherr, the candidate of the Lincoln,
or boiling, party, to inform him OF the
action taken, and request him to ap-
pear and express his views. 1t was
1870 O'Clock before Mr.. Scherr,
Chairman Grant, and two other mem
bers of the Lincoln party appeared.
The situation now is just about as
complicated as it has been in the
past so far as Scaerr personally is
concerned, as that gentleman made
his withdrawal conditional upon the
recognition OF his state committee.
The Swisher committee, which has
been recognized as regular by the
national committee, will not agree to
this. The members give two reasons.
In the first place If they recognized
the Lincoln party committee they
would cogntenance irregularity, and
again if any bolting organization was
taken into the party councils the
same fight would be precipitated at
the next state convention. The Lin
coin committee will not be consulted.
The Scherr people have made their
fight on Swisher personally and have
asserted that if he got out of the race
their candidate would do likewise.
The Swisher people claim their mar
has withdrawn without conditions,
that there may be harmony and sue
cess for the electoral ticket, and that
Mr.. Scher~ cannot avoid qualification
If he does not Immediately follow the
same polite course.
Removes Cause of Friction.
1t was asserted asst night that the
personal attitude of Scherr now is i'm
material. His most influential sup
porters and the newspapers in the
upper part of the state will accept
the withdrawal of Swisher as remov-
ing the cause of all friction and &C
cept whoever is named.
When the committee began to gath
er yesterday there was a disposition
to fill the vacancy last night regard
less of the EscherLS lon. but wiser
counsel prevailed, AA1rn Is hoped
that today all the ~contending ele-
ments may be conciliated. The names
mentioned are: Ira e. Robinson, can
didate for judge of the supreme
court; w. e. Glasscock. collector of
internal revenue, and Senator Scott.
The senator is here, but does not
want to be called upon to make this
sacrifice. He would be acceptable to
both factions. So would Congressman
Joseph H. Gaines, of this district, but
he does not care to abandon his work
in the house. Judge Goff would re-
lieve the situation Instantly by say
ing the word. Glasscock is favored by
a majority OF the committee, is
the case now stands VT the Scherr
people oppose him becc.0e of his
closeness to Senator Elk.n Strange
lily enough, Robinson, who wa Skins'
attorney. and who also represented
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. i:
acceptable to the Scherr faction.
scherr's Request Denied.
When Mr.. Scherr finally appesSj
before the committee his talk was
somewhat more conciliatory than pre-
vious reports had led the com-nitte to
expect. He made no specific promises
and insisted that his committee Se
consulted. This request was denied.
AS a result of Mr.. Scherr's participa-
ton in the discussion, however. the
vacancy on the ticket may be held
open Until later in the week. There
is now pending a proposition to in
vite each county chairman to meet
with the state committee, with a view
to obtaining a better consensus Of
opinion as to who should be put n
the ticket. This plan is a~ntagonized
Inv some influential mamhers of the