The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-05-07
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Gets Cahlell County's
Twenty-Five Del. p:
eBates
Marion County p Man Now HIS
Enough Instructed Delegates to
Secure the Republican Nom
nation oF Governor
On First Ballot.

IN FIRST Ballot.
With the swinging of Cabell coun-
ty Tuesday into. the Swisher. column
/ the curtain begins to drop On the
| race for the. republican nomination
Tor governor Of West Virginia. The
| lead OF Mr.. q Swisher over his onlv
opponent who has at all figured in
the race, Mr.. Scherr, has been a. long
one from the start but the game,
has been played SO far now that
| there, can be, no,sdoubt of the result.
J Already Mr.. Swisher's lead Is such
as to assure him the nomination and
there. are good: reasons to believe
that several of&the largest counties
yet to select delegates will be inrhis
favor: fact e lis certain that they
will. -: 81 =.
Much depended upon the way the
Cabell delegation was instructed
THAT county was the hardest contest
ed of any to date. 1t is a big -coun-
ty whose exceptional educational ad-
vantages makeEft one of the most
I enlightened counties Of the state.
Again, It was taken as rather a key
| to the: situation9in the southern part
OF the state, which, it was claimed
early in the fight, would be against
Mr.. Swisher. But two counties, Lo-
gan and WyohIng, had already in
structed for Mr.. Swisher, showing
that he was strong in that section.
Cabell was strong for him and it is
only reasonable, to expect Mcdowell
will take sinailar action Saturday.
With Mercer the week follow :
ing exhibiting the same sentiment
the secretary or state can sit down
and wait for. the state convention in
this city July ;88to deliver him the
| nomination. 5f;t
But even If tCabell had decided
against Mr.. Swfsher it would not
mean that. he III, out of the race by
any means. He would still have had
a good lead, bntF the effect on other
counties yet to chose delegates
might have been disastrous to his
candidacy. The'hfght from. now on
would have been that much harder
while now that He has the nomina-
ton cinched, there will be counties
desirous of. gafNpg5 into the band
wagon. ".i.G~ .An;U - '..;,.. 80. :.
From the beginnfpgAthe fight has
been an Interesting one. Even the
jumping-jack maneuvers Of the Ohio
county candidate have added inter-
est Mr.. Swisher has made a clean
fight and has never been guilty of
| horn RI 40 hfc, no 10
beaten in a county or district he was
ready to shake hands with the vic
tors and ask their support after their
man was out Of the race. Always in
a good humor he has made it i'm
possible for those who know him to
be "agin him" Some of, the meth
DDS used against him in some coun-
ties are too well known to be men
toned. Some Of them have been SO
low and mean that many who learn
ed Of them became his friends and
lent him their support. The personal
attacks against him have been so
incongruous that few If any have
taken them seriously!
But through all this, and with a
smile: Mr.. ,Swisher has steadfastly
fought his way until he not only secs
victory in the state convention but in
the November election. The coun-
ties yet to be heard from cannot help
but see the course Of the breezes and
they will join in Mr.. Swisher's large
majority.
The action taken by the Scherr
forces at Huntington Tuesday is not
| looked upon as having any weight
when the contest is UP for decision
il there is even contest, The con-
vention which passed Swisher in
structions was absolutely regular.
The IScherr forces Claim that they
tasked for a division when the vote
was taken on. the permanent organi-
zation and that their request was
not granted The 'Swisher forces de-
clare that division was offered by
them but the opposition was not in a
mood to accept it. The truth is that
the opposing factions were lined up
on opposite sides Of the hall and
]Swisher had the crowd. Disinterest-
ed persons declare that there can be
no doubt that Swisher had at least
I>CWO TO one III CAe COhNSh'loh al"
Wondered at the PUMPING tactics Of
the other side.
| Before the ides of May have
passed the fight will be over. Nc
Dowell with 81 delegates will decide
Saturday, May 9. Saturday, May 16,
Mercer with "a and Berkeley with
| II will choose. All three are full Of
Swisher sentiment and their result
is expected to send Mr.. Swisher un-
| der the wire winner by many
lengths.